Pennsylvania Lottery struggles to attract bets on virtual sports games

Comment #8

GiveFive — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 11:32:08 GMT

Somebody please correct me if I m wrong, but didn t The PA Lottery scrub the wildly popular not to mention very successful July 4th Millionaire Raffle to offer these lousy video games that players don t like and are refusing to play? G5

Comment #7

Soledad — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 09:40:55 GMT

49.4 million.

32.1 million. 2/3 appx

4.2 billion

2.7 billion. 2/3 appx

2.1 million

1.3 million 2/3 appx

It s interesting that it s all pretty much approximately the same, give or take a million.

Comment #6

Bleudog101 — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 22:42:47 GMT

Hoping KY Quick Bucks goes by the wayside. KY lottery knows I don't like it, not that my opinion matters so did play it once. Wrote on private FB that if it would rollover and pay a decent amount more might play it. Couple of days this week the top prize was $14, terrible payouts. folks will soon tire of it.

Comment #5

Stack47 — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 22:12:00 GMT

Four days a week players can bet $2 trying to win millions, but somebody thought it was a good idea to offer games for the same $2 could win up to $180 on football or beat 1320 to 1 odds to win $500 on a simulated car race. And the same places that offer these games have 4 minute Keno too.

Let's see, should I bet $1 trying to win $90 playing football or bet the same $1 on a Keno 10-spot that pays $100,000?

And edited to add the KY Lottery should look at PA's Keno game because the people r... [ More ]

Comment #4

dpoly1 — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 20:20:51 GMT

The lottery queens don't seem to approve LOL

Comment #3

cottoneyedjoe — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 18:57:39 GMT

The lotteyr wants to attract younger players, but I just can't picture someone in their 20s seeking out one of these machines to play what is essentially a childish video arcade game. Young people would rather play on their phones, and frankly, so would most old farts like me that I know.

Comment #2

MillionsWanted — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 16:05:17 GMT

People want to bet on real sports not these virtual games which can be easily manipulated on a computer.

Comment #1

Bleudog101 — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 15:58:45 GMT

Lottery fatigue 101 is my explanation.

Pennsylvania Lottery struggles to attract bets on virtual sports games

Lottery Post — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 15:00:31 GMT

The Pennsylvania Lottery has more than 1,850 outlets with screens displaying virtual animated football and auto races. The odds of finding someone watching a bet play out on the simulated sports action is pretty low.

With a few exceptions, lottery licensees in the region report few customers are spending their time or money on the Xpress Sports games lottery officials introduced in August.

Xpress Football offers the chance to bet from $1 to $20 each on up to 16 possible outcomes such as a