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Camelot, the National Lottery operator, doubled the price of a lottery ticket using the argument that jackpots would be bigger but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Wednesday's Lotteries appear to be being artificially inflated with £2.5 million jackpots seeming to be the norm, however since Wednesday 16 October's Jackpot was NOT won and it "Rolled Over" to Saturday which Camelot predicted to be £6,228,639 and which, in fact, turned out to be £4,860,213 this would mean that Saturday's Jackpot without the Wednesday Rollover would ONLY have been £2.3 million (probably the LOWEST ever Saturday Jackpot since the lottery began).

Where have all the punters gone if the Jackpot has gone down in spite of doubling the price?

[smudgie]

Originally Posted by fingers

Camelot, the National Lottery operator, doubled the price of a lottery ticket using the argument that jackpots would be bigger but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Wednesday's Lotteries appear to be being artificially inflated with £2.5 million jackpots seeming to be the norm, however since Wednesday 16 October's Jackpot was NOT won and it "Rolled Over" to Saturday which Camelot predicted to be £6,228,639 and which, in fact, turned out to be £4,860,213 this would mean that Saturday's Jackpot without the Wednesday Rollover would ONLY have been £2.3 million (probably the LOWEST ever Saturday Jackpot since the lottery began).

Where have all the punters gone if the Jackpot has gone down in spite of doubling the price?

We are seriously thinking of packing it in.
Hubby runs a syndicate at work as well.
Okay,so 3 numbers now gets you 25 quid instead of a tenner, but the higher up you go the prizes are not as good as they used to be.
What about all those people on small incomes...hard to scrape together £2 a ticket for their dreams.

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Originally Posted by smudgie

We are seriously thinking of packing it in.
Hubby runs a syndicate at work as well.
Okay,so 3 numbers now gets you 25 quid instead of a tenner, but the higher up you go the prizes are not as good as they used to be.
What about all those people on small incomes...hard to scrape together £2 a ticket for their dreams.

Exactly right smudgie, that £25 for 3 numbers which I think was designed to lure the small punters, is simply draining the prize fund, the number of winners of £25 means that nearly three times as much of the prize fund goes to those with 3 numbers up as used to go in Jackpots and the 5 + bonus is now just a joke, you'd be far better off playing Hot Picks at the old price of £1.

[Kizzy]

I think it has more to do with these free goes they put in the mail and the sun... they doubled the price to pay for this.

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Originally Posted by Kizzy

I think it has more to do with these free goes they put in the mail and the sun... they doubled the price to pay for this.

The ludicrous "Raffles" also drain the prize fund!

[Cherie]

the Health Lottery is killing the National one.

[lostalex]

I thought this was gonna be about the Kennedy cousin murder case...

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Originally Posted by lostalex

I thought this was gonna be about the Kennedy cousin murder case...

That's 'cos you're American!

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Originally Posted by Cherie

the Health Lottery is killing the National one.

....and more power to it, if this is the way Camelot treats its customers!

[Smithy]

Health Lottery is close to going broke apparently, hardly anyone plays it

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Originally Posted by Smithy

Health Lottery is close to going broke apparently, hardly anyone plays it

That should quicken Camelot's pulse!

[Kizzy]

When the lottery first started there was lots of media attention on how it funded charities, the arts and new business... They don't seem to do that anymore.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by fingers

That's 'cos you're American!

how dare you

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Originally Posted by Kizzy

When the lottery first started there was lots of media attention on how it funded charities, the arts and new business... They don't seem to do that anymore.

Yeah like how they paid Millions for Churchill papers!

Edit: a scandalous squandering of £12 MILLION > http://www.fpp.co.uk/History/Churchi...to_nation.html

[smeagol]

total rip of that lotto do the euro lotto is best,

i do serveral weekly lottos and you can predict a few numbers and get close on the rest on all lottos except the main uk lotto that one has no logic at all . its rigged.

who wants to bet that close to xmas we will suddenly get roll overs on the lotto

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Another £2.9 million rolled to this SATURDAY 2 Nov. and an estimated Jackpot of £7 million so a normal £4 million Saturday jackpot ( without the £2.9 rolled over). No bleedin' wonder the ticket sales have incrementally fallen for the last 12 draws.
Camelot have just killed the Golden Goose.

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This page > http://lottery.merseyworld.com/archive/Lott1862.html

shows just how much of the prize fund has been siphoned off for the "Raffle" and the 3 and 4 number winners - a massive 66% of the prize fund.

The jackpot was £5 million and those with 3 correct numbers shared £7 million, but £25 is still only £25 no matter how many share it!

Edit: In theory the GUARANTEED £25 winners could so deplete the Prize fund that there would be NOTHING left as a jackpot!

[smudgie]

We are dropping Lotto going to do Euro on both days instead.
Million quid raffle would do very nicely thank you very much we are not greedy

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Originally Posted by smudgie

We are dropping Lotto going to do Euro on both days instead.
Million quid raffle would do very nicely thank you very much we are not greedy

I have also switched Wednesday and Saturday plays to the Health Lottery, smaller jackpot but still only £1.