Winner, without scratching?

Reply #5

Tnplayer805 — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:04:53 GMT

Some scratching fanatics like myself hate the Spoiler letters found on tickets. So, like others I know we scratch only the letters under the numbers. Unless you examine the ticket it will appear as though as the ticket hasn't even been scratched. To me, it puts the fun back into playing without worrying about seeing the dreaded X spoiler letter. (Unless you win $6, X usually means you have a loser)

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MRDNICE — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:48:12 GMT

i have turned many unscratched tickets in. sometimes if i see i hit for a certain amount in one spot i go ahead and just get it scanned. sometimes i hit a win all symbol and dont scratch the rest. either way when its scanned it will show what was hit any way

Reply #3

Dead_Aim — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:04:45 GMT

What JBG said is correct. There are codes for the smaller prizes, but the bigger prizes can give random codes, 3 letters that make no sense at all, to us, the players anyway.

As far as the position on where the winner will be on the card, I have never heard of this. I thought the same as you about the player picking a lucky spot to scratch being the only spot scratched.

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Reply #2

sorensonfan41 — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:44:13 GMT

And in GA, we have validation letters for winners of $19 or less. When it's $20 or more or if it's a losing ticket, the letters are random.

I don't think anything is fishy with your story. I've heard of people doing that with our various Cashword and Bingo tickets in GA. Personally, I don't like to do that (I like the few seconds of excitement by scratching the whole play area and, if it's a bingo or crossword game, scratch the appropriate letters or numbers).

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JonnyBgood07 — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:11:56 GMT

Connecticut doesn't do it anymore,but I know in some states that prizes under 75 dollars have 3 letters in varied spots in the scratch field that spell out the winner....for example if $5 then a fiv will be somewhere in the ticket...$25 would be twf .........one,two and 10 dollars are as they are spelled

Winner, without scratching?

craps — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:59:58 GMT

This is in NYC. I was in the store where I buy my scratchoffs. The owner displays some of the winners ($50 or more). I saw someone had hit for $200 on a $5 Monopoly ticket. It's the style where you have to match your numbers to the winning numbers. There are around 12 chances to win, as I recall. Anyway, the winning ticket had a GO symbol (instant win for $200). Great! Except, this was the ONLY space scratched in the playing field of the ticket. The other 11 spaces were NOT scratched.

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