New Jackpot Idea - The Rollover Ball

Reply #23

CASH Only — Thu, 11 May 2006 16:40:50 GMT

That's a great idea. But we may never see it.

Reply #22

dvdiva — Fri, 05 May 2006 02:52:16 GMT

The wild ball is added to the Powerball/Megaball pool not the white balls. A seperate 5+wild ball prize would be created. The pot would automatically roll.

Reply #21

ryanm — Thu, 04 May 2006 17:57:36 GMT

Then the wild ball would guarantee nobody wins the jackpot. That wouldn't really be fair to those who had the four non-wild white balls and the red Powerball.

Reply #20

CASH Only — Thu, 04 May 2006 17:51:22 GMT

A wild ball might work if it doesn't affect the jackpot.

Reply #19

CASH Only — Thu, 04 May 2006 17:51:09 GMT

A wild ball might work if it doesn't affect the jackpot.

Reply #18

ryanm — Wed, 03 May 2006 14:57:11 GMT

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that a wild ball, when drawn, would practically guarantee a jackpot win every time, so I don't see that happening. If the jackpot gets won too often, like it did in winter of 2005, sales tank, as it appears PB/MM players would rather dream about winning than actually win.

Reply #17

dvdiva — Wed, 03 May 2006 05:15:51 GMT

An extra white ball would give all the 4 of 5 winners one more shot at 5 + 0 but there would have to be an extra prize for 5 of 5 plus extra. Overall the extra white ball seems like a good idea to me.

Reply #16

time*treat — Wed, 03 May 2006 02:03:49 GMT

I'd buy that for a dollar.

Reply #15

Just6ntlc — Mon, 01 May 2006 16:35:30 GMT

It's a good idea especially if they have 0 and/or 00 as the bonus ball. Most quick picks will have numbers ranging from 1 to the maximum number. With this idea, if 0 or 00 come out as bonus, it will roll no matter what.

Reply #14

CASH Only — Mon, 01 May 2006 15:52:16 GMT

A rollover or zero ball might work better in a pari-mutuel game. Lotteries need to keep coming up with new ideas.

Reply #13

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:49:51 GMT

interesting idea.......

Reply #12

bellyache — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 17:34:30 GMT

I agree Prob988. I think it's a bad idea. I also think it will turn many people away.

Reply #11

Prob988 — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:12:04 GMT

I don't like it.

It's just another way of raising the odds. They are already too long, in my view.

It's such a bad idea, that I'm sure it will be adopted.

Reply #10

ryanm — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:30:42 GMT

That would probably put many lotteries in the red with the prize structure they have now. They'd probably end up lowering the cash prizes if they put in a "wild ball.

Reply #9

fast eddie — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 03:21:08 GMT

How bout a wild ball added to the white balls an if it is drawn you can plug into any nonmatched number on an individual playline? so say you mathced two white balls and the wild ball is drawn that would make it three matched and increase you prize amount. What ya think

Reply #8

ryanm — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 03:12:14 GMT

Powerball already has a big enough chance of rolling over without any more help. The only exception to that, of course, is if the jackpot is over $300 million.

Reply #7

dvdiva — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:51:29 GMT

Looking at the lower prizes they would have to have a bonus ball for the lower prizes with a seperate 5+bonus ball prize. Just a way at getting rollovers without a matrix change.

Reply #6

CASH Only — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:56:23 GMT

I've thought of something like this. Maybe mark the ball 0 / 00 as in roulette.

Reply #5

Just6ntlc — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:43:49 GMT

I think it's a good idea in my vote.

Reply #4

DoctorEw220 — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:08:24 GMT

It's a good idea, but perhaps after a rollover ball is drawn, another ball would be drawn to determine lower prizes.

Reply #3

konane — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:04:48 GMT

Bonus drawings are always a big seller because people have a chace to get more money.

Anything deterring a possible jackpot win would diminish sales and defeat the purpose of a drawing.

After all what good is a jackpot if you don't have the possibility of winning it every time you play

Reply #2

ryanm — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:54:41 GMT

Yeah, the rollover ball is bad because it blocks a bunch of prizes from being won. Yes, the $200000 tickets cannot be jackpots, but then the $10000 prize cannot be won either and neither can a $7 ticket win $100 instead or a ticket that would win nothing win $3, $4, or $7. Powerball isn't an all or nothing game.

Reply #1

sfilippo — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 10:45:24 GMT

I would like that idea under one condition... Well, maybe two conditions...

The roll-over ball has to be in the powerball hopper and when the roll-over ball comes up, all of the non-powerplay tickets automatically become powerplay tickets.

New Jackpot Idea - The Rollover Ball

dvdiva — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 05:52:37 GMT

Just wondering about the rollover ball idea. Balls could be labelled Rollover instead of a marked number on Powerballs/Megaballs. Not on the white balls.

Players could still win a 5+0 but not the prize if a rollover ball was drawn. The idea is the ball marked rollover isn't covered by a playslip or a quickpick. If drawn the prize automatically rolls over and the jackpot increases. While it might really aggravate players who win a 5+0 on that drawing and might alienate players

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