Vent your displeasure - CANADIAN 649

Reply #21

lottoshlep — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 22:14:13 GMT

Originally posted by Karnac So they are hurting....Lottery Officials not worried......Perhaps the boycott would be even more effective now...http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/07/05/canada/lotto_sales_040705 Keep it up players Say NO to Canadian Lotto 649

Reply #20

Misty — Sun, 20 Jun 2004 17:59:58 GMT

thnx shlep i'll check it out.

Reply #19

lottoshlep — Sun, 20 Jun 2004 17:31:36 GMT

more from Karnac:Huge jackpot reflects trend in state lotteriesFor your perusal......http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Southwest/06/19/big.jackpots.ap/index.html CNN PollWhat would you prefer from your state lottery? Better odds 89% 46678 votes Bigger jackpots 11% 5952 votes Total: 52630 votes Hmmm....interesting....I guess the 4500 polled [by Lotto649 staff] weren't American after all

Reply #18

lottoshlep — Sun, 20 Jun 2004 05:44:35 GMT

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Misty — Sat, 19 Jun 2004 22:02:03 GMT

Who is karnac? I quit 6 49 when price gone up.

Reply #16

Jake649 — Sat, 19 Jun 2004 17:41:36 GMT

The new Canadian Lotto 649 sales are doing well and maybe too well. It apears like Lotto 649 is taking sales away from the Canadian Super 7 lottery. The sales for the Super 7 draw on June 18 were only 6.2 million tickets. This was the lowest sales since the Nov 28, 2003 Super 7 draw. Albeit, the Super 7 jackpot was only $2.5 million and the Lotto 649 jackpot is now always $4 million or higher.Good luck,Jake

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lottoshlep — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 16:05:10 GMT

Encouraging News from K

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lottoshlep — Mon, 14 Jun 2004 18:51:41 GMT

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qutgnt — Mon, 14 Jun 2004 18:35:30 GMT

Yes I have played lottario many times although i only play it when its over a million. And yes I have to agree about the canadian coins, to a guy from the states its like funny money, hello cheetahs

Reply #12

lottoshlep — Mon, 14 Jun 2004 18:31:38 GMT

Two minor corrections: #1. from KarnacHave to make this correction before this appears in the media. The OLGC paid out $31,319,211.80. I was out by about 127.00 which is simply lunch money at the OLGC. These figures are from the Sympatico website. The masses are listening.... a Wednesday boycott would really shock and awe the shirts at the OLGC. Sales customarily drop during the summer and summer arrives officially next Monday. I wish I was a fly on the wall in that office tomorrow morning. I re... [ More ]

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lottoshlep — Sun, 13 Jun 2004 23:10:26 GMT

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lottoshlep — Sun, 13 Jun 2004 23:02:28 GMT

Something else to consider, for those who are interested. If I read the figures correctly then 51.4% of draws revenue goes to the prizes. Normally the sales for each draw would generate about $10-12M with the starting Jackpot of $2M. So one can see that normal take for the Lotto Corp used to be about $5-6M, higher when Jackpots rolled over, much higher for bonus draws such as the $25M yesterday.How much did they take in? Just over $2M for a $25M bonus draw

Reply #9

qutgnt — Sun, 13 Jun 2004 22:56:03 GMT

Well when I am up in Windsor I usually play two lotto lines with ten encore lines. I like to call the changing of all these games and leaving the payback percentage ( the only thing that matters) smoke and mirrors.

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lottoshlep — Sun, 13 Jun 2004 22:43:10 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by qutgnt on June 13, 2004Last nites lotto was a bonus draw hence the huge percentage payback.Yes, you're correct. But did you know it wasn't a 'planned' bonus draw? The info I read points to an ad-hoc bonus to generate more interest, which I gather wasn't as high as hoped in the previous draw.See here (by Karnac):Last night's 649 draw marked to the day the 22nd anniversary of the game, however I can't recall any mention of this fact last week in their advertising , othe... [ More ]

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qutgnt — Sun, 13 Jun 2004 21:44:37 GMT

Last nites lotto was a bonus draw hence the huge percentage payback.

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lottoshlep — Sun, 13 Jun 2004 20:39:42 GMT

Precisely MrSteel.

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MrSteel01 — Sun, 13 Jun 2004 19:43:12 GMT

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lottoshlep — Sun, 13 Jun 2004 19:20:38 GMT

Hot off the press

Reply #3

lottoshlep — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 19:53:26 GMT

I appreciate your thoughts

Reply #2

RJOh — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 19:20:34 GMT

I agree with Jake, sales speak louder than any group because the job of lottery commissions is to sell tickets. Years ago, when the religious right could not convince Ohio to get rid of their biggest lottery game, they convince them to limit the payout to $20M per winning ticket regardless of the jackpot size. The State tried it for about six months until the decline of ticket sales forced them to go back to the original format. They never recovered from that mistake because my of the player... [ More ]

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Jake649 — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 17:19:57 GMT

Shlep,I do not want to discourage your campaign to complain about the new price, but I think that the only thing the lottery corporations will pay attention to is sales. If sales go down, then they will get rid of or change the $2 ticket price. If sales go up or stay level, then nothing will change. Sales speak louder than complaints. This is why the original 649 game was changed. Sales were going down year after year. They had to do something. One option was to reduce the guaranteed minimum jac... [ More ]

Vent your displeasure - CANADIAN 649

lottoshlep — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 15:35:07 GMT

In light of the fact the Olgc is tracking complaints, I thought I'd bring these two previous posts forward: Contact OLGCinfo@OLGC.ca daily to vent your displeasure. Call 1-888-230-3505 , the gamblers hotline and voice your displeasure,...you can be sure they are keeping tabs on complaints for the OLGC....The masses must speak out... The squeaky wheel gets the grease, no pun intendedEveryone must make a point of sending off letters as such to the OLGC .....Profanity is useless ..... Keep your let... [ More ]