National Lottery Up To No Good Again

[gordiescotland1]

This should not be allowed how are the regulators passing this ??? Conalot up to no good yet again

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33148109

[Canary42]

All the so-called Regulators are a waste of space (and money) - "paper tigers" the lot of them, with snouts well in the trough.

[weecalf]

I blame Arty .we never hear of the ballot winners I think we should be told cause I don't think they exist .if some one wins 20000 we would say well done not borrow money from them .two millionaires a week aye sure tell us about it.

[EDDIE51]

It will mean nearly half the 'prizes' are just a free entry to the next draw and the chance of the jackpot is 1 in 49 million instead of 1 in 14 million.

[EDDIE51]

^^ they can't 'tell us about it' unless the winners agree to the publicity. Most tick the 'no publicity' box.

[weecalf]

convenient that don't you think

[Baldric]

Don't really understand your Post, in what way are they up to no good?
All the changes have been detailed in Press Releases, been on the News Channels and in National Papers, also we've been given approx 3½ months notice.
No one forces you to play, if you don't like it leave it alone!

[ToraToraTora]

very wrong, I'm now going to stop doing it. I should have stopped years ago but I going cought up in the excitement of the time and have numbers that I always do and of course I'm terrified of them comming up when I haven't done it. That can still happen but much less chance now and I've been doing it by standing order for years so strugle to remember them now anyway, so I'm going to invest the money elsewhere. I think they'll get a lot of this, could kill it off.

[SlackAlice]

I stopped doing the lottery when they doubled the price to £2

[sandyRoe]

They're going to change the odds of winning a jackpot from 14 million to one to an astronomical figure. It's not on.

[Baldric]

I'm going to play the Nigerian Lottery in future, according to my long-lost relatives out there I've already won it a couple of times, all they need are my Bank Details to transfer my winnings!

[ToraToraTora]

small world balders I have relatives in Nigeria too! This'll hit all the prizes but the odds of getting 3 have gone from 1 in 921.2-1 to 1 in 1625.45. Less small prizes but oddly enough the wins for 4 and 5 and 5+Bonus and indeed the jackpot should be bigger even though harder to come buy. They should really increase the guaranteed £25 for 3 numbers to £40 really. I think this could back fire and they'll get a lot less players

[ToraToraTora]

yes 1 in 228 for 2 numbers, so a free go, ie £2 big deal. They are presumably hoping that with the free go you'll buy more too.

[fiction-factory]

I've never felt inclined to buy a ticket so it doesn't make any difference. If people generally like it then they'll buy more; if not they'll buy fewer tickets.