Scratch-off tickets are lottery's big winner in N.J.

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SassyOhio — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:41:53 GMT

LMAO, well your doing better then me I havent gotten over a 100.00 at one time

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ochoop17 — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 20:50:01 GMT

I usually buy the scratch- off tickets occasionally and i usually win $5 and up to$500 . but i haven't hit the top prizes yet.

Scratch-off tickets are lottery's big winner in N.J.

Lottery Post — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:09:00 GMT

Wanna bet which game has fueled the New Jersey Lottery's growing revenue over the past decade?

It's not the multi-state Mega Millions, introduced in 1999, but the simple scratch-off ticket.

Yes, the tempt of instant gratification has nearly tripled scratch-off sales since fiscal year 1997. Last year, scratcher sales reached more than $1 billion for the first time and accounted for nearly half of the state's lottery sales.

One reason has to do with sort of instant gratification - they c... [ More ]