On 25/04/2018 15:57, tim... wrote:


"Andrew" wrote in message
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On 25/04/2018 10:18, Brian Gaff wrote:
These amounts are, quite frankly obscene to most people. Either
create many
winners of a million or do something good with anything over 10 million.
Â* Brian


If you do that the number of people 'playing' will crash, so
it's self defeating.

the jury is out on how having harder to win larger amounts affects the
number of tickets bought

The initial results from when Camelot increased the number of balls and
then had multiple roll overs before it was won showed a decline in
participation

That they haven't (I believe) reversed that move suggest that that are
taking a longer view

tim





Most local authorities ran their own lotteries. There was always
a kiosk on Worthing promenade selling tickets to raise money for
local things. The prizes were modest, but as soon as the National
Lottery started people stopped buying Worthing lottery tickets and
it folded. The same happened all over the country.

People are definately motivated by the thought of mega-prizes, but
fail to appreciate the massively increased odds.