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Too many players winning Powerball, lottery saysReply
Yeah, but if Mega Millions changes the odds, they'll have higher jackpots and even less people will play Powerball. I myself have played Powerball only once since the beginning of the year because Mega Millions and even the Illinois Lotto have had larger jackpots.
Mar 22, 2005, 1:20 pm - ryanm - Lottery News

ball drawings vs. computer drawingsReply
I'd say PB might actually be in danger of something of that sort. Someone's taking the jackpots fairly consistently for some time before they get much beyond 18 million, usually around 10. If the motivation for computerizing is to cut the early jackpots to let the prizes grow and generate the big bucks for the sponsors, they have the cause on PB right now.But if they decide to do it, nothing's likely to stop it happening.Jack
Mar 17, 2005, 5:50 pm - Rip Snorter - Lottery Discussion Forum

Streak of jackpot winners is bad luck for Powerball lottery salesReply
tg636: The states make much less money when the jackpots stay small. Sure, they make money, but less than what big multi-state games are supposed to make. In that case, as RJOh said, it's time to change things up.If you're looking for a lotto game that has frequent winners, that's what your state's Pick 6 game is for. The big multi-state games are there to have big rollovers and big jackpots.
Mar 16, 2005, 3:25 pm - Todd - Lottery News

NH Lottery jackpots
Does anybody wonder why the New Hampshire website mentions the current Tri-State Megabucks (which may or may not be gone soon) jackpot, but not of Hot Lotto?
Mar 13, 2005, 4:34 pm - CASH Only - Jackpot Games Forum

CT Radio Ads absent?
It just occurred to me that I haven't heard a radio ad for Connecticut Classic Lotto in a very long time.Wouldn't this be a good time to bring them back?I also wonder if sales for this game took any negative (relatively speaking) hit recently when the billboards advertising the jackpots in Classic Lotto and Powerball showed Classic Lotto's jackpot at $1.0 million. Several times on the present roll the billboards indicated jackpots of just $.6 million, $.7 million, etc. Someone isn't doing their
Mar 9, 2005, 3:12 pm - NearNewBrit - Jackpot Games Forum

To INCREASE sales REDUCE the PB MatrixReply
Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on March 6, 2005Greg,Most states already have a 6/49 game with odds of 1:14M of winning, they add PowerBall or MegaMillions to attract extra players who are interested in larger jackpots. If PowerBall and MegaMillions become easier to win, their jackpots will be smaller and they will no longer attract those extra players.RJOh Most states that have Powerball are not large enough to have their own rolling jackpot games though, so it wouldn't be that much of a con
Mar 8, 2005, 9:46 am - ryanm - Jackpot Games Forum

To INCREASE sales REDUCE the PB MatrixReply
Greg,Most states already have a 6/49 game with odds of 1:14M of winning, they add PowerBall or MegaMillions to attract extra players who are interested in larger jackpots. If PowerBall and MegaMillions become easier to win, their jackpots will be smaller and they will no longer attract those extra players.RJOh
Mar 6, 2005, 9:52 pm - RJOh - Jackpot Games Forum

quick pick or your own numbersReply
Quote: Originally posted by four4me on February 24, 2005If more jackpots have been won with quickpicks then wha't the big deal with picking your own numbers and getting one qpick to go.more jackpots are won with quickpicks because more people play quickpicks.when it comes to those games i would get quickpicks. but for pick 3/4 my picks all the way
Feb 25, 2005, 1:35 am - Justin - Lottery Discussion Forum

Idaho Powerball WinnerReply
four4me: Good call. There's a significant population of lottery players who want the jackpots to be won more often - and don't really like the mega jackpots. (More millionaires made; fewer mega-millionaires.) That group of players must be happy with all this Powerball winning!
Feb 24, 2005, 12:40 pm - Todd - Jackpot Games Forum

Anyone got an idea for a new type of lottReply
somehow the Hoosier Lottery (before the computerized drawings) managed to have an all-cash lotto game in which jackpots got into the multi-millions. it was called Lotto Cash. somehow the jackpots got pretty big, even though it was all cash.
Feb 21, 2005, 4:29 pm - DoctorEw220 - Lottery Discussion Forum