First time buying a roll: Tennessee's $3M Mega Cash

Reply #8

mrsinful — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:03:08 GMT

Carhauler,

Thank you very much for this post. It was very informative

and I appreciate the time you took. I guess I have just gotten lucky when

I have played in Georgia. I tell you though Georgia is still better

than South Carolina. It just sucks so bad here I quit scratch offs completely

down here. Best of luck to you carhauler.

Reply #7

TheOtherOne — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:26:36 GMT

Wow very informative Carhauler.

And to think I had considered traveling to GA to buy a roll of tickets! Only one top prize winner on both of those games? Really? TN usually has 3 prizes at a minimum, with 20 bring the max so far.

Also, do you cash out your winning tickets before stashing them? Wouldn't want the games to expire and then you try to cash them.

Reply #6

CarHauler — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:43:57 GMT

Sorry you had the bad luck. Here is how Georgia law reads as far as how much they are required to return to customers:

50-27-13. Disposition of lottery proceeds; budget report by Governor; appropriations by General Assembly; shortfall reserve subaccount

(a)(1) All lottery proceeds shall be the property of the corporation.

(2) From its lottery proceeds the corporation shall pay the operating expenses of the corporation. As nearly as practical, at least 45 percent of the amount o... [ More ]

Reply #5

mrsinful — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 05:44:06 GMT

All tickets in SC are 300 a roll, no matter what the ticket cost is. I have bought almost a roll in georgia before. They were a

20 dollar ticket, but I can't remember for the life of me which one it was. I think I bought all but like 3 of them and I hit a 200

so I got my money back. I also had like other pushes in there to so that helped me out. In NC all of them but the 20 dollar

tickets are 300 a roll, the 20 dollar tickets are 600 a roll. In comparing Georgia, SC and North Carolina,... [ More ]

Reply #4

pick4master — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 04:13:58 GMT

NC has a scratch off ticket..spend $20 and win 4 mill. This 20 dollar ticket came out recently and there has already been a 4 million dollar winner right near lottery headquarters. My point..now that there has been a 4 mill dollar winner this quick, don't look for another 4 million winner for a long time. They are going to have to sell a lot of losing tickets to pay for the 4 million dollar payday.

There is no way in HELL i would buy a whole roll of those tickets hoping to win 4 mill. Just my... [ More ]

Reply #3

TheOtherOne — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 03:33:33 GMT

Wil do, mrsinful.

I'm from SC and my family is still there so I've probably played some of the same scratchers. Never considered buying a roll from there, but I have thought of getting one from GA.

Does SC have $300 rolls or 600? I think FL has the $600 ones. That's just too much.

That is brutal losing $200, I hate that. Thanks for posting, I'll check your other post.

Reply #2

mrsinful — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:31:23 GMT

The last time I bought a roll. I lost 200 bucks. There is a post somewhere on here under the results from buying rolls post

if you want a full breakdown. I had 8 losers in a row in my roll. It was 10 dollar tickets in South Carolina. the top prize on

this ticket is 1 million. After that experience I have sworn off of rolls. However I will say that I had bought many 10 dollar rolls

previous to that, and always got half my money back. It was like the average was 150 and sometimes it would... [ More ]

Reply #1

cheese584 — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:38:10 GMT

i also been thinking of buying a roll of 20 dollar tickets lately. kinda up and down weather i should or not.

First time buying a roll: Tennessee's $3M Mega Cash

TheOtherOne — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:06:16 GMT

I've debated for a few years about buying an entire roll, knowing that a whole roll of tickets would probably have the same dismal results I've had buying singular tickets.

years ago I bought several $20 tickets from a Grocery store vending machine and after sinking almost $200 in it, I figured I should have bought an entire roll.

Many say you typically get 60% back, and from what people have posted here, that seemed to be the case. I figured buying in at $300, if I lose about a 100 or so,... [ More ]