How do they distribute top prizes

Reply #12

redhot7 — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 22:24:02 GMT

But don't make the mistake of playing a game that is ending.

I could think of one good reason of buying an ending game. You could enter non winning ticket to End of Game Top Prize draws. You have the chance to win a top prize when you enter a non winning ticket.

Reply #11

Jon D — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:17:45 GMT

Well, it does happen all the time. $5 Wintergreen just ended recently with a bunch of top $100,000 prizes remaining. And the next game to end, $100,000 Riches, will probably be next month sometime. It still shows 27 of 50 top prizes remaining, but do you think another top prize will be issued in the next month before it finishes? Possibly, but most likely not. That game did not sell well and is already disappearing from stores.

You can only hope and trust that they are releasing top prizes in... [ More ]

Reply #10

redhot7 — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:09:26 GMT

The last $5 game they ended, Millions in Cash, still had 11 of 25 top $1,000,000 prizes unclaimed when they ended it and pulled it from store shelves. So essentially that remainder of top prizes was never even issued, or was sitting in a warehouse somewhere and never went out to stores. Don't play an ending game with the hopes of a top prize, those prizes are probably is not even on the table.

That's a misleading advertisement. It shouldn't be allowed. There should be a law that mandates that... [ More ]

Reply #9

Jon D — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:09:07 GMT

Set for Life still seems to have some life in it. But as a game it is pretty poor. In order to offer the $2,000,000 prize on that $5 game, have to rob from the amount of the lower prizes they offer. So your return will be much worse than any of the other $5 games as you play...unless or until you hit the top prize. I'll buy a few here and there, but not my main game.

They just recently announced end of game for $5 Wintergreen and $100,000 Riches. Later will be Stacks of Cash and Take 5. Usual... [ More ]

Reply #8

redhot7 — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:03:55 GMT

A retired policeman has recently won Set for Life Jackpot Scratch ticket in Oak Hills. Should I stop playing Set for Life for a while

Reply #7

Jon D — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:48:20 GMT

I don't believe that scratch tickets are a pure random distribution of prizes. In that respect, they are different from all the other draw/lotto games, which really are supposed to be random.

We will probably never know the exact formula or algorithm they use. But they have a certain amount of winners per book/roll. And then they seem to distribute the top prizes in a pseudo-linear fashion. With scratchers, there is the psychology and mind games they incorporate into the ticket manufacturing.... [ More ]

Reply #6

jaggudada — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 01:21:17 GMT

Lottery should be able to clarify this info under right to information act. Just because if they told us how this worked that doesn't mean they are compromising the integrity of lottery system. I went back and forth on this with NY lottery and they did not provide me convicning answer. They said it is all random and I said that means you could have 3 consecutive top prize winners within a week and then nothing for long time, they said it's possible but due to sheer volume odds of winning often c... [ More ]

Reply #5

dallascowboyfan — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:13:03 GMT

Reply #4

CashWinner$ — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:14:21 GMT

I have wondered about that before too..

Not so sure I believe this random business, HQs claims..

Afterall, they're trying to generate $$.

Urrr, maybe I'm just too suspicious......

Reply #3

duckman — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:14:01 GMT

If there are 3 grand prize tickets, then the tickets are split into 3 groups, with each group of tickets getting a top prize winner.

Reply #2

omiller315 — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:00:58 GMT

I often wonder if they put all 3 out right away. I would think not for a few reasons. Say somehow all 3 top prizes are hit in the first month. Then they have to take the game off and lose money. I wouldnt be shocked if there is 3 that they put one out early and wait to release the other two 6 months down the road. Sucks for us, but would make sense from a lottery perspective.

Reply #1

B$Rizzle — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:24:38 GMT

Supposedly, they are all random, But we will never know

How do they distribute top prizes

redhot7 — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 23:17:18 GMT

If they are going to sell 1 million tickets and there are 3 available top prizes, do they distribute them evenly at ticket number 250,000 , 500,000 and 750,000