A trip down memory lane (California)

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CAScratcher20 — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 18:54:34 GMT

I been playing scratchers for 10 years, I do not recall a game that offered a prize lower than the ticket worth. Maybe the recall was so quick.

All I remember around 2008 is a $3 game called Extreme Green where it was the first game where there were no break even TICKET wins, it was a minimum of $5. I liked that game since you get the feeling you won after scratching off a winning matching number.

Strike it Rich $5 game was the last time where no break even prize was offered.

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Chacha33 — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 03:24:54 GMT

In California's case, thought, not all were winners. I had a $2 winner and I almost thought about going to the Lottery to complain; that ticket went out of circulation quickly, though, thank goodness.

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mrcraft — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 02:35:35 GMT

Probably to encourage additional purchases (thus revenues) by having more lower tier winning tickets in the prize pool. I think most people who win lower tier prizes just purchase more tickets. While I would hate to win anything less than the face value of a ticket, I guess it beats not winning at all.

A trip down memory lane (California)

Chacha33 — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 01:53:35 GMT

Around the end of 2008, the California Lottery released a $3 holiday themed scratcher, yet I distinctly remember there being a $2 cash prize as the lowest cash prize ($3 ticket prizes were also a prize tier). I understand other states have done this with higher-priced tickets with every ticket being a winner, but five years later, I still find this mind-boggling. Anybody know the Lottery's reason for releasing a ticket with a cash prize being lower than the cost of the ticket