Lotto All Or Nothing - 94 draws so far an no winner

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I havn't read any replies but I'm hoping someone else has pointed out just how little the All or Nothing draw is played.. That's why it's not being won.

It's got alot better odds than the regular lotto but the regular lotto has a million extra lines played on it each week I'd say. I'd say the All or Nothing draw only has ten or twenty thousand lines played daily which makes sense that it hasn't been won.

Its selling so poorly that they are giving tickets away as a bonus prize on match 3's at the moment to try and promote it.

I was sure it was going to be more popular than it has been because it plays on the players oft quoted moan, "Jaysus, I didn't even get one number" In All or Nothing, you win the Jackpot if you "don't even get one number". The clever idea of the game seems to have gone over most peoples head. :rolleyes:

Another possible theory...I think maybe they shot themselves in the foot with it being a 7 day a week game though. They forgot the following psychology of Lotto players.

Most people play both main lotto draws, ie Wednesday and Saturday. Hardly anyone just plays one or the other because they'd kick themselves if they only played on a Saturday but their numbers came up on the Wednesday. So they play both. Even players who play quickpicks and don't have to worry about 'Their' numbers coming up in a draw they didn't enter, mostly play both nights. "Sure its only another €4".

Ditto with the Lotto Plus. Most people pay the extra for the plus because they know they would kill themselves if their numbers came up in the Plus 1/2 draws but they had only entered their numbers in the main draw. This obviously applies to both 'my Special numbers' players and quickpick players.

However with All or Nothing being on every night, that kind of psychology of players means they would need to invest 7x€2=€14 minumum a week. Ironically the name of the game is very apt. People look at the €14 'minimum'
outlay and say to themselves, "I either play All of these AON draws or I play None of them. I either have to give the Lotto another €14 of my money every week or I don't play this game and give them nothing. At least this way I don't have to worry about my numbers coming up on a night I didn't play.

Seems most people in these recessionary times have decided not to play.