Pennsylvania Is Lowering Payouts

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JimmySand9 — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:39:09 GMT

The old payouts are back for the next batch of games, 7-11-21 paying 53%, Blackjack Doubler paying 64%, and $100,000 Club paying 70%.

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JimmySand9 — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:25:44 GMT

Some hope on the horizon. The next batch of games might have the classic payouts back. The next $2 game, Blackjack Doubler, will pay out 64%, which is what $2 games in PA have typically paid. And no free tickets, at least in this game. Maybe this free ticket phase was only temporary, we'll have to wait and see.

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rdc137 — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:05:16 GMT

Before I stopped buying PA tickets outright, I noticed that scratch offs were getting fewer and farther between on wins. I've been getting increasing disappointed with scratch offs in general. I avoid DE ones too because of low prizes (see my other post) and infrequent wins. I would frequently win on VA tickets when I worked there and I seem to have luck on NJ quite a bit.

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Lotto Czar — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:21:33 GMT

And not only that, as I've been saying, the hit rate (odds of winning on any ticket) are slowly increasing. for all denominations. Pretty soon, those $1 tickets are going to crack 1 in 5. There's hardly anything better than 1 in 4 nowadays.

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DoctorEw220 — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:55:35 GMT

Now that is BS. Had they offered $5 that must be put toward more tickets (I mean numbers games), then maybe I'd buy into it.

Pennsylvania Is Lowering Payouts

JimmySand9 — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:38:49 GMT

The new batch of games coming 3/27 have lower payouts than what was previously offered. Now, $2 tickets pay out 60%, which is down from 64%. $3 tickets are down to 62%, as opposed to 65% from before. And $5 tickets have been lowered to 68% from 70%. You will also notice free tickets on $2, $3, and $5 games, perhaps even $10 and $20 tickets, from now on. I did e-mail the Lottery about this disturbing event. They probably won't do anything about it, but at least they know how I feel. I recommend y... [ More ]