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RE: Lotto Ticket Sales Down - Frank - 01-12-2014 01:22 AM
There is no relationship between match 5 winners and raffle prize winners. The odds against winning a raffle ticket are (number of tickets sold)/ (number of raffle prizes available). For example in the quad rollover draw the odds were 20,000,000/250= 80,000 to 1.
in the most recent draw, which was not a rollover, the odds were:- 9,500,00/50= 190,000 to 1.
RE: Lotto Ticket Sales Down - Frank - 08-26-2014 10:01 PM
Well the trend of lotto sales appears to continue steadily downwards.
![[Image: 35am59d.jpg]](http://i60.tinypic.com/35am59d.jpg)
Draw 1856 was when the price doubled (green line). The graph covers the 2 years from August 2012 to August 2014.
You will notice that:- Saturday sales today are typically 15 million tickets, whereas 2 years ago they were 30 million. Just before the price change, Saturday sales were typically26 million tickets. Today sales are 57% of the pre price rise value.
Wednesday sales are now just inder 8 million tickets, they were typically 16 million 2 years ago, so they have halved in that time. Just before the price change, Wednesday sales were typically 14 million, today at 7.7 million they are 55% of the pre price rise.
It looks like the income from sales at