Last of the California Second Chance Jackpots

Reply #21

Redd55 — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 20:42:09 GMT

I believe someone mentioned that when a thread is inactive for 30 days it is closed. But that thread was very active. So, it beats me.

Reply #20

LawOfAttraction — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 21:58:07 GMT

I come to the site for that thread specifically. Any Idea why it was locked? Do others have access to it

Reply #19

Redd55 — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:27:37 GMT

Okay, the lottery website added future pool drawings. So, my previous confusion is now moot.

Reply #18

Chacha33 — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:39:50 GMT

I haven't played in a month, and I looked at the Set for Life game and odds--they're just as terrible as I thought they were going to be. Save your money.

Reply #17

beachbunny13 — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 22:13:36 GMT

I was at the store this weekend and saw a picture of the Set for Life tickets. I am not sure how they will sell. I use to always see people buying lottery scratch tickets but now I don't see so many. We use to buy seven tickets of one type at a time and we got nothing. I haven't heard much about the 30th anniversary ticket.

Reply #16

Redd55 — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 00:31:09 GMT

Again, I see only one second chance weekly drawing for scratchers -- #56.

Reply #15

Redd55 — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 19:53:53 GMT

Thanks. They are getting more entries. Use to be around 9-12mil for scratchers. Now they are up to 18 mil. But I believe this has to do with the ability to scan them in with a smart phone. But yes, the prizes are paltry at best.

Reply #14

CAScratcher20 — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 19:38:30 GMT

The 2nd Chance drawings for SuperLotto are still there, there are no notices stating it will expire

http://www.calottery.com/play/second-chance/slp-second-chance

There is also one for this week on the Draws page.

Even this 2nd chance drawing is not enough to draw attention anywhere clsoe to MM or PB.

Reply #13

Redd55 — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 18:54:58 GMT

Looking at the Calf website, I dont see any more second chance drawings for superlotto (1140 or for pool scratchers (55) after this month. Is this correct

Reply #12

Rudeboy805 — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 19:48:15 GMT

Definitely reduced my play after reading about a guy who wasn't a regular scratcher player hitting the jackpot. The Lottery doesn't reward regular players enough to make it worthwhile. I buy no more than $50 a month.

Reply #11

glisit3000 — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 22:18:06 GMT

same here. Ill buy maybe one or two tickets a week if that.

Reply #10

CAScratcher20 — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 22:39:25 GMT

Lottery jobs are government jobs which are generally stable. This powerball drawing helps the CA Lottery's cause. So it is terrible thinking on my part.

It is easy to get $100 winners on scratchers if you play regularly, it is just that the $200 and up prizes are much harder to get for tickets $10 and under, you can go years without it. The $20/$30 ticket had too much break even prize points.

I think I am one of those people that want a good amount of $100k prizes instead of a handful $5mi... [ More ]

Reply #9

Redd55 — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 22:44:06 GMT

Again, looking at how the big prizes are no more, I'm disgusted. These weekly second chance draws for scratchers are little compensation. They are surely not an encouragement to buy scratchers. And they look like they would be easy to fix by crooked insiders.

Reply #8

slurpee — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 11:31:32 GMT

The odds keep getting worse and worse for the player with each new game they release. The games have become pretty boring as well. But I see more and more people playing everything calotto offers all the time now. I see people digging out losing tickets regularly (2nd chance).

It's CA. It's a big state with a huge population. Basically a country. Many things that many people want/dream of having are really difficult to obtain nowadays. So now I see all different types of people playing everyt... [ More ]

Reply #7

chulavistalivin — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 10:35:43 GMT

I was occasionally frequenting the California scratchers thread for the last couple weeks and realized no commenting from California players. I assumed that my fellow neighbors quit playing the lotto or just didn't win much and not worth the mentioning. But now I finally realized that the thread was locked. They should unlock it since that was the prime epicenter for the CA lottery player online social club. Well, I haven't bought a scratcher in months. Just a couple dollars of fantasy 5, superl... [ More ]

Reply #6

Chacha33 — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 18:47:24 GMT

Hopefully major changes afoot in 2016 for the CA Lottery. It can't keep releasing the same exact games with the same s****y prize structure month after month and year after year and expect higher profits, no? That would definitely be something, though; if it got so bad that it had to lay off employees to keep people's interest piqued.

Reply #5

CAScratcher20 — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 04:34:15 GMT

I do have respect to all those I have been able to converse with over the last two years in the lottery thread, I wish everyone well and hope they get way better value doing other things than the dollars they spent on the CA Lottery itself.

I usually do not wish bad things on others, but I am beyond frustrated to the point where hearing about massive layoffs on the CALottery will be a better feeling than winning on the new 2nd chance drawing.

The people who have bought the majority of tick... [ More ]

Reply #4

Redd55 — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 22:05:27 GMT

The scratchers are pathetic. They killed the second chance drawings by removing the top prize. Now, at most you have a shot at winning 25k x2 each week and some smaller prizes.

The new games -- for $20 or $30 bucks you get 4 top prizes and then it drops to about 6 100k prizes. Not worth the money.

Reply #3

mrcraft — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 19:45:22 GMT

It does appear the CA Lottery is in a downward spiral. I don't have much interest anymore either. Not done, done, but will buy a ticket here and there, but usually many months between purchases.

Reply #2

Chacha33 — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 05:53:44 GMT

The second chance sucked, the 5MJP game sucked; all of the California Lottery now sucks and from the lack of activity on the California boards, most California players who used to frequent this site would now agree. I, on the other hand, am officially done with the Lottery. It was an up and down 16 years with months off in-between, but I've had my fill. Time to move on and use money for other things. Good luck to you and others.

Reply #1

CAScratcher20 — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 10:24:49 GMT

Took two snip years for them to award this winner. The second chance sucked all along. One of the biggest regrets of my life playing it in 2008.

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Last of the California Second Chance Jackpots

Redd55 — Fri, 25 Dec 2015 04:24:44 GMT

Well, I didnt win the 5 million dollar jackpot. Some lucky guy did on Christmas Eve. What a nice present.

Since the state has phased it out, there is only another 5 million and 1 million in February 2016 and a 750k yet to be determined. The rational for the phase out was that there was going to be more smaller prizes but I havent noticed. They shd have kept it the way it was.

Merry Christmas, everyone