The Lottery Is Going Up Now!

[kitty123]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/lotto-line-cost-double-2-134611528.html#DC3fcqS

Less people will be playing me thinks.

[tenrec]

I don't think less people will play. It is addictive for a lot of low paid people.

[emmie]

it seems to me it's the worse off who play, pretty much the sort of lads and lasses you see in the bookies, they will still find the money somehow, maybe have five tickets instead of ten.

[squarebear]

What kitty failed to mention is that the prizes are going up too for the smaller wins (3 and 4 numbers)

[jno]

I have seen the lottery descibed as a tax on stupidity

[B00]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1207686.html

[emmie]

i rarely do it, i don't think the people who do it are stupid, some may be a bit desperate.

[jno]

possibly so, em, any stupidity is in not grasping the law of averages. There are an awful lot of losers for every winner. But that doesn't take into account the fun factor in gambling, about which JJ can tell you.

[kitty123]

Sorry Boo,didn't know that link had already been posted.
i do not check on every post that has been sent before i send one...would be here all day!

[squarebear]

Let's not forget that this is the first price increase in the lottery since it started almost 20 years ago.

[B00]

Wasn't a dig kitty, was just pointing out that there was another thread on it :-)

But as I said on t'other, I still think people will play the same amount of lines as they did before.

[B00]

Actually thinking about it further, the Euro Lottery is played just as much and that's already £2.00 a go anyway.

[barney15c]

Have the government agreed to this hike so they can take more out of the pot to pay for things that they should already be paying for. Wonder what they have got in mind to fleece us for next now the olympics is over????

[Old_Geezer]

Oh right, was the jackpot looking a bit meagre these days then, that the price had to rise to keep up with inflation ?

[kitty123]

No probs Boo.
I don't often post on here so wasnt sure if i should have known whether it had already been posted :)