There Are A Few Good Ones In NY

Reply #18

JimmySand9 — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 23:17:24 GMT

I played Instant Take 5 for the first time, and I ended up getting more cash than Take Five tickets. In fact, I won $16 in cash from $9 worth of tickets. And I still have 2 QPs for tonight. This is a good scratch.

Reply #17

JimmySand9 — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 23:12:56 GMT

Those are the odds of winning the lowest possible prize, and they do not take into account the possibility of winning a larger prize.

Reply #16

PsychoUnit — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 04:03:07 GMT

Best odds in any NY scratch game is I think 1:9. Which is extremely bad, that is for the lowest possible prize. The $10 games, have odds such as 1:20 for lowest possible prize. You can check out the odds for all games on nylottery.org. I never play scratchers. Sometimes you have a better chance of winning the Mega Millions instead of a $50,000 prize in a scratch game.

Reply #15

JimmySand9 — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 21:52:22 GMT

Well, if you thought Instant Take Five was good before, just wait until you hear the actual overall odds.The actual overall odds for Instant Take Five (including Take Five QP prizes) is : 1 : 1.76 !!!That's about 3 winners for every four you buy. And while most of those are Take Five QP's, that in itself has good odds for a numbers game. The New York lottery has some real contrasts. $5 tickets with 1 in 5 odds, but $1 games with 1 in 1.76 odds.

Reply #14

JimmySand9 — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 06:47:33 GMT

Amen to that. I did win $31 on a $5 scratch on the front of the roll. But when I played a $2 one on the front of the roll, loser. You never know whats going to happen, and that's just part of the fun.

Reply #13

Colin72 — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 22:39:06 GMT

Whenever I play any of the scratch off games, it is usually the Instant Take Five scratch off games. Although I haven't played any of them in awhile now, I like how one can usually break even with the amount paid, and wind up with either a few free plays and/or a few bucks more. Last Summer I went a little nuts one day, and purchased $20 dollars worth of the Take Five scratch offs and wound up with $40 and $20 winners in the mix.

Reply #12

CASH Only — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 21:08:39 GMT

236:None of NY's million-dollar or life scratches have a cash option, so I would avoid them like the plague.

Reply #11

lottowman236 — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 08:52:28 GMT

But remember those 5.00 and 10.00 tickets in NY can payout the largest prizes in instant stratch off history anywhere.I would recommend mixing it up from time to time, but definitely you dont want to spend too much on 5 and 10.00 tickets. I love take 5, easy money(you only need to get 2 matching numbers , instead of 3!! Talk about great odds) The Lucky 7 games are amongst the best, I have received between 30- 80.00 for only 3-12 dollars worth of lucky 7s.But if your in NY and its within your bu... [ More ]

Reply #10

Rolling — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:52:20 GMT

Yes, definitely...the Instant Take Five is one of the few good ones I'd recommend as well in NY. I always purchase five in a row and have at least won my money back probably 95% of the time. Yesterday I purchased five, and the first ticket was a $5 winner and the next ticket was a $40 winner!! I also won two free plays. I was ecstatic because that is the most I've ever won on a $1 scratch off. You can easily spend $50 on either five $10 tickets or ten $5 tickets and not win anything. I've once s... [ More ]

Reply #9

DoctorEw220 — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 19:39:59 GMT

PA does offer free tickets as a prize on some games, but not many. Also, I like NY's $2 games. They're pretty easy to win at. Their new $1 game is easy to win at. I really like the take 5 5s game. I'm waiting for the day my free play wins it.

Reply #8

Tnplayer805 — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 23:15:35 GMT

In TN we have a lot of winners IMO. Everywhere you go you will see $500 winners and even $1000 and $5,000 winners hanging up. Scratch tickets are big sellers here because they have prizes to show for them. Oh and that .3 can mean a lot! Think about it. Millions of tickets are printed. That .3 could mean thousands of winners more or less easily.

Reply #7

Chewie — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 20:03:05 GMT

I'm confused: You state that 1 in 5 is a total ripoff, yet 1 in 4.7 are pretty good. Hows does .3 make that wide a spread in definition?I personally feel any scratch off is a loser. I see them by the hundreds on the ground around every lottery store. I see people buying them like crazy, but see a rare 5 to ten posted on the alls as a winner (supposed to be incentive to buy more). I like them even less after an article was published showing how the store can slide them through the reader and know... [ More ]

Reply #6

CASH Only — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 19:34:27 GMT

While NY's annuity-only scratch games make the state look bad, Instant Take Five probably is the BEST scratch game offered by any state. Now if Take Five can be changed to a jackpot game...

Reply #5

JimmySand9 — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 06:15:04 GMT

A book of tickets. Wow. That would be sweet to have. Would sure increase your odds of breaking even those losing tickets.

Reply #4

Tnplayer805 — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 06:07:07 GMT

Free tickets don't really bother me like they do some people. I try to save all my free tickets. One time I had saved up enought tickets to buy a book of Jumbo Bucks. Needless to say the store manager wasn't happy at all. I came out with a $75 win and 3 $20 wins. A lot of $5 and $10 wins also. I think I have $100 saved up right now in free tickets. Next time I might buy a book of $10 tickets.

Reply #3

JimmySand9 — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 03:16:52 GMT

No, New York doesn't have Free Tickets. But still, 1 in 5 is rediculous. PA doesn't give out Free Tickets as prizes, but the odds never exceed 1 in 5, so there really is no excuse.

Reply #2

Tnplayer805 — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 00:06:02 GMT

Does NY have free tickets? Some states have higher odds (like KY) because they don't have free tickets on some games.

Reply #1

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 23:46:15 GMT

why are the odds like that in new york? are they that bad in every state? i can see why people would avoid playing the scratch offs there in NY if it was hard to ever win anything....

There Are A Few Good Ones In NY

JimmySand9 — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 23:31:41 GMT

If you play scratch-offs in New York, you'll notice that the odds usually pretty long for scratch-offs. Even the most expensive tickets can have 1 in 5 odds, which is a total-ripoff. And on a less scathing note, many games lack the option to take your payment in cash. But there are a couple of games that are worth buying. And they're all just a $1.Instant Take Five - This game has one of the best cash prize odds in New York. But it also has a Take Five quick pick prize, which lowers the overall... [ More ]