?2 lottery ticket

[flyin]

It has just come to my attention that Camelot is to up the price of a lottery ticket to ?2 in the autumn of 2013 with prize restructuring to benifit no one but Camelot. 100% price rise makes for depressing reading so much so I'm thinking of kicking my 3 line habit like I did with the euro.

[Shady]

and the minimum prize is going up to ?25, so if you get 3 numbers, it represents a better return on your money than a tenner for a pound

[DOUGALMCD]

Greedy *****ters.

[Shady]

dont play it then..

[Meat-Head]

and the minimum prize is going up to ?25, so if you get 3 numbers, it represents a better return on your money than a tenner for a pound

yeah but is the chances or winning 3 numbers increased?

got more chance to knobbing the *HOT*Bird fromt he parts place than winning

[siri+uk]

Greedy b****ards, we keep being told to tighten our belts with cuts left, right and centre then they get away with this, still with everything said we will all moan for a while but we will still keep putting the numbers on week after week

[jcgrumbles]

Greedy b****ards, we keep being told to tighten our belts with cuts left, right and centre then they get away with this, still with everything said we will all moan for a while but we will still keep putting the numbers on week after week

your right mate,that goes for everything else as well,gas and electricity prices,petrol and diesel,we will all have a bit rant then dig a bit deeper into our pockets.I got my pitchfork out the garage and was going to march on parliament but its a bit cold this morning...

[Meat-Head]

Pitchfolk. Thought you threew that at naybours. Dawg to be quiet at the lat wursels dance ooh arrh

[charlybrown]

seeing as i only get state pension i'll have to stop doing it, period

[racin-snake]

FFS they want to double the "DREAM TAX"

[gc1966]

FFS they want to double the "DREAM TAX"

but will it double the dream

[GastonJ]

Changes are outlined here

https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/lottonews_FAQ.ftl

It does seem like they're taking more from the middle prizes though I note this:

"* As is currently the case, the prize for matching 3 numbers will remain fixed. However, in exceptional circumstances, if the available Prize Fund is not enough to pay every Match 3 winning entry in a Lotto draw, then the prizes paid out will be shared equally between all winning entries and may therefore be less than stated (in the 18 years of the current Lotto game we have never had to invoke this change)."

basically on draws where there is excess money they gain, but where there isn't excess money the prize winners lose out. Keeps the profits of Camelot pretty constant. Although they're now having a raffle similar to the Euros.

[Chalkywhite]

It will be interesting to see how many people still buy a lottery ticket.. After all no one puts the lottery on to win a tenner or ?25 even..its the jackpot most people play to win and if its double the cost a lot of people just might not bother as its millions to one anyway to win.

[GastonJ]

They probably work on percentages tbh. If less than 50% drop out then they'll still have the same amount coming in. After all they're in it to make money, something which some people tend to forget, they aren't in it to run the lottery for free and give money away.

[thered]

isnt/wasnt the lottery supposed to be not for profit?