Soldato
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Right before I start let me just say that this could turn into a long post and while I have no problems spending money on the lottery I am a little annoyed about the tactics they are now using to generate sales.
This all centres around the new Dream Number game where all lottery tickets have a dream number on and you choose if you want to play or not, Well I used to play the Lotto Extra and seeing as this new game was taking its place I saw it as a opportunity to save a few quid a week. Its worth pointing out I was undecided at first if to play or not but come to the conclusion not to and just not check it.
The problem is though is they actually print your dream number on your ticket wether you play it or not, while this may not be a problem for some, the problem for me is I have a phonebook memory and have memorised it by looking at it once.
Obviously I wont be checking the TV show to see if I have won but even when you look in the paper or teletext, that number is going to be there.
I thought I would contact the National Lottery and see what they said, they claim they have done research and people wanted the number on it wether they played or not, to be honest that has to be a lie, I see it as a underhand way to generate sales as people will be more inclined to do it as they will be thinking, "what if my number comes up".
Its blatently obvious that the sales have been down for quite some time and advertising for them through the popular channels (TV/Papers) has had little effect on revenue, I just think its a bit of a sly thing to do really and there must be a "fair play" guide to how gambling should be done, at the end of the day you make your decision if to play or not by your own choice and by advertising, not be the fact that you have to because "what if".
Whats your views on it?
This all centres around the new Dream Number game where all lottery tickets have a dream number on and you choose if you want to play or not, Well I used to play the Lotto Extra and seeing as this new game was taking its place I saw it as a opportunity to save a few quid a week. Its worth pointing out I was undecided at first if to play or not but come to the conclusion not to and just not check it.
The problem is though is they actually print your dream number on your ticket wether you play it or not, while this may not be a problem for some, the problem for me is I have a phonebook memory and have memorised it by looking at it once.
Obviously I wont be checking the TV show to see if I have won but even when you look in the paper or teletext, that number is going to be there.
I thought I would contact the National Lottery and see what they said, they claim they have done research and people wanted the number on it wether they played or not, to be honest that has to be a lie, I see it as a underhand way to generate sales as people will be more inclined to do it as they will be thinking, "what if my number comes up".
Its blatently obvious that the sales have been down for quite some time and advertising for them through the popular channels (TV/Papers) has had little effect on revenue, I just think its a bit of a sly thing to do really and there must be a "fair play" guide to how gambling should be done, at the end of the day you make your decision if to play or not by your own choice and by advertising, not be the fact that you have to because "what if".
Whats your views on it?
(then drinking beer and laughing)
but it annoys me that money that could be helping people is going into shareholders pockets. Then again, with some of the daft decisions about what the donate to maybe thats the better option.
