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Reply #11

CASH Only — Mon, 19 Aug 2002 06:48:36 GMT

I want to add that, if you were to hit Lucky for Life , you would have to notify the Washington State Lottery each time you change your address (or keep a PO box) or if for some reason the (quarterly?) check doesn't come. What if the company selling the annuity to the lottery goes bankrupt? If you die before the guarantee is over ($1 million?) your heir(s) would have to worry about making sure they receive checks until the Lottery's obligation is fulfilled, and possibly have to pay inheritanc... [ More ]

Reply #10

CASH Only — Mon, 19 Aug 2002 06:20:23 GMT

Lucky for Life , IMHO, has two major flaws. One is unavoidable in that while you get many sets of numbers per play, you can choose only ONE 4-number combination (the other sets are automatically quick-picked.) The other, which can, and SHOULD be changed (note that my handle is CASHOnly ) is that the 4/4 prize, under the rules of the game, CANNOT be paid in lump sum . I am _slightly_ more tolerable of lose for life prizes than of situations where you are paid in 20/25/26 etc annual installmen... [ More ]

Reply #9

gogo13 — Sun, 18 Aug 2002 23:05:26 GMT

I personally like lucky for life, play at least once a week. I buy 3 tickets with the same numbers on them because the rules state one person can get a maximum of $3000.00 a week for the rest of your life.

Reply #8

CASH Only — Sun, 18 Aug 2002 22:22:01 GMT

With MM coming to Washington state, I would like to see your lottery make two changes to your existing games: 1) Replace Quinto with a pick-5 ALL-NUMBER game (the playing card theme works much better with scratch games) and 2) scrap Lucky for Life (the $1000/wk-for-life grand prize also makes more sense in scratch-off games.) A pick-5 ALL-NUMBER game should be drawn more often than 2x/week in place of Quinto and LFL .

Reply #7

CASH Only — Sun, 18 Aug 2002 22:12:47 GMT

While neither MUSL nor its members have publicly announced the changes effective the first weekend of October, a news story mentioned that the new version of Powerball will be a 5/53 + 1/42 game (instead of 5/49 + 1/42), the annuity will be 30 payments (of course the cash option will be retained), and the minimum PowerPlay multiplier will be 2x. Full details should be available soon.

Reply #6

gogo13 — Sun, 18 Aug 2002 21:11:53 GMT

Is there a site which explains the upcoming changes to PB.

Reply #5

CASH Only — Sun, 18 Aug 2002 21:05:16 GMT

But you still will on occasion. Especially after the new PB format starts.

Reply #4

gogo13 — Sun, 18 Aug 2002 20:58:52 GMT

Every once in a while i travel to oregon to play powerball. I see your point though, with big jackpots in MM why bother going anymore.

Reply #3

CASH Only — Sun, 18 Aug 2002 20:55:12 GMT

Your second message seems to contradict your first.

Reply #2

gogo13 — Sun, 18 Aug 2002 20:48:07 GMT

Look out Oregon here i come.

Reply #1

CASH Only — Sun, 18 Aug 2002 20:38:42 GMT

And you might get to play for a BIG jackpot off the bat. Plus Powerball will change in early October.

i'm new to this

gogo13 — Sun, 18 Aug 2002 20:33:45 GMT

Hey all, i'm new to this gig. From washington state. I'm looking forward to the MM game coming soon.