Can the Lottery reverse its losing streak?

CAMELOT is considering offering Lottery winners an annuity of £10,000 a month rather than a lump sum (Mail) in a bid to reverse the fall in the number of players. It claims this will be a fairer game with more winners, and there will be an increase in money going to good causes. I suspect it is doing this because its profits have dropped. What beggars belief is that Camelot is not going to change the number of balls, which is the main cause of falling sales. Players are disillusioned and are abandoning the Lottery because of the high cost and low odds of

winning. If Camelot wants to retain its licence in 2019, it will have to start listening to its customers.

GORDON KENNEDY, Perth. GIVING Lottery winners £10,000 a month for life is not fair. If a 20-yearold wins, they could get millions, while an older person may only receive a few hundred thousand.

JOHN BOWYER, Lincoln. IT IS obvious why the Lottery has had a drop in ticket sales. Camelot has made it harder to win the jackpot, so the prize rolls over week after week. This ensures a huge jackpot, while paying peanuts for the other prizes. I

would rather see 20 people win a million pounds each than one person win £20 million.

P. L. RADWELL, Grundisburgh, Suffolk. THE worst decision Camelot made was increasing the number of balls from 49 to 59, decreasing your chance of winning from 14 million to 54 million to one. I am sure I am one of many who stopped buying a ticket after they made this silly change.

M. KEMSLEY, High Wycombe, Bucks. DOUBLING the price of a Lotto ticket to £2 couldn’t have anything to do with falling sales, could it? PETE WILLIAMS, Hayes, Middlesex.