National Lottery

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As you'll be aware the cost of buying a ticket for the National Lottery has now doubled to £2, it's the 1st price increase since it started 19 years ago.
They have however gone from having just a draw on Saturdays to 2 draws a week with 1 on Wednesdays as well, also introducing draws for 'Thunderball' & 'Daily Play.'
There is also the Euromillions with 2 draws a week costing £2 per line.

I started out all those moons ago doing 2 lines of numbers that were relevant to myself and had been part of my 'Football Pools' lines that I used to put on every week, I then started to enter them in the midweek draw because of the fear of my'Balls Dropping' and me not being "In It To Win It."
I Do 1 set of numbers in the Euromillions in each Draw so at the moment my outlay on Lottery is as follows

Lotto :- 2 lines x 2 Draws = £4 per week

Euromillions :- 1 Line x 2 Draws = £4 per week

Total :- £8 per week, £32 per month

Now I'm not so sure that upping that to £48 per month is what I want to do, in fact I'd think I'd rather stay at the same amount and put my Lotto money on the Euromillions with it's much higher Jackpots & Prizes.
As well as which I don't consider myself to be a gambler (don't even have a go on Grand National tbh,I never bet on Everton either as I curse them) but if laying out £48 a month then really that's exactly what I'd be, £32 as well tbh but £48 is 50% more.

I'm not so sure that the prizes will be all that in the National Lottery either any more as I can see loads packing it in and the thus making the prizes less, so paying double to win less.

Is Doubling the cost of The Lottery going to be the end of it ?

Will you still be doing just the same amount of numbers per week ?

How much do you put on per week/month ?

 

[ijjysmith]

I don't really do the lottery as a thing every week. Just if i'm in a shop and remember to do it, I will.

Going up to £2 probably won't stop me doing that.

 

[ijjysmith]

And where's the cheese on toast option?

 

[Maxwell]

Never played the lottery and im 25.

Though for the prize money to be negatively effected, more than 50% of people currently playing would have to stop, which i cant see happening.

 

[SteKelly]

Might start doing this but I just know for a fact that I will NEVER win. Every week I do that Football jackpot, if you get all the correct winners you get 1m which is sound!
Got to be in it to win it I suppose.

Quick question for you all, If you won the lottery... Would you work again? A few lads in my workplace said they would still work because they would be bored. If I won the lottery right this second I definitely wouldn't be sitting in a work.

I can remember them bus drivers who won the lottery and one of them who was working at the time just stopped the bus on the side of the road and went home to get his winnings. Lucky get!

 

[toffeesnuggs]

Been doing the same line since it started and then more lines when each of my kids were born yrs ago. Now I'm not doin them any more. Just the odd lucky dip from now on.

 

[Moomin]

I do lucky dips, spend about a tenner a week. Just another tax on the poor really.

I had an email yesterday saying " Great news about your ticket " the excitement as you put your details in to login is gripping until you see its only 3 frigging quid from Thunderball.

The dream of driving down to Manchester to my work and throwing the laptop and work phone and saying " Stick it" while having a dump on the floor slowly vanish.

Always next time though.

 

[Kurt.]

I've always said if I won the lottery I would buy a couple of boxes at Goodison and let the lads on here use them for nothing. Would be fantastic.

 

[bluejock]

Idiot tax.

Maybe put a Euromillions ducky lip on if it's a huge jackpot but that's it.

 

[degsy]

As you'll be aware the cost of buying a ticket for the National Lottery has now doubled to £2, it's the 1st price increase since it started 19 years ago.
They have however gone from having just a draw on Saturdays to 2 draws a week with 1 on Wednesdays as well, also introducing draws for 'Thunderball' & 'Daily Play.'
There is also the Euromillions with 2 draws a week costing £2 per line.

I started out all those moons ago doing 2 lines of numbers that were relevant to myself and had been part of my 'Football Pools' lines that I used to put on every week, I then started to enter them in the midweek draw because of the fear of my'Balls Dropping' and me not being "In It To Win It."
I Do 1 set of numbers in the Euromillions in each Draw so at the moment my outlay on Lottery is as follows

Lotto :- 2 lines x 2 Draws = £4 per week

Euromillions :- 1 Line x 2 Draws = £4 per week

Total :- £8 per week, £32 per month

Now I'm not so sure that upping that to £48 per month is what I want to do, in fact I'd think I'd rather stay at the same amount and put my Lotto money on the Euromillions with it's much higher Jackpots & Prizes.
As well as which I don't consider myself to be a gambler (don't even have a go on Grand National tbh,I never bet on Everton either as I curse them) but if laying out £48 a month then really that's exactly what I'd be, £32 as well tbh but £48 is 50% more.

I'm not so sure that the prizes will be all that in the National Lottery either any more as I can see loads packing it in and the thus making the prizes less, so paying double to win less.

Is Doubling the cost of The Lottery going to be the end of it ?

Will you still be doing just the same amount of numbers per week ?

How much do you put on per week/month ?

did the same sums about 10 yrs ago after 8yrs of not winning a carrot.

daren't total up all I have lashed out on pools and lotterys over 45yrs ( not that I could ) probabley the same as a decent win.

never did put the equivalent away so can't complain.

I think the lottery is a fiddle-able thing and they tailor the results to suit, well to suit whatever

not that I care but why couldn't they fiddle it for me...or you...or you

 

[Seamus Colemole]

People's greed will ensure they still play even when the price goes up to 2 pound.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

By the way, I'm not saying greed is a bad thing.

 

[Whitebootman]

I'll just stick to my regular Saturday lotto and thunderball, and the occasional workplace euromillion when someone can be bothered organising it. No too bothered about the price rise, as you say it's the first price rise in 19 years.

 

[Eggs]

..I hope the increase backfires. I've been doing the same numbers since the start and the fear is that one of my lines will now come in. I'll reduce to 2 from 3 lines for this week only because its a big pay out, but only buy in future when there's a roll over.

 

[Brennan]

I didn't actively stop but i used to play two lines a week via direct debit and when they asked me to sign up again i just didn't bother. Not paying £208 per year for the lottery.