With life-changing jackpots on offer, it's hardly surprising that most people enjoy a spin on the lottery at least every now and then. Obviously, there's a large group of people who play lotteries faithfully, making sure they register their numbers each and every week and making sure they get their ticket by hook or by crook. However, there are certain time when a kind of hype grows around a lottery, and that's when the amount of people buying tickets shoots up drastically.

So what starts hype like this? Most of the time things such as rollovers are the best way of generating a lot of interest in the lottery especially among people who only play occasionally or not at all normally. There's something about a rollover, and the large amounts of money one normally offers, that is guaranteed to grab people's interest. Not only do rollovers tend to enjoy extra media coverage, but they tend to encourage people to try their luck where they may have not bothered for a normal lottery draw.

Rollovers aren't the only thing that can create hype around a lottery draw however, the introduction of new games or new ways to buy tickets can also draw the kind of attention that will get a little excitement going. And once a little interest has been sparked, it doesn't take much for more to blossom as people hear about the hype and want to get in on the action for themselves. Hypes can also sometimes be created purely through advertising and media efforts, but excitement that has grown naturally tends to be stronger and more likely to attract more attention.

As lottery hype tends to draw new players out of the wood, you can also normally see an increased number of people playing in an unusual way. While there's no way to accurately predict the lottery, you can't blame people for trying - especially when there are huge sums of money at stake. It seems that the higher the jackpot, the more people search for ways to beat the system or to work out a foolproof system of their own.

As with any game of chance, you have to be in it to win it and this holds the same whether there is a lottery rollover or new game or not. The hype around a lottery shouldn't affect your chances of winning it, but the more people who play the higher the chance someone will choose the same numbers as you and you may have to split your prize - however, when it's a rollover, the reward may still be plenty big enough.