The National Lottery con

[Dave Martin]

But you have to really admire there marketing strategy .... double the price and reduce the goods by 66% plus ... Wow what salesmen , if it works!!

[DanClimbsTrees]

But you have to really admire there marketing strategy .... double the price and reduce the goods by 66% plus ... Wow what salesmen , if it works!!

 

When people are addicted to your product you can jack up the prices as much as you want and they'll still be buying.

[john k]

Nearer £200 - two tickets per week at £2.00 each.

 

 

Excellent. In that case I'll probably not buy another two or maybe three tickets a week and be even better off

[Stubby]

Im not going to buy all the tickets they print . Might have enough to buy an island ...

[skyhuck]

I always find it funny how when its a rollover and the jackpot gets really high, say £150M or more, people start buying more tickets, you see them queuing in the shop so a few million is not worth having??????

[Gary Prentice]

I used to work in WH Smith, the amount of people who are addicted to the lottery is quite depressing.

 

It would not be unusual to see someone spending £50 a week on tickets.

 

Scratchcards are just as bad, if not worse.

 

When people are addicted to your product you can jack up the prices as much as you want and they'll still be buying.

 

Sounds like every governments strategy on raising tax on cigarettes.

[TGB]

Im not going to buy all the tickets they print . Might have enough to buy an island ...

 

 

While you're saving, have a gander though here:

 

http://www.vladi-private-islands.de/en/objects/c:great-britain/r:atlantic/o:for-sale?v=

 

As property prices go, you get quite a bit for the £.5m to £1m bracket.

[Mesterh]

I think it's really immoral of them when they increase prices drastically , change the odds our bring out a new game etc.

 

They know a lot of people use the same numbers every week so they are trapped and 'have' to pay.

 

I'm glad I have only ever used lucky dips.

[humpo48]

When the national lottery started in the early nineties it was a pound a go, pick your numbers and take your chance. A bit of fun and profits went to charities, simple. Then it just got bigger and bigger, scratch cards and god knows what else now? Lost interest years ago. To me now I just see it as exploitation on the poorest people in society, false dreams and an addiction on gambling. Should have just kept it as it was but Camelot changed all that to what it is now and they make a huge profit out of it.

[skyhuck]

To go from 1in14,000,000 to 1in45,000,000 is pretty ridiculous.

 

People should boycott the lottery to teach them a lesson, IMO, but then I've never really been into it, so its easy for me to speak