1 in 65

[centurian]

Thats why the Lottery is changing this year to let you choose between 1..59, not enough rollovers with 1..49 apparently, people aren't interested in a 5 million jackpot anymore its got to be 100 million on the Euros before everyone goes nuts and starts buying tickets.

It's also why increasing it to £2, but reducing the higher value prizes in order to raise the £10 prize to £25 was a disaster - and why they are changing it again so soon.

People don't play the lottery to win £25... that's what slot machines are for.

[tomtomagain]

Slightly misleading headline (or just bad maths/some kind of exception)


Population of UK: 64.1 million
Number of millionaires: 715,000
Ratio: 1 in 89.5

Not only that, assuming she owns the house with her husband, it's likely that it's split 50/50.

So that's two people with an asset worth the fabled £1M.

Or to put it another way £500k each. Which in my book does not make her a millionaire.

[AtW]

They should just go to 1-99 numbers and sell it as giving more choice to punters, get the price up to £5 too - those who can afford to waste money on lottery can surely pay more per go...

Only OK lottery is Premium Bonds...

[AtW]

Slightly misleading headline (or just bad maths/some kind of exception)


Population of UK: 64.1 million
Number of millionaires: 715,000
Ratio: 1 in 89.5

Psst... they are planning to "retire" a sizeable number this long weekend, watch out for a white cross mark on your door...