National Lottery Changes

The National Lottery today announced changes to the lottery due in October see the odds increase from 1 in 14m to 1 in 45m..

I think the changes announced I think could spell the end of the national lottery in it's entirety and feel all Camelot are more worried about their profits with theses changes I think it will mean their profits increase.

Two numbers will guarantee a free lucky dip ticket but all prizes will remain the same. Had they considered perhaps dropping the price back to £1 I think more people would understand the changes, but instead these changes to me only serve to see interest in the National Lottery drop further still.
I think come October they are going to find a lot more of a drop off in sales and I for one will just stick to the Health Lottery 50p game as I think £25k has more appeal than Camelot's Millions!!

How do other forum members view announced changes? Will they make you continue playing the gamer or will you stop?

People will continue playing the game, they did not stop when ticket price doubled and they will not stop now. Due to the vast increase in the odds against winning the main prize there will be far more rollover jackpots, this will encourage people to buy tickets little realising or maybe just not caring that they have even less chance of winning than before.

I'd love to win it, it would be like winning the lottery.

(17-06-2015 18:29 )Black Cat Wrote:  I'd love to win it, it would be like winning the lottery.

I stopped playing when it went upto £2 even the work syndicate stopped. I play the irish lottery now much better and win more often!
the lottery was killed years ago - too many of them now which pushes the jackpot down. I remember when it first began and the jackpot was double figures every week £10+ million now it don't even reach 5m with a double rollover!

I play Euromillions instead.

The statistics say the odds of winning the jackpot have gone from 14 million to 1 to 45 million to 1 and I won fuck all with just 49 balls so I have no chance now.

Just about able to swallow the doubling of price to £2, they did at least increase the smaller prize from a tenner to 25, but this is too much for me. So they introduce a new bottom prize, a free go in a lottery you haven't a hope of winning.Wow how generous. If these changes happen and they add extra balls in October then my last lottery ticket will be bought in September.

More balls in the lottery ?
It's the babeshow channels that need some more balls !
( but not in a gay way )

I think there is a hidden agenda here...they are only doing this so that when Camelot gives up it operators' licence (I think it is in 2017?) they want to leave the lottery in some kind mess so that whoever takes over will have to spend time unravelling a complex web that would probably take years to unravel