Bad Lottery Games in the past? :/

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Speler — Mon, 24 May 2021 09:28:47 GMT

3 / 6 paying $1 for $1 with 6 / 40 is horrific.

We had 6+R / 42 paying 5 * the price of a line costing 50 euro cents, many years ago. A 5/6 paid me 1650 euros, over $2300 at the time.

That game used to be a 6/40 and now is a 6+R/45. They screwed up the payouts, 2+R pays less than 3/6 and the 3/6 still pays 5 times the price of one line. We now pay 1.25 for one combination, $1.53 today.

Reply #5

Stat$talker — Mon, 24 May 2021 08:32:37 GMT

The New York Lottery once offered a game called 'Sweet Million'.It actually had pretty good odds to win a million dollars - 3.8 million to 1

Yea, I remember that Game alright,.. I was in The Big Apple once,.. Played Sweet Millions for the 1st time...and these tickets are proof that it really wasn't a bad game at all... Even gave out really decent QP's as you can see.

At that time , I believe Lottery Officials were doing a special with the Game , whereas you'd get 1 free Bonus QP with ever... [ More ]

Reply #4

GiveFive — Mon, 24 May 2021 06:45:09 GMT

The New York Lottery once offered a game called 'Sweet Million'.

It actually had pretty good odds to win a million dollars - 3.8 million to 1, and it was NOT parimuteul. No state anywhere offered a game with lower odds to win a million bucks.

So why did NY pull the plug on it? Sweet Million had the reverse problem you've asked about. The game really didn't suck, but players in NY hated it anyway. They hated it because the lower tier prizes were awful. 2nd place (having 5 out of 6 numbers o... [ More ]

Reply #3

Todd — Mon, 24 May 2021 01:34:32 GMT

I'd have to give the award of the worst game to the failed Monopoly Millionaires Club, a huge multi-state game played by 22 states, which only lasted two months before they pulled the plug: https://www.lotterypost.com/news/283882

It was a massive investment by the states, when they attempted to create a game to satisfy all the people who always complain that they don't want just one winner of a big multi-state jackpot. People say they want a multi-state game that creates many winners but now... [ More ]

Reply #2

Karen Nathan — Thu, 20 May 2021 05:37:43 GMT

That Shirley Jackson Lottery was even way worse than The Hunger Games Lottery. At least in The Hunger Games Lottery, you had a CHANCE to survive. The Shirley Jackson Lottery, you had to stand there while a bunch of People, even FAMILY MEMBERS stoned you to Death

Reply #1

KY Floyd — Thu, 20 May 2021 02:12:31 GMT

The lottery that Shirley Jackson wrote about really sukked.

Bad Lottery Games in the past? :/

Karen Nathan — Tue, 18 May 2021 10:12:52 GMT

Lucky Lines draw game was AWFUL... To this day, I still cringe at the thought of Lucky Lines.... :/ It was touted as The game that played like Bingo, but paid out like Lotto , but it REALLY wasn't all that fun. No one looked all that happy playing this game. I saw much more friend than smiles with this game. It thankfully died very early. Only lasted like 2 months in Florida....