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Scratch-off tickets push Florida Lottery to record salesNews Story
Floridians with dreams of instant payoffs are generating record scratch for the Florida Lottery. Lottery revenues for the fiscal year ending June 30 are up $180 million over last year, reaching a record $5.58 billion, with two-thirds of that money via scratch-offs. The state sold $3.7 billion in scratch-off tickets this year, compared with $3.4 billion in 2013-14. That more than offset a drop of about $120 million in Powerball, Florida Lotto and other games. Scratch-offs accounted for 6
Jul 3, 2015, 7:46 am - Todd - Lottery News

Post your scratch ticket resultsReply
oneway2winning, this is a topic for scratch games, and is in the Scratch Games forum. It's fine to post a winner from a different game, but it needs to be posted in the correct forum. I would recommend posting future messages for this game in the Jackpot Games forum. If there is not already a thread for the Cash4Life game, just click the New Topic button to create a new thread, and post your winners there.
Jul 8, 2014, 11:16 am - Todd - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

When you are in a slump/losing streak how do you change things up?Reply
If you absolutely have to win something then play the Numbers game (First 3, Any order) and you will win more often than on scratch tickets and the big games (PB, MM, MB, MC, L4L). Actually, with Scratch games you will both win more often and win back a higher percentage than any draw/online games. Scratch games give you around 1-in-3 to 1-in-4 chances of winning anything. And they have a total payout upwards of 70% or more whereas most draw games only have 50% total payout, and much highe
Jul 30, 2013, 6:03 pm - Jon D - Lottery Discussion Forum

Montana Lottery celebrates 25 years of jackpot dreamsNews Story
The Montana Lottery celebrated its 25th anniversary late last month with parties at retail locations around the state and knowledge that it was on a roll. We had a successful first 24 years, said Montana Lottery Director Angela Wong, who's been in the role 18 months. And we just completed a record fiscal year, with sales of more than $50 million for the first time and weekly sales exceeding $1 million for an unprecedented 19 weeks. Fiscal year 2012 ended June 30, and preliminary data ind
Jul 23, 2012, 8:39 am - Todd - Lottery News

N.M. Lottery introduces first joint lottery/tribal casino gameReply
The Report Card will be improved in the future to include scratch games, which actually may help the NM Lottery raise their grade up higher. For example, if they offer a wide variety of games, plus have cash/annuity options for their scratch games, these positives will improve their rankings.There is nothing below F, by the way.
Jun 15, 2005, 3:36 pm - Todd - Lottery News

My Idea for a New Scratch GameReply
RJOh: That's true for any lottery game. Is your point that with scratch games you just know sooner?I think people ask the clerk to check for winners because the games are so complex, and they're afraid that they'll miss a winner. I know I feel that way sometimes.There are no scratch games built for players who want an instant answer without all the nonsense.
Oct 31, 2004, 8:32 pm - Todd - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

California Lottery Drops Gambling Themes IdeaReply
Let me understand this story. What the legislature is doing is outlawing certain themes to lottery games? My guess would be like scratch games? So no more instant blackjack themed games. Just scratch and match? Or no video lottery like in Delaware, the legal name for slot machines, and video poker.Advise, I'm going to be in California next month, (never been before) and am all confused.
May 20, 2004, 1:36 pm - Lotto Czar - Lottery News

Mass. Lottery needs to replace 2.2M defective scratch ticketsReply
Vince:Some scratch games in Mass. and NY (and the 6/42 and 6/49 games in Mass.) DO NOT allow winners to choose lump sum in lieu of the annuity. That is arguably corruption; it's wrong regardless. All lottery games, online or scratch, SHOULD allow the player/winner to choose the cash value if the advertised amount is annuitized (except for lifetime prizes).
Oct 15, 2003, 7:42 am - CASH Only - Lottery News

i'm new to thisReply
With MM coming to Washington state, I would like to see your lottery make two changes to your existing games: 1) Replace Quinto with a pick-5 ALL-NUMBER game (the playing card theme works much better with scratch games) and 2) scrap Lucky for Life (the $1000/wk-for-life grand prize also makes more sense in scratch-off games.) A pick-5 ALL-NUMBER game should be drawn more often than 2x/week in place of Quinto and LFL .
Aug 18, 2002, 6:22 pm - CASH Only - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are more people addicted to scratch offs or draw games?
Hi everyone, Just curious if people are more addicted to scratch off's or draw games? Personally I think it's much easier to have an addiction to scratch offs. One of the reasons I had to put myself on a budget was due to my slight addiction to the scratch off's. Sometimes I would buy scratchers daily or every other day and then get so bummed out when I only got back the face value of the ticket or most of the time won nothing. For some reason I never had a problem being addicted to the draw
Feb 18, 2014, 8:45 am - shyguitar - Lottery Discussion Forum