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• Coin Toss

  

  Zeta Reticuli Star System
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  Nov 27, 2007, 7:45 pm

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  You give scratchers as a gift and one of them is a winner, way more than the price of all the scratchers you gave to the same person.

  Do you expect a little kickback, or at what point (how much of a prize) would you expect a kickback? 

  And would this be that same as giving someone a gift card to a store and expecting them to go to that store and buy you stuff? 

  Those who run the lotteries love it when players look for consistency in something that's designed not to have any. So many systems, so many theories, so few jackpot winners. 

  

  There is one and only one 'proven' system, and that is to book the action. No matter the game, let the players pick their own losers.
• justxploring

  

  Wandering Aimlessly
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  Nov 27, 2007, 8:36 pm

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  No - a gift is a gift.  However, maybe that's why I don't give them as gifts.  I admit that if I gave a million dollar scratcher away, I might feel a little resentful since I never win anything.   Still, once I give a gift I have no expectations. 
• ThatScaryChick

  

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  Nov 28, 2007, 12:57 am

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  Nope. It's a gift and I don't expect anything out of it. If they decide to give me some I wouldn't turn it down, but I wouldn't expect them to give me a share of it.