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Quote: Originally posted by skeptic on Apr 13, 2022
CONGRATS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You finally hit a NICE one LUCKI ...........I've watched you play over the years and kept hoping 'payday' would come your way and it did .....enjoy !!
CAPE right behind you with 5k ..........what's happening ?? Hope the big wins keep on coming.......for all of us ...
Hi Skeptic, thanks for noting the 5K! I've hit nothing close to that since then. I did though score a most unusual win earlier this week. So, as I've visited my regular places these last several weeks I've come across played 500X games that have been left aside of the self-check kiosks and such. I've picked these up as I've encountered them, since the second chance was going on and bonus $100 instant win was possible for each 500X 2nd chance entry (I know guys who have sifted store waste baskets looking for the same...I've never done that, but then again will reserve judgement either way).
Anyways, this Monday I'm up against the entry deadline for the second chance and am jamming my tickets in to the app when I get an "Invalid Ticket" notice pop up. I toggle over to the ticket check function and lo and behold it's a $500 win!! I'm floored...I'm talking about a 500X ticket with just the bar code scratched (opposite from how I play)...am still stumped on how it was left behind. Perhaps they misread the self-check message, or inadvertently discarded a $500 win next to the self-check kiosk and kept a dud in its place?
Has this ever happened to you (or anyone here)? I haven't yet scratched the play area so don't yet know the winning combo (but still not cashed it yet either). If I post it here I'm going to be sure to note that it's background.
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Quote: Originally posted by Cape $cratcher on Apr 13, 2022
Hi Skeptic, thanks for noting the 5K! I've hit nothing close to that since then. I did though score a most unusual win earlier this week. So, as I've visited my regular places these last several weeks I've come across played 500X games that have been left aside of the self-check kiosks and such. I've picked these up as I've encountered them, since the second chance was going on and bonus $100 instant win was possible for each 500X 2nd chance entry (I know guys who have sifted store waste baskets looking for the same...I've never done that, but then again will reserve judgement either way).
Anyways, this Monday I'm up against the entry deadline for the second chance and am jamming my tickets in to the app when I get an "Invalid Ticket" notice pop up. I toggle over to the ticket check function and lo and behold it's a $500 win!! I'm floored...I'm talking about a 500X ticket with just the bar code scratched (opposite from how I play)...am still stumped on how it was left behind. Perhaps they misread the self-check message, or inadvertently discarded a $500 win next to the self-check kiosk and kept a dud in its place?
Has this ever happened to you (or anyone here)? I haven't yet scratched the play area so don't yet know the winning combo (but still not cashed it yet either). If I post it here I'm going to be sure to note that it's background.
Either way best of luck to all!!
Hi Cape, im sure it happens all the time its rush playing style, maybe they didnt even know they threw away a winner or they did. I know if im playing at a spot im buying single tickets and there is a sense of rushing your play to buy the next one if it didnt win so that nobody buys that game your trying to win at. Im throwing my play tickets cuz their bulky, im either palming them or cant shove them in my pockets. Ive seen people clean out waste buckets maybe they are finding winners. Ive overheard conversations of people hitting 2nd chance draws with the discarded tickets from buckets, i cant claim if it was true or they said it jokenly. Ive never asked a person who collects them, they usually in and out, theyre on a mission so i doubt they talk.
Congrats on that $500 find, wins a win. Im sure if the other person knew they lost it they keeping that story to themselves. You got the best end of that story. I'll be sure to slow down my play and really check my tickets or just hold onto everything if i know im playing rushed, thanks for sharing.
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Quote: Originally posted by oldghost on Apr 10, 2022
So in true FL Lotto fashion, they took a working recipe and <snip>ed it up by taking the $500 odds and more than doubling them.
I'll continue with $500 Madness until they cancel it probably a month later to try to push people into this game.
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Hey Oldghost, good observation with the odds as yeah looking at it more closely the $500 odds for the new game are indeed within a hare's breath of double the old $500 Madness. For now the Lotto seems to be going with both games, and after the $500 Madness reorder there's still lots of run time left in the game...but for sure anything goes and time will tell.
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Quote: Originally posted by Cape $cratcher on Apr 13, 2022
Hi Skeptic, thanks for noting the 5K! I've hit nothing close to that since then. I did though score a most unusual win earlier this week. So, as I've visited my regular places these last several weeks I've come across played 500X games that have been left aside of the self-check kiosks and such. I've picked these up as I've encountered them, since the second chance was going on and bonus $100 instant win was possible for each 500X 2nd chance entry (I know guys who have sifted store waste baskets looking for the same...I've never done that, but then again will reserve judgement either way).
Anyways, this Monday I'm up against the entry deadline for the second chance and am jamming my tickets in to the app when I get an "Invalid Ticket" notice pop up. I toggle over to the ticket check function and lo and behold it's a $500 win!! I'm floored...I'm talking about a 500X ticket with just the bar code scratched (opposite from how I play)...am still stumped on how it was left behind. Perhaps they misread the self-check message, or inadvertently discarded a $500 win next to the self-check kiosk and kept a dud in its place?
Has this ever happened to you (or anyone here)? I haven't yet scratched the play area so don't yet know the winning combo (but still not cashed it yet either). If I post it here I'm going to be sure to note that it's background.
Either way best of luck to all!!
I had a similar occurrence years ago before there were scanners available on 100X the cash the $25 dollar one. there was a second chance and someone left 5 tickets they scratched in a row on top or a plastic covered trash bin, so i thought i would take them and enter into second chance, when i got home the entry said invalid so i looked at the ticket noticed the person only scratched the prize amounts but not the numbers. i noticed 2 $2.00 spots and scratched above them and it was 25X above both so a hondo find...also found a $50 win on the ground from the 50, 100, 500 game early last year...never a 5 hondo hit though, that would be a sweet blessing while also feeling sorry for the person who missed it.
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Quote: Originally posted by Kristoff10 on Apr 14, 2022
I had a similar occurrence years ago before there were scanners available on 100X the cash the $25 dollar one. there was a second chance and someone left 5 tickets they scratched in a row on top or a plastic covered trash bin, so i thought i would take them and enter into second chance, when i got home the entry said invalid so i looked at the ticket noticed the person only scratched the prize amounts but not the numbers. i noticed 2 $2.00 spots and scratched above them and it was 25X above both so a hondo find...also found a $50 win on the ground from the 50, 100, 500 game early last year...never a 5 hondo hit though, that would be a sweet blessing while also feeling sorry for the person who missed it.
Hi Kristoff, thanks for passing along your experiences with the discarded ticket question...its for sure good to know that others here have bumped up against this.
In the end I guess it's a mixed blessing...I don't know who left it but then again it probably would have been truly trashed if I've not picked it up...
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Quote: Originally posted by skeptic on Apr 19, 2022
posted by mistake under California- should be under FLORIDA scratchoffs
Hey Skeptic, I took a look-see at the CA thread but will respond here (where there's a good chance they'll be moved too)...GREAT JOB on the 2 Madness wins so close together!! I've never had 2 that close myself, in fact I think I once won $500 on a book in the 50 ticket #s range and then again same book at ticket #10 or so, but it was a day or two apart at my usual Publix. Nice pics and of the reverse too - sure enough same book.
Was the 3rd $500 from another book, or was it a triple five-Hundro on the same book as the other two? Either way nice to see you score those!!...esp with the crummy luck you mention on the 500X. You could be on to something about teaser wins coming early since of the ones I've bought lately it's been on occasional $100 here or there.