digger Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Driving to work yesterday morning I was taken aback to hear an advert on Absolute Radio saying next Saturday will be a £12.9 mill roll over. Tad odd as the draw was a full 12 hours after. I don't play as the odds are daft etc but wasn't surprised when checking this morning no one had won and the estimated jack pot is as the advert said. The response from National Lottery was that they pre record several ads, send them out and the station played the wrong one. Yeah right ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
796 Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 I still recon it is fixed the amount of times you see sets of numbers come out the machine it's no where near random all you need to do is make some of the balls heavier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Prawn Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 I still recon it is fixed the amount of times you see sets of numbers come out the machine it's no where near random all you need to do is make some of the balls heavier The pedant in me can't resist pointing out every draw contains a set of numbers coming out of the machine! The lottery is classic pattern spotting behaviour, humans are hardwired to link things and so see patterns even in truly random things. There's a load of levels of oversight too, for the relatively small sums it just wouldn't be worth fixing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manthing Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 I do love a good old conspiracy theory ... It's a fresh flesh draw every draw, different balls and different machine each draw... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 I think the odds of winning the jackpot are about the same as being killed in a plane crash. As I don't fly, I will never be killed in a plane crash. If I don't do the lottery, I will never win the jackpot. Decisions, decisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 I stopped it when they added the extra ten balls your chance of wining it rose to 50 million to one , but they still managed to pay there share holders 27 million then another 12 million a week later .Richard Branson should of got the rights to it he was going to run it as a non profit making organisation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzicat Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 I have a theory on this, every draw millions of people win nowt, as we all have the same numbers , when ? /if they are drawn we will only get a tenner each .! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 I stopped it when they added the extra ten balls your chance of wining it rose to 50 million to one , but they still managed to pay there share holders 27 million then another 12 million a week later .Richard Branson should of got the rights to it he was going to run it as a non profit making organisation Branson OR anyone else will never be allowed to run the lottery as all the backhanders and skulduggery would come to light when the books were opened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samboy Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 Iv'e stopped doing it, it was bad enough when they put the price up but then to increase the number of balls and lesson the chance of winning was enough for me and iv'e done it from day one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 I do it on and off, my sisters mother in law aint done too badly off it though as last month she went to check a luckily dip on the euro's and she had em all :O Needless to say they're sorted for life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humperdingle Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 Iv'e stopped doing it, it was bad enough when they put the price up but then to increase the number of balls and lesson thechance of winning was enough for me and iv'e done it from day one.same here. I've got more chance of winning 'something' by putting the odd £1 on at Ladbrokes. Just have to get that one past the missus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 Just another rip off for their corporate mates? IMHO of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pernod Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 When my old man was alive he described it as an idiot tax. Just his opinion of course. Pernod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Prawn Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 One of those email round things has a calculator of how old you are and some lifestyle stuff and it calculates how long before the draw you could buy a ticket and statistically be more likely to die before the draw than to win it, my boss could buy one an hour from the draw and be less likely to see the numbers that would make him rich than the lid of a coffin. 50 million to one is crazy odds, there's only slightly worse odds of becoming the monarch! That said I do still play, it's a small price for that little "what if?" moment and I do really need a helicopter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 My ex brother in law recently won 1.1mil the jammy *** and still plays as it will top him up lol. He's spent £10k+ with me on doing his house up . At 30 years old he's had some fun and I'm the mug working there at 9pm not him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 I think the odds of winning the jackpot are about the same as being killed in a plane crash. As I don't fly, I will never be killed in a plane crash. If I don't do the lottery, I will never win the jackpot. Decisions, decisions. Do you ever go to Shoreham? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 I have played the same numbers since day one. Never had more than a £76 win but always thought as per the advertising slogan "In it to win it", but the subsequent price hike followed by the decrease in odds has me now thinking I should pack it in? In fact, that's what I'm going to do this min, except that I can't as the website knows I'm not in the Country at the moment-- ******, on the "To do" list it is then....... And to the Might Prawn, no you don't need a Helicopter- but a Bell 212 sure would be fun, lovely twin blade civilian version of the Huey with its thud thud of the rotors. Was sitting in my 'Mobile office' in Bologna the other month watching the 'fuzz' playing with theirs. Did have to suppress any desires to shout "get some, get some" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 Do you ever go to Shoreham? Where? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 When my old man was alive he described it as an idiot tax. Just his opinion of course. Pernod Just like the tax on booze and fags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 but the subsequent price hike followed by the decrease in odds has me now thinking I should pack it in? From a gambling perspective the UK lottery is a very poor bet. When tickets were £1 and there were only 49 numbers it was still often a bad net with most jackpots being under the £15 million required to give the correct odds to gamble that sum. With tickets now at £2 and extra numbers significantly increasing the odds of winning it`s now a terrible bet that is highly unlikely to ever give the correct odds. Don`t get me wrong, anyone winning £5 million, or whatever the jackpot is, is going to be a very happy bunny. But in terms of odds it`s still a bad bet. Far better to gamble on the Euro lottery where you will often get the correct price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenhunter Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 I have stopped doing both the Lotto and the Euro millions and saved myself at least £40 a month. I have, though, joined the merry band doing the Postcode lottery (£10/mth). The extra balls now used in the lotto are ridiculous, no wonder it's another roll-over. GH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twistedsanity Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 It's called the idiot tax for a god reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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