Quote: Originally posted by GM1258 on Jun 22, 2010
I'm new here so thanks for all the input.
Anyway, I thought I'd share a scratcher ticket theory thats worked well for me here in PA.
Go to the "winners circle" link on your state lottery website.
Click on Instant Game Winners.
Therein you will see an actual list of the winners, their home town, and sometimes the name
of the store that sold the winning tickets.
After going over the list you may determine a distribution pattern for certain games in certain areas.
For example, in the PA. "$1000 a Week For Life" game you see that most winners are from towns
along the PA turnpike and I-79 (not all but most).
For whatever reason the boys at lottery headquarters never change the distribution pattern of
this game and most of the jackpot winners come from those traffic lanes.
You can see other dist. patterns in other games as well.
Also, the biggest winning tickets seem to be at the end of the roll.
I mean the last five or six tickets on the roll have usually brought me luck.
I dunno why they just have.
Another tip is to look for a four color registration mark of _ at the bottom of the ticket.
Not a + mark (as many have) but a _ mark along the bottom edge at left.
This is a good indication that the ticket is a winner of some sort.
It could be $2, $5, $40, or higher - maybe even the jackpot.
I recently stopped for gas at local station whereupon I noticed a game that was at the end of the roll.
About six tickets were left at $2.00 apiece.
I asked the clerk to pull them out so I could look them over.
The last two had that _ mark at the bottom.
As they can't break them up I had to take all six to get the two I wanted (cost $12.00).
Of those last two one hit for $500 and the other $1000!
Not a bad return on the $12.00 I put out.
I hope that helps everyone interested in scratcher games.
Best to all and Happy Winning!!