Scratch-off Blocks

Reply #9

iam713 — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 19:10:13 GMT

I got lucky years ago by buying a ticket that I knew had stop selling in my neighborhood. It pd $500. I guest that's being in the right place at the right time.

Reply #8

MrBobb — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:44:30 GMT

See My Scratch off Adventure posted by gutgnt at https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/119713.htm

Reply #7

four4me — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:10:46 GMT

I think a lot of places that sell winning scratchers might have done so by complaining to lottery personel that their customers are complaining that their place has not sold any decent winners in x amount of time. So the lottery people give them a book or two with some good winners in it. For the most part i usually ask the store owner or ticket sellers if their place has ever sold any big money winners. If they say yes we just sold one last week or something to that effect then i get my tickets... [ More ]

Reply #6

Tnplayer805 — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:31:55 GMT

I bought a roll of tickets before from all my free tickets saved up. (I know the cashier hated me for that one lol) I bought a book of Jumbo Bucks and I got back about 75% of my money. I saved my free tickets from that book for the next time I have $300 worth of free tickets. I might buy $5 or $10 tickets next time.

Reply #5

pacattack05 — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 19:13:47 GMT

There is a way to tell which store has the winning block.Look for stores that have an even number ending in their address. LOL

Reply #4

RJOh — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 18:52:03 GMT

Logically if a State keeps half the sales as profit, then scratch-offs can only pay 50 on the dollar overall, so odds are if that game has a big pay-off some where in the State then a blocks of tickets will pay less than 50 on the dollar unless it has that jackpot ticket. That's what I don't like about scratch-offs, the odds are good that someone will win a big prize, but that winner has to buy his ticket in the single store which has the winning ticket. If you're buying your tickets at any o... [ More ]

Reply #3

scissorhands — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 04:11:52 GMT

I, too work in a Lottery and Tobacco shop and sell lots of packs to customers, as TnTea says, hardly any of them recover half their money back unless the pack happens to have a 500.00 or more winner in it. Jumbo Bucks use to be our biggest pack seller but now alot of people have stopped buying them and only buy whole packs of new release tickets, they think their odds are better for hitting a big ticket, which hasn't happened yet...It would blow your mind to see how much money these people spent... [ More ]

Reply #2

tntea — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 03:09:31 GMT

I work in a lottery store and have activated unopened tickets for lots of customers.. $300 a lick..Most do not recover the amount paid.. only one customer came back with $900 from the $300 purchase.. I dont recommend it..

Reply #1

RJOh — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:06:26 GMT

There was a news story about two guys in Indiana doing that last year. They not only got all their money back but won the jackpot which they split with a lottery security person that told them where and which roll to buy. All three got some jail time too when the State found out about it.

Scratch-off Blocks

lblb59 — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 12:55:29 GMT

I was in the store yesterday and saw a person buying a whole block of unopened lottery tickets. Has anyone ever done this consistently and at least gotten all their money back? How many tickets are in a block