Anger At The National Lottery!

I don't do the Lottery but I would be a bit miffed at receiving only £15 for getting five numbers this week! Yet, if you got three numbers you got £25! Years ago, you were assured of a decent amount for five numbers
What's going on? Do you do the lottery and are you annoyed?

http://news.sky.com/story/1666001/an...ery-lotto-draw

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Would have preferred Branson to Camelot, seems to be a ripoff.

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It is now a rip off, I used to do it, but finished when they made it up to 59 numbers, I now do the health lottery.

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Always been a rip off, just another tax.

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Usually say this when this subject comes up, at 49 numbers we had Zero, Zilch, Zippo chance of winning, at 59 numbers we've got even less chance.

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That would make me cross! I don't play it anymore, but may do the Health Lottery one day.

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It is all a farce. The odds are not as good as putting a couple of quid on a dog or a horse.

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I used to have a couple of lines a week until they put it up to two quid a go then I just had one, but then I gave it up altogether when they added more numbers. They used to say it was a tax on the stupid and now I belive it...

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One more reason not to do them,although occasionally I do buy a euro ticket.

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So why didn't someone at Camelot have the common sense to divert a million off the Jackpot Prize, (as it wasn't won) and share it amongst those with 5 balls, giving a payout of approx £ 265 , still very low for 5 balls but avoiding this clearly nonsensical situation of people with less matches getting higher prizes....