OT: but important, $5 VA scratcher flawed

Reply #17

gsr36red — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 18:22:52 GMT

Are you positive you didn't overlook something like a straight that would have beaten your hand? I've played this game several times, and in almost every hand the players two down cards are a high pair, and the house has smaller cards but wins with the community cards.

Reply #16

CASH Only — Thu, 19 May 2005 13:49:05 GMT

Not NY.

Reply #15

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 14 May 2005 04:44:29 GMT

where can you get lump sum and annuity on scratch offs

Reply #14

CASH Only — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 19:56:53 GMT

noah: is how I feel about annuity-only prizes as well.

Reply #13

DoctorEw220 — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 05:29:13 GMT

how about we go to CT and put that $30 on something else instead

Reply #12

CASH Only — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 13:49:02 GMT

Go to Connecticut and play the $30 game with a LUMP-SUM million.

Reply #11

DoctorEw220 — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 05:51:55 GMT

not a bad way to get people to play the game though.

Reply #10

noahproblem — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 00:33:35 GMT

MA Lottery just put out more info on that Hold 'Em ticket today - that $10 million prize (which will be, as I suspected a $500K/20 year annuity payout ) goes to a winner of a tournament of selected winners of a special poker prize pack (there's about 69,000 tickets that will win that (the prize pack itself is just under $600 in value) - of those 560 will be invited to the tournament for the $10 million (most will only win an additional $2,000, while a few will win $10,000, $50,000 or $50K... [ More ]

Reply #9

DoctorEw220 — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 22:44:28 GMT

remember these things:1. annuities are there to help people get used to being rich.2. lotteries, especially mass., have trouble coming up with $1 million in cash until after every ticket is sold.

Reply #8

noahproblem — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 00:56:30 GMT

Reply #7

CASH Only — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 14:58:04 GMT

noah:500k/20 years is a bad deal

Reply #6

noahproblem — Sun, 20 Mar 2005 15:30:40 GMT

Mass. is going to have a $10 ticket coming out next week based on Hold 'Em (3 hands vs. the dealer), plus a standard number matching section) - hopefully they won't have the same problem.Top prize is stated as $10 million (only one ticket out of 80 million to be available) but it's almost certainly a $500K/20 year annuity deal.

Reply #5

DoctorEw220 — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 05:15:11 GMT

here's how they need to base the hold 'em poker scratch games. instead of going up against an opponent, just base the prizes on how god a hand you have.

Reply #4

Wolfpack24 — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:55:35 GMT

If you look on any scratch ticket you can see letter codes. If there is a P, B, or D on the card it's likely not a winner. These cards have those letters on them. I haven't gotten the cards scanned yet. Unless VA is getting smart and trying to fool people who just scratch the card for the symbol, then some idiot made this card up who didn't know how to play poker. Also if your card is say a 10 dollar winner, you can find a T an E and an N on the card. Same goes for any amount you win, there is a... [ More ]

Reply #3

007Girl — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 02:04:09 GMT

I've noticed the same thing Wolf with a couple of the same type scratchers. Holding on to the losers just in case.

Reply #2

Litebets27 — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 21:21:25 GMT

Wolf, what made these cards not winners. I hope when the cashier checked them, they didn't keep them for themselves, because they sound like winners. Or maybe they hadn't been activated before they were sold. I hope you kept them.litebets

Reply #1

Todd — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 12:13:56 GMT

<Moved to Scratch Games forum

OT: but important, $5 VA scratcher flawed

Wolfpack24 — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 09:06:51 GMT

The new game 100,000 Texas Hold 'em poker scracther. It's a $5 game that came out on the 28th of Febuary. I have bought 2 cards now that have flaws. The card is layed out with 4 tables. You have 3 hands with 2 cards on each table. Your opponent has 1 hand with 2 cards. There are 5 community cards that both you and the opponent use. One card I had 2 kings and the opponent had a Jack and a 10. In the community cards there were 2 6s and a 10. The other cards didn't match my cards or the opponents c... [ More ]