Lotto Ticket Sales Down

[Frank]

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.

[Frank]

Well the trend of lotto sales appears to continue steadily downwards.



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