The #1 factor that makes players choose one lottery over others. HINT: it's not ticket prices

The #1 factor that makes players choose one lottery over others. HINT: it's not ticket prices

After years of falling ticket sales, the recovery by the California Lottery in the last few years has been amazing. So what has attracted players back to the SuperLotto Plus game in such a spectacular fashion? And what is the single attraction that makes players select one game over many others?

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William Shatner Advises Californians And Texans To Buy Their Tickets Online

William Shatner Advises Californians And Texans To Buy Their Tickets Online

William Shatner will forever be known as Captain James T. Kirk, but these days he’s more involved with a lottery service than deep space. It’s been a year now since LottoGopher asked Shatner to join and promote their lottery ticket buying company.

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$100,000 Lost To Lottery Scam By 93 Year-Old Retired Nurse And How You Can Avoid Being Duped

$100,000 Lost To Lottery Scam By 93 Year-Old Retired Nurse And How You Can Avoid Being Duped

Cyber security expert John Sileo of 9NEWS talks about the Colorado woman, 93, who lost $100,000 to a group of lottery scammers.

It started with a series of phone calls, reports cyber security expert John Sileo of 9NEWS. And ended with a 93 year-old woman losing more than $100,000 to callers who said she had won the California Lottery.

Niece Sharon Hansen says there was virtually nothing her family could do to stop it.

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Couch Potatoes And Hide-At-Homers: This Service Will Buy Your Lottery Tickets For You

Ever wanted to stay home and avoid traffic jams, crowded car parks, store queues and bad weather? But you need your lottery tickets played...what to do?

A California company heard you. They started a service back in 2010 to offer a lottery ticket order service for just the players in the CA area.

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LOTTOSHACKS: Comedian Eddie Murphy Once Owned this 10-Bed Mansion. $12 Million Gets You A Shrek-Themed Bedroom Also

Put this home on your to-buy list after your win!

PRICE: $12,000,000
LOCATION: Sacramento, California, USA
COUNTIN': 10 beds, 14 baths, 12,600 sq ft, 2.5 acres
SELLER: Patrick K. Willis, real-estate investor
GAME TO WIN: California SuperLotto Plus $11m
BALANCE AFTER PURCHASE: -$1m. Go for Mega Millions $41m instead.

LOTTOSHACKS: A Kardashian Lists Her Tarzana "As Seen On TV" Mansion, Asking $5.5 Million

Via Real Estalker 

Put Khloe's home on your list to buy after your SuperLotto Plus win!

PRICE: $5,499,000
LOCATION: Tarzana, CA, USA.
COUNTIN': 7 beds, 8.5 baths, 8,400 sq ft
SELLERS: Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian (split)
GAME TO WIN: California SuperLotto Plus - $9 million
BALANCE AFTER PURCHASE: $3.5 million

Computer Guy Plays Same SuperLotto-Plus Numbers For 6 Years, Then Wins $50 Million

California SuperLotto Plus winner Racy Pel shows his $50 million dollar check at the lottery headquarters.

Patience is sometimes needed when you play the lottery. In Racy Pel's case, it paid off handsomely.

The SoCal player paid $20 for a set of tickets which included numbers that he's been using for the past six years, and on Wednesday December 18th that combination came up tops.

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LOTTOSHACKS: Buy Tom Hanks Spanish Style Mansion For $5 Million

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Put this home on your list to buy after your California SuperLotto Plus win!

PRICE: $5,225,000
LOCATION: Pacific Palisades, CA, USA.
COUNTIN': 4 beds, 5.5 baths, 6,289 sq ft
SELLER: Tom Hanks (actor) and Rita Wilson
GAME TO WIN: California SuperLotto Plus - $23,000,000
BALANCE AFTER PURCHASE: $17,775,000

Why Winning The Lottery Is Like Making A Film

My daylight spy shot from our lounge's telescope with my iPhone at the Peter Jackson Hobbit film set across the harbor. Maybe I need an iPhone 7.

Our visitors peered out from our large glass panoramic windows in the lounge, to the hills across the harbor.

"What are those bright lights," said the husband, "Looks like a village in the bush."

As I joined them, I could see the cluster of lights that were brighter than even the city's waterfront.

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LOTTOSHACKS: Phone Home! E.T. Star Drew Barrymore Sells Up For $7.5M

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Put this California home on your list to buy after your California Superlotto Plus win!

PRICE: $7,500,000
LOCATION: Montecito, CA, USA.
COUNTIN': 6 beds, 7.5 baths, 6258 sq ft
SELLER: Drew Barrymore and hubby
GAME TO WIN: California Superlotto Plus - $12 Million today
BALANCE AFTER PURCHASE: $4,500,000

REALITY PLAYING: Pretending You Won A Lottery Prize Just Doesn't Cut It Any More

Bob Guest forgot to play and missed out on over £125,000 (US$190,000). Photo

It's fun to test. You put your numbers in some spreadsheet program and it tells you how close you were to winning the lottery.

You compare the results with your actual Silver Lotto System numbers and get a huge fright.

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LOTTOSHACKS: Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak's Old Home Selling Again

Via Redfin 

Put this Los Gatos Blvd home on your buylist after your win!

PRICE: $4,395,000
LOCATION: San Francisco, USA.
COUNTIN': 6 beds, 8 baths, 7,500 sq ft
SELLER: Originally Steve Wozniak of Apple Computers. Several owners since.
GAME TO WIN: California SuperLotto Plus - $11 milllion
BALANCE AFTER PURCHASE: $6,605,000

LOTTOSHACKS: Singer Rihanna Drops $12M On This Stunning Pacific Palisades Mansion

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If Rihanna only spent $12,000,000 to acquire this hilltop shack, you can afford something similar too after your $23M California SuperLotto Plus win this week!

PRICE: $12,000,000
LOCATION: Pacific Palisades, CA, USA.
COUNTIN': 7 beds, 9 baths, 11,000 sq ft
BUYER: Rihanna, singer, model
GAME TO WIN: California SuperLotto Plus - $23M
BALANCE AFTER PURCHASE: $11,000,000.

LOTTOSHACKS: Singer Seal Buys This Swank LA Contemporary Home For Round $6Million

Via Real Estalker 

When you pay $6M after winning this week's California SuperLotto Plus, this is what you'll get.

LIST PRICE: $6,000,000
LOCATION: Brentwood, LA, USA.
COUNTIN': 4 beds, 5.5 baths, 5,500 sq ft
BUYER: Seal, Singer Actor
GAME TO WIN: California SuperLotto Plus - $21M
BALANCE AFTER PURCHASE: $15,000,000.

How I Cut My Ironing Time In Half - And How You Can Double Your Lottery Winning

Yup, ironing is a man's sport! Photo.

The courier driver heaved the large flat package out of his van. I stopped washing the car and went over to sign the electronic pad he offered.

"Getting ready for some serious ironing over Christmas eh?" he joked as he waited for me to finish.

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LOTTOSHACKS: Robbie Williams Selling Beverly Hills Home With Soccer Pitch

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Put this home on your list to buy after your win!

PRICE: $3,600,000
LOCATION: Beverly Hills, CA, USA.
COUNTIN': 5 beds, 5 baths, 4,659 sq ft
SELLER: Robbie Williams, British pop star and keen soccer player
GAME TO WIN: California Superlotto Plus:- $12M
BALANCE AFTER PURCHASE: $8,400,00

LOTTOSHACKS: Here's What You Get For Under A Mill In The Hollywood Hills

Via Real Estalker 

Put this Hollywood home on your list to buy after your California SuperLotto Plus win!

PRICE: $989,000
LOCATION: Los Angeles, USA.
COUNTIN': 3 beds, 3 baths, 1,784 sq ft
SELLER: Alan Poul, TV Producer
GAME TO WIN: California SuperLotto Plus: - $10M
BALANCE AFTER PURCHASE: $9M or so