oldschoolsdime92 Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 I've been playing scratch off tickets lately, and keep breaking even. Never winning any. Anyone have good luck with any ticket in particular? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idodishez Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Apparently speeding tickets seem to be my fav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buildit Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 I did them for a while but found that like all gambling the odds are not in your favor and the bank will win. Now the only time i play is when I get them as Christmas or birthday gifts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 I get the "you can't win if you don't play" mentality, but spending any more than a few dollars a month on tickets is just giving your moeny away.I used to work at a grocery store where we sold a lot of lottery tickets. One employee won $500 once from a scratch-off she bought on her break. I hated Gail, so I did the math and added up how much she had (probably) spent on lotto over the 2 years I worked there.She averaged 1 scratch-off ticket a day. So $730 for those 2 years. You bet your ass she was less excited about her $500 winner then. I followed it up with, "statistically, you're never going to win more than $20 ever again now."I doubt she stopped playing, but if she did, that was probably the nicest mean thing I've ever done for someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Butters Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 (edited) i work with a guy who wins a ton of money on those things.....but he spends so much that i bet he actually loses....in the past year hes hit a $3000 scratch off, and a $500 scratch off being his two biggest ones...but he plays 10 and 20 dollar tickets, dailyhes not too smart either....one day he had 3 tickets, $20 each....first was a dud, second he won $40, third he won $10.....he says "wow, two winners in a row, i just won $50"....i didnt want to burst his bubble and tell him he actually lost $10 and didnt win anything....whatever floats his boat i guess Edited August 23, 2011 by Steve Butters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamNofR1 Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Hahaha, people are so dumb. Sure, winning feels good but I can't believe they don't think about how much the SPENT in the first place to get the tickets. How funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 The lottery wouldn't be able to stay "in business" if they weren't selling a lot more losers than winners.Your friend is a higher-priced "Gail." She was giving away $4-$6 a week rather than $10 a day, but the result is the same.I only buy scratch-offs when i'm drunk. I figure i'm already making bad decisions with my money, so it's just going to a different place.I routinely refer to the lottery as the "idiot's 401k." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Butters Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 i never buy scratch offs....ive never won more than $2 on one, i gave up lol...ive bought maybe 10 my whole lifethey do make ok stocking stuffers though ....not a serious gift though for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likwid Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 I don't buy lottery tickets because I have a level of intelligence No offense, moron.lol, sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 i love scratch offs so much that I got one in a christmas card and its still sitting in a gift bag unscratched off. Do these things expire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedTriple44444 Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 I can't win on them. My wife buys them now and then (not in quantity) and I'll bet she has at least broken even on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 I'll bet she has at least broken even on them.I'll take that bet against anyone who wants to make the same claim. Far safer gamble than scratch-offs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolsdime92 Posted August 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 I buy a dollar ticket maybe once a week. Not much of a big spender here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Odd's are...You'll have fun giving us your money! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simplysix Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 I buy some every once in a while. Usually come out even. I dont buy em cause I expect to get rich, which makes it more fun if you win 5 or 10 bucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 I bet there will be another Ohio earthquake before I'm in the black on scratch-off tickets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beegreenstrings Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 i love scratch offs so much that I got one in a christmas card and its still sitting in a gift bag unscratched off. Do these things expire?Yes they do...I stopped buying the $1 ones and am now graduated to the $20. The new one from the state, cant think of the name. I know its a black card with diamonds on it. It is actually marked 75% payback.I have one 200.00 on one ticket and all together probably/truthfully put 160.00 into them and got back some where around 700.00But have only one something nice on a $1 ticket once. Won 500.00 on one. But the majority have been losers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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