Spending $20 on Scratchers

Reply #31

cheryl59 — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:12:49 GMT

Rolling on the River

Reply #30

rdgrnr — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:33:58 GMT

Ohhhhh, ca-, I feel a harmonic convergence a comin' on.

I'm a gonna clog over it.

Wait fer the vibes lil' darlin'.

Don't put no shortenin' in my bread til then.

Reply #29

rdgrnr — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:24:13 GMT

I like liver and onions. Wonder if they'll let me have my old liver?

Tiggs missed me?

Well, he ought to, I'm payin' that big fat pension he gets every month

Reply #28

dr65 — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:25:04 GMT

lol rdgrnr!

Good to have you back!...Even though it was only a few days break, I didn't check tiggs posts but I'll bet he missed you too

Oh, lol, they'll find a way to redefine pre-existing...just give them some time.

Reply #27

ca-dreamin* — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:54:23 GMT

When my daughter turned 18 I bought her a mix of tickets for the magical 20 dollars. All she won was a free ticket : (

I think the tickets you choose to buy depends on the state you live in. Here in IL a dollar ticket usually wins me $1 $2 or a free ticket. I have won $50 and $75 dollars on 5 dollar tickets. Once I bought a $20 dollar ticket and won $25 dollars.

It's been 8 years : ( since I've lived in Ca so I can't say how the scratchers are now but........

I had a store clerk tell me... [ More ]

Reply #26

rdgrnr — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:37:59 GMT

Jack's got a good bite. Single barrel too. Gentleman Jack took out the bite but tastes good anyway. Kinda like drinkin' a put out forest fire. Tastes like burnt trees. I like it. I like the burnin' trees better than the burnt trees though I think.

Reply #25

rdgrnr — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:29:55 GMT

Well I'm glad yer modest enough to scratch in your car and not in front of everybody.

We're friends though, you can always scratch in front of me and I won't be offended.

Reply #24

threetwowin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:28:02 GMT

i only drink it if it burns .. BLUE..

SURE YOU AGREE

Reply #23

rdgrnr — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:23:59 GMT

I don't know if yer a doctor dr but I might coulda used a lil doctorin' after tanglin' with that 94 proof single barrel.

I hear tell I had a pretty good time though.

Think Todd oughta put a breathalyzer on my computer though judgin' by a couple of my posts that night.

Well, thank God we got free healthcare, think I'll be needin' a new liver soon.

Mine's gotta be the size of a football by now.

That can't be good.

I hear they cain't deny ya fer pre-existin' boozerism now. Yeeeeee... [ More ]

Reply #22

sully16 — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:22:46 GMT

whenever i get a good payout on my pick 3's i buy a whole bunch of scratchers. i like to scratch in my car at breaktime at work.

Reply #21

threetwowin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:19:41 GMT

yeah four 5 dol tickets sounds like the thing to do

pretty sure the odds on a 5 dol lottery ticket is 3 . something . . . odds are a little less than 1 and 4

Reply #20

AreYouSerious — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:18:51 GMT

I'm to say you wont get that last winning jackpot, look at the sheet above there may be a few $10,000 tickets out there spread out in the whole state in a place you 85% wont find and then for the grand prize tickets the lottery can go months without printing a winning roll and shipping it out. And with buying low dollar scratch tickets your just throwing money out the window sure you may win $500 but you will just go buy 500 more tickets in the long run and end up losing!! Hold your breath babes... [ More ]

Reply #19

dr65 — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:15:28 GMT

THERE you are....jrosina's got even me worried about you!

Good to see you back

Reply #18

sully16 — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:09:25 GMT

she's gonna put a gps on you.

Reply #17

AreYouSerious — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:09:11 GMT

How are you feeling? want to try hitting the grand prize or more money? then play either $10 or $20 scratch

Just feel like playing? buy four $5 tickets

Really want to try and win big money? put $10 and $10 on a pick 4 or 3 number game all the same number exact

Reply #16

rdgrnr — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:06:00 GMT

Rosie, I am rolling.

Reply #15

rdgrnr — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:02:51 GMT

Well now, that's kinda personal there lady but uhhh..... where do you like to scratch

Reply #14

dr65 — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:13:20 GMT

Yeah that's what I'd like to know too.

This was one of his latest/last posts:

https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/210979/1592463

Reply #13

jrosina — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:59:50 GMT

rd you stared this post and know I want to ask you a question, are you ok?

where are you

Reply #12

wildspecks — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:24:21 GMT

One $20. I always take my tickets home to scratch them...usually after we've fed the cats, started dinner, watched Wheel of Fortune, etc., lol. I get in no particular hurry. I like to savor the thoughts of winning. The only time I scratch the tickets in the store is if I am buying out of state.

Reply #11

sully16 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:14:56 GMT

sometimes i get scratchers usually the 5 dollar ones, mostly somrthing i do at Christmas. maybe the next question should be ..Where do you like to scratch

Reply #10

WILLWRK4NUMBERS — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:42:19 GMT

Funny, I just did this last night!

I bought 1 $5, 2 $2, and and 11 $1 scratch offs here in GA. I didn't win any cash but I did win 4 Tickets which equated to $4. Since I got $4 back, I decided to check out the GA Lottery site and found out that the majority of scratch off top prize jackpots were just about turned in.

Game Total Prize Claimed Total winners

$10,000 CLUB $10,000 7 8

$10,000 SUMMER DAZE $10,000 6 8

$150,000,000 SLOTS OF LUCK $250,000 48 60

$200,000 BONUS... [ More ]

Reply #9

ONEDAY — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:18:59 GMT

I am scared to do a $20 scratch off...I usually do a $5 one..and then lots of $2's and lately I been doing good on the $1's.

Reply #8

jaclynfett — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:37:51 GMT

I mix it up every week. I like doing 4 $5's or sometimes just a big jumble of 1's, 2's , and 5's. Haven't had a lucky $20 ticket in awhile so I've been avoiding them.

Reply #7

lucky6025 — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:03:42 GMT

Hi,I have been playing lottery,plus scratch tickets since 1998.I play $20.00 a week just in scratch tickets and usually less than $10.00 for big lotteries.Here in MA there are 170 scratch tickets and keeps getting bigger all the time.I look at the $5.00 tickets and find one I like,meaning has the most payouts of amounts of 10,000 and up (820-$10,000 26-$100,000 10-$1,000,000) and play 2 at beginning of week and 2 at end ($20.00) if I hit on any I keep playing depends on how much I win or if i hi... [ More ]

Reply #6

charmed7 — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:32:17 GMT

I like to mix them up I would buy $ 20 twice a month, on the opposite week would do $10 and 2 $5.00

didn't buy as many when i stayed in MI, NC has a much better selection

Reply #5

cheryl59 — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:58:21 GMT

I don't like playing $1.00 scratchers either (what's the point?) but I will play $20.00, $10. 00 and $5.00

I like to buy my $5.00 tickets in threes and $10.00 tickets in Twos and of course one $20.00

Much Luck and Many Blessings to Us All

Reply #4

rdgrnr — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:41:49 GMT

Yeah, I've had a little luck with those 20 dollar scratchers too but always put it back going for something bigger.

Losing seems to be more of an affront when it's done 20 bucks at a time with immediate results. It doesn't seem to hurt as much to lose $20 on a draw game later as it does on one scratcher right now for some reason, lol.

Reply #3

rdgrnr — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:34:05 GMT

Wait for the mean lady to come in and buy the losers? LOL!

Your plan seems reasonable, spreading it around some.

I've just had such terrible luck with the lower denominations that I would probably go with 2 tens or 4 fives. Not that I've had better luck with those but if I lose at least I lost with a shot at a bigger prize.

Hey, maybe that lady's only mean cuz you wait for her to buy all the losers

Reply #2

TheOtherOne — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:26:29 GMT

Keep in mind that often times buying consecutive tickets can pay off a bit more.

At least that is in part what I read here, but from experience I find it to be true as well. Only catch is, it can sometime be long and payful in between winners.

But using this method on $2 tickets is much cheaper than using it on $10 or $20 ones.

I once won $50 from a $20 so I took it in and played a string of $10 jobs. Didnt hit jack squat and after $80 I went out to hit the atm again. When I came back a... [ More ]

Reply #1

dr65 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:50:07 GMT

Okay....I need a plan..since I can't go hogwild.

First, I wait for the mean lady to come in and buy the losers, she's good at that...then I step up and buy:

1 - $10

1 - $5

1 - $3

1 - $2

I hate $1 tickets...even $2 tickets unless that's about all that's left and then buy at least 5 or 10. For your example, I'd spread it out.

Spending $20 on Scratchers

rdgrnr — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:50:09 GMT

What would you consider the best way to spend $20 on Scratchers?

A single $20 ticket? Twenty $1 tickets? Two $10's? A combination of a $10, a $5 and $1's? Some $2's and $3's mixed in?

How would you spend $20 on Scratchers