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Lottery ticket price rise.

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robgf

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Posted January 16, 2013 at 7:26PM

Lottery tickets are to jump to £2 per ticket in November.

Lottery price rise

Will you still play???

I have one lucky dip each week, but I'm not sure that I want to throw £2 away, particulary as I can't remember the last time I got 3 numbers.

The prize for three numbers will rise to £25, but most of the other prizes are dropping in value.

What suprised me was that "800 players match five numbers or five plus the bonus", that's not very many, shows what a long shot it is.

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spuds

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Posted January 18, 2013 at 4:34PM

At least I am very pleased to state, that I support all the winners by my weekly contributions :O(

Buy the Lotto and Euro lucky dip tickets, store in the draw, then check once every so often, with the usual results, a very very rare win of of very low figures, usually 2 balls. Just like our premium bonds, which we have held since they started. Not one jot of a win.

Got to keep supporting the cause I suppose?.

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Chegs ®™

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Posted January 19, 2013 at 4:41AM

I can honestly say I have never ever bought a lottery ticket,I choose my numbers every week though & have never been disappointed because my numbers have come up.My partner buys a euro-lottery ticket when there's a rollover,and were she ever to win the top prize I've already chosen my yacht/house/car(choices which have varied over the years as newer models of car etc become available)Dreaming costs nothing,even if the price of a ticket multiplied many times.

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Quickbeam

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Posted January 19, 2013 at 6:03AM

Chegs, that's a serious case of looking to see what you could've won. Great, smashing super!

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wee eddie

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Posted January 19, 2013 at 7:42AM

Well, they certain;ly had to bite the bullet at some time. The cost of processing each entry will have risen considerably since inception but the Retailer is still getting the same Fee.

By Cost, I mean the Cost of a Member of Staff operating the Transaction/Terminal at roughly 15p per minute.

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Nontek

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Posted January 19, 2013 at 10:33AM

I used to play both the UK and Euro lotteries, varying amounts from £1 to £5 depending on my weekly cash-flows, last Summer I decided to only play the UK lottery usually spending about £5 a week.

A few months ago I did manage to hit 5 numbers which gave me a nice little win of just under two and a half thousand pounds (the 6th number would have handed my £4.4 Million !!!), after also having numerous small wins £10 - £69 ....... I only ever use Lucky Dip!

Still keeping my fingers crossed!

At least I won't go cold this Winter....

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Quickbeam

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Posted January 19, 2013 at 10:46AM

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Nontek

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Posted January 19, 2013 at 11:00AM

Quickbeam

Precisely why I only ever use LD!

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Quickbeam

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Posted January 19, 2013 at 11:03AM

Ditto, you can go on holiday and forget to buy one and not be paranoid over what you could've won!

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Jameslayer

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Posted January 20, 2013 at 1:47PM

When it rises to £2 I will be reducing the number of lines I do so I spend the same amount. At the moment I spend £6 a week which is around about 2 pints. I dont expect to win I just have it on auto reneawl. Infact looking at the cost will make me reconsider if I do it at all.

http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/lottonews.ftl

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SillBill

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Posted January 20, 2013 at 2:41PM

We've been here before!

Extracted from the Daily Record of 2nd September 2009

"Camelot group spokesman Ben Rosier added: "Our players have told us they want to see big jackpots and even more UK winners. With the new UK Millionaire Raffle, we're giving them both.

"This is about creating more winners. For that extra 50p, players will get an extra benefit - a guaranteed UK millionaire will be created every week - on top of the mega-millions on offer in the main EuroMillions draw.""

Same lame argument for this increase in the National Lottery ticket Price.

Just who are these "lottery players" that Camelot talks to? As Private Eye might say "I think we should be told"

Or are we still living in "Rip-off" Britain?

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