Good choice to quit scratchers. The odds are NOT in your favor. The game may say overall odd are 1-5 are less, but that means for prizes of $100 or less. While it is true that somebody is going to win big, it most likely Won't be you. Should you feel the need to win INSTANTLY, I suggest going into the store and playing your five or ten dollars on quick pick-4 boxes shortly before the midday or evening draws. This gives you ten to twenty chances to win about a hundred bucks and the odds are better. However if you feel the need to play these rip-offs remember a couple things.
1) if you are hoping for a large win $5000 or up wait. The lottery will flood the market with small prizes first, but hold on to the bigger ones. If you doubt this, go to your state website and look up top prizes still available under their instant ticket link. More often even after a ticket has been on sale five months or more you may see something like this. Ten top prizes of $1,000,000 with seven or more still available.
2) Buy your tickets at BIG stores such as 7-11 instead of small mom and pop stores. Remember that the lottery knows beforehand where these tickets are being sold. Once again, check the website for previous winners and you will see I'm right. A sign posted on a 7-11 announcing a $20,000 winner is better for sales than one on a little deli in the middle of nowhere.
3) Finally, if buying more than one ticket, purchase 4 of the same ticket not four different kinds. You are far more likely to have four losers than four winners. Then should you win on one of those four, then buy a different ticket.
Hope this helps some one.
By the way...
POWERBALL one ticket
MEGA one ticket
cash five (or similar) multiple tickets if jackpot is $750,000 or higher
odds are better and a win like that can be just as life changing. GOOD LUCK! Check out my picks. I only post for NEW JERSEY because I chart the numbers here. I have no system but I can narrow your chances of winning. My advise is to play one number wheel say "499" multiple times until it hits. playing multiple numbers means you NEED to hit multiple times for the same result.