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How much time elapses before you check your tickets against winning #'s?

I check my tickets the instant the #'s are drawn.

[ 34 ]

[ 50.0% ]

I check them the next morning.

[ 17 ]

[ 25.0% ]

I check them before the next drawing.

[ 8 ]

[ 11.8% ]

I check them after a week.

[ 1 ]

[ 1.5% ]

I check them within a month.

[ 2 ]

[ 2.9% ]

I check them before they expire.

[ 1 ]

[ 1.5% ]

I check them after they expire.

[ 1 ]

[ 1.5% ]

I have at least 50 winners of which I know nothing

[ 1 ]

[ 1.5% ]

I send all of my unchecked tickets to Prob988.

[ 1 ]

[ 1.5% ]

I burn my tickets without looking at them.

[ 2 ]

[ 2.9% ]

Total valid votes

[ 68 ]

Discarded votes

[ 7 ]

Prob988

New Jersey
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Jan 20, 2006, 10:36 pm

Some time ago, there was a 200+M Powerball winner in the store where I buy my tickets. As an often disappointed lottery player, I avoided checking my ticket immediately in the hope that I would be the winner in question.
Actually, I know something about the numbers I regularly play, and would have been aware of winning if I saw the winning numbers. However, in this case, I happened to have a few quick picks that I avoided checking for a little while, so as to stretch out the fantasy that I was the guy. I checked my tickets after the actual winner came foreward.
What about you? Do you like to stretch the fantasy out - and get a little extra bang for your buck (in terms of excitement) or do you want to know immediately?
DoubleDown

Coastal Georgia
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Jan 20, 2006, 11:07 pm

That might be part of my problem--I check the tix asap.....

I gotta know b-4 I go nite nite..........................
cv844

texas
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Jan 20, 2006, 11:10 pm

asap
weshar75

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Jan 20, 2006, 11:22 pm

I check them right after the drawing is posted on the internet.
RJOh

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Jan 20, 2006, 11:34 pm

I have a program that I use to update and store all my lottery data. When I add the latest drawing data, it only take a second to check the updated drawing file with the file I played. When I update my drawing file which is usually as soon as the the winning numbers are posted on a website,I check my playing file. I recheck and highlite the numbers on my tickets to make sure I made them out correctly when I'm ready to cash them in for the next drawing.

* you don't need to buy every combination, just the winning ones *
powerplayer

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Jan 21, 2006, 12:32 am

Well I use to check my tickets after the drawings but, it doesn't matter to me anymore...
I know the #'s I played. I play mainly online only... unless I get a QP from the store for Pick 3 or 4...
PB and other lotto games usuallly by the next day I have checked them...No need to rush..if you have the ticket and it's the winning #'s it not going to change over night or instantly after the drawing.
I draw it out and feel better when I do. Last month I got a QP for pick 3 and 4 here in CT and hit my first box win on a pick 4.
I didn't even know I had a winner till 2 days later...It felt great!! If I had known the day of the drawing the money would have been spent quicker...
The only time I jump to check the winning #'s is usually when the PB is over 100 million..only because since it drawn on a Saturday and Wed...if I was to hit on a Saturday I want to know so I can prepare for Monday morning on collecting my winnings.

Good luck to everyone!!!
hypersoniq

Pennsylvania
United States
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April 6, 2003
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Jan 21, 2006, 12:39 am

I check PB the next day. after it was determined if a winning ticket was played or what amount it rolled to. After checking (and discarding ) the ticket, I update the excel sheet(s)

Have an EXCELlent day!
LOTTOMIKE

Tennessee
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Jan 21, 2006, 4:34 am

i check mine a few minutes after the drawing.when i'm at work i call the lottery number in tennessee to get results.imagine my pleasure when i won the cash 4 twice in one week last may.nothing sweeter than hearing all your numbers being called out.5 grand won that week.i thought to myself gee this is so easy.....haven't won since.lol
Uncle Jim

Indiana
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Jan 21, 2006, 9:50 am

Like Mike I check mine a few minutes after the drawing. I go to the Powerball website and get the numbers. Then the next day I get a print out from a lottery terminal. Only after that do I have the clerk run my tickets through the machine.
Jim

Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy. - Groucho Marx
Just6ntlc

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Jan 21, 2006, 11:50 am

I usually check my tickets as soon as the winning numbers come out. That's why I vote right away in terms of my own picks. The next day, I'll check the lottery results.
dphillips

Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Jan 21, 2006, 6:41 pm

I usually wait until the next day when I go to the local 7-11 and get a printout. For some reason, I love to see those printed numbers in hand.
Sometimes, I check my numbers on the INTERNET, if I don't leave the house on Sundays. During the weekday, however, I wait until I get off work, stop by the local 7-11, and tremble in fear!
Finally, my daily mumblings when I hit the floor are: do I have to get up and go to that job I hate!

-- Bye, bye! When you win, may you glow as brightly as the
angelm

richmond ky.
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Jan 22, 2006, 9:59 pm

If I'm up I check them win they draw-if not I check them the next morning
justxploring

Wandering Aimlessly
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Jan 23, 2006, 2:49 am

I just watched a Fantasy 5 ticket expire in Naples not far from me. It was only $34,000 but that would have been nice "pocket change" What a waste. This is something I'll never get used to. Why buy if you're not going to check? So this never happens to me, I check whatever numbers I've played before I go to bed. In case I'm sleepy and make a mistake, I check them again the next day. Sometimes I cast a spell on my laptop, light candles, chant and dance around it and then look the numbers up one more time! Still doesn't change anything.
Just6ntlc

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Jan 25, 2006, 5:37 pm

Sometimes, I don't buy CA SLP and MM tickets especially when their jackpots aren't in my range system. However, I do check the lottery results the next day and write down the winning numbers on the draw.
Littlemanjen

Atlanta
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Jan 30, 2006, 10:14 am

Quote: Originally posted by justxploring on January 23, 2006
I just watched a Fantasy 5 ticket expire in Naples not far from me. It was only $34,000 but that would have been nice "pocket change" What a waste. This is something I'll never get used to. Why buy if you're not going to check? So this never happens to me, I check whatever numbers I've played before I go to bed. In case I'm sleepy and make a mistake, I check them again the next day. Sometimes I cast a spell on my laptop, light candles, chant and dance around it and then look the numbers up one more time! Still doesn't change anything.
Too funny. Keep the chants coming.

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