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Winner of $877,800 Idaho Cash jackpot is infamous bulk buyerNews Story
Idaho legislation moves along bill to ban bulk lottery ticket purchases By Kate Northrop The Idaho Lottery's initial suspicions that a bulk purchaser was at play during a jackpot run that resulted in an $877,800 Idaho Cash win were correct when it was confirmed that an entity known for executing jackpot buyouts came forward to claim the prize. In response to restless national sentiment surrounding the nature of jackpot buyouts and a recent $877,800 Idaho Cash win, Idaho state legisla
Feb 25, 2026, 6:42 am - Todd - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery has delivered $6.1B in prizes since 1985Reply
In closely related news, Iowa lottery players have lost more than $6 billion since 1985. The average payout might be better than 50% if some (usually scratch games) pay more, but even if the average payout is 60% paying out $6 billion would mean players lost $4 billion. Not all of that would be profit, but operating costs shouldn't be all that high, and they'd also have collected some income tax on winnings and the salaries of everybody who works for the lottery.
Dec 6, 2025, 12:51 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery has delivered $6.1B in prizes since 1985News Story
Iowa Lottery celebrates 40 years Sales of the first Iowa Lottery tickets began in 1985 with a kickoff celebration at the Iowa State Fair. Forty years later, state fairgoers broke the Guinness World Record for the most people 1,380 to scratch lottery cards simultaneously, demonstrating the lottery's journey from $1 scratch tickets to a multibillion-dollar enterprise. Since its launch was approved by the state Legislature and signed into law by then-Gov. Terry Branstad, the lottery has gen
Dec 5, 2025, 10:09 am - Todd - Lottery News

New Jersey couple wins $3 million lottery prize six months after winning $1 millionReply
i would bet that when they won a million dollars six months ago they decided to reinvest a good chunk of that in scratch off purchases. there's actually a way to optimize buying scratchers. you look for games where all the top tier and most of the second tier prizes are unclaimed but a larger than expected number of the bottom prizes have been claimed. it doesn't happen often, but due to normal variance you will sometimes find scratch off games that have these optimal conditions. some people kee
Nov 18, 2025, 11:11 pm - Brock Lee - Lottery News

I'm done playing the lotteryReply
I rarely play draw games. The house edge is ridiculous and the odds of winning are absurd. Usually I play the scratch-off games, and I am particular about which ones. When a certain game is only available at that stupid vending machine that has made its way on my ban list, I'm left with nothing to play. Yesterday, before I started this thread, I went to the convenience store down the street and tried to buy the $3 ka-pow bingo. They had none. This idiotic state lottery makes way too many
Dec 31, 2025, 1:05 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

We analyzed 41 states — 17% of scratch-offs on sale right now have zero top prizes left
Been running ScratchSmarter for 15 years, pulling daily prize data from official lottery sites across 41 states. We just published a full analysis on something we're calling the Dead Zone games where every top prize has been claimed but the lottery keeps selling them at full price. The national number: 579 of 3,348 active games (17.3%) are in the Dead Zone right now. Worst states: - Wisconsin: 54.5% (55 of 101 games) - Oregon: 53.1% (51 of 96 games) - Vermon
Apr 1, 2026, 8:34 pm - ScratchSmarter - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Life finds a way: Arizona Lottery unleashes Jurassic Park tickets for dino-sized winsNews Story
Welcome to Jurassic Park: New games are 65 million years in the making By Kate Northrop The Arizona Lottery has announced it is going prehistoric with two new Jurassic Park-themed games that are slated to offer players a variety of dino-mite prizes. As of Tuesday, Arizona lottery players can now go on the hunt at any of the Arizona Lottery's retailers for two new Jurassic Park lottery tickets that offer extinction-level prizes. Welcome to Jurassic Park: Arizona lottery players ca
Jun 6, 2025, 9:08 am - Todd - Lottery News

Ohio: 4/1 - 4/30/2026Reply
I see what you mean now. The Ohio Lottery achievements on their app. If I have found one, it was from playing one of the Set for Life games. That is the only scratch-offs that I have been playing.
Apr 25, 2026, 11:02 am - Blessings4All$ - Pick 3 Forum

What's Your Strategy for Playing a New Draw Game?
With the new Millionaire for Life game I'm trying to decide whether to spend a lot on the first draw, or wait a while. Do you think there's any chance the JP will be won right off? I know a few scratch buyers who always rush to buy new scratchers when they first come out, but haven't heard any opinions on draw games.
Feb 16, 2026, 2:07 pm - HoLeeKau - Lottery Discussion Forum

Millionaire for Life multi-state lottery game to replace Cash4Life and Lucky for Life in FebruaryReply
YES, Delaware is a small state and does not have the players like other states. I lived close enough to play in Delaware and you could definitely tell they didn't have the players Maryland did. I am sure they want to 'protect' their scratch off games so players spend on those instead.
Jan 30, 2026, 4:49 am - DELotteryPlyr - Lottery News