RalphC Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 The cost of playing the main National Lottery draw is to double to £2, but more winners will get a share of the prize pot. What do you think about this? Will you continue to purchase tickets, or maybe it will make you start? Operator Camelot said the increase, which takes effect in the autumn, means players who have three correct numbers will win £25 instead of the current £10. However, the prize for matching five numbers will drop by £500 to £1,000, while the reward for getting five numbers and the bonus number will halve to £50,000. The winnings for matching four numbers will increase from £60 to £100. The price rise is the first since the Lotto draw launched in 1994 and follows research which found that consumers "want more ways to win more money" from the game. An average 800,000 players win prizes for matching three or four numbers each week, while around 800 players match five numbers or five plus the bonus. The average Saturday jackpot will increase from around £4.1m to £5m and the Wednesday jackpot will increase from an estimated £2.2m to around £2.5m, while a new Lotto raffle will guarantee at least 50 winners £20,000 in each draw, Camelot added. Managing director Andy Duncan said: "Our players still love Lotto, but after 18 years they say they want more from it. "We've spoken extensively with them to develop a re-energised game. "The changes we'll be introducing in the autumn to rejuvenate Lotto will give them what they have asked for: £25 for matching three numbers, bigger jackpots and a brand new way to play and win one of 50 prizes of a guaranteed £20,000 on each and every draw." Lotto rollover draws will also change, with the number of raffle prizes on offer increasing significantly with each roll of the jackpot. Total National Lottery sales have increased by 35% since 2002, with the number of players growing by more than 12% in the last five years. Players have also helped to raise more than £29bn for National Lottery Good Causes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastside Urchin Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Dunno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mayor Of Simpleton Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Possibly, but I buy scratch cards more than I play the actual lottery. The increase isn't too bad - it's the 1st in 18 years and if more money is on offer then fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big J R Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Yet another great big con ! You stand more chance of finding rocking-horse sh1t in a day nursery than you do of winning ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rebel1965 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 The odds of winning the lotto jackpot are 1 in 13.9 million The odds of finding rocking-hourse sh1t are based on the probability of the rocking hourse eating a high fibre diet, the fairies finding it before you, the tax man taking his cut, MI6 putting a D notice on it, Lance Armstrong using it to enhance his performance, and the Queen claiming it as treasure trove, so 1 in 2,691,456,837,792 With these odds you never know - "it could be you!" But as Camalot say "you have to be in it, to get poo on your hands" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mayor Of Simpleton Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 If you won the lottery, and it was a significant win, would you attempt to buy a non-league club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastside Urchin Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I may want to invest in my club but wouldn't go mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missunderstood Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 It makes me laugh when companies say they are doing what their customers want, none of them have ever asked me anything. Obviously this decision has nothing to do with Camalot hoping to make even bigger profits and paying their top executives larger salaries. I normally buy a couple of tickets most weeks, but don't think I will bother when it goes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big J R Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 If you won the lottery, and it was a significant win, would you attempt to buy a non-league club? Probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missunderstood Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 If you won the lottery, and it was a significant win, would you attempt to buy a non-league club? Massive win on euromillions probably, a couple of million would see my family financially secure, and any money left over would go to life saving charities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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