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Tonight was a pretty good night......it started out good with a nice double-digit winner on a $1 ticket.  I got to the $3 tickets....

...and hit that nice monster.

The place I played at was kind enough to make a color copy of it and give it to me so I could cash the actual ticket.  Normally, I wait until I get home, scan it, and post it here before I cash a monster.

Had I not been able to cash it, I would have never hit that.....IT'S MY SECOND $500 WINNER!!!!!!!!!!! YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH BABY!!!!!!!!  IT'S PARTY TIME AGAIN!!!!!!!

This couldn't have come at a better time.....going to Myrtle Beach soon....LOTS more spending dough!

It's time to update my list of biggest winners in each category again!

$20 tickets:  3 $100 winners, 1 on GA Lottery 15th AnniversaryMillionaire Extravaganza ($50 + $20 + 3 x $10) in July 2008 and 2 onWorld Class Millions -- 5 x $20 in April 2009 and 2 x $40 + $20 in July 2009

$10 tickets:  $500 (EXTREME $50) on Extreme Green -- August 2009

$5 tickets:  $500 (Moneybag $100) on $500,000 Riches -- June 2009

$3 tickets:  $72 (12 x $6 w/gold bar) on Lucky Gold -- February 2009

$2 tickets:  $125 ($100 + $20 + $5) on Loteria -- January 2009

$1 tickets:  $100 (JUMBO $20) on Junior Jumbo Bucks -- April 2005

$0.50:  $40 (381 box) in Cash 3 -- October 2008

Another thing.....I think I may have mentioned that I didn't plan on playing any more tickets until Myrtle Beach.  Well, I got my check today and it was larger than usual (due to working over 35 hours last week) and I had some little inkling today that told me to go about my usual routine of playing on Monday.  I'm so glad I did.

Until next time, may you win some extreme green on your tickets.

I just now got a few minutes to post this nice monster from yesterday...

Not too shabby.

As I may have mentioned previously, I'm going to Myrtle Beach next week.  I'll be leaving out Saturday morning to my aunt and uncle's house in NC.  We'll leave from there Sunday to go to Myrtle Beach and stay until that Friday.  There will be a KACHING Report for this Friday; however, there will be NO KACHING Report for the following Friday.  After today, unless I hit a monster before work today, I probably won't play any more lottery until I come back from Myrtle Beach....with the exception of possibly playing some NC and SC scratchers (and Powerball if the jackpot keeps rolling like it is while I'm in NC or SC).

I'm still working on redoing the Lotto Hideout GA Lottery detailed odds pages.  I probably won't have it completed until I come back from Myrtle Beach.  I'm still baffled why, all of a sudden, I can't upload HTML files made in Excel, despite having web space remaining (after deleting the big winner images I once had stored on my web space with my Gold account).

Until next time, may you hit doublers, triplers, and other nice multipliers and may they have double- or triple-digit prizes next to them.

I don't know if Todd performed any upgrades or what's causing this, but for some reason, despite deleting a bunch of images and whatever, I still can't upload HTML files made in Excel (and are saved as .htm files).  I can't even copy and paste my Excel stuff into Word, save it as an HTML file, and upload it.  The uploader will take my index page and a test page with absolutely no problems.  I have no idea why it won't take the other HTML pages.

There will be a significant delay to any updates I do for the time being.  I've got about an hour before I have to go into work.

I do have a "monster" that I'll take a picture of and have it stored on my computer and post it here (using PhotoBucket as my image source) when I get a chance.

Some of the images in my previous blog posts will be disappearing.  I think I've used up all my web space that I've been allocated for my Gold account here at LP (thanks to images of big winners).  I'm going to delete the big winner images I have on my LP space.  I'll have to put any future big winners on my PhotoBucket account.

Saturday slow playing:

2 free tickets and $5 ($3 + 2 x $1) on some $2 Smooth Sailing

$9 (Leprechaun $3 + $3) on $3 Lucky Gold

Free ticket and $50 (2 x $25) on some $5 $500,000 Hold 'Em Poker

Free ticket on $5 Diamonds & Gold

2 free tickets and $2 ($2) on some $1 8 Ball

$25 (JUMBO $3 + $10) on $1 Junior Jumbo Bucks

Saturday other places:

$16 (Moneybag $2 + 6 x $1) and $10 (Moneybag $2) back-to-back on 2 $5 $500,000 Riches

Free ticket and $3 ($3) on some $1 Junior Jumbo Bucks

Free ticket on $2 Smooth Sailing

Sunday:

Free ticket on $5 Sterling Silver

...and the rest are here.

Monday:

$6 (6 x $1 w/8) on $1 8 Ball

2 free tickets and $7 (2 x $2 + 3 x $1) on some $1 $10,000 Summer Daze

2 free tickets on 2 $2 Two for the Dough

$2 (2 x $1) on $2 Lucky Times 5

3 free tickets on some $2 Jumbo Bucks Classic

$10 ($10) on $5 Giant Jumbo Bucks

$15 (15 x $1 w/chips) on $5 $400,000 Fast Play

$15 ($10 + $5) on $10 Extreme Green

2 free tickets and $5 ($5) on some $3 Bingo Bingo

Updates to the Lotto Hideout site and their respective pages are being delayed due to a technical problem that I've contacted Todd about via the Contact Us form.  When (and if) I get a solution to the problem, I'll update the pages as soon as I can.  I'll make a separate post when I post the updates, because there are some notable changes to the Lotto Hideout and the odds pages (no more games....just other cosmetic changes).

Until next time, may you win lots of loot!

...but the cards fell right for $50.  Whether it's a bill (or other special) symbol, number matches, or my hold 'em hands beating the house's, I'll take a $50 winner any day. 

Until next time, may you play your cards right and may the cards fall in your favor.

Saturday (slow playing):

3 free tickets on some $5 $400,000 Fast Play

2 free tickets on some $2 Smooth Sailing

$16 (8 x $2) on $10 $150,000,000 Slots of Luck

(other places)

$20 ($10 + 2 x $5) on $10 Extreme Green

and the rest are here.

UPDATE:  I missed this on Sunday...

$50 (Bill), $4 ($3 + $1), and a free ticket on some $2 Smooth Sailing

Monday (slow playing):

$2 (2 x $1) and 3 free tickets on some $1 $10,000 Summer Daze

$2 (2 x $1) and 3 free tickets on some $1 8 Ball

$6 ($6) on $1 Triple Wild

$20 ("2" $8 + $4) on $2 Two for the Dough

$10 (5 x $2) on $2 Lucky Times 5

Free ticket and $15 (5 x $3) on some $5 $400,000 Fast Play

$15 ($10 + $5) on $5 Giant Jumbo Bucks

$15 ($15) and a free ticket on 2 $10 Super Lucky 7s

$20 (2 x $10) on $10 Extreme Green

$30 ($30) on $20 Millionaire Jumbo Bucks

I'll be slow playing again tomorrow at the tobacco mart.  If you're wondering....I've added a 2nd place for slow playing.  I still have been saving dough for Myrtle Beach (thanks to some big winners from June), but I also, finally, got paid for a job I did for someone....and had been waiting since April for the money.  I waited a bit to see if the check was good....and by the looks of it (waiting over a week and checking my account each day and even asked the bank), the check I got is indeed good.  That's why I've added this 2nd place for slow playing.

Until next time, may you win tons of loot!

...same ticket, same bill symbol, same spot.  The only difference is the ticket number (well, besides the play area numbers and prizes, too).  I hit this yesterday before work (I let a video winner ride on the $2 Smooth Sailing tickets).

Until next time, may you hit even more special symbols and instant win prizes.

Saturday slow playing (short session):

$2 (2 x $1) on $1 8 Ball

$10 ($10) on $3 Bingo Bingo

Saturday other places:

$5 ($5) on $2 Lucky Times 5

$2 (2 x $1) on $1 8 Ball

$75 (14 x $5 + $3 + $2 w/gold bar) on $5 $500,000 Riches

Monday (slow playing):

$2 ($2) on $1 $10,000 Summer Daze

Free ticket and $2 ($2) on some $1 Triple Wild

$5 (JUMBO $1) on $2 Jumbo Bucks Classic

$5 (5 $1) on $2 Lucky Times 5

$20 (2 x $10) on $5 Giant Jumbo Bucks

$75 (15 x $5 w/chips) on $5 $400,000 Fast Play

$15 (3 x $5) on $10 Super Lucky 7s

$15 ($10 + $5) on $10 Extreme Green

$75 (JUMBO $10 + $15 + $10) on $20 Millionaire Jumbo Bucks

...along with various Keno wins and a video.

Wednesday:

2 $10 winners (10 x $1 and 5 $2) and $3 back-to-back on 3 $2 Lucky Times 5

$6 (6 x $1 w/8) on $1 8 Ball

and the rest are here.

Thursday:

$5 ($3 + 2 x $1) and a free ticket on some $2 Smooth Sailing

Friday:

$12 ($12), $50 (Bill), $4 ($3 + $1), and $3 ($2 + $1) on some $2 Smooth Sailing

The July KACHING video montage will be up sometime soon (could be tomorrow).

Until next time, may you win lots of loot!

...with odds of a $50 winner being 1 in 133 (averages 1 per roll....a roll of $2 tickets is 150 tickets -- doesn't mean there will be 1 in every roll, as they're printed randomly, but it averages out to 1 in a roll), had I not known that fact, I probably wouldn't have bought any Smooth Sailing tickets yesterday (yes, this was from yesterday -- cashed it today).

BTW, the KACHING Report for last week is coming up soon.  I didn't have time to post it yesterday (plus, I hit this and a couple of more winners before I went into work).  I'm also working on the July KACHING montage.

Until next time, may you hit bill symbols or other kinds of symbols that instantly wins you lots of dough.

It started out a little slow.  Then it went uphill from there.  Through various winners and Keno games at a certain place, things went uphill.  It really got started with a $20 winner on a $5 ticket (will be recapped in Friday's KACHING Report).  On another $5 ticket...

...I hit this monster.

Now, I've got some explaining to do for this particular ticket.  I hit this winner and show a lady working the lotto counter at the place I played at (will remain nameless, just to be safe and not somehow inadvertently get their lotto license taken away...as I like playing there -- but it wasn't the tobacco mart I usually go to).  She offers to cash the ticket for me.....and allow me to keep the ticket (because it can't be cashed twice anyway).  I decide to go along with that, collecting my $75 and keeping the ticket so I could post it here (they now know about my blog, Lotto Hideout, and YouTube channel).  A few moments later, another lady, the owner (who's a nice lady as well) comes in and finds out about it.  She thinks a moment and then realizes that there might be a rule from the GA lottery saying that they have to deface winning tickets.  She told me she'd have to get the ticket back, but invited me to bring a camera to take a picture of the posted ticket (because they post $20-or-better winners at this particular place).  I hand her the ticket back (and understood her reasoning).  Later on......she gets a bright idea that's probably technically within the rules.  She rips off the part where the boxed validation numbers and hands the ticket back to me.  "There ya go....it's defaced now.", she said (or something similar...don't remember the exact words).  Voila....it's "defaced" and she's probably within the rules.   I did promise, though, that I'd return that ticket to her (because I can't cash it in again....it's already been cashed, so, after I post this, what's the use in keeping the ticket for myself?) so she could post it in the window or on the ticket container with those particular tickets.

I slow play some more tickets.  I then decide to become gutsy (at the advice of someone who was also hanging out there) and try the $20 Millionaire Jumbo Bucks.

Boy what great advice that was.

(As you can see, I've yet to cash this one.  I kept this one, chatted about lottery with the owner and someone else, went to a nearby diner and ate some supper, and then got outta there.)

Until next time, may you hit nothing but multipliers and win all symbols.

...because I'm still pretty hot on these tickets.

Until next tiem, may your scratchers contain nothing but special symbols that win you lots of dough.

Saturday slow playing:

4 free tickets, $2 ($2), and $5 (5 $1) on some $2 Lucky Times 5

$10 (Triple $3 + $1) on $2 Fruit Twist

$3 (3 x $1) on $2 Aladdin's Lamp

$30 (5 x $4 + 5 x $2) on $2 Two for the Dough

$5 ($5) on $2 Loteria

$10 ($5 + 5 x $1) on $5 $400,000 Fast Play

Saturday other places:

$10 ("2" $3 + 2 x $2) and a free ticket on 2 $2 Two for the Dough

$3 ($2 + $1) and a free ticket on 2 $2 Lucky Times 5

2 free tickets on 2 $5 $400,000 Fast Play

$13 profit

Tuesday slow playing:

$2 (2 x $1) on $1 $10,000 Summer Daze

$2 ($2) on $1 Triple Wild

4 free tickets and $3 (3 x $1) on some $2 Jumbo Bucks Classic

$5 (5 $1) on $2 Lucky Times 5

$5 (JUMBO $1) on $5 Giant Jumbo Bucks

$25 (Fast $25) on $5 $400,000 Fast Play

$15 (3 x $5) on $10 Super Lucky 7s

$15 ($10 + $5) on $10 Extreme Green

and various other wins and losses (too many to remember) playing various spot games (some with and without the "multiplier" option) on Keno.

$25 loss

I'll be slow playing again tomorrow.  I'll hopefully get to try out the new $1 8-Ball and $3 Bingo Bingo tickets tomorrow.

Until next time, may you win lots of loot and may all your numbers hit!

I've made a slight update to some of the detailed odds pages, including the "combos" page where I've got winnning combinations for games I don't have detailed odds for as of yet, on my Lotto Hideout.  I fixed a couple of typos I discovered.  I also added some combinations to the "combos" page from tickets I saw posted at a new slow playing location that I've started playing at on one of my days off.

I thank those of you who have helped me with winning combinations for the GA scratchers.  If you have anything to add or contribute to those pages, please let me know via private message or blog comment.  I thank you so much in advance for any contributions you can come up with.

For those of you who are looking for a new scratcher video....there may not be one this week due to my new slow playing location and spending some money there.  New scratcher videos may be posted less frequently.

Well....it's time for me to head to bed.  I'm getting sleepy after an unexpectedly long night at work.

Until next time, may you hit your numbers for some big dough!

...with this nice monster.

I hit a $10 winner and a couple of $5 winners today.  Not as big as last week....but still pretty nice anyway.

Until next time, may you hit all the prizes on your tickets and may they add up to a nice sum!