To buy or not to buy. That is the question.

Reply #6

Ronnie316 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:45:15 GMT

Just take a good look at the odds for the prize you want to win.........

I was going to buy a bunch of $20. tickets but changed my mind when I realized top prize was 1 in 240,000 and second prize is 1 in 120,000.

Even if I buy 1000 tickets I'm still up against 1 in 120 odds just for second prize.

Have you ever tried to pick a winner in a horse race

Reply #5

austin1910 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:12:00 GMT

A book has 100 $3 scratchers, so $300 total.

Reply #4

Ronnie316 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:45:46 GMT

If your ok with getting about half your money back for a chance to make a big score.... GO FOR IT......

Reply #3

RedStang — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:42:04 GMT

How much for a book. I say go for it if you enjoy playing those.

Reply #2

austin1910 — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 16:18:53 GMT

Wow, thanks. That's a great way to look at it. I might split the cost/winnings with another person. I just wanna know the feeling of scratching a whole book wahahahah I enjoy the doing the crosswords as well haha.

Reply #1

GetReal720 — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:26:53 GMT

Honestly I think that is your call to make.

An average a book usually pays out about half of what you put in. So if you spend $300 on a book ( I have no idea how many tickets are in a $1, or $3, and so on book for your state), you can expect to get back about $150 dollars.

Of course some times people do much better and some times people do much worse. You could find a ticket worth $1,000 in there or a jackpot ticket or you may only have ten or twenty winners of less then $10 each... [ More ]

To buy or not to buy. That is the question.

austin1910 — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 09:13:54 GMT

So I've been having really good luck on the new Platinum crosswords here in Florida. The crossword scratchers are one of me and my girlfriend's favorites and we've both hit $100 on it. We usually buy 3-4 at a time and seem to always get a great return. I was wonderining if it would be wise to buy a book of this $3 scratch off. All the top prizes are still remaining and the odds for winning $100+ are the best I've seen for a $3 scratch off. Any advice