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• James1

  

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  Feb 1, 2011, 1:32 am

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  The odds on cheap scratchers get worse and worse. Whenever I win say $50 on a $20 scratcher I use that extra $10 to buy a bunch of cheap scratchers and it just seems like a waste of money. Each time the lotto has released a scratcher in a higher amount the odds of winning on the cheaper tickets get more astronomical. I remember when you used to make a nice $10-$20 profit with ease from the $5 scratchers. I used to be in a winning edge with lotto. Now your lucky to get 1 winner out of 8 and win the cost of the ticket back.

  2018 Biggest Win: $500 (multiple times but who cares about $500 right?)

  All time Biggest Win: $4K ($5 Green & Gold)
• MattfromPA

  

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  Don't feel bad. You aren't alone. I feel the PA Lottery has gotten very hard to make a profit on ever since September last year.
• sully16

  

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  I have been playing hold em scratchers, you can enter a code on-line to win extra prizes.

  a lady I know won a hundred free scratchers and got 75 dollars from them so now I am hooked.

   
• the305scratcha

  

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  Feb 1, 2011, 1:20 pm

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  i was looking at the fl lottery website earlier, aparently there are 5 two dollar tickets with 0 grand prize claims/ thats 5 tickets out of 19. here they are:

  treasure grove ??

  red white and green

  aces and 8s

  monthly bonus

  triple diamonds
• Jon D

  

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  Here in CA, $5 is the top scratcher ticket, with typical $100,000-$1,000,000 top prizes available. These seem to be the best odds in practice, as well as by the published odds. I also avoid the cheapies $1, $2, $3 and only buy if I have spare change from ticket redemptions that are not multiples of $5.

  Interesting to look at how other states run their scratchers. not sure which is better. Compared to the big 3 lotto states, NY, MA and FL, it seems our CA lotto has a lot fewer scratcher games in circulation, but each with more and higher top prizes. We don't have any $10 or $20 tickets yet, and not sure if I want them to transition to that same method as other states?
• James1

  

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  Feb 1, 2011, 3:19 pm

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  Texas has $25 and $50 dollar scratchers, and the odds are not that great, only the jackpot odds are reasonable. 

  Florida had a $30 scratcher for a while but it was not a success and was pulled.

  That kind of money is just painful to play especially if you lose several tickets in a row.

  2018 Biggest Win: $500 (multiple times but who cares about $500 right?)

  All time Biggest Win: $4K ($5 Green & Gold)
• Jon D

  

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  Feb 1, 2011, 9:24 pm

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  Yeah, that would definitely hurt a lot more. Right now I drop a $20 and buy four $5 tickets, sometimes they are all duds, but oh well, only 20 bucks, I'll buy some more the next day and will definitely have some winners.

  But If they were $20 or $25 tickets, and I got 4 duds...wow, just blew $80-$100 in one shot! Ouch!

  I prefer to stick with $5 tickets thank you.