What an enlightening example of the crazy thinking of the nation, when Lotto jackpots forever, then delivers $28 million to one person, and $54,000 odd to the second place getter.
Surely, at say $10 or $12 million, a way could be worked out to deliver, say three times $2 million, first prizes, 3 times one million second prizes, and two or four $500,000 third prizes.
This would spread the wealth evenly, and make the game far more interesting. Anyone who couldn't live on even $500,000 invested sensibly doesn't deserve to have it really.
But as it is, winning is just a pie in the sky sad joke. I prefer to put mine in the bank.
R McGuinness, Tauranga.
Posted: 09:52am Fri 19 Nov, 2010
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another perspective
Posted on 22-11-2010 10:13 | By The author of this comment has been removed.
I used to think exactly the same thing, until I voiced that opinion to the lovely Greerton bookshop owners who sell lotto tickets. They suggested that a $28 million dollar winner is equally as able to distribute their winnings as would be multiple winners - ie they have more money available to help more of their family members and charities etc, and I thought that was a very astute answer, so I now no longer see it that way. I agree that More Prizes would seem to be better, but in the end, a lot of people still benefit from the big prizewinners fortune - it still gets distributed one way or another.
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