Vermont family turns losing lottery tickets into cash

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sully16 — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:16:25 GMT

Good luck to him and his scratchy hobby

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helpmewin — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:39:55 GMT

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mcginnin56 — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:38:26 GMT

So much trash.....so little time

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helpmewin — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:09:46 GMT

mcginnin56 sounds like you have competition oh The rivalry

Win BIG

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mcginnin56 — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:22:07 GMT

Dumpster divers are the backbone of our economy.

May God bless them all, in their quest for hidden treasures located deep within our smelliest garbage.

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RedStang — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:56:34 GMT

Some of our tickets say nothing about second chance drawings and usually get tossed. Had to explain what is was to a lady once.

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Ronnie316 — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:08:20 GMT

Perhaps Mr. Leaming is a dumpster diver....

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Ronnie316 — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:04:38 GMT

Perhaps its a right to work state like AZ......

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Ronnie316 — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:02:58 GMT

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Ronnie316 — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:02:33 GMT

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mcginnin56 — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 12:53:03 GMT

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weshar75 — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 05:07:45 GMT

It looks like Vermont is going to make it harder for this family to continue to win with computerized drawings. That sucks!-weshar75

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tg636 — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 04:51:01 GMT

I do the same thing, and I've also won many prizes over the past 6 years

(but no grand prizes). As far as Is it worth it? , it's a hobby, you have to

like finding and entering the tickets. It's not for everyone. But I do know its cheaper than the

regular lottery and I have an okay chance of winning just because I enter

many found tickets per drawing. I've given a lot of prizes to friends

and fun raising raffles, so being able to help out and make people

happy is a reward that k... [ More ]

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IPlayWeekly — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:37:32 GMT

Good hobby, everyone has a chance if you put the work and effort in

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Lotto Dreamer — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:33:44 GMT

It doesn't sound very lucrative to me. The story doesn't say how much time each family member puts into it or how much each family member has received in payouts, but it does say the father puts in 10 hours per week.

Even if he was the sole winner, his 10 hours per week over six years equals 3120 hours total. Divide the $10,300 total winnings by 3120 hours and it equals $3.30 per hour before taxes. There is some driving involved, so with the added expense of gas/wear tear on the vehicle, his... [ More ]

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Cletu$2 — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:54:59 GMT

Second chances are more lucrative in Iowa than the original lottery tickets.When you buy a lottery ticket you are lucky if you get your money back,let alone win some money.I've scored pretty well on the second chances.Iowa has a thing called Play it Again where you enter the numbers and codes of your losing tickets on the lotterys website and buy prizes with the points that you accumulate.I've scored a 27 in. flat screen t.v.,a stereo,vacume cleaner and a camcorder for my daughter,a vacuume clea... [ More ]

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jamella724 — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:35:22 GMT

Are they born with so much luck in lottery game scratch off? Or this family is really the luckiest family in Vermont. Probably, I will try to collect used lottery tickets too, maybe I'll get my chances too.

Vermont family turns losing lottery tickets into cash

Lottery Post — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:30:19 GMT

The game's got a new name and some new rules, but when it comes to competing for cash prizes in the Vermont Lottery's second-chance, scratch-off ticket drawing, the money keeps rolling in for the Leamy family of Wilder.

Last week, when the $200 winners in the first drawing for the Play It Again game were announced, Joyce Leamy was on the list.

It was the 52nd time in six years that someone in the Leamy family has won prizes or cash for submitting a losing scratch-off Vermont Lottery ticket... [ More ]