Lottery is a bit crap
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mybrainhurts said:
Borroxs said:
I think you can get weekly sales figures on line somewhere, would be interesting to see how much damage in sales has been done.
http://lottery.merseyworld.com/http://lottery.merseyworld.com/
There you go. Click on the draw number. Every draw since day 1.
In the late 90s they were doing around 4Bn tickets a year which fell pretty much each year to the current 2.5Bn.
TTmonkey said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
A fiver says she's in the next Big Brother house. Or page 3 of the Sun with lotto balls covering her vitals.
http://metro.co.uk/2017/08/15/grandmother-who-trie...
PurpleTurtle said:
Holy threadbump Batman ... fake £33m lottery claimer dead at 49.
http://metro.co.uk/2017/08/15/grandmother-who-trie...
Probably a scam to claim on a newly taken out life insurance policy. http://metro.co.uk/2017/08/15/grandmother-who-trie...
Silverbullet767 said:
Euromillions draw a few months ago. £100+ million jackpot.
I get 5 out of 7 numbers. (3 of 5 main numbers + 2 lucky stars) I think. Ooh, maybe a grand?
£48.50.
FML! The lotterys s
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A while back on the normal lottery I got 5 out of 6 numbers. - Got a measly £252. Still a nice little bonus bit you'd think you'd get more than that considering it was only one number away from the jackpot, which was £16m that night.I get 5 out of 7 numbers. (3 of 5 main numbers + 2 lucky stars) I think. Ooh, maybe a grand?
£48.50.
FML! The lotterys s
t.Edited by JohnStitch on Tuesday 15th August 19:19
A44RON said:
Here in NZ, the standard Lotto only costs the equivalent of 30p per line, 6 numbers 1 - 40, but the jackpot is 'only' equivalent of £450,000
Odds of 1 in 3.8 million, or for about £3 odds of 1 in 380,000. Cost-to-odds-to-jackpot ratio I think that's not bad at all when compared to Thunderball etc
I don't drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes, so I'm quite happy to chuck £6 a week at Lotto... why not. Even a paltry sum of £450,000 is more than enough for a Jag F-type R and mortgage-free.
The Lotto Powerball here is 60p per line, odds of 1 in 38 million and an average jackpot of about £8 million. It starts at c£2.5 million and is capped at £20 million which filters down to 5b + bonus ball.
Odds of 1 in 3.8 million is much better than the UK Lottery, but for a jackpot win of £450,000... I wouldn't be disappointed with that, but... part of the appeal with Euromillions and the UK Lotto is that the jackpot is OBSCENE eye-watering amounts.Odds of 1 in 3.8 million, or for about £3 odds of 1 in 380,000. Cost-to-odds-to-jackpot ratio I think that's not bad at all when compared to Thunderball etc
I don't drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes, so I'm quite happy to chuck £6 a week at Lotto... why not. Even a paltry sum of £450,000 is more than enough for a Jag F-type R and mortgage-free.
The Lotto Powerball here is 60p per line, odds of 1 in 38 million and an average jackpot of about £8 million. It starts at c£2.5 million and is capped at £20 million which filters down to 5b + bonus ball.
But like you said, £450k would get you mortgage-free with a very nice car on the driveway.
Anyone had much luck since the greedy sods have made it 1-59 numbers?
TobyTR said:
Odds of 1 in 3.8 million is much better than the UK Lottery, but for a jackpot win of £450,000... I wouldn't be disappointed with that, but... part of the appeal with Euromillions and the UK Lotto is that the jackpot is OBSCENE eye-watering amounts.
But like you said, £450k would get you mortgage-free with a very nice car on the driveway.
Anyone had much luck since the greedy sods have made it 1-59 numbers?
Yeah, £450k would be quite nice, but that's the top Lotto prize here excluding the PowerballBut like you said, £450k would get you mortgage-free with a very nice car on the driveway.
Anyone had much luck since the greedy sods have made it 1-59 numbers?
So if there are three winners, they each get about £150k for 6 numbers
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Butter Face said:
I won £2k last night. Pretty happy with that.
A 6th number would have got me £9m but hey, that’s why it’s called a lottery!
One number more might have got you £9m, but look on the bright side, one number less would have only got you £170. A 6th number would have got me £9m but hey, that’s why it’s called a lottery!
It's paid for our holiday next year which is nice. Means I can spend £2k of my own money on frivolity and not have to feel bad about it
"Set for Life"
Win £10K a month for 30 years (Or £3.6M if you had it in a lump - which I don't think you can)
Only so far, not one of the 6 draws has manage to give away the top prize. Which will inevitably start to hurt ticket sales in due course if people think it's unwinnable.
Also for reasons I cant understand it doesn't rollover. Which currently would be 60K a month for 30 years. That sort of money would make a significant impact to sales imo.
Anybody won anything with this game?
Win £10K a month for 30 years (Or £3.6M if you had it in a lump - which I don't think you can)
Only so far, not one of the 6 draws has manage to give away the top prize. Which will inevitably start to hurt ticket sales in due course if people think it's unwinnable.
Also for reasons I cant understand it doesn't rollover. Which currently would be 60K a month for 30 years. That sort of money would make a significant impact to sales imo.
Anybody won anything with this game?
Butter Face said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Butter Face said:
I won £2k last night. Pretty happy with that.
A 6th number would have got me £9m but hey, that’s why it’s called a lottery!
One number more might have got you £9m, but look on the bright side, one number less would have only got you £170. A 6th number would have got me £9m but hey, that’s why it’s called a lottery!
It's paid for our holiday next year which is nice. Means I can spend £2k of my own money on frivolity and not have to feel bad about it
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