Wrote the lottery commission

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Raven62 — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 20:23:20 GMT

FYI: The PowerBall Changes made the Lottery Post Lottery News Forum a couple of Months Ago:

Powerball to lower Jackpot Starting Point and increases due to plunge in sales!

https://www.lotterypost.com/news/331398

Declining lottery sales prompt more Powerball Jackpot Changes!

https://www.lotterypost.com/news/331520

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music* — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 20:12:18 GMT

Ohio. A State which gave us many Presidents.

Good to exercise your freedoms. Never say Never. You do not know how your drop of rain will fill up the pail.

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Ranett — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 17:51:17 GMT

Good luck. I haven't bought a powerball ticket since January. Don't plan on buying tickets to either game this summer.

Reply #2

clementwood — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 17:26:36 GMT

Ohio. I know it will not change anything, but I just had to tell them my thoughts.

Reply #1

music* — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 16:31:56 GMT

clelmentwood, Which lottery commission and which State did you write too? Good Luck

Wrote the lottery commission

clementwood — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 13:43:29 GMT

Hello,

I emailed the lottery commission.

Here is the message:

In 2012, the rules were changed to help generate bigger jackpots. The price of tickets were raised to 2 USD, the jackpot starting point was at 40 Million with minimum rollover of 5 Million.

Now what we have is a lower jackpot and lower rollover than in the past but the same price of 2 USD. With these changes, it will not surprise me if the powerball game ends up not generating sales. If the lottery commissio... [ More ]