Scratch Off or RIP OFF

Reply #13

jr-va — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:43:39 GMT

I agree. Scratch games are awful.

I'm better off playing $3 each on four Pick 4 quick picks

depending on how the $12 play goes, the top prize can be $ 15,000 or more, or the odds can be

made as low as 1:105

Reply #12

MADDOG10 — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:14:50 GMT

Reply #11

Rick G — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:52:19 GMT

The odds of winning $50,000 in this game are 1.5 million to one....almost three times higher than winning a 5/39 lotto jackpot.

Reply #10

Vergie6 — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:42:49 GMT

I'm beginning to realize that and am cutting way back on buying any.

Reply #9

Vergie6 — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:42:00 GMT

I have not won a dime on that Red Line Crossword card yet!...have bought several so don't buy them anymore...and never won a dime on Let's make a deal either and bought at least 15 over a period of time.

The good news is I have won on Topaz 7 and Mega bucks and a few others.

Reply #8

nfinity78 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:55:23 GMT

yeah and what I can't understand is you can buy 10 tickets straight and get nothing. Every since NCEL started the Red Line Crossword game a new $3 game, I was getting a hit at this store almost every 4-5th ticket. Sometimes it was back to back. I had been going to the same store since it started, I've had a $25, $50 and another $50 hit on these tickets and countless $5 and $3 winners. By the way it looks, its like I'm the only buying them. The roll had gotten to the 60th ticket. I won $5 on 61.... [ More ]

Reply #7

jessicalelle — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:18:11 GMT

Of course scratch offs are rip offs! i hate it, its a totally random game

Reply #6

ActionJackson — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:51:21 GMT

Yep. Just do the math and you should know never to buy those tickets. It's nothing more than a tax on people bad at math.

Reply #5

Raven62 — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:50:36 GMT

What we have here is a conundrum:

If one asks the folks that Did Not Win one of the Big Prizes: It's a Ripoff!

If one asks the folks that Did Win one of the Big Prizes: It's a Not A Ripoff!

That's why it's a: Gamble! (Risking your money on the Chance that you'll Win!)

You have to ask yourself: Should I take the Chance or should I spend my Money another way

Reply #4

CrySis — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:10:33 GMT

Just the other day I ran into a woman who admitted her addiction, as she called it, to these scratch-off tickets. In turn I confessed to being on my way, also, to a sort of compulsion to buy these tickets. We both agreed that they are a waste of our money. Then she said something that surprised me: She said that last Christmas she and her husband spent 100.00 or so on a box of tickets and that the entire box yielded not one winner above 1.-- or 2.-- dollars. I'm presuming the tickets were either... [ More ]

Reply #3

soothsayer — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:45:31 GMT

Try to play the higher priced tickets if your budget will allow. I almost NEVER play anything less than $5. If you must play the lower priced tickets, I would also suggest you buy tickets in the 2/10th-7/10th range of the pack.

Reply #2

JackpotWanna — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:13:38 GMT

Avoid $1 - $2 tickets. Save up and buy higher amount tickets.

Reply #1

JONNIE — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:11:10 GMT

Yea, I agree. NJ scratch off games are pretty much a complete waste of time/ money. I like the cash 5 number game- been staying far away from scratch off games.

Scratch Off or RIP OFF

bobg — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:56:42 GMT

There is a $2.00 ticket that New Jersy sells called Mati Money game #606 which has been around since 2006. Here is the stats for it,

On the average, better than 1 ticket in 6 wins a prize. In a game of 6,000,000 tickets there are 400,000 prizes of $2; 150,000 prizes of $3; 200,000 prizes of $4; 180,800 prizes of $5; 89,000 prizes of $10; 95,600 prizes of $20; 16,600 prizes of $40; 3,600 prizes of $50; 3,300 prizes of $100; 1,000 prizes of $500; 60 prizes of $1,000; 10 prizes of $4,000; 7 priz... [ More ]