About those NC Digital Online Games...What's the verdict?

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Brock Lee — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 20:27:50 GMT

states should audit lotteries for excessive operations costs and excessive salaries, but never for paying out too much in prizes. without attractive prizes nobody would play these dumb games. giving back us fools some of what we wasted on the lottery is why we keep coming back for more.

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Tucker Black — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:18:46 GMT

I checked this out. They operate like multi-line video slot machines. For $100, you can bet 50 cents a spin and play for hours. The purpose is to burn time. It is possible to win, but it's unlikely because of the low variance. You're grinding your money down, giving the house an average of 12% of your bet, over and over and over.

Technically the NC digital games are not slot machines. They are scratch-off tickets. I looked at one and it has 2,000,000 tickets, of which one is the jackpot.... [ More ]

About those NC Digital Online Games...What's the verdict?

SBIP$999 — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 03:00:13 GMT

I asked the search engine about NC digital instant games and what money they take in vs what money they pay out. I asked the question b/c the games seem to just take your money and never give you anything substantial. Below is the response, but I am having trouble believing that they pay out 87% of proceeds. Nonetheless, I do believe the part that says that even though they are taking in more $$ with these games, that they are contributing less to the education system than they did before the di... [ More ]