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1 posted on 09/27/2024 5:51:04 PM PDT by Red Badger
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Run by government right? Is it right?


2 posted on 09/27/2024 5:52:21 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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Raise price 2.5x. Call it value.


3 posted on 09/27/2024 5:54:31 PM PDT by scott7278 (Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.)
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If I won the lottery, I’d be able to afford to play the lottery


4 posted on 09/27/2024 5:55:32 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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They should lower the price to a dollar. Give higher payouts to winning numbers add more ways to win. Bigger profit.


6 posted on 09/27/2024 5:58:35 PM PDT by VastRWCon (Fake News)
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The government is incapable of running a profitable cat house much less a lottery.


7 posted on 09/27/2024 5:58:47 PM PDT by yuleeyahoo (“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” - the deep-state)
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To: Red Badger
Additionally, the odds of winning the jackpot will go up from 1 in 302 million to 1 in 290 million.

Math is hard. And I like those odds. But not for $5 bucks.

8 posted on 09/27/2024 5:59:28 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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Pigs


12 posted on 09/27/2024 6:02:09 PM PDT by Chickensoup
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Gamblers had better odds when the Mafia was running the numbers rackets.


13 posted on 09/27/2024 6:02:22 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (7,525,799 Truth | 87,979,589 Twitter)
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If any of you win, allow me to introduce myself. I’m your long lost, beloved cousin.


14 posted on 09/27/2024 6:04:03 PM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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And teachers are still complaining they have to spend their own money on supplies?


19 posted on 09/27/2024 6:12:03 PM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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Well, Crud! I now have to waste $5 to NOT win Millions?

*SMIRK*


21 posted on 09/27/2024 6:33:56 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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Greedy MFers


22 posted on 09/27/2024 6:52:26 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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Was wondering who made the call on this. Had to dig to find this out: “Mega Millions is a consortium of lotteries, there is generally no “central office” or spokesperson.”


24 posted on 09/27/2024 6:53:36 PM PDT by simpson96
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Not sucking it up fast enough, eh? Will BJ Harris call you gougers?


28 posted on 09/27/2024 7:18:37 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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it was bad enough not winning for $1- now they want us to not win for $5? Nope!


30 posted on 09/27/2024 7:35:42 PM PDT by Bob434
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Dumbest idea since fjb for president.


34 posted on 09/27/2024 7:56:25 PM PDT by GeneralisimoFranciscoFranco (I love liberals. They taste like chicken.)
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Mega Millions Is Raising Ticket Prices From $2 To $5


Bidenomics?


36 posted on 09/27/2024 8:18:49 PM PDT by boycott
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Eons ago I used to play $20 worth of blackjack once or twice a year. When the minimum bet hit $5 I quit, and haven’t been tempted since. When the lottery jackpots hit a billion or so I used to buy one or two tickets. At $5 per I won’t be buying.


40 posted on 09/27/2024 8:46:47 PM PDT by allblues (God is neither a Republican nor a Democrat but Satan is definitely a Democrat)
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Help me figure this out. Is this “shrinkflation” or “price gouging”?


47 posted on 09/28/2024 4:40:26 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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