Cap all lottery jackpots at $4 million, but RAISE the probability of winning jackpot!


Cap all lottery jackpots at $4 million, but RAISE the probability of winning jackpot!
The Issue
LottoMax's $90 million, and 6/49 Gold Ball's $68M, jackpots are too giant! Improve the odds! Canadian lottery administrators (called the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation) shall fix all jackpots at a ceiling of $4 million CAD, as does Japan. Instead of 1 winner hoarding $68M, distribute $4M to 17 people! Instead of one winner feasting on the whole jackpot, slice up the jackpot to provide a banquet of 34 winners!
Such a petition worked in Korea! "The biggest jackpot in the history of the game fell in 2003. After a couple of rollovers, the sum had reached approximately 70 million US dollars. The lucky drawing produced 13 top-prize winners. Each one of them went home 5.4 million dollars richer.
When this massive jackpot came into existence, Lotto 6/45 was subjected to massive criticism. According to opponents, such serious sums were to lead to lotto fever, making many people spend excessive sums of money on the acquisition of tickets. At the time, the price of the ticket was approximately 2 dollars. Due to the serious social pressure, the ticket price was reduced. This is how the prize pool decreased, as well, preventing the game from producing such massive jackpots again."
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The Issue
LottoMax's $90 million, and 6/49 Gold Ball's $68M, jackpots are too giant! Improve the odds! Canadian lottery administrators (called the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation) shall fix all jackpots at a ceiling of $4 million CAD, as does Japan. Instead of 1 winner hoarding $68M, distribute $4M to 17 people! Instead of one winner feasting on the whole jackpot, slice up the jackpot to provide a banquet of 34 winners!
Such a petition worked in Korea! "The biggest jackpot in the history of the game fell in 2003. After a couple of rollovers, the sum had reached approximately 70 million US dollars. The lucky drawing produced 13 top-prize winners. Each one of them went home 5.4 million dollars richer.
When this massive jackpot came into existence, Lotto 6/45 was subjected to massive criticism. According to opponents, such serious sums were to lead to lotto fever, making many people spend excessive sums of money on the acquisition of tickets. At the time, the price of the ticket was approximately 2 dollars. Due to the serious social pressure, the ticket price was reduced. This is how the prize pool decreased, as well, preventing the game from producing such massive jackpots again."
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The Decision Makers
Petition created on January 10, 2026