Lottery, why will people play for 85 mil but not 4 mil ?

[tampon]

Each lottery draw gives out a jackpot of a few million ( enough for nearly everyone to retire ), but when a "jackpot of £10 million plus" comes up they rush to buy tickets ? why 3 and a half million not a good enough return for your quid?

Always amazes me, greed.

[Petrol_noggin]

AFAIC the more the better, it makes the rollover bigger.

[schueymcfee]

Not sure it's that, more like there's always big publicity when there's a huge jackpot which reminds people to do it, which increases the jackpot further and it turns into a snowballing effect.

Coz, that Fern Britton that sits in that box in the corner of me front room said I should go and buy one and all of a sudden it was no longer a waste of money

>> Edited by schueymcfee on Friday 20th January 15:01

[john75]

Any PH's having a punt tonight ?

[ZR1cliff]

I always play the weds and sat draws,i also mean to play the euro one but forget 9 times out of ten,i bought tickets for todays of the back of seeing it on ph ,so i guess the answer for me is,if its publicised enough like a roll over is then i get reminded.

[crazylegs]

I figure I'm not going to get many chances of picking the right numbers on the lottery many times in my life, if at all, and so if I do I want to maximise my yield.

Bear in mind the jackpot could well be shared, and though I'd be absolutely delighted to win half a million its not going to give me as many options as it would if I won £10 million.