saw this article on yahoo.

Reply #21

haymaker — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 21:31:23 GMT

The people that run lotteries must love this,

me it's just another reason to not buy scratchers,

someone else may already have the big winner and not even know it.

Reply #20

Lucky4Life — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 18:03:08 GMT

In recent years, after the death of family members, I have realized it is pointless to collect things or even buy things for other than utilitarian purposes...there will be someone after your death who will sell it and pocket the money. Someone is going to have a ton of fun after he dies. I would burn the expired ones. Couldn't stand knowing what could have been.

Reply #19

helpmewin — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 15:31:50 GMT

Reply #18

ttech10 — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 08:37:24 GMT

Right? It says in the article that most of the 10,000 unscratched are expired. You have to imagine most would be more than half, so we're looking at no more than 4,000 unscratched cards.

And you have to bet he won't say what games are left unscratched, or else you could look up online to see what amounts are left unclaimed.

This does sound like an interesting hobby though if I ever hit a jackpot. I could also pick up other state games during my road trips.

Reply #17

RedStang — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 06:22:01 GMT

He bought them with his 54$ a month.

Reply #16

noise-gate — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 05:50:32 GMT

This hobby is downright weird.

Its similar to owning a car/cars, admiring them, taking good care of them BUT never driving any.

Reply #15

rdgrnr — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 04:37:03 GMT

Why not what

Reply #14

Hollakris — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 04:32:15 GMT

If money is no issue, why not

Reply #13

sully16 — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 04:30:33 GMT

I hope so, it really boggles my mind.

Reply #12

sully16 — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 04:29:33 GMT

Exactly..

Reply #11

rdgrnr — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 03:39:39 GMT

I'm guessin' the guy's already loaded.

Maybe in more ways than one.

Reply #10

helpmewin — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 02:23:47 GMT

Reply #9

rowlettewheel — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 02:21:15 GMT

lol..DITTO

Reply #8

Shelby Mustang — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 01:48:46 GMT

What in the world is the point in doing that?? I rather scratch them and COLLECT the winnings. I love collecting 100 and 50 dollar bills LOL

Reply #7

lottolaughs — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 00:41:05 GMT

Who in their right mind would buy them from him for 800,000? Yipes. Only 10,000 are unscratched. I'd rather go out and spend 10,000 on new tickets and save 790,000,lol.

Reply #6

dallascowboyfan — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 00:32:21 GMT

Lol same here

Reply #5

Artist77 — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 15:12:14 GMT

Maybe they assume the tickets are like antique furniture...so they do not remove the finish...lol.

Reply #4

Candlelight777 — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 15:05:32 GMT

That would never work in my house, while my spouse was napping ....I'd be scratching

Problem solved

Reply #3

maringoman — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 13:56:47 GMT

I don't get some hobbies but to each his own.

Reply #2

mrcraft — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 07:36:45 GMT

I heard of other collectors that only collect non-scratched tickets. I wouldn't dream of doing that. I want to know... is it a winner or not?

If I was going to collect pristine-esque cards, I'd carefully scratch the 2D bar code, scan, and only keep non-winning tickets with that small blemish on each ticket, good compromise for me.

Reply #1

Lucky4Life — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 01:55:00 GMT

DEAR GOD

saw this article on yahoo.

ckrakowski — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 01:38:00 GMT

man owns 100,000 scratch tickets

http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/man-owns-100-000-lottery-tickets-refuses-scratch-175300923.html