DC Raffle Sales...Not Too Good!

Reply #20

EricinMD — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:33:31 GMT

My wife and I went yesterday to the DC Lottery Raffle Drawing. No winners for me (or any of the 50 or so people on hand), but it was interesting. They had nice breakfast items, coffee, oj, pastries, etc. and gave us some scratch-offs (won $33 total for the two of us), gift bag with goodies, etc.

The bad part was the room was very hot and it took awhile for the event to start and then for the numbers to be generated.

So it was fun..not sure I would go again, but everyone was nice and we... [ More ]

Reply #19

EricinMD — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:39:22 GMT

The DC Raffle sales end tonight at midnight eastern time. I bought a final ticket today (I have 7 now and kind of regret not buying more) and the ticket number was just under 40,000. With a total prize amount of $1.25 million, the game has not done well at all, even if the numbers hit 45,000, which I seriously doubt.

So we will see how it goes tomorrow..at the least some scratch-offs, t-shirts and breakfast! And the odds are not bad really for a lottery game

Reply #18

Todd — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 17:12:38 GMT

No, showing your true colors is not name-calling. It is a common phrase. I'm not a quotes book, so I'd suggest you use the power of the Internet to discover its meaning.

When you called me a nazi, a paranoid jamoke, a complete stunad, and other foul trash, that is name-calling. I can't help you if you can't see the difference. I am confident that anybody else reading this can. I am also confident that people don't want this to continue.

Reply #17

Coin Toss — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:53:54 GMT

So it's ok for you to make a remark like showing your true colors (which means what?) - and that's not name calling?

Cheers.

Reply #16

Todd — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:41:40 GMT

um, I never accused you of being a lottery agent.

You use every post as an opportunity to come up with a fresh slate of name-calling and accusations. I've turned a blind eye to this point, but I'm going to have to ask you to stop. There's only so many times that I'm willing to be called a nazi, a paranoid jamoke, a complete stunad, and other foul trash. I believe all those things say much more about the person saying them, but that's the end.

Reply #15

Coin Toss — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:56:38 GMT

What the heck are you talking about, and why are you freaking because someone doesn't agree with you.

What, you think I'm a lottery agent because I used a emotie at the end of a post? If that's the case you truly are a complete stunad and one paranoid jamoke.

Reply #14

Todd — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:08:43 GMT

I don't even know what to say about such utter garbage. You can't even see the hypocracy of your comments, I am certain. Thank you for showing your true colors at last. Now they are in the open.

Reply #13

Coin Toss — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 04:14:37 GMT

No, I'm saying that someone posed a question in an OP asking us what we thought of something.

So I answered (before you ever posted in the thread). You, not liking my answer jumped in like the Waffen SS and stared raging on me.

So I put my opinion on the table and you give me and everyone here the rah rah raffle viewpoint. That's your viewpoint, mine is very different and I have just as much right to it as you do yours. but you didn't even surface with yours til I had posted mine.... [ More ]

Reply #12

EricinMD — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:11:31 GMT

Yeah Maryland was giving an extra ticket with every raffle ticket purchased that gave you a chance at one of four daily $500 prizes. Then they decided to give you a $2 Mega Millions ticket. That was useless. The DC $1 P4 on a $10 raffle ticket is equal to Maryland's $2 ticket on a $20 raffle. And yes it does not cost them much if anything.

Reply #11

EricinMD — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:09:06 GMT

True, but the odds on Mega Millions and Power Ball are much worse. The ticket price is very high and tough for many to swallow I agree. The DC Raffle $10 price is better, but they have a lot fewer prizes.

I guess I am trying it because my scratchoff luck here in MD has fallen to near zero.

Reply #10

Stack47 — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:24:23 GMT

The success of these raffles seems to depend on the state because in Florida's first raffle JustEx was shut out before she could get a ticket and it took over 7 weeks for Ohio to sell all the tickets in its first raffle draw and I believe less than 75% were sold in the second. Kentucky had to extend their drawing date because of lack of sales yet Michigan sold out $50 tickets in a couple of days.

Remember the alleged $1 million winner in New Jersey's 4th of July raffle that didn't sell out a... [ More ]

Reply #9

Todd — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:16:07 GMT

Are you saying that you can say whatever you want, but that I should shut up and not give my opinion? Or that I should not disagree with you?

I thought this was a thread in which all opinions should be on the table. Is it actually all opinions other than mine?

Maybe without all the hyperbole you should tell me exactly what I should do when I have an opinion that differs from yours.

Reply #8

jarasan — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:53:44 GMT

Only one more piece of info, the D.C. Raffle tix are $10 apiece, so if you spend $20 you get 2 chances at a million and 2 free P4 tix! Can't get any better than that. There is no way they can sell this one out it'll be better than 1 in 100K odds!

P.S. The powerball lines are already starting

Reply #7

Coin Toss — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:34:50 GMT

Todd

EriciinMD asked in the OP what we thought of raffles. So I told him, sorry I didn't make something up that a state lottery selling raffle tickets could have used as a great marketing ploy, maybe downplay the fact that we're looking at a $20 shot to win $1 million as oppossed to a $1 shot to win tens or hundreds of millions.

Numbers games don't limit lower tier prizes.

The only way anyone can approach any form of gambling is to consider the money gone as soon as they turn it into... [ More ]

Reply #6

Todd — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:06:44 GMT

Well, that's an interesting thought, but I think if you compare it to the chances of winning a similar prize in any other game, the odds would be best by playing the raffle. How about you compare buying 20 Powerball tickets to one $20 raffle ticket, and see which one has a better chance of winning a million dollars?

Or, how about you compare a $20 scratch game with a $20 raffle ticket, and tell me which one has better odds of winning a million bucks?

To say raffle games are an insult t... [ More ]

Reply #5

Coin Toss — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:36:39 GMT

EricinMD,

Since you're asking, and this is just my $.02 here, raffles as they are set up are an insult to a lottery player's intelligence.

Illinois' is set up to sell 500,000 tickets and theree will be 509 winners. That translates to .0001018 of the tickets are winners.

You buy a ticket and fall into one of two grouos, the 509 winners or the 499,491 losers. Gee, which group is your $20 more likely to put you in.

The ticket prices and amount of tickets needed to be sold may var... [ More ]

Reply #4

delS — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:58:15 GMT

They certainly won't sell 250,000, but I would think their sales would have picked up on this Raffle because Powerball played in D.C. is $300 million, and neighboring MD. with MegaMillions is over $200 million would drive traffic to the stores.

I won zero on Maryland Raffles and I have 15 DC Raffle tickets.

I would prefer to win Saturdays Powerball, and then if I miss that maybe I would have been successful in tonights MM; if not then the DC Raffle.

Reply #3

jarasan — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:52:52 GMT

Now they are giving away a free P4 ticket with each raffle ticket purchased! I am definitely buying one now! What a great incentive, I don't know how they can afford to do that

Reply #2

EricinMD — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:43:55 GMT

Thanks..and good luck to you too! I still have hope and prefer these to the huge odds on PowerBall and Mega Millions..but I do buy a few for those too

Reply #1

ateeque — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:33:14 GMT

Like you, I also live in maryland and we (3 friends) have bought 15 tickets in D. C. I don't see how they can reach the goal of 250,000 tickets in next few days. Hopefully the drawing will take place as scheduled and it would mean better odds for us. I didn't buy any tickets in maryland last year but this year I bought 8 and got lucky and hit one for $500.

Good luck to all of us.

DC Raffle Sales...Not Too Good!

EricinMD — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:14:43 GMT

I live in Maryland, work in Virginia and commute through DC, so I do play the DC lottery once in a while. I bought 7 raffle tickets to the first Maryland raffle and 14 in the second one and won zippo..so I am trying a few DC raffle tix.

As of early this evening though when I bought my most recent ticket (I have six so far), they have sold only 34,746 tickets. It is probably over 35,000 by now, but the goal was to sell 250,000 and the drawing, already delayed a week, is set for Tuesday mor... [ More ]