"Your Methodology Of Purchasing Instant Scratch Tickets"

Reply #9

shyguitar — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:28:50 GMT

I take different things into account. I usually go to the lottery website in my state to look at what is still left to win on scratch tickets. For quite awhile I was buying two of the same tickets back to back thinking I might have a chance to win on one of them. The only problem with buying tickets that way was I was spending more money and about 2 months ago told myself I needed to save money and tried cutting back to one a week. The only scratchers I didn't buy were the 1 dollar ones. The las... [ More ]

Reply #8

Stormiela — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:56:46 GMT

I usually buy two at a time, back to back of the same ticket. All the times I've won decent amounts like $20, $40, $50, $100 were because I bought two. One was a loser or a small amount (money back usually) and the next would be the winner. I've taken a break from stratch offs for now but my spending limit is usually $10-15 at a time. I find that if I buy a bunch of different tickets, I don't win a lot. The last time I bought tix I spent $20 on four different $5 tickets. None of them won. I do w... [ More ]

Reply #7

Rowen — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:20:27 GMT

I like to buy the first ticket off the roll. The end of the roll not so much. I usually ignore the older games. Like the newer ones better

Reply #6

rdgrnr — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:03:33 GMT

I rarely buy scratchers but when I do I have the best luck with $2 tickets. I won $100 on one not long ago. I always buy 2 at a time just to screw up the vultures who are waiting for somebody to buy the next one cuz they think it's gonna be a loser.

And if the clerk hands me one that's already torn off the roll, I tell him I don't want it cuz that's one that he was probably trying to skip.

I ain't never won nothin' but a free ticket or maybe $2 on a dollar ticket.... [ More ]

Reply #5

Coin Toss — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:19:05 GMT

Do you really have much choice when buying scratchers? By that I mean if you're buying them at the counter you can't ask for the fifth ticket in the roll, and from a machine you're going to get the next one on the roll also.

My wife constantly buys $1 and $2 tickets and as a store manager said, You play dollars, you win dollars . I think a person would be better off buying a $5 or $10 scratchers and taking a couple of days to scratch them.

One thing I have noticed, for Illinois anway, is t... [ More ]

Reply #4

uklotteryplayer — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:55:28 GMT

I don't really buy consecutive scratchcards. It is more likely that if you won on the first ticket, there is no point having the next one as it is unlikely to have a winning prize. Scratchcards are distributed knowingly by people so winnings are more likely spaced out. (I used to buy multiple scratchcards at a time to determine this and it seemed to be true.

Reply #3

KENNYD722 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:39:10 GMT

Yeah I usually check my lotto website to see what games have alot of winners still out there. I usually buy 2 tickets at once. Cause one time I went in bought one $10 ticket. Went back next day the gujy behind the counter said guy came in right after me bought same game and won $5000. That hurt really bad . So I always buy 2 now.

Reply #2

Bigheadnick — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:53:20 GMT

I only buy tickets that are eligible for second chance drawings, thereby increasing my overall odds of winning something. My favorites are the $2 patriots and $5 wheel of fortune. Also, If I see the code srx on any ticket, I buy the next one as Ive discovered the odds of the next one being a winner are much better than after any other code.

Reply #1

mcginnin56 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:25:25 GMT

I personally have found better success by purchasing two tickets back to back every time. I tend to get the $10-20 scratchers which usually have the best odds of anywhere from 1:4.2 - 1:2.99

By getting two tickets, I feel my chances are always better, because had I bought just one ticket; the ticket just before or after could have been a winner. On average every other time I buy like this, I have a winning ticket. Pretty good overall odds I think.

"Your Methodology Of Purchasing Instant Scratch Tickets"

mcginnin56 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:21:54 GMT

Most of us are all creatures of habit, superstitions, and quirky schemes for how we play our lotto games.

When it comes to selecting your SCRATCHERS , do you have any particular rhyme or reason of how you chose the tickets you buy?

Doe's it depend on a gut feel of how or when you decide to to reel these scratch fish in?

Also do your method's vary, depending on the ticket value or word of mouth from other players. ($1, $2, $3, $5, $10, $20$, $50)?

What about th... [ More ]