We have 10X the money here in GA, it is a $2 ticket, and I might have won once on 149, but I have not played it very much. 20X the money is a $5 game, haven't played it much either, but I won $20 on 042. Jingle Jumbo Bucks is a $10 game, and I seem to win the most when the ticket ends in 5 or 9, but not always. I won 015, 019, and 029. I also lost on 029, so go figure. I have always lost that game on even numbered games, every time. One $5 game that I have never won is sapphires and gold. To hell with that game. We have a new game, 2011 Cash Celebration, a $3 ticket, with a top prize of $2011 a week for a year. I bought a string of 4, numbers 041-044, and did not win anything. Maybe I should have gone back and bought the fifth one, but I get so tired of chasing losers. I have not decided whether or not to give up on that one.
I have an idea, but I am not sure that I can make myself do it. I am planning on setting a strict limit of say $10 a day on scratch offs, and not turning in the winners every day, but saving them for a week. That way, I will keep my winnings, without blowing it on more tickets, which over time, will get all of your money, 100% of the time if you let it. No one can say "I bought a ticket, won, traded it in for another winner, and just kept on winning, for a week straight." That never happens, at least not to me. You end up broke that way. I know you are still spending the $10 a day or whatever, but at least you keep the winnings, if that makes any sense.
Oops, I just read earlier posts, and the loss limit was mentioned. Funny how I wrote it before reading it on the last page.