Mississippi Lottery halts Cash 3 triple payout promotion one week in

Comment #36

KY Floyd — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 06:22:14 GMT

Those funds were apparently only enough for six days and not for the entire month of November they advertised.

And? They expected to pay out some amount,but players won that amount in about 1/4 of the time the lottery expected.

They ended up paying out 97% of all the wagers that month. Don't recall the KY Lottery saying because of an overwhelming player response they would stop sales of triples.

And? Triples account for 1% of the possible results and get drawn 1% of the time as a l... [ More ]

Comment #35

Gambler4Life — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 20:24:44 GMT

Missouri Iowa are the best states to play Pick Four. They pay $1500 on $1 box tickets, whereas other states pay $1200 or $1250.

Comment #34

Bleudog101 — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 16:11:13 GMT

I often wonder if Chip is still with PBS in Lexington?

The motorcycle guy from FL who was director sure didn't stay in that position long.

Comment #33

Tucker Black — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 06:31:42 GMT

There's a 2.24% chance of drawing 3 or more trips in 60 drawings. So it's uncommon but not ridiculously unlikely.

Comment #32

Stack47 — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 04:28:35 GMT

The point I was making was about a lottery stopping a promotion or even a game because the outcome was different than what they expected. I doubt any lottery would expect 3 trips to be drawn out of 60 drawings nor would any lottery stop their pick 3 drawings because of it.

Over time, the lottery wins the house edge.

The Kentucky pick 3 edge is only 40% because they pay $600 for a straight. And even with a lower house edge the KY Lottery managed to still get a 3% profit for a month wher... [ More ]

Comment #31

Ringoriddle — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 02:49:18 GMT

It wasn't even true trips at that

Comment #30

Tucker Black — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 01:01:26 GMT

Triples are chosen at random and they pay the same as the other 990 straight bets.

If lots of people bet on a triple and it hits, the lottery pays out more than average.

If it doesn't hit (which is 99% of the time on average), the lottery pays out less than average.

Over time, the lottery wins the house edge.

Unlike this MS promo, betting on triples is not a player's advantage.

Comment #29

Stack47 — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:41:45 GMT

Still waiting for a state lottery to offer all the possible pick 3 wagers. IE wager on one digit in position, in any position, two digits in any positions, sums, etc.

Comment #28

Stack47 — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:36:49 GMT

Chip P posted the three triples in one month when he was still working for the KY Lottery.

Remember the one off option and believe it lasted until the promotion was over. Unlike in Mississippi where they stopped it when finally figuring out it was a really dumb idea.

Comment #27

Brock Lee — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 23:08:47 GMT

the people who came up with the promotion were educated in #50.

Comment #26

Ringoriddle — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 21:09:31 GMT

Ms stopped dropping true trips without the fireball basically. It's always been 8 times now it's only 4 times a year . They nothing but a bunch of crooks running place

Comment #25

Ringoriddle — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 20:59:40 GMT

Ms lottery is nothing but a scam. They need to fire the president all the way down to those 3 blind mice that puts on that silly live show

Comment #24

rubyred — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 20:28:39 GMT

After reading the story about MS's Cash 3 promotion, I thought this decision was made after a great martini lunch...because clearly this wasn't thought all the way thru...

Comment #23

Bleudog101 — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 10:36:06 GMT

Stack 47, the last paragraph I don't remember.

However go back I believe pre-pandemic. KY lottery had on pick 3/4 you could add a dollar to the play for the one off option. Notice how quickly that went away along with mechanical balls shortly thereafter? Asked one representative about one off and she said it wasn't popular. Was thinking, 'No it was too popular and folks WERE winning'. We won $5K pick 4 and $600 pick 3 all thanks to that extra dollar.

Comment #22

onenumber — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 08:29:37 GMT

Not only did they end the promotion early but, MS lottery has suspended Cash 3 sales until November 15th. This promotion was NOT a success. This was the biggest failure in planning I've seen from a state lottery.

Comment #21

ShagE3 — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 01:09:05 GMT

I have nothing more I can add to this discussion so I have to two words for y'all ..

1. Liverwurst

2. Oliveloaf

Nuff said .....

Later ..... I have to prepare my post Powerball winning jackpot party.

Anybody have any gherkin pickles and Moxie soda pop to spare

Comment #20

Stack47 — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 22:12:05 GMT

Those funds intended to pay out the prizes tells us that they knew the promotion would cost them money

Those funds were apparently only enough for six days and not for the entire month of November they advertised.

There is no specific limit on the number of Mississippi Cash 3 tickets an individual can purchase for a single drawing; players can generally buy as many as they want.

Can't find if there is an aggregate payout limit, but if there is no limit, in another week players that... [ More ]

Comment #19

Todd — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 21:36:28 GMT

An example of this happening before is not coming to mind. Someone didn't think this through. Of course, our members (like you) caught this glitch in the matrix immediately .

Comment #18

jimjwright — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 21:28:37 GMT

Thanks Todd

Has any other state lottery suspended sales for a game because of too many winners?

Everything about this promotion is weird where a game with a house edge of 50% is flipped so the players have a 50% edge.

Comment #17

Todd — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 21:23:54 GMT

No, draws are still happening. I would expect they need to draw because some people buy multi-draw tickets, even if sales are currently suspended.

Comment #16

billybucks — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 15:50:43 GMT

Yes, they have to reformat the software and their machines and that will take a week. No more 3x prizes though. How could they not have known in advance that everyone in the western world would try to take advantage of getting a free 500.00 for every 1000.00 they wagered.

Comment #15

jimjwright — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 15:12:37 GMT

There website on the Cash 3 page has a red banner at the bottom of screen stating Cash 3 Sales will resume on 11/15. Does that mean no draws for a week

Comment #14

billybucks — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 14:13:27 GMT

Has a stink to it. Thousands of people were scrambling trying to get a flight to Mississippi to play this game. You could not possibly not avoid winning 500.00 if you invested 1000.00 into it and spent the time to going around to fill out slips or at a kiosk if you could get one that someone wasn't monopolizing. They had to cancel it or the entire lottery would have gone under.

Comment #13

DELotteryPlyr — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 09:21:24 GMT

yea that is what I thought happened - the triple probably did them in. Wonder if they could have put in ' triples not included in bonus payout

Comment #12

Coin Toss — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 06:27:50 GMT

sully16, the army calls that PPPPP, pee poor proper prior planning.

Comment #11

mandownbeauty90 — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 05:02:53 GMT

Of course they ran out of money for this promotion. If the results I am looking at are correct, they essentially paid out a triple (666) and 345/456 and 5678 combinations those first few draws.

Comment #10

Powerball765 — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:52:04 GMT

if they want a real Promotion Copy Missouri or Kentucky everyone pays out $500 for $1 straight Bet but only Missouri and Kentucky pays out $600 for $1 straight bet and this is not even a promotion it is 24/7 Standard higher payouts than other states for Same $1

Comment #9

johnnyBlaze — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:20:39 GMT

For a state that ranks 49th in education, it's not really a surprise.

Comment #8

IAmABadOne — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 23:12:40 GMT

Did they ever disclose a cap when advertising the promotion? I have only read what was on LP so I do not really know.

Or, are they just using the it drained the funds intended to pay out the prizes as a cover their assets maneuver?

If there was a cap in place from the beginning I would think the lottery people would be letting all of the disgruntled lottery players know and point out where that fact could be found.

I am not a conspiracy theorist, do not claim lotteries cheat, nor do

Comment #7

Lotterologist — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 22:49:20 GMT

Lottery players aren't as dumb as they thought!

Now if they'll just increase the prize amount for a dollar straight to $700 dollars

Comment #6

KY Floyd — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 22:38:36 GMT

it drained the funds intended to pay out the prizes

That tells us that they started it with a cap already in place, so they simply reached the cap sooner than they thought.

Lottery President Jeff Hewitt should be fired for not only offering a promotion that could cost the state millions

Those funds intended to pay out the prizes tells us that they knew the promotion would cost them money, so they obviously thought that the money was worth it to promote the game, or perhaps the lott... [ More ]

Comment #5

rcbbuckeye — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 22:29:18 GMT

Well, my first thought reading this article was what did they think was going to happen?

Of course people were going to jump on this and the payouts were going to be to the moon....LOL.

Comment #4

sully16 — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 22:27:10 GMT

Poor planning and not cool .

Comment #3

Tucker Black — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 22:13:20 GMT

Darn, I knew it was too good to be true!

On the bright side, they weren't as stupid as I thought. They actually had a fund set aside for this promotion, because they knew that the rule change would cost the lottery money. It's like an advertising budget.

Comment #2

Stack47 — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 21:46:39 GMT

Apparently the Mississippi Lottery doesn't employ anyone that understands a pick 3 game. Especially when syndicates are spending millions in some states to buy every lotto game combination for a guaranteed jackpot with the only risk of splitting it was other winning tickets.

Mississippi players could spend $1000 and get a guaranteed $500 win. Most states have limits on the total amount the will pay out, but doesn't change the win for anyone wagering $1000 before the limit was reached.

Lo... [ More ]

Comment #1

IAmABadOne — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 21:43:05 GMT

Yes, it was interesting, wasn't it?

I think they will be hiring a mathematician and/or statistician or two in the near future...

Best wishes to all.

Mississippi Lottery halts Cash 3 triple payout promotion one week in

Lottery Post — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 21:21:44 GMT

Overwhelming player response leads Lottery to halt promotion early

By Kate Northrop

One week after it launched, the Mississippi Lottery prematurely halted the Cash 3 promotion that tripled all prize payouts for what was supposed to be the entire month of November.

The Mississippi Lottery abruptly announced the conclusion of the Cash 3 Times 3 prize enhancement today, Nov. 7, after receiving an overwhelming player response to the limited-time promotion.

It was originally slated to... [ More ]