£2 for a Lottery Ticket

Haven't bought a lottery ticket for a long long time maybe if its a double roll-over and I certainly wouldn't pay £2 for one... I think OH said he might do the Health lottery but he only does it once in a blue moon.

For some unkown reason we have always done the Lottery - force of habit really, buy the weekend paper, get the lottery ticket, however, not anymore. We shall occasionally get a lucky dip - the trouble is we have had the same numbers since it started, you can guarantee our numbers will now appear (they never have), but then that is life!

How much did they used to be?

£1 absent.

Thanks Ana. That is a very large increase and could well be self-defeating. If lots of other people feel the same way as merlot, tanith and PRINTMISS, they could end up losing money.

I decided very early on that I was not going to buy lottery tickets, instead I bought Premium Bonds and have done very nicely thank you and if I wanted I could have my initial stake back.

I've stopped buying them! I paid by direct debit but no longer - just wait - my numbers will come up shortly!!!!

I thought that after we stopped buying tickets a few years ago, mrshat. I've never checked since - that way madness lies!

I stopped buying them quite a while ago now,we used to buy one for Wednesday & Saturday,we now do the Irish lottery on both days and for our £1.00 stake we get 4 x choices of 3 numbers at 25p a go I must admit we have been very lucky with them as they are random numbers every week,we have won £152.00 on quite a few occassions,certainly not mind blowing but a dam sight more than we ever won on the national Lottery over all the years.

We used to have a small lottery sweep when I was working but when I retired I have only bought a ticket occasionally and I will be buying fewer from now on with such an increase. I think that long term they will lose out.

I suppose there will be families that can barely afford a £1 ticket still buying them at double the price.

I recently upped my lotto spend from just £1 a week to £3, to cover the Wednesday and Saturday draws and the plus 5. The plus 5 was only 20p a go and I've won £25 twice for 4 numbers in the last couple of months. Of course now I've discovered it, it's been discontinued! I don't think I'll be buying tickets regularly at £2 a go. Though I reckon we've been net gainers since the National Lottery started, as we were lucky enough to get 5 numbers once during the first year.