What's your strategy?

Reply #4

Hysteria — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 04:35:23 GMT

When it comes to scratchers for my state, I always look at the top prizes remaining list they post daily on their site before deciding which tickets I'm going to get. If the game is still fairly new (even if a couple jackpots have already been claimed) I will buy 5 - 6 of the tickets depending on how much cash I'm willing to part with. If a game has been sitting for a while (more than 6 months) I am leery of buying a ticket but I will occasionally if I feel a hunch.

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Reply #3

Scratch$ — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 03:46:37 GMT

My experience has been just the opposite from yours. All my big wins have come when I buy ten of a certain card at one time. I've never had a big winner when I only bought a couple cards at a time.

The legendary woman in Texas who hit four scratchers worth a million dollars or more, used to go in stores and buy cards by the entire roll.

Reply #2

gatorsrok — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 02:16:58 GMT

My strategy is to buy more winners than losers.

I try to buy two consecutive $20 tickets at a time. If I win, I stop. If I lose, I stop. This has prevented me from chasing. Every one of by big wins ($500 or $1000) have come from just buying one ticket or two and being at the right place at the right time. However, I have kind of broken my rule recently and its been costly.

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Scratch$ — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 22:08:07 GMT

I usually stick with $10 and $20 cards, but there is one excellent $5 card in my state that is worth playing. I typically buy ten of the same card at the same time if it's a $5 or a $10, but only five at a time if it's a $20. A lot of the big winners in my state have been won in small towns, so I buy my cards in a number of locales. I usually wait at least a week from the date of release before purchasing a new card.

What's your strategy?

ScratchMe — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:35:08 GMT

I'm curious to hear what other people around the country are doing when buying scratch tickets. Lately I've been buying tickets in the stores 1 at a time and scanning them, if it's a loser I would just keep buying until I hit something and then move on to the next game until I run out of my allotted funds for that particular day. This strategy paid off for a while but I've hit a lull and want to try something different. CA is coming out with a new $20 ticket next week and I'm thinking of buying... [ More ]