I know very well the Illinois Lotto scandal
But games like Fabulous Fortune , 100x the Cash and 20x20 (All $20 games) seem to have all actually had pretty decent hit rates and are all long running games
None of these games appear have had legitimacy called into question
Last time I checked the available large/jackpot prizes from games outstanding (And odds to win)
Fabulous Fortune (Break even is 1 in 2:59 / Game debuted in January of 2014)
$1,000 = 1,808 left of 8,800 (1 in 1,200)
$2,500 = 81 left of 423 (1 in 24,965)
$10,000 = 53 left out of 264 (1 in 40000)
$20,000 = 6 left out of 32 (1 in 330,000)
$1,000,000 = 1 left out of 8 (1 in 1,320,000)
$4,000,000 = 1 left out of 4 (1 in 2,640,000)
20x20 (Break even is 1 in 2:71 / Game debuted in Sept of 2012)
$1,000 = 5,190 left of 17,500 (1 in 1,200)
$10,000 = 194 left out of 700 (1 in 30,000)
$20,000 wk for 20 yrs = 1 left out of 3 (1 in 7,000,000)
100x the Cash (Break even is 1 in 2:94 / Game debuted in January of 2015)
$1,000 = 2,129 left out of 8,040 (1 in 2,000)
$5,000 = 158 left out of 636 (1 in 25,283)
$10,000 = 54 left out of 218 (1 in 73,761)
$20,000 = 9 left out of 38 (1 in 423,158)
$100,000 = 6 left out of 18 (1 in 893,333)
$4,000,000 = 2 left out of 8 (1 in 2,010,000)
I honestly play scratch offs hoping to win some of these lower tier prizes as I doubt I will ever win a grand prize. Also the break even odds are better on these tickets which can always be rewarding
I could see them holding out on Fabulous Fortune and 100x the Cash until those final grand prizes are claimed especially with media scrutiny about games closing before all prizes are claimed. I dont expect anyone to ever win that last 20k for 20 years honestly and for that to eventually close at some point either this year or next
Illinois is running lottery right now not Northstar and before turning over control to Northstar actually had good payout rate in line with most major lotteries. No one has ever accused Illinois of manipulating lotto during there control in past or present that I can recall