scratch card truth

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Coal Thumb — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 14:14:44 GMT

I believe the amount of turnover increases chances of a win. I live in a small town that's seen a 20k and 1M winner. People in small town want to move out of their snippy lives, so they gamble life savings away, forcing retailers to keep ordering books that could have gone to NYC or a casino.

Reply #12

JBounds — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 17:07:11 GMT

I have no doubt that it isn't random just like any lottery in any State.

I live in Missouri and I go on the Lottery website to look at the top prizes still out there and that tells you they do it in waves. There are scratch-offs a year old that still hasn't gotten a winner on top prizes. I found that always an odd thing, but then again they don't want you to win anyway, or rather make it an easy task. If it was then, well everyone would be winning.

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Reply #11

Donafello — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 13:50:36 GMT

On my youtube channel I scratch only the big tickets that new york offers. and for the amount that i scratch i feel there should be a better chance of hitting something. If you want to get a good idea of the odds with New york tickets then stop by the channel and see. Every night I scratch at least two tickets and you would think I would have had more winners then I had.

Reply #10

LONERANGER58 — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:10:23 GMT

yes when thy print 30 million tickets ant 22 million are losers they will make money, they arent there to give it away even though many of us would want it that way

Reply #9

Luckjax — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 15:50:31 GMT

If it's supposed to be random then it should be random. If that means the grand prize winners are all in the first couple of months then that's fine. Also it could go the other way to all the winners at the end of the game. But I think we could all agree that scratch tickets are a rip they payless every year. May have bigger prizes but come on might as well play the powerball.

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Spincognito — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:27:39 GMT

wrong. Of course they have set targets of time or specific lengths of time with which they allow a jackpot winner to come out. If they didn't, the lottery would lose it's rear end on a game ! You need to spend some time talking with an employee that works for G-Tech, Scientific Games or any other major lottery scratch card manufacturer in the U.S. or a college math professor who understands how algorithms are used in this way. In fact, it is the pre determined mathematical algorithm that spaces... [ More ]

Reply #7

rgse90 — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 00:05:33 GMT

First of all, Lotteries are in the business to make money. If they did not make money why would they stay in business. Second, this was not a surprise, like you seem to think, like you discovered gold or something. For instance, In NYS Lottery we have a 30 dollar game called 1 million a year for life. They printed 21 million tickets and every 3.5 million tickets there was a winner. They had printed 6 top prize tickets and believe it or not I had predicted within a few days 3 times when I thought... [ More ]

Reply #6

GetReal720 — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 19:31:46 GMT

@EZMoney

First of all, I respect your difference of opinion but I find the way you express it to be a little bit disrespectful. I have a Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Science, a minor in Mathematics and a successful career as a software engineer. While I'm not deep into the particular theories surrounding random distributions, statistics and probabilities... they are not foreign concepts to me and I have working understandings of each.

Here in Pennsylvania, I watch the... [ More ]

Reply #5

EZ Money — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 16:37:02 GMT

Then we can move on to winning ticket distribution. I personally do not believe the lottery targets winners either by length of time into the game

- wrong. Of course they have set targets of time or specific lengths of time with which they allow a jackpot winner to come out. If they didn't, the lottery would lose it's rear end on a game ! You need to spend some time talking with an employee that works for G-Tech, Scientific Games or any other major lottery scratch card manufacturer in the U.... [ More ]

Reply #4

MrGray — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:50:04 GMT

An algorithm is just a series of steps directed at achieving a particular result. Brushing your teeth, putting on your shoes, driving to work, baking a cake, all algorithms. The word doesn't need to be as intimidating as it seems. In computing, algorithms do exactly the same thing. They take an input, put it through a series of steps, and (when functioning properly) return the desired output. No magic or trickery.

The steps that go into creating instant lottery games (the algorithms) are dire... [ More ]

Reply #3

GetReal720 — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 14:14:50 GMT

First of all I'd like to state that none of this is meant in a negative or derogatory way to the OP, anyone who has already posted

in this thread, or anyone that will after wards.

There are two things being discussed here, and I feel it's important to separate them. The first being that lottery games are created

with the notion that the game will be profitable to the state, and the second being how the winning tickets are being distributed.

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Reply #2

goherd14 — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:36:02 GMT

I think our friends in Florida are already onto this. Read that forum and you will see their eyes opening. No way it is random and it never will be. States are not going to release the grand prize winners on day one of a game and hope they are not all sold in the first week. Games are released in waves which ensures the states will make money before all the grand prizes are paid. Gambling is gambling no matter what form and the house will always win. However someone is going to win a grand prize... [ More ]

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Todd — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:01:27 GMT

scratch card truth

EZ Money — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 02:54:20 GMT

Stay away from lottery scratch cards ... long story short - and I can't get into great detail here because it would require a different topic matter and therefore new thread, which I don't mind doing for you if you're interested in hearing it in case you didn't know - but scratch cards are not in fact random gambling or a true random lottery at all as a state run lottery would have you believe in the advertising and promotion. Just talk with an employee of G-Tech or Scientific Games, the 2 compa... [ More ]