O.K. I work for "them". At last, you admit it! Consider yourself unmasked! :-) As in, I don't want "them" to go bankrupt so "our" money-well doesn't run dry. Put out one of your 100,000% payout games, and that's it, no more lottery. No Jimmy, I didn't say that. Don't confuse the issue here. Lower the odds and lower the prize amounts so that more people win which will actually increase the number of players and increase sales! It's as simple as that.Besides, it doesn't necessarily matter what amount of numbers are in the field, but both that and the number of balls picked by the player. I am incredulous at your uninformed comment, Jimmy. Of course it matters! The larger the number field, the more difficult it is to win because you have increased the odds by so doing. So while the field may seem like it's impossible to crack, you have to look at all the parameters. What "parameters" are you talking about? Players' gullibility? Their naivete when they read your slick marketing stuff? Because all that really matters are the odds. Look at the odds of my game, 1 in about 1.2 million. That means that there about 1.2 million possible winning combos that can be drawn on a given night. Now, take a look at your beloved Lucky For Life (and I might start calling it Un-Lucky if you keep unfairly scolding me), it has about 2.7 million possible combinations that can be drawn, despite having half the balls in the machine. Why is that? Because of the number of balls selected, mine has 4, LFL has 6. That is just as important as the number of balls in the field when determining odds. Again, lottery drawings (number selections) reveal discernible patterns. A 38 number field, using software, reveals more discernible patterns than a field of 75 numbers, using parameters like repeating, consecutive, or adjacent numbers.
Besides, you looooove keno, but that has 80 numbers. Why are you lambasting a game that actually has 5 less?You already know that Keno is much different. You pick 10 numbers out of 80 while the machine spits out 20 balls (numbers). 10 of 20 is 1 in 8 million, whereas picking 9 of 20 winning numbers is only 1 in 163,381. I'd rather aim for picking 9 of 20 numbers at 1 in 163,381 than 4 of 75 at 1 in 1,215,000 anyday. Besides, using software, Keno reveals rather unique patterns.
What I have shared here, Jimmy, are very simple concepts. That's not "unfair scolding", but the value of backing up what I say with careful thought and reason. Nonetheless, Merry Christmas to you, Jimmy. I hope Santa puts an instant scratchoff in your stocking! :-)
I wonder what our fellow LP readers have to say?