You bought 3,000 $20 scratch off tickets? Wow. I thought I used to be bad. I guess not. Listen, I could have told you that, meaning what you said. That's all obvious information. The reason people play scratchers and not numbers is because they at least get something back. People are for the most part happy with that. And if they get an extra $20 or $50, they're satisfied for the most part.
However, back to what you said. First off wow, I wish I had that much to play with. I'd make a killing on scratchers. Anyways, I have heard that every 3 tickets starting from #1 have a better chance. Although not all the time. And I have heard from a worker, catch my drift, that the vending machines in NY, are much better to win more money with the $20 ones, than the tickets in the stores.
Take it for what it is. It's still the same thinking in the end.
Wow, I still can't believe it. That's a lot. A store near me once sold a $5,000,000 $20 scratcher once. That store has since closed though. Stores around me always have jackpot winners. I used to have 'fleas' and scratch. I hit the jackpot on 'Happy Birthday' and 'Hit $200' lol..Sorry for your disappointment, I've been there .