Benefits of Scratch-Off tickets

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sully16 — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 12:03:21 GMT

wow some of those are pretty good odds.

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CarHauler — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 05:59:46 GMT

I have won far more money on instant games. You have much better odds of winning sizeable amounts in the range of 1 to 5 million on the instant games than on winning that amount on a jackpot game, but if amounts in that range are not adequate for you, you should play jackpot games. In Georgia, we do not have any instant games with top prizes over $5,000,000. Fantasy 5 can win amounts as low as $50,000, and as high as $3,000,000. Therefore, I have decided to include the instant tickets with the b... [ More ]

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kovirtuoso — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:39:27 GMT

I've been thinking about the same thing and can only say so far that winning any BIG prize is just going to be rare, whether it is scratch-offs, powerball, or lotto.

(Big Prize Raffles have the best odds but looks like FLA isn't doing a Holiday Millionaire raflle this year, winning a Mil there can be 1 in less than 300,000)

Here are some numbers I ve been watching and playing around with.

Powerball, is 1 in 5Million to win 200,000 (or win 1Million if you pay for the $2 plus ticket) and... [ More ]

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sully16 — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 15:49:28 GMT

we had a guy here in Mich hit a million dollar scratcher twice. other than that I don't hear of anyone winning more that $1000.00

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muppet — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 06:50:36 GMT

The ratios are 1:4 for scratch-offs and 1:16,000,000 for jackpot games, at best. I prefer to break even occasionally and the instant gratification is good with a scratch-off. Powerball slips pile up and get checked about 3 months later. I've won very little on Lotto/PB/MM games. I matched 4 balls out of 6 - once.

I can win $20 on a $2 scratcher, get cash, a few more tix and keep going. The odds and the psychological factor are more rewarding. I spend less money.

Personally, I prefer the sm... [ More ]

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MattfromPA — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:25:41 GMT

In PA, it's hard to win much of anything anymore on the scratch-offs. I have really cut down (usually spend no more than $20-$30 of non-winning cash at a time.) I guess the Powerball and Megaball are much harder to win, but the difference seems smaller here in PA. Still, I play an occassional Powerball and Megaball and haven't won in months. You also have to get more than 3 numbers to get much, so that's why I haven't switched to non-instants.

Benefits of Scratch-Off tickets

WilliamJohns — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 13:39:02 GMT

Is it fair to say that, generally, with scratch-off tickets you are more likely to win many of the smaller prizes but have less of a chance (statistically - dollar for dollar) of hitting the life-changing huge jackpot you'd get with jackpot games like MegaMillions and Lotto