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In Lotto news today https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/oct/09/richard-desmond-seeks-13m-claim-gambling-commission-uk-lottery

I found the Gambling Commission useless when I wrote to them with an
issue over prizes a few years ago. A Match4, on a "must be won" draw,
should be worth at least 4 Match3s (there are 4 trebles in a fourfold). Camelot paid less than that. In effect you were "penalised" if you got
4 right, you would be better off getting 4 Match3s - which you can never
have. They do the x4 for the ordinary draw but not the one where
punters buy the extra tickets in the "must be won" draw.

Take Superdraw 3102
https://lottery.merseyworld.com/archive/Lott3102.html
Match3 -u86 - Match4 -u250 . Match 4 should be at least -u344. :-(

Gambling Commission sided with Camelot, when I wrote. So I'd be happy
if they got a good kicking.

MJ
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Marmaduke Jinks wrote:

In Lotto news today https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/oct/09/richard-desmond-seeks-13m-claim-gambling-commission-uk-lottery

I found the Gambling Commission useless when I wrote to them with an
issue over prizes a few years ago. A Match4, on a "must be won" draw, should be worth at least 4 Match3s (there are 4 trebles in a fourfold). Camelot paid less than that. In effect you were "penalised" if you got
4 right, you would be better off getting 4 Match3s - which you can never have. They do the x4 for the ordinary draw but not the one where
punters buy the extra tickets in the "must be won" draw.

Take Superdraw 3102
https://lottery.merseyworld.com/archive/Lott3102.html
Match3 -u86 - Match4 -u250 . Match 4 should be at least -u344. :-(

Gambling Commission sided with Camelot, when I wrote. So I'd be happy
if they got a good kicking.

MJ

I'm no fan of the current mob. They no longer publish numbers in drawn
order.

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On 09/10/2025 16:03, ES Nigel wrote:

Marmaduke Jinks wrote:

In Lotto news today
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/oct/09/richard-desmond-seeks-13m-claim-gambling-commission-uk-lottery


I found the Gambling Commission useless when I wrote to them with an
issue over prizes a few years ago.-a A Match4, on a "must be won" draw,
should be worth at least 4 Match3s (there are 4 trebles in a
fourfold). Camelot paid less than that.-a In effect you were
"penalised" if you got 4 right, you would be better off getting 4
Match3s - which you can never have.-a They do the x4 for the ordinary
draw but not the one where punters buy the extra tickets in the "must
be won" draw.

Take Superdraw 3102
https://lottery.merseyworld.com/archive/Lott3102.html
Match3 -u86 - Match4 -u250 .-a Match 4 should be at least -u344. :-(

Gambling Commission sided with Camelot, when I wrote.-a So I'd be happy
if they got a good kicking.

MJ

I'm no fan of the current mob. They no longer publish numbers in drawn order.

Phew, that's a terrible indictment of their business model ;-)

MJ
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Marmaduke Jinks wrote:

On 09/10/2025 16:03, ES Nigel wrote:

Marmaduke Jinks wrote:

In Lotto news today
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/oct/09/richard-desmond-seeks-13m-claim-gambling-commission-uk-lottery


I found the Gambling Commission useless when I wrote to them with an
issue over prizes a few years ago. A Match4, on a "must be won"
draw, should be worth at least 4 Match3s (there are 4 trebles in a
fourfold). Camelot paid less than that. In effect you were
"penalised" if you got 4 right, you would be better off getting 4
Match3s - which you can never have. They do the x4 for the ordinary
draw but not the one where punters buy the extra tickets in the "must
be won" draw.

Take Superdraw 3102
https://lottery.merseyworld.com/archive/Lott3102.html
Match3 -u86 - Match4 -u250 . Match 4 should be at least -u344. :-(

Gambling Commission sided with Camelot, when I wrote. So I'd be
happy if they got a good kicking.

MJ

I'm no fan of the current mob. They no longer publish numbers in drawn
order.

Phew, that's a terrible indictment of their business model ;-)

MJ

I'm testing a newish system that's showing promise. However it needs
shedloads of historic data in drawn order :-(

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