New Lottery Game - LottoMax/MaxMillions

[pizzaboo]

I have been to the OLG site and it appears that Maxmillion draws carry over to the next draw being added to the main jackpot prize pool. When the main jackpot is won these will push the jackpot back to $ 50 million almost imediately . It seems unlikely that the extra draws will ever fully clear . We may see your ticket playing for one $ 50 million prize and 50 $ 1 million dollar prizes before the end of the year . I will keep playing my $ 5 and will be interested to see how this plays out .

Is the hobby budget 5 or 10 percent of a good lottery win ?

Boo

 

[Fred Zed]

maxmillion draws not manadatory wins

I was under the impression that all maxmillion draws were mandatory wins in that they will continue to draw bonus number sets until the computers verify that a wining ticket was issued . If this is not true then in a few months we could have hundreds of bonus draws to be done each week ?

Any other thoughts on this ?

Boo

Just spoke to OLG - one draw for every maxmillion
- If no winner in Maxmillions
money is returned to Lottomax prize fund

 

[dhs]

Just spoke to OLG - one draw for every maxmillion
- If no winner in Maxmillions
money is returned to Lottomax prize fund

Hi Fred

r u playing Friday night???????

Cheers
DHS

 

[Fred Zed]

Hi Fred

r u playing Friday night???????

Cheers
DHS

Lol...you must be joking. Most definitely
I will not play Lottomax. But 649 is 8 millions
- not bad.
Will you play ?

 

[Toke]

Lol...you must be joking. Most definitely
I will not play Lottomax. But 649 is 8 millions
- not bad.
Will you play ?

That's the Freddie I know!

 

[dhs]

Lol...you must be joking. Most definitely
I will not play Lottomax. But 649 is 8 millions
- not bad.
Will you play ?

I bought a ticket today...I know the odds are bad but you can't win if you don't have a ticket!

Cheers!

DHS

Lotto 649 est $12 million!

 

[Fred Zed]

...I know the odds are bad but you can't win if you don't have a ticket!

Cheers!

DHS

Lotto 649 est $12 million!

Good luck Dhs, but I think with Lottomax you will most definitely lose even if you have ticket...lol
Me..I will play 649 with the money that I saved by not playing Lottomax.

 

[baby_blue]

I wish everyone should boycott LottoMax ...it will really make the OLG people look foolish. Maybe even a law suit against OLG. A I in 85 million odds to win should be illegal..and should be written in the criminal code.

I hope the jackpot will hit over 100 million and nobody wins, or it will take years before someone wins the first jackpot.

 

[Toke]

I wish everyone should boycott LottoMax ...it will really make the OLG people look foolish. Maybe even a law suit against OLG. A I in 85 million odds to win should be illegal..and should be written in the criminal code.

I hope the jackpot will hit over 100 million and nobody wins, or it will take years before someone wins the first jackpot.

One more reason not play. The Jackpot is capped at $50 million.

 

[Fred Zed]

I wish everyone should boycott LottoMax ...it will really make the OLG people look foolish. Maybe even a law suit against OLG. A I in 85 million odds to win should be illegal..and should be written in the criminal code.

I hope the jackpot will hit over 100 million and nobody wins, or it will take years before someone wins the first jackpot.

I think they may already be getting a lot of phone calls from irate customers.
When I called the Lottomax dept earlier this week they put me an hold for about 20 minutes. Then it it took another 15 minutes for the OLG rep to research my questions and consult with his supervisor.
Tonight could prove to be a turning point. If the Lottomax jackpot and most of the Maxmillions jackpots go uncollected ( as is likely) the public may finally realize this lottery is unwinnable.

 

[dhs]

I think they may already be getting a lot of phone calls from irate customers.
When I called the Lottomax dept earlier this week they put me an hold for about 20 minutes. Then it it took another 15 minutes for the OLG rep to research my questions and consult with his supervisor.
Tonight could prove to be a turning point. If the Lottomax jackpot and most of the Maxmillions jackpots go uncollected ( as is likely) the public may finally realize this lottery is unwinnable.

Maybe they can arrange for a winner tonight - they have screwed up many many times in the past.

Cheers

DHS

 

[baby_blue]

Fred Zed:

I hope you are so right!
What was your question(s) to the OLG?

 

[Fred Zed]

Fred Zed:

I hope you are so right!
What was your question(s) to the OLG?

Question 1:Will the Maxmillions draws result in mandatory wins ?

I was under the impression that all maxmillion draws were mandatory wins in that they will continue to draw bonus number sets until the computers verify that a wining ticket was issued . If this is not true then in a few months we could have hundreds of bonus draws to be done each week ?

answer:no

2: What will happen if in all the 10 Maxmillions draws this week the best outcome
is 6/7 ?

answer: no prizes will awarded for 6/7 on Maxmilllions.
If this happens money will be returned to the Lottomax prize fund.

 

[chrispalen]

I am playing both Lotto 6/49 and LottoMax this week.

CP

 

[Vov76]

all of these lotteries?

I would really love to know where this money actually goes...in detail

And if total disclosure is there, please could somebody direct me to this info!

I hear Toronto wants to impose a 'Just Toronto Tax'...

Is this nuts?

We have a viable downtown core, MORE THAN MOST CITIES OUR SIZE...why squirt everybody out of town to shop, besides all of the other ramifications?

Where, oh where do the lottery monies go?

Certainly not in my undies.

Madame Lucie

http://www.olg.ca/about/economic_benefits/index.jsp

 

[Vov76]

Good luck Dhs, but I think with Lottomax you will most definitely lose even if you have ticket...lol
Me..I will play 649 with the money that I saved by not playing Lottomax.

Any luck with 6/49 ?

Actually I don't understand why everyone is in love with 6/49. Yes it is only $2 (compared to $5 for Lotto Max) but it's one lousy line. 6/49 is also too expensive and I don't think it's much better than Lotto Max. They have winners all the time but how does it help us ? All readers of this thread have been playing 6/49 for many years and still nothing. I have had the worst luck with 6/49 and won more from Keno in the last two months than 6/49 in the past 10 years.

 

[Fred Zed]

Any luck with 6/49 ?

They have winners all the time but how does it help us ? All readers of this thread have been playing 6/49 for many years and still nothing. I have had the worst luck with 6/49 and won more from Keno in the last two months than 6/49 in the past 10 years.

You answered your own question. Odds for 649 are much better than Lottomax. Just in my neighbourhood alone at least 2 people have won the jackpot in recent years. I agree that odds for keno are even better. The jackpots are relatively small but it is possible to win money at Keno.
As for your contribution to Lottomax, let's just say wait till the draw later tonight.
I sincerely hope someone wins, but I am just glad I saved some money by not playing Lottomax...lol

 

[Vov76]

You answered your own question. Odds for 649 are much better than Lottomax. Just in my neighbourhood alone at least 2 people have won the jackpot in recent years. I agree that odds for keno are even better. The jackpots are relatively small but it is possible to win money at Keno.
As for your contribution to Lottomax, let's just say wait till the draw later tonight.
I sincerely hope someone wins, but I am just glad I saved some money by not playing Lottomax...lol

Must be a very lucky neighbourhood. Nothing here. It's 11 p.m. and still no numbers for Lotto Max, they are probably changing the winning numbers to make sure there's at least one winner for Maxmillions

 

[baby_blue]

If someone actually win this week. ...something fishy is going on...numbers are fixed.

 

[ledder]

so, nobody wins for 10 weeks then as soon as it hits 50 million + max's -3 people win.

Very suspicious.

Are the draws shown live, anywhere?