Anybody here have "Powerball Boredom" (PB?) [how ironic the "PB" initials!]
Let me tell you something: yes, PB NEEDS to change but to this:
Pick 5 numbers from 1-38.
Yes, you heard that correctly: 1-38
And ONE number from 1-36.
Yes, this will lower the odds. But it will INCREASE SALES!
No, it will NOT result in an increase in the amount of winners. But it WILL result in an increase in the amount of PLAYERS!
How do I know this? Well, I am not all-knowing, but if "they" REALLY want to infuse this game with EXCITEMENT and PASSION and ZEST AND INCREASE "THEIR" TICKET SALES (profits), then they need to do a 1/38 + 1/36 matrix.
Forget increasing the ticket price to two dollars-- are you crazy? That's lotto oppression when the odds are ALREADY stacked against us! Fewer people will buy tickets doubled to two dollars. Just ask the state lotteries that have done this and you just might find out that they dug a hole they are stuck in (which they won't admit to publicly).
But let's say I'm wrong and "everybody" starts winning with the new 1/38 + 1/36 matrix. The solution? Restore it to the matrix it is now.
Hey Powerball Commmission (and I know you DO read these posts!), do the reduced matrix for 3 months and compare the payouts/winnings to the previous 3 months. Chances are your profits will DOUBLE (yes, you read that right, too) and payouts will not be as numerous as originally thought.
So if you want ZEST, EXCITEMENT, LOTTO ZEAL, INCREASED SALES, then REDUCE the matrix to 1/38 + 1/36. What have you got to lose?
If sales are down, people are frustrated. We need some zest, some excitement, some passion. We need Powerball FEVER, not Powerball Boredom.
Is this against the "rules" of probability, of doing good "business"? Perhaps it goes against those "rules", those "established standards", but a smart businessperson (note the nonsexist language!) knows that a SUCCESSFUL businessperson breaks the rules. There are some examples of this in business-- there would be more but you have to know what rules to break and how to break them.
Intrigued?
Let's summarize: you win, we win; we win, you win.
How can you lose?