Is your State A Lottery Happy States

Reply #10

Litebets27 — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 23:55:50 GMT

In Maryland

We love to play

and boy... we pay,

but, wins are hard to come by

Reply #9

Stack47 — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:07:37 GMT

I downloaded the annual report too. In 2010 the gross profit percentage was 19.3% on gross sales of $97.5 million and players prizes and bonuses were $66.2 million. That's 68% not the 15% reported in the article.

Even if those figures include the racetracks and casinos which the state commission runs, the figure is still over 65%.

Reply #8

Stack47 — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 23:32:09 GMT

Somebody made a big mistake. WVA has pick-3 and pick-4 and variety of other lottery games including scratch-offs that most state lotteries have. WVA always was near the top in per capita spending and I can't believe anyone would play if they are only paying out 15 cents on the dollar.

Reply #7

rdgrnr — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 22:18:21 GMT

Tennessee's not a lottery happy state?

What a shock!

Maybe they can find a way to cheat their way onto the list next year.

Reply #6

scorpio — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 21:39:58 GMT

i don't think vermont has ever won megamillions,or powerball in a 1,000 years

Reply #5

dallascowboyfan — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 13:40:13 GMT

My current State(Oklahoma) is not on the list....however my home State Michigan is

Reply #4

Longarm — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 04:21:19 GMT

I was wondering this, too. My first guess is that it's because WV's jackpot games are multi-state, and that they don't get a lot of Mega Millions and Powerball and Hot Lotto winners. If that's so, the state's main impact on the games is to grow the jackpots that are won in other states. Eventually, they'll have a winner and the large in-state payout may change the average. Depending on how they calculate that 15 cents, they may constantly run low because of the multi-state games producing more w... [ More ]

Reply #3

ameriken — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:59:08 GMT

BTW, how is it that WV can only give back 15 cents? I thought the overall amount for winnings for lotteries was supposed to be around 50 cents on the dollar.

Reply #2

ameriken — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:56:40 GMT

Good for Massachussetts.

Bummer that Colorado didn't make the list.

Maybe because we dont have P3 and P4 games here?

Or maybe because our 5/32 Cash-5 stinks with it's lousy $20,000 grand prize

Reply #1

sully16 — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 03:46:31 GMT

Thanks Empress-n, we do like our lottery here.

Is your State A Lottery Happy States

Empress-N — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:45:48 GMT

The Most Lottery-Happy States

Every once in a while the Mega Millions jackpot climbs above $300 million, and the country goes bonkers buying lottery tickets. For the government workers who reportedly won this week's $319 million prize in New York, the effort will pay off far more than they expected.

Even when there isn't a chance for a nine-figure payout, some people just love playing the lottery. Using Census Bureau data on lottery ticket sales and population estimates, we broke down wher... [ More ]