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Which is your LEAST favorite?

MA 6/42 & 6/49 (annuity-only)

[ 1 ]

[ 6.2% ]

NY 6/59 (lowest prize return)

[ 7 ]

[ 43.8% ]

PA Super-6 (automatic QPs)

[ 8 ]

[ 50.0% ]

Total valid votes

[ 16 ]

Discarded votes

[ 3 ]

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Dec 16, 2003, 8:45 am

Of the games I listed, only Super-6 has a good chance IMO of being retired or corrected soon.
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Dec 16, 2003, 10:46 am

The problem with figuring payout percentages for most lotteries, good or bad, is that most games have variable jackpots. Other games are pari-mutuel, where the player assumes all the risk. I noticed that when I created my web page with those percentages. Given that, of the lotteries I have on my list, the Delaware Lotto game, based on the jackpot starting value, only pays out about 19.27%.

Blessed Saint Leibowitz, keep 'em dreamin' down there.....

Next week's convention for Psychics and Prognosticators has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

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Dec 16, 2003, 11:06 am

john:
I consider the average prize return, rather than when the jackpot is at the minimum.
However, you've given a good argument for Delaware to replace its in-state Lotto with the MUSL "Hot Lotto".
hypersoniq

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Dec 16, 2003, 4:24 pm

stupid 6, both for automated QP's AND for 6/69 matrix

Have an EXCELlent day!
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Dec 16, 2003, 6:03 pm

I think that my states game "megabucks" from Oregon happens to be the worse game. It jackpots rollover at an average of $200,000 a drawing and it can take numerous drawings to get to a nice size jacpot. The last jackpot that was won in our state took 6 to 7 months to get to its size of 21.7 million. It frustrating that we don't have bigger jackpots faster but I guess that's why Oregon has powerball!
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Dec 17, 2003, 1:09 am

i dont know
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Dec 17, 2003, 8:06 am

weshar:
Oregon also could use the Hot Lotto game.
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Dec 17, 2003, 11:48 am

My least favorite lottery games are among the ones I play, because I haven't won a major prize. I suspect that is how most feel, because they never hear about the losers of games they don't play, but only about the big winners.
RJOh

* you don't need to buy every combination, just the winning ones *
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Dec 17, 2003, 11:50 am

RJ:
I'm still waiting for news on what Ohio will be doing with its Lotto. I thought they would go public before the year is over.
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Dec 17, 2003, 1:05 pm

When ever Ohio has changed its on-line lottery games in the past, it has been to make them harder and pay less, another such change and they will attract fewer players. Adding MegaMillions bought in extra players and I don't look for them to change much unless the adjacent states make some major changes to their games. They did a survey earlier this year to see what changes the players would like to see and I doubt if any one suggested worst odds and smaller payouts. They are trying $10 and $20 scratch-off tickets, maybe they will try a $50 tickets later.
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Dec 17, 2003, 1:58 pm

A couple of months ago the Powerball Website was talking about a $2 dollar ticket through a survey they had. And it would raise the minimum jackpots to 20 million to start out I wonder if they abandoned that idea?
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Dec 17, 2003, 2:40 pm

The worse game to me is Kentucky cashball. It is a cash 5 game set up like powerball. The odds are like 3,000,000 to win all 5, however my beef is the jackpot never rolls over....it just stays on 200,000.00...period. I wonder how much money they have made from running the cash 5 like this..the only redeeming feature this has is that the pay out for 3 numbers is $25.00.

If you know your number is going to hit, have patience and then KILL IT!

You never know when you will get another hit.
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Dec 17, 2003, 9:31 pm

littleoldlady - Kentucky Cash Ball payout percentage is 53.57% - no jackpot, no pari-mutuel. Odds of winning ticket 1::10.79 - not too bad.....

Blessed Saint Leibowitz, keep 'em dreamin' down there.....

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Dec 18, 2003, 8:24 am

johnph:
The 4+1 format (KY Cash Ball, eg) is not catching on very well.
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Dec 18, 2003, 9:20 am

I can understand why, what with the larger payouts of PowerBall and Lotto South. The $200,000 top prize is set - no rollover, but also no maximum on the number of winners. Then, the payout percentage on the KY Pick 3 is 60%. The KY Pick 4 payout percentage, however, is the usual standard 48%-50%.

Blessed Saint Leibowitz, keep 'em dreamin' down there.....

Next week's convention for Psychics and Prognosticators has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

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