Lets Talk Scratchers Again...

Reply #15

schmuckatelly — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 22:23:56 GMT

I mostly buy $1 or $2 tickets and I play at the begininng of the roll or the end of the roll. I hear the $20 pay better, but my luck I will not win anything on $20. Since I have become more knowledgable on them, even tho I know its simply being at the right place at the right time, I will do research on the tickets. I find out what game has the most unlcaimed top prizes and how long the game has been out. I did this one time with a $1 game top prize $5,000. Bought 10 of them, and won $18.

Reply #14

Lucky Loser — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 15:11:11 GMT

I've always thought that scratchers are pretty cool, epecially when the odds are taken into account and you're lookin for a return at some point. It's much harder to win anything with MM's and PB...if at all. Scratch off's routinely give back $5, $10, $20 when you get that right one. The higher cost tickets do pay off much better and more frequently as mentioned above. Personally, I haven't bought any in at least two years but, that'll change this year. There's just something very cool and excit... [ More ]

Reply #13

maringoman — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 14:30:32 GMT

My scratch off ticket days are behind me. However when I played on the regular I noticed that I rarely won when I bought only one ticket. My winners seemed to be at least 3 tickets deep.

Nowadays I avoid them because I know how addictive they can be. You can scratch away $100 in less that 15 minutes

Also scratch off tickets top prize distribution is not random.

Reply #12

LottoMomma — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 08:09:53 GMT

Naw.... I am just getting to ya! LOL I do that to people sometimes.

LM

Reply #11

onlymoney — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 07:42:08 GMT

All this scratching is making me itch. I think I got the heebee Geebies.

Reply #10

onlymoney — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 07:39:09 GMT

i don't play them. I don't want any restraining orders against me. lol

Reply #9

LottoMomma — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 07:37:37 GMT

OUCH.. that hurts.. I hate when that happens... to buy sequential tickets and no winner! bummer. I had recently had a crossword scratcher where all I needed was two letters and I would have had every word on the ticket and only 10 of the words needed would have paid $10K.. I couldn't believe it! I have never had a ticket so close and not be a winner of some type.. I was just missing like E and S . Pitiful!

LM

Reply #8

CDanaT — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 07:28:13 GMT

Go to the website in your state, look at the scratchoff lists, look up the amount you want to spend on a ticket, lets say $5, find the ones in the $5 bracket and see which ones have the most remaining prizes............

scratching head drive to the store would be logical... Well, you go up to the counter and tell the clerk you want a $5 or 10 or 20 scratchoff

I like the $10 or $20 dollar scratchers because I usually do much better with those.

P.S. after you buy it, the direc... [ More ]

Reply #7

mrcraft — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 07:27:41 GMT

As far as buying the beginning or end of rolls, I've had mixed results. Recently, I bought the last four $5 tickets from the roll. I thought I was at least going to get something back like a free ticket or $6. Nothing!

I mostly stick to my one ticket per store or roll on a given day. For me, my return is better than when I buy 3-5 sequential tickets. It's nice to see consecutive wins or a win, but I've seen way too many long stretches of consecutive losers, even on our high denomination games... [ More ]

Reply #6

LottoMomma — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 07:18:57 GMT

Funny.. HAHA.. now seriously.. do you play them

Reply #5

onlymoney — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 07:12:14 GMT

How do you buy your scratch off tickets?

I exchange money for them.

Reply #4

LottoMomma — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 07:09:05 GMT

I have found I do better to buy either the 1st couple of tickets on a new roll or the last couple of tickets on a roll.. so I try to buy roll ends whenver possible and have done pretty good with that strategy than just buying random tickets mid roll? I got a $200 win on a $20 once by buying the last ticket and then won $65 on two $10 tickets that were the last two on a roll too.

Have you ever thought of trying that?

LM

Reply #3

LottoMomma — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 07:03:31 GMT

I have heard alot of winners have come from these machines? That they pay better than the store tickets over the counter and there was a reason why but I can't remember at the moment! LOL

LM

Reply #2

mikeintexas — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 07:03:30 GMT

I buy mine at the pkg. store where I get my lottery tickets. I don't always get them when I buy lottery tickets, but I usually get two drawings for ea. of the three lotteries (PB, MM and TX) with the Extra/multiplier and that costs me $14. I get a Weekly Grand, a Break the Bank, both $2 tickets w/ large prizes and I usually get a Half-Weekly Grand f/ a buck and get the clerk to pick me out another dollar scratcher to make it $20 even. I don't have a lot of luck on them, but the ticket I have pic... [ More ]

Reply #1

helpmewin — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 06:44:22 GMT

I like to get them from the lottery machine

Lets Talk Scratchers Again...

LottoMomma — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 06:24:41 GMT

How do you buy your scratch off tickets?

One off each roll (game in the rack) or a run of a few tickets off a roll?

The color or attraction or the ticket?

Are there ones you stay away from like bingo or crossworld or more attracted too?

Only a certain denomination?

Trying to find out if there is a good strategy or method to the madness?

Thanks in advance for any responses.

LottoMomma