Which denomination of scratch tickets rewards the most winners?

Reply #13

Coin Toss — Wed, 08 May 2013 05:51:59 GMT

$4 scratchers.

Oh wait........ there aren't any.

I wonder why, anyone know

Reply #12

Drew87 — Mon, 06 May 2013 09:15:13 GMT

In my personal experience it has been $2 tickets, then followed by $3 tickets. I have bought a lot of $2 tickets though, so my opinion may be bias. I seem to lose a ton of money on $5 tickets, only getting free tickets here, $10 there. But when I buy $2 tickets, I seem to always get most of my money back. Sure, the payouts are smaller but its what I can afford right now. Maybe if I made a ton of money I could afford to buy enough $5 and $10's to actually see the payout, but because I can only bu... [ More ]

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Lotto Dreamer — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:12:25 GMT

I have been buying scratch tickets every week for the past 11 months. I only buy the $1, $2, and $5 scratch tickets (about $30 total per month) and I get most of my winners from the $2 tickets (usually $2 and $4 winners with an occasional $5, $10 or $20.)

I don't get many winners from the $1 tickets, but my biggest wins have been on the $1 tickets ($30 and $40.)

All my $5 tickets have been losers so far.

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dallascowboyfan — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:58:18 GMT

$5 $20 tickets

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Jon D — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:30:18 GMT

Yeah, people think scratch games are random. But they ain't. Not in the way they're manufactured and distributed, and not in the way you play. For me the interesting part is thinking about the competition: the other players vying for the same wins on the packs of tickets in the stores.

In some stores in my area, I see a lot of players scratchin' in store on $2 tickets, so that tells me that those may be more depleted of wins. And they are. I have the data to show it. We don't have $20 games i... [ More ]

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Romancandle — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 03:27:20 GMT

Hmmm... that must be why I'm doing so lousy on the $20 scratcher's that I periodically buy, no more than one at time... that's all my budget can stomach at that level... $5-$10 is where I get an occasional small payout. I don't buy many $1 tickets, but the ones I've bought have been losers.

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sully16 — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:20:52 GMT

I seem to have the best luck with 5 dollar tickets

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Jim777 — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:38:48 GMT

I completely agree that $10 tickets are loaded with losing tickets. They have one winner followed by 6-8 losing tickets. If you do win on a $10, then it's a break even ticket ($10) Or $20 knowing most people just turn around and buy more tickets chasing a win...

I stay away from anything over $5. Oddly, I've won really nice prizes on $1 tickets... Go figure.

Reply #5

Jon D — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:17:48 GMT

It might not seem that way, but you actually beat the odds!

3 out of 10 hits is 1-in-3.33 which is better than game odds of 1-in-3.48 for $10 LFL.

And $10 LFL only has a very poor 56% return, unless you win the top prize. So your 60% return also beat the odds.

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redhot7 — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:35:36 GMT

From my experience, it's the $5 tickets. Oddly enough, the $10 tickets have one of the worst odds despite what they say at the back of the tickets. I bought a couple CA Lucky for Life and 1M Fortune and their odds are almost as bad as the $1 ticket.

Here's an example

Reply #3

Jon D — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:46:33 GMT

The odds always win out in the end, and higher denomination tickets have the best odds, so they will have the largest percentage of winners.

But your own experience may vary depending on what your competition is in the store, that's the key. If the store you go to has players win chasing before you come in on $10 and $20 games, and you just buy 1 ticket, you will do worse than the odds. On the other hand, of there aren't many players win chasing on $2 games, and you come along and buy at twic... [ More ]

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JoshUK — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:12:12 GMT

Not from personal experience but I was chatting to a shop clerk a while back when buying a Euromillions ticket and I asked him what ticket he notices that wins the most and he said the 2 and the 10 tickets. He said he is always cashing in 100 wins on the 10 tickets and some nice wins on the 2 ones. He said the worst ones in his experience was the 1 tickets and they always end up being loosers on just 1 wins.

Reply #1

th19940305 — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:25:15 GMT

I seem to win most on $5 tickets, most on a $2 is $40 but I do play alot

These are some of my bigger wins

Which denomination of scratch tickets rewards the most winners?

Jim777 — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:11:22 GMT

I've been scratching for about a year and I've found I get more winners from $2 tickets. I buy 10 $2 tickets at a time and tend to get 2-3 winning tickets per purchase of 10 tickets.

Heres a recent win...