[Libloather]

...he’ll probably play less frequently now.

Duh.

[bigheadfred]

That will raise the odds of winning from 1 in 192 million to 1 in 175 million.

I don't care if they raise the price. The drop in odds down to a MERE 175 million to 1 makes it a great investment.

[rwfromkansas]

If Ryan Raker needs to play less often than he currently does...just once a month....because the price of a ticket is going up $1, he probably shouldn’t be playing lottery at all.

[Track9]

I hope their sales drop to half. Would serve these lecherous government chiselers right to realize we the private sector are not an endless cash machine.

[trumandogz]

Doubling the taxation on people that are bad at math.

[oblomov]

My Powerball winnings have doubled! I used to win $1 per week by not playing; now I’ll win $2 per week!

[RetiredTexasVet]

Welfare recipients will be clamoring for a COLA (cost of lottery access) increase!

[muir_redwoods]

Don’t buy lottery tickets; it only affects your odds slightly.

[packrat35]

Well this is just stupid. many people will throw out a dollar on a longshot, but raising the price 100% in the middle of a recession depression is stupid.

Also the dollar amounts for the prizes haven't doubled with the new rates. Right now if you hit just the powerball number, you get $3.00, a triple gain. The new payout is $4.00, a double gain.

Plus they push the Power Play option, which made it a $2.00 bet, now it will be a $4.00 bet. I can guarantee that sales are going to drop, maybe not at first with all the promotion. But long term bets are going to drop. MegaMillions is still $1.00 and I predict more people will play it more now.

[Last Dakotan]

A lottery is like a stupidity tax. The more stupidity you have the more you wind up paying.

[tcrlaf]

I’ve seen people with EBT cards buy food, then drop %50 on the Powerball, and another $50 in scratch offs.

But, it’s must be a REPUBLICANS fault they have no money, right?

[MaxMax]

Darn, this is going to throw a wrench in my retirement plans.