The fall of National Lottery jackpots: £200k for getting 6 balls
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Some of the results recently are laughable when compared to the heyday of the Lottery Jackpots.
There are a couple of saturdays in there where the Jackpot was £2million, but 6/8 people won it, so recieve less than £300,00 each. Now sure, thats a decent tax-free lump to recieve, but when their balls were drawn i bet they were dreaming of fast cars and expensive houses. That would be enough to pay off the mortgage, but not enough to retire on.
Some weeks, 4 balls pays £14...
How long until the lotto folds? There are too many draws now, especially with all the tacked on 'extra' draws.
Some of the results recently are laughable when compared to the heyday of the Lottery Jackpots.
There are a couple of saturdays in there where the Jackpot was £2million, but 6/8 people won it, so recieve less than £300,00 each. Now sure, thats a decent tax-free lump to recieve, but when their balls were drawn i bet they were dreaming of fast cars and expensive houses. That would be enough to pay off the mortgage, but not enough to retire on.
Some weeks, 4 balls pays £14...
How long until the lotto folds? There are too many draws now, especially with all the tacked on 'extra' draws.
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Can't see it ever folding, but they've certainly devalued their currency. Too many draws indeed.
Perhaps the reduction is due to the increase in the price of a ticket to £2, that's probably done wonders for the Health Lottery, which is still priced at £1.
The jackpot on a non rollover Saturday is usually about £4 milliion. If 8 ticket holders matched 6, that'd be £500k for each of them ~ no doubt also further split between various syndicates.
But 6 to 8 winners all matching six, is unusual and suggestive of a low numbered draw where the numbers drawn are under 32, as many people tend to pick birthday dates. By contrast, high numbered draws are much more likely to result in a rollover, or maybe just one winner.
Other people stopping playing wouldn't affect your chance of winning.
Hotpicks5 has only been won once this year as far as I know :eek:
The doubling in price is outrageous . I used to spend 10pound a week but have quit after realising its practically impossible to win a Jackpot
If anyone stops playing it it doesn't give you anymore chances to win UNLESS they send you their numbers and you do those as well as your own.
Unless you actually hit the jackpot it's a complete waste of time. A poxy tenner for 3 numbers and not a whole lot more for matching 4. You could win one hell of a lot more than that placing the odd bet on the horses or football once in a while.
They should cap the jackpot at £1 million with every winner getting that amount and hand out more money for matching 3, 4 and 5 numbers.
I've matched 3 numbers a few times and got 4 on one occasion and I've been playing since it began. This is probably typical of most people I would imagine. I gave up a while ago and certainly won't be playing again once it goes up to £2 a ticket.
Yeah, sorry, I meant there's more chance for me winning the full amount rather than sharing it. Obviously I'd still need the right numbers.
Better chance to win but an even smaller prize pot!
That was in 1995, when 133 (one hundred and thirty-three) jackpot winners shared £16 million.
Definitely, I think they should stick to One Lotto on a saturday and one Euromillions on another day.
They have shown by the decreasing jackpots that they probably wont lose money as Wednesday only players might move to a Saturday , and with only one draw more might actually play if the jackpots increased again.
Also regular players get better so the number of winners rises.
get better? how on earth can you get better at playing the lottery??
Knowing when to play and what numbers to play.
Not only will they raise the price of Lotto to £2 but they've restructured the mid tier prizes so you win less than what you get now. All for double the cost