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BCLC news release ... www.bclc.com
Lotto 6/49 and BC/49 announce bigger jackpots and more prizes
May 17, 2004, Richmond - Exciting enhancements to Lotto 6/49 and BC/49 will give players bigger jackpots and more prizes.
The changes to Lotto 6/49, Canada’s longest-running and best-known nationwide lottery game, and BC/49, the B.C.-only lottery, go into effect May 30, 2004.
The new Lotto 6/49 and BC/49 are played in exactly the same way as before, based on the match-six-out-of-49-numbers format, but will offer:
* Bigger jackpots
* Better overall odds of winning
* A new $5 prize category
The overall odds of winning a prize on both games will improve to 1:32 (compared with 1:54 previously) and players can now win $5 by matching just 2 numbers drawn plus the bonus number.
Lotto 6/49 jackpots are expected to be bigger and will start around $4 million, roll over to $10 million if they are not won and then could roll to $17 million several times a year. And, it’s anticipated the jackpots will reach $25 million at least once during the year.
To support these changes to the prize structure, the cost of the new Lotto 6/49 will be $2 per selection. The BC/49 Grand Prize is now set at $2 million (compared to $1 million previously) and to support these changes the new BC/49 will cost $1 per selection.
Both games will remain in their current format until May 29, 2004. Advertising and information campaigns starting today will ensure players are aware of the game
changes well before they take place.
Over the past 20 years, Lotto 6/49 has contributed more than $2 billion to the Government of British Columbia and these dollars were used to support various public programs and services in B.C. like Expo ’86, amateur sports, and health and education initiatives. Lotto 6/49 is a nationwide game governed by the rules and regulations of the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation and BC/49 is offered by British Columbia Lottery Corporation.
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Lotto 6/49 and BC/49 announce bigger jackpots and more prizes
May 17, 2004, Richmond - Exciting enhancements to Lotto 6/49 and BC/49 will give players bigger jackpots and more prizes.
The changes to Lotto 6/49, Canada’s longest-running and best-known nationwide lottery game, and BC/49, the B.C.-only lottery, go into effect May 30, 2004.
The new Lotto 6/49 and BC/49 are played in exactly the same way as before, based on the match-six-out-of-49-numbers format, but will offer:
* Bigger jackpots
* Better overall odds of winning
* A new $5 prize category
The overall odds of winning a prize on both games will improve to 1:32 (compared with 1:54 previously) and players can now win $5 by matching just 2 numbers drawn plus the bonus number.
Lotto 6/49 jackpots are expected to be bigger and will start around $4 million, roll over to $10 million if they are not won and then could roll to $17 million several times a year. And, it’s anticipated the jackpots will reach $25 million at least once during the year.
To support these changes to the prize structure, the cost of the new Lotto 6/49 will be $2 per selection. The BC/49 Grand Prize is now set at $2 million (compared to $1 million previously) and to support these changes the new BC/49 will cost $1 per selection.
Both games will remain in their current format until May 29, 2004. Advertising and information campaigns starting today will ensure players are aware of the game
changes well before they take place.
Over the past 20 years, Lotto 6/49 has contributed more than $2 billion to the Government of British Columbia and these dollars were used to support various public programs and services in B.C. like Expo ’86, amateur sports, and health and education initiatives. Lotto 6/49 is a nationwide game governed by the rules and regulations of the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation and BC/49 is offered by British Columbia Lottery Corporation.
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Beaker
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this is key - I'm afraid changes will eventually comecharles2 said:"9. Has ONTARIO 49's prize structure changed to incorporate the new 2/6 plus the Bonus number prize category?
No changes have been made to ONTARIO 49, nor are any planned for the immediate future.
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this is what i'm interested in
retyah2644
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new 6/49
The selection slips we are using now for 6/49 won't be acceptable at the terminals for the new 6/49. Why the change
The selection slips we are using now for 6/49 won't be acceptable at the terminals for the new 6/49. Why the change
, how to play instructions at the backGee, a personal reply from the Olgc, maybe there is someone listening....or it could be a $100,000/year administrative assistant killing time before the long weekend. I deleted the young lady's name to avoid her email being harrassed.
Subject: RE: new lottery
Thank you for your e-mail regarding the changes to LOTTO 6/49. Player feedback is very important to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, and I have forwarded your e-mail to our Marketing Department for their review.
We appreciate the time you have taken to bring your concerns to our attention.
Regards,
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation
Customer Service, Contact Centre
Subject: RE: new lottery
Thank you for your e-mail regarding the changes to LOTTO 6/49. Player feedback is very important to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, and I have forwarded your e-mail to our Marketing Department for their review.
We appreciate the time you have taken to bring your concerns to our attention.
Regards,
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation
Customer Service, Contact Centre
charles2 said:"9. Has ONTARIO 49's prize structure changed to incorporate the new 2/6 plus the Bonus number prize category?
No changes have been made to ONTARIO 49, nor are any planned for the immediate future.
"this is what i'm interested in
Atlantic 649 is changing its name to Atlantic 49, (wonder who came up with the name
..)..Anyway I just emailed them and asked if there will be a 5.00 prize in the atlantic 49 game like the lotto 649 one. Will post there reply tomorrow....
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Brad
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Re: Re: No oneoffitis but ...
Thinking was to go back and see if the bonus also hit with the 2/10s ... did not watch for that before since it didn't pay prior to this format change. Those stacks are worth re-checking (if I can find them ).
I haven't touched WINHunter for months it seems now, nor any other prog really (no time) but I seem to remember few stacks that regularly hit 2/10 (not enough 3/10 or 4/10 to break even).Sheba said:
Thinking was to go back and see if the bonus also hit with the 2/10s ... did not watch for that before since it didn't pay prior to this format change. Those stacks are worth re-checking (if I can find them
).
Brad
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Boycott launched to protest against increase in Lotto 6/49 prices
Mike King
The Gazette
Friday, May 28, 2004
At least one regular lottery player is betting he can challenge changes to Lotto 6/49 that take effect this weekend.
John W. Sullivan has started an e-mail campaign urging people to abstain from playing the 6/49 to protest against ticket prices that are being doubled to $2 on Sunday.
"Our boycott will begin June 2, at which time nobody will purchase a 6/49 lottery ticket on that date," Sullivan, who describes himself as a Quebec resident, wrote in a recent electronic message forwarded to The Gazette.
"As well, nobody will purchase 6/49 tickets on any Wednesday following this date."
Sullivan has his work cut out for him, however.
Although the 6/49 isn't the lottery of choice that it was in the late 1980s - when its sales peaked at $623 million across the province in 1988-89 - Loto-Quebec spokesperson Jean-Pierre Roy said this week
$379 million worth of tickets were sold in 2002-03.
The Interprovincial Lottery Corp. announced in November it would begin offering a new version of the 6/49, starting May 30.
The ILC conducted extensive consumer research across the country and found players wanted bigger jackpots, more often.
"They did a sweep and this is the preferred format people wanted," Roy said.
Under the changes, jackpots are expected to start about
$4 million and grow to $10 million or more on about half the draws - some reaching as much as $25 million during the course of a year. That represents an increase in prize value of 45 to 47 per cent.
"It should go over $20 million often, and I think that has happened only once in the history of 6/49 (introduced in 1982)," Roy noted.
Players' chances of winning will also improve, going to one in 32 from one in 54 at present, he added.
The rise in the number of casinos and the introduction of other lottery games has taken its toll on the 6/49, with Quebec sales dropping 40 per cent in the last 15 years.
Instant scratch-and-win lottery tickets account for $550 million in sales each year.
These first changes to 6/49 in 22 years are designed to "bring back the suspense of the early years," Roy said.
The Loto-Quebec spokesperson said he was surprised to learn of Sullivan's campaign, part of which takes issue with a new 6/49 category offering a $5 prize.
Sullivan, who couldn't be reached for comment, wrote in his Internet missive that raising ticket prices to $2 for the chance to win $5 is laughable.
"You jump to a high jackpot as an excuse to raise the ticket to
$2, and then (the) addition of a
$5 extra prize to the winning outlay doesn't impress me at all," he said.
thegazette.canwest.com
Mike King
The Gazette
Friday, May 28, 2004
At least one regular lottery player is betting he can challenge changes to Lotto 6/49 that take effect this weekend.
John W. Sullivan has started an e-mail campaign urging people to abstain from playing the 6/49 to protest against ticket prices that are being doubled to $2 on Sunday.
"Our boycott will begin June 2, at which time nobody will purchase a 6/49 lottery ticket on that date," Sullivan, who describes himself as a Quebec resident, wrote in a recent electronic message forwarded to The Gazette.
"As well, nobody will purchase 6/49 tickets on any Wednesday following this date."
Sullivan has his work cut out for him, however.
Although the 6/49 isn't the lottery of choice that it was in the late 1980s - when its sales peaked at $623 million across the province in 1988-89 - Loto-Quebec spokesperson Jean-Pierre Roy said this week
$379 million worth of tickets were sold in 2002-03.
The Interprovincial Lottery Corp. announced in November it would begin offering a new version of the 6/49, starting May 30.
The ILC conducted extensive consumer research across the country and found players wanted bigger jackpots, more often.
"They did a sweep and this is the preferred format people wanted," Roy said.
Under the changes, jackpots are expected to start about
$4 million and grow to $10 million or more on about half the draws - some reaching as much as $25 million during the course of a year. That represents an increase in prize value of 45 to 47 per cent.
"It should go over $20 million often, and I think that has happened only once in the history of 6/49 (introduced in 1982)," Roy noted.
Players' chances of winning will also improve, going to one in 32 from one in 54 at present, he added.
The rise in the number of casinos and the introduction of other lottery games has taken its toll on the 6/49, with Quebec sales dropping 40 per cent in the last 15 years.
Instant scratch-and-win lottery tickets account for $550 million in sales each year.
These first changes to 6/49 in 22 years are designed to "bring back the suspense of the early years," Roy said.
The Loto-Quebec spokesperson said he was surprised to learn of Sullivan's campaign, part of which takes issue with a new 6/49 category offering a $5 prize.
Sullivan, who couldn't be reached for comment, wrote in his Internet missive that raising ticket prices to $2 for the chance to win $5 is laughable.
"You jump to a high jackpot as an excuse to raise the ticket to
$2, and then (the) addition of a
$5 extra prize to the winning outlay doesn't impress me at all," he said.
thegazette.canwest.com
Dennis Bassboss
Member
Re: Re: Re: No oneoffitis but ...
Well I gave you one that is much better than this....When used intelligently...Brad said:I haven't touched WINHunter for months it seems now, nor any other prog really (no time) but I seem to remember few stacks that regularly hit 2/10 (not enough 3/10 or 4/10 to break even).
Thinking was to go back and see if the bonus also hit with the 2/10s ... did not watch for that before since it didn't pay prior to this format change. Those stacks are worth re-checking (if I can find them
Sheba said:Atlantic 649 is changing its name to Atlantic 49, (wonder who came up with the name
Anyway I just emailed them and asked if there will be a 5.00 prize in the atlantic 49 game like the lotto 649 one. Will post there reply tomorrow....
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With the release of the new Atlantic 49, you will be able to select your Atlantic 49 numbers. However, they will have to be played as a separate ticket from your Lotto 6/49 numbers. It was impossible to create a selection slip to allow the choice of the same numbers due to space limitation on the slips.
The $5 prize category of 2 numbers + Bonus will not be added to the Atlantic 49 prize structure. The prize structure for Atlantic 49 will not be changing.
If you have any additional inquiries, please feel free to contact us.
Customer Support Services
Atlantic Lottery Corporation
info@alc.ca
1-800-561-3942
Sheba__
~~~ Everybody's Got a Dream...JACKPOT!
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