~Why People Aren't Buying Lottery Tickets ??

Reply #20

TnTicketlosers — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 18:07:36 GMT

Try playing in Tennessee and see how you feel.

Reply #19

jjtheprince — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 14:41:49 GMT

They're realizing that it's impossible to win if you're not from California.

Reply #18

rcbbuckeye — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 03:37:11 GMT

In Jan 2012 the PB matrix was changed and tics went to $2. If you look it up there were winners almost every other draw. I remember reading posts about how terrible it was because the jackpots kept getting reset, PB was losing money, yada, yada, yada.

I wasn't one of them. I didn't care because I would be quite happy with winning a starting jackpot.

Reply #17

noise-gate — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 02:11:26 GMT

Which People

Reply #16

rcbbuckeye — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 00:44:12 GMT

Well that's a new one. First people complained when PB was getting hit every other draw. Now you complain because MM is on a run to a decent jackpot.

Exactly what do you want?

And if you answer a lot of million dollar winners, well you got your wish with the Monopoly game. Not to mention every MM and PB draw produces a million dollar winner. Many times more than just one.

Reply #15

helpmewin — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 13:47:58 GMT

Plenty of Money for both Let's get that

Reply #14

Coin Toss — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 23:38:05 GMT

onlymoney,

Re: you sig and people finally realizing they're throwing their money away, I'd have to say yes and know on that. Follow along please, in any form of gambling those running the games, 'the house', know that they are in the ego business as well as the gambling business.

A lot of players have big egos, not all, but a lot, and for those who do a statement like the one in your sig triggers something in them that makes them think, Oh yeah....well I'll be the one to show you.... [ More ]

Reply #13

Stack47 — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 21:04:03 GMT

In another thread we're deciding if MM sales higher, lower, or flat, but I came to the conclusion with the effect of changes in that game, changes in PB, the new Monopoly game, the size of either game's jackpots and other contributing factors, overall sales of all games is the only way to tell. If lottery sales are down in Maryland, there must be a contributing factor which I'm guessing is their casinos.

A side note, here in Tx PB sales are down, as they also mentioned in the article about M... [ More ]

Reply #12

bigbear29 — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:26:30 GMT

I also think that people including myself are getting feed up with these long runs so the lottery can keep making big money by enticing people to get in the game.

Reply #11

bigbear29 — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:12:14 GMT

Lottery sales have gone flat in several states, but not necessarily as a result of gamblers waking up to the fact that the house always wins.

jackpot fatigue seems to be part of the reason.

players may be becoming numb to soaring prize numbers, and so they re not buying lottery tickets at the blazing pace set in the past.

I just read this at http://time.com/money/3541514/lottery-sales-decline-casinos

Reply #10

rcbbuckeye — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 12:30:52 GMT

The link took me to a story about a decline in sales in Maryland.

I just read the TLC October meeting minutes. For fiscal year ending in August, sales in Tx were at a record again, almost 4.4 billion dollars. Draw games were down a little, scratchers were up. For the past couple years at least, scratch offs are the biggest sellers. Funny because I don't play scratchers very often, but I play all the jackpot games and Daily 4.

A side note, here in Tx PB sales are down, as they also mentione... [ More ]

Reply #9

Coin Toss — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 06:27:54 GMT

The link in the OP brings me right back to this thread. This happening to anyone else

Reply #8

onlymoney — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 02:47:06 GMT

So you can't win unless you buy in- REALLY ???

That's the lie. Basically they're saying that If you don't buy a ticket, you can never win. Although that's a true statement, it's an illusion too.

Here's an example that is way out there but makes the point. Imagine despite the ridiculous odds of 5 trillion to 1, someone wins every month. Does the fact that someone wins every month justify playing to hit that goal? A goal that is sooooo far out of reach, that your stubborness/arrogance... [ More ]

Reply #7

Think — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 01:30:09 GMT

It is divide and conquer. There are so many games that nobody wins anything on any of them. It is at the point that you cant play all the games cause it costs too much. Also there are a lot of really stupid new games ( at least here in Michigan) EZMatch and poker lotto have terrible prizes for the odds. The daily Keno prize here is $250,000 so when you finally get that once in lifetimes win you have to pay the extra 3.8% Obamacare tax...Yay!

I don't want to win anything between $145,000 an... [ More ]

Reply #6

eddessaknight — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 20:08:16 GMT

0.1% of people who play for a major JP will win in their lifetime. ~OM

So you can't win unless you buy in- REALLY ???

Eddessa_Knight

Reply #5

onlymoney — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 16:16:26 GMT

Since LP is a HUGE website with lots of traffic, people are seeing my signature and finally realizing that they're virtually throwing their hard earned money away on something that is very unlikely to happen to them in their lifetime. Finally, I can say I did my good deed in the world.

Sorry LP members, can't take any autographs today, all booked up at the Bellagio book signing in Vegas for the next two weeks.

Reply #4

pickone4me — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 15:57:51 GMT

Once again, they dance around the reason why...But then again it isn't cool here to think out of the box.

Reply #3

RedStang — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 05:31:31 GMT

Good article. Sales will eventually plateau. They use casinos as an excuse but their struggling too. I see more people playing the pick 3 4 more then other games.

Reply #2

maringoman — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 02:08:48 GMT

When you see all those millionaires on Mass Lottery website created in 2014 only, you know that there is no jackpot fatigue over here. We drink our iced coffees and keep scratching those colorful cards Mass Lottery reported higher profits in the latest reports

Reply #1

pamelab — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 01:54:22 GMT

Agree

~Why People Aren't Buying Lottery Tickets ??

eddessaknight — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 01:44:46 GMT

Too many loses for too many people, catching on or wising up ???

https://time.com/money/3541514/lottery-sales-decline-casinos/?xid=yahoo_money

Eddessa_Knight