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arista
16-01-2013, 04:42 PM
Was just reported on Ch5News

Lotto revamp: Cost of a lottery ticket DOUBLES to £2 as prize for matching three numbers rises to £25... but payout for getting five will drop

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2263367/Lottery-tickets-cost-2--prize-matching-numbers-rise-25-payout-drop.html#ixzz2IA5bIFgS
Marc
16-01-2013, 04:43 PM
oh behave.. it's bad enough being a £1 :(
arista
16-01-2013, 04:44 PM
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/national-lottery-tickets-to-double-in-price-1537545

Also 3 numbers could win ~£25


I buy the Better Euro which is £2 already.
Marc
16-01-2013, 04:46 PM
Money grabbing sods.
Vanessa
16-01-2013, 04:46 PM
It's too much. :nono:
arista
16-01-2013, 04:47 PM
Money grabbing sods.


Yes

Lotto revamp: Cost of a lottery ticket DOUBLES to £2 as prize for matching three numbers rises to £25... but payout for getting five will drop

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2263367/Lottery-tickets-cost-2--prize-matching-numbers-rise-25-payout-drop.html#ixzz2IA5bIFgS
Marc
16-01-2013, 04:47 PM
merged :p
arista
16-01-2013, 04:49 PM
It's too much. :nono:


Yes but thats the way its going
KingBilly
16-01-2013, 04:50 PM
Good God people its only a £ more~
arista
16-01-2013, 04:53 PM
Good God people its only a £ more~


For Some that
pound can Buy Frozen Burgers (with added horse)

So its alot
Vanessa
16-01-2013, 04:54 PM
For Some that
pound can Buy Frozen Burgers (with added horse)

So its alot

Horseburgers! :joker:
KingBilly
16-01-2013, 04:55 PM
For Some that
pound can Buy Frozen Burgers (with added horse)

So its alot

If they struggle with a £ maybe they need a new job.
cobdo
16-01-2013, 04:56 PM
They p1ssed me off when they put the minimum online deposit up from a fiver to a tenner:mad:........now i know why..................anyway if it goes up i will just have the one entry instead of my usual 2:hmph:
Maia
16-01-2013, 05:12 PM
Even more pointless trying then
cobdo
16-01-2013, 05:23 PM
Gotta be in it to win it......................
Mrluvaluva
16-01-2013, 05:44 PM
I think less people will play now. People, who say spend a tenner on there, will still spend the same amount I would have thought. They will just put on 5 lines instead of 10. It will be people who put a pound on here and there they will lose out to.
arista
16-01-2013, 11:13 PM
http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2013/1/16/215559/default/v1/front17-1-329x437.jpg
Shaun
16-01-2013, 11:14 PM
well £25 is more of a prize than £10 I guess... I never play it though.
Kizzy
16-01-2013, 11:26 PM
Aw.. there's me thinking they wanted to raise more money for 'good causes'... no just screwing people for another quid!
joeysteele
17-01-2013, 08:19 AM
I am a bit surprised they have been allowed to, when the contract for them to run this was renewed,we heard nothing as to any increase in the basic cost per line being possible for the standard lottery draw.

While I accept and agree with making the prize for 3 numbers £25 instead of £10, that could still have been done and as for increasing the top prize to something like £5,000,00 instead of around £4,000,000,that to me is ridiculous.
Winning between 2 and 4 million is enough for anybody,this just has a bad smell to it.

I do a lucky dip on a wednesday and a saturday,one only. If I am ever going to win I will win with that. So when this comes in they will get £2 more from me each week.
AnnieK
17-01-2013, 08:27 AM
£25 for 3 numbers is much better, it's always irked me that it's quite paltry. I don't really play lotto, prefer the euro but if more money is raised for good causes, it can't be a bad thing. Think people will just buy less tickets though so the revenue will not alter much IMO.
Petershaw1984
17-01-2013, 08:33 AM
Il still play. £2 is nothing really.
mizzy25
17-01-2013, 08:56 AM
the health lottery is better.
Livia
17-01-2013, 09:12 AM
I once heard the lottery described as a tax on the hopelessly optimistic. I see people I know to be on benefits, queueing up in the supermarket to buy their cigarettes, put a couple of quid on their power key and buy their lottery tickets and a couple of scratch cards. People become slaves to and will find the extra money it even when they clearly can't afford it.
arista
17-01-2013, 09:25 AM
I am a bit surprised they have been allowed to, when the contract for them to run this was renewed,we heard nothing as to any increase in the basic cost per line being possible for the standard lottery draw.

While I accept and agree with making the prize for 3 numbers £25 instead of £10, that could still have been done and as for increasing the top prize to something like £5,000,00 instead of around £4,000,000,that to me is ridiculous.
Winning between 2 and 4 million is enough for anybody,this just has a bad smell to it.

I do a lucky dip on a wednesday and a saturday,one only. If I am ever going to win I will win with that. So when this comes in they will get £2 more from me each week.


It comes in July -August time

And changing the top amount Stinks
joeysteele
17-01-2013, 11:11 AM
It comes in July -August time

And changing the top amount Stinks

It does indeed arista.

They would likely get more doing it if they further increased the other numbers prizes, however I believe the 5 numbers and 5 numbers plus the bonus ball prize is actually going to be decreased.