Ending Georgia Instant Games

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CarHauler — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:01:43 GMT

Look at the odds listed of 1 in 10,000, and compare the $2 ticket and the $20 ticket. For 10 times the cost of the ticket, you can win 25 times the prize money for the same given odds! Now that is what I am talking about! Why would anyone want to throw away money on those silly little $1 or $2 games? Oddly enough, the odds between $2 Jumbo Bucks Classic and $5 Giant Jumbo Bucks is the same for winning $500, so the bigger ticket is not always a better bargain 100% of the time, automatically. In t... [ More ]

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CarHauler — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:51:25 GMT

Just for fun, I will include the best chances of winning a certain dollar amount, for each price point. This list is by no means all-inclusive. I have arbitrarily decided to list the tickets within the approximate range of half of the odds to twice the odds, as it compares to Jack-O-Lantern Cash odds of 1 in 4,800 when I won $100 on that game. That means odds of roughly 2,400 to 9,600, but I allowed a little leeway. As I have beaten those odds, it makes me hopeful what I may win, especially on t... [ More ]

Ending Georgia Instant Games

CarHauler — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:39:32 GMT

The new year is going to bring and end to many instant games. Be sure to see if your favorite scratch-off is listed. If it is, you better stock up, because they will be gone on Saturday. The following games are set to end on December 31, 2010. That is the last date that a lottery retailer may legally sell those tickets. Some of them sold all of their top prizes, while others close for other reasons, of which I am not certain. Probably because there was a time limit set on them when they came out... [ More ]