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Aug 5, 2008, 12:59 pm (22 comments)
The Pennsylvania Lottery's latest game is the 5-digit numbers game, Quinto, offering 13 ways to play and win up to $50,000 cash.
Drawings will be held both at midday and evening, seven days a week.
Tickets for Quinto will cost $1 each. The new game is played similar to Pick 3 and Pick 4 games, except with Quinto there are 5 positions for the numbers 0 through 9.
For a $1 purchase, players can wager Straight, Front 4, Back 4, Front 3, Back 3, Front Pair, Back Pair or Box, as follows:
Depending on the numbers appearing on a box ticket, the Box play will be a 5, 10, 20, 30, 60 or 120-way box type of play.
Lottery Post's Event Calendar item for the new game contains a full breakdown of the various ways to play each type, as well as the corresponding prize amounts. It can be found at https://www.lotterypost.com/calendar.aspx?d=8/26/2008.
All Pennsylvania Quinto prize payments are made as a one-time, lump-sum cash payment.
The odds of winning range from 1 in 100,000 for the top prize of $50,000, down to 1 in 100 for a Front or Back Pair that nets a $50 win. (Full breakdown of odds for each prize level are on the Event Calendar.)
Quinto tickets go on sale Tuesday, August 26, 2008.
The slogan for the game's advertising campaign is "Fifty Grand in Your Hand".
Lottery Post Staff
"Pick 4 on steroids"
Sounds like it will do well.
I think so also but think twice a day is too much for starters... I think the players will mainly be those playing pick 3 and 4 presently and twice a day might have them rethink their lottery dollars.
This is funny...I was just wondering why a state hasn't introduced a 5 digit game and PA all of a sudden is getting one. Interesting but the odds are so high.
Brad
I like it. Gives you many choices, and reasonable odds for what you choose. I wish they were as creative in my state.
I agree.
Very nice game.
Do you think they read ideas here at Lottery Post?
I posted how nice I thought a five digit game would be a couple times here at Lottery Post.
Need it in S.C.
I am going to suggest it at their message center on the S.C. site.
Edited here.
Just shot over to the S.C. website and made the suggestion to consider this type of game.
I guess I'm the only one who sees the potential for a disturbing trend, here.
I presume it will carry the computerized draw for daytime and the ball feature draw for evening?
I read the retailer site and it didnt clarfiy to well how the draws will go, nor does it have the ways to win....
Very vague at this point to make an informed decision if this game will last or worthy of playing.
Is this away to boost the sales? I read there sales are down.
People think twice with prices and the loss of jobs.
This type of game would be a great for states without pick-3 and pick-4 games because of all the options. Allow players pick-3 straight and box bets on the first 3 digits, the last 3, or even the middle 3 and the same pick-4 bets on the first and last 4 digits.
It might create a dilemma for the players because they could see the digits they picked being drawn in the wrong position; their numbers could be drawn in the last 3 positions when they played the first 3. And even more so in states like PA with traditional pick-3 and pick-4 games where they could see their numbers drawn in the other game.
By just playing the pick-5 game, players can win at least $1000 on a 50 cent box bet. Since the percentages favor 2 of the 5 digits matching, it's more likely to be $2000 and not bad for a 50 cent bet.
Hummmm, I’m not decided on this game yet, not sure I will play it or not!
Looks ok but they should have done a Pick six version instead. Some people will probably opt to just bet 10 bucks on the pick 4 straight for way better odds at 50Gs. However, I dont believe many people would try at 100 bucks on a pick 4 vs a pick 6 for 500Gs for a buck.
Sounds great, wow, is it computerized?
Hello posters, this is my first post. I wanted to ask everyone, how does this new game affect the time limit of the nighttime TV drawings, will more time be added to the TV drawings or not if the game is drawn by a machine for the televised drawings?
Can anyone provide me with some information on this?
Not sure we need another game in PA.Maybe do away with the Mix & Match game.
Not that it matters to me very much but it should to those that might gamble on this one. I've looked on-line a bit and can't find out whether or not it is a computerized drawing.
So I conclude they are playing (hiding) down the fact it is another POS RNG game! People will put money into the lottery coffers unknowningly gambling on a computer program.
Hi JimMay,
Welcome to Lottery Post!
Thank you.
The PA Lottery changes games and formats so often that John Kerry must be in charge over there. "I voted for the Mix & Match, before I voted against it in favor of Quinto" - or are they keeping Mix-Match? Or is it Match-6 or something??? Oh, wait, that's the game where you can match 10 numbers but only on some tickets being 6 numbers are actually drawn. I think every few months there's a new game and another is dumped. Notice also that the games seem to be (except maybe this case?) to be rehashed from previous games. Lucky For Life is/was just another 6-ball Lotto and Match 6 QPs the 2nd and 3rd lines like Super 6 did. The Midday Pickit and Pick-5 (Treasure Hunt) is computerized but not the Evening Pickit or Cash-5. I need special algorithms just to keep track of what games they have at any given moment! But then again I'll probably play it a few times while it's still there.
Does anyone know how the numbers would be drawn, via computer for the mid-day, mechanic for the nighttime television drawings and if that's the case, would the drawing show be expanded to include this new game?
Well if the game is drawn manually for the nighttime drawings, then more time might be added for the televised drawings correct?