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• Prob988

  

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  Jan 13, 2006, 8:17 pm

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  The New Jersey Pick 6 lottery, in spite of a much inflated annuity payout (the cash value is concealed from players) is clearly doing poorly.

  It is very rare for an advertised annuity value to rise by even 1 million dollars after a rollover; more typical is a rollover of $200,000.

  The old pick 6, which had better odds, did better, but it had the luxury of existing before New Jersey was a MegaMillions or Big Game State.

  I can't believe that New Jersey hasn't acted with respect to this game.  It can't be making the state much money.

  If you were a lottery official in New Jersey, what would you do?

  Please select from the above choices.  If you have another suggestion, please post it. 

   

   

   

   

   
• CASH Only

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  NJ Pick-6 Lotto probably should not be changed, or replaced. It's an alternative to the cheapo NY Lotto.
  
  NJ had Lotzee, with a $500,000 lump sum top prize. It had the same format as OR Lose for Life.
• JimmySand9

  

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  Good question. All I can think of is more money for matching 3. $3 seems kind of low, but hey, better than what the old format had ($0 for 3). Maybe return to the 6/46 format with a $5 prize for matching 3, with the same average payouts for 4 and 5 as the 6/49 has now. Sure there might not be as much in the jackpot, but that niche is going to Mega Millions anyway. This would be a welcome change.
  

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• JimmySand9

  

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  Further detail of above format suggestion:

  Pick 6 out of 46

  Price : $1

  Drawings Monday, Thursday, and Saturday

  	Prize	Odds
  Match 6	Jackpot (25% of sales)	1 : 9,366,819
  Match 5	Avg. $2,732	1 : 39,028
  Match 4	Avg. $56	1 : 801
  Match 3	$5 Fixed	1 : 47

  Overall Odds : 1 in 44.7

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• Just6ntlc

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  I would definately drop it as my vote. They already have Mega Millions which has a very high payouts. If they keep New Jersey Lotto, they should advertise the jackpot based on sales. For example, if it starts @ 1 million and rolls, it should go up based on sales [Ex. 1.3 million, etc].
• JimmySand9

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Just6ntlc on January 17, 2006

  I would definately drop it as my vote. They already have Mega Millions which has a very high payouts. If they keep New Jersey Lotto, they should advertise the jackpot based on sales. For example, if it starts @ 1 million and rolls, it should go up based on sales [Ex. 1.3 million, etc].

  So what you're saying is there should only be one game that can set you for life, and such a game should be the one that has astronomical odds (as opposed to merely exospheric).
  

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