How would you design a game so more people win?

Reply #15

guesser — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 07:49:43 GMT

can you explain this a little better? it doesn't make much sense to me.

Reply #14

guesser — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 07:48:00 GMT

Then why not just have the second tier (all WB, miss the PB) pay like 2-3 million dollars?

Those are the same odds.

Reply #13

savagegoose — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:09:12 GMT

hehehe yeah i think everyone would pick it.

seems theres a few people comment on wanting the pots to be shared around more but the games aint designed that way. the jackpots dfont happen if its easier to win. and if they canged the odds to play once the pot got higher why would anyone buy at harder odds instead of just waiting for the better odds.

Reply #12

Coin Toss — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:48:20 GMT

savagegoose,

I know you've toyed with this concept around a lot.

Re:the OP, I'm not sure how it could be done or if it could be done drawing one set of winning numbers, but if there was a 2nd Chance so to speak, another dollar buys a chance for the numbers you already have and a secind drawing for a lesser prize, that might be a start. Kind of like the occassional Illinois Pick 3 Green Ball Double Draw.

After the Pick 3 is drawn there's a separate bowl with white balls and one green bal... [ More ]

Reply #11

sully16 — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:06:22 GMT

lmao I picked I want it all.

Reply #10

savagegoose — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 07:58:51 GMT

well choice is always best, maybe i just like to throw ideas around see what sticks.

maybe there could be an option, and players get to pick a box when they play

[] i want to share

[] i want it all.

maybe there could be 2 different games in the same draw, both contributing to the same pot, but offering different odds of wining. and a much greater likelyhood of sharing a massive jackpot prise if you take the lower option asnd a much greater chance of wining it all if you take the... [ More ]

Reply #9

RJOh — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:40:19 GMT

NY has all kinds of lottery games with varying jackpot sizes and different odds of winning, check their website to see which games sell the most tickets. If you are one of the players not playing those games with the better odds and smaller jackpots then you know why others are doing the same.

Reply #8

jaggudada — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:52:56 GMT

It is hard for me to believe that more people won't buy lottery if the jackpot isn't stupendous. It may take some time to catch up once the change is made but here is what can really have a domino effect. When you have more winners, that means you will get to hear people from your county, city, area won. I think this will spur the sales. Lottery needs to stay put on more small winners per game than one mega million winner and I believe it will eventually catch up where many more will be willing... [ More ]

Reply #7

savagegoose — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:35:23 GMT

i posted a similar idea and fact is the people who buy want massive jackpots, just look at the sales results, you want different payout regimes ther eis 1 answer, stop buying nassive jackpot draws,.

but the lottery wont listen as millions more will buying to negate your protest

Reply #6

KY Floyd — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 08:43:09 GMT

Perhaps a better way to do it would be something like PB's bonus pool. At some point money that would normally go to the jackpot would be put in the 2nd place prize pool instead. It could even be done in such a way that for jackpots beyond a certain size the 2nd place prize could pay the same as the jackpot, with something left over to put in the next drawing.

That might actually be a workable game. Not having the enormous jackpot would eliminate the enormous sales that go with it, but having... [ More ]

Reply #5

guesser — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 07:57:01 GMT

That would never work for the reasons mentioned above, but if you DID want to do that, the easiest way would be to draw more than one set of numbers.

Reply #4

ameriken — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 06:30:25 GMT

I think the bottom line is sales: the huge jackpots attract more ticket sales. I think the lottery commissions have it figured out: the chance of winning a $200 million dollar jackpot sells far more tickets than a chance of winning one of 200 $1 million dollar prizes.

Personally I'd like to see a smaller top prize with more and bigger secondary and tertiary prizes, but I doubt we'll ever see that, other than the raffles as already mentioned.

Reply #3

RJOh — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 05:28:34 GMT

Games like Pick5 with better odds have winners all the time. Facts are they are so easy to win that their jackpots hardly ever go over $500K cash. If that $500K cash was used to buy a 30yrs annuity, it could be advertised as a million dollar jackpot, but most winners would probably prefer cash.

Reply #2

joshuacloak — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 04:14:13 GMT

o and i forget to put something in their, my 20 min edit time limit up,

people are motivated by wealth, more reward you offer them, the better new wealth you create

in usa, just like how the top 1% own over 30% of all wealth, the top 10% as a whole owns over 50% OF ALL the wealth,

Dems and share the wealth people live in a fake reality of stupid, they Want everyone to be rich and have fairness

they are in in turth preventing new Wealth, if everyone was the same, or if you tax t... [ More ]

Reply #1

joshuacloak — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 03:35:48 GMT

can't be done , the must simple thing your asking for is already here

its called, raffle games

everyone gets a ticket and their a lot more top winners

the real issue is this, You Cant have the sells of powerball and mega millions giving a small army of winners WITHOUT the Large singe jackpot ,

this is reality, We Are Greedy, We See Big Numbers, We Buy More

People don't spend money on lottery games if they SEE LOW NUMBERS

powerball has already tryed to pass the winning... [ More ]

How would you design a game so more people win?

jaggudada — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 02:52:37 GMT

What I mean by more people win is in a game like NY lotto or mega millions or power ball games where jackpot reaches anywhere from 14-15 millions to 60-70 million which is not very uncommon, sometimes it even reaches over 200 million but those are rare occurances.

How would you designa a game where each person wins 2-3 million dollars. for e.g let's say if the jackpot is at 20 million then there will be approximately 20/3 = 7 or 20/2=10 people who will win the 2-3 millions.

If yo... [ More ]