I quit Chain purchasing scratchers.

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bellyache — Tue, 30 May 2006 18:05:07 GMT

I like to play $1 and $2 games every once in a while, but I really don't purchase that many tickets over $5. I guess I'm not much of scratch-off person.

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Tnplayer805 — Wed, 24 May 2006 06:28:44 GMT

I think it depends on what ticket you play. I like to buy about 5-10 of the same ticket just in case. You never know what the next ticket might bring you. In Florida I bought 1 $20 ticket and lost. That's a lot of money to lose at one time playing the lottery. But for some reason I thought you never know what the next ticket holds. I bought the next ticket anyway and won $100. That's the integrity of the game and that's why people play.

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Crimsicle — Mon, 22 May 2006 20:16:18 GMT

If I cash in a small win, like $3 or so...the clerk is nearly always surprised when I just take the money. I think they count on your taking your small-time winnings in tickets. Lately, Ive taken to winning tickets instead of small cash prizes. A bunch of them in the last week or so. I never cash those in right then. I wait until my next lotto purchase and then buy a few scratch-offs at the same time, using my winners to partially pay for the scratch-off purchase. I try to buy at least fi... [ More ]

I quit Chain purchasing scratchers.

Tiburon140 — Mon, 22 May 2006 16:17:13 GMT

I have a bad habit of winning petty prizes like winning the same amount of what the ticket was worth when bought, then buying the same game after that. 100% of the time, they're losers. I think the Lottery has it set up like that because most people come back and buy the same ticket.