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Quote: Originally posted by spencerjames on Mar 9, 2022
Why is it so hard to post images here. Seems images would be very important here.
Unless premium, paid membership pics have to be linked from an image-hosting site and posted via the Insert Image icon (post direct link). I've used postimages.org for years with great results.
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Yes and I am doing very well this first week.
The $10 cash blowout tickets here in WA are 50 tickets per pack and every pack has three $50 and two $100. Every pack. That game isn't too winnable though.
The retailers here pretty much refusing to cash the $500s though. Even Fred Meyer is instituting a $200 cash in limit. You can always buy a $500 Money Order with the ticket and deposit that into your account though.
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Quote: Originally posted by spencerjames on Mar 11, 2022
Yes and I am doing very well this first week.
The $10 cash blowout tickets here in WA are 50 tickets per pack and every pack has three $50 and two $100. Every pack. That game isn't too winnable though.
The retailers here pretty much refusing to cash the $500s though. Even Fred Meyer is instituting a $200 cash in limit. You can always buy a $500 Money Order with the ticket and deposit that into your account though.
Good times there indeed! Yep I see it listed now too.
For sure sounds like the existing go-to game is better than the $10 one you mention, esp given approx 78% return on the usual one and so much concentrated $ vs 70% on the $10 one and having to chase more winning tickets.
Not sure how things are there, but I find that the best, most consistently available to redeem $500 and up worth of tickets are lotto retailers that also cash checks. I have a couple such places near me with whom I've established a relationship and find to be very reliable. But I can see where money orders have their advantages, even if they cost a little more than straight-up cash redemption.
Do I recall hearing that Lotto machines there display what ticket # a given game is on (or how many tickets of a given game are left in the machine)?
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Well they don't display it, but if you click on the game it shows the pay table and there is an I in italics on that page which stands for information I'm pretty sure. You click on that and it shows game rules and some other stuff then down at the bottom of that page it shows tickets remaining available for that pack.
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Quote: Originally posted by spencerjames on Mar 13, 2022
Well they don't display it, but if you click on the game it shows the pay table and there is an I in italics on that page which stands for information I'm pretty sure. You click on that and it shows game rules and some other stuff then down at the bottom of that page it shows tickets remaining available for that pack.
That's not overly intuitive so thanks for those details - we're scheduled on a cruise from there this summer so will be good info in case I come across a machine (unless lol you work the port/pikes area...don't want to trample on your turf).
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Quote: Originally posted by Cape $cratcher on Mar 15, 2022
That's not overly intuitive so thanks for those details - we're scheduled on a cruise from there this summer so will be good info in case I come across a machine (unless lol you work the port/pikes area...don't want to trample on your turf).
No problem. Im getting more than my fair share. Im guessing this game will be over by mid to late May. It only has 1 million tickets where the lions share $30 ticket has almost 4 million. I am just enjoying the blessing of its return while I can. Have done amazingly well this first 2 weeks. The $10 Cash Blowout ticket is a continual game, when one run ends, there is a new one starting. So I am hoping this $30 Cash Blowout game ends of being permanent as well, but that is doubtful. Have fun on your trip here this summer. Best chance to find full packs is earlier in the morning of course. I can often still find packs with 27-28-29 tickets even in the middle of the afternoon but I really don't like playing those just because of the unnecessary risk. Its pretty easy to find full packs in the morning so that is what I am looking for.
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Quote: Originally posted by spencerjames on Mar 16, 2022
No problem. Im getting more than my fair share. Im guessing this game will be over by mid to late May. It only has 1 million tickets where the lions share $30 ticket has almost 4 million. I am just enjoying the blessing of its return while I can. Have done amazingly well this first 2 weeks. The $10 Cash Blowout ticket is a continual game, when one run ends, there is a new one starting. So I am hoping this $30 Cash Blowout game ends of being permanent as well, but that is doubtful. Have fun on your trip here this summer. Best chance to find full packs is earlier in the morning of course. I can often still find packs with 27-28-29 tickets even in the middle of the afternoon but I really don't like playing those just because of the unnecessary risk. Its pretty easy to find full packs in the morning so that is what I am looking for.
Ok yes and makes sense...I forget how most states, unlike here in FL, don't order up a year's+ worth of tickets for most higher denomination games. We have 2 current $30 games; a ticket that's been around just over 2 years and now nearly sold out, and another that's been out a year and (surprise, sigh), 50% sold.
So if expected to be gone by early summer then I'll be too late, but that's probably just as well since if it was still going strong mid-summer and the focus of my time there I'm not sure how my thorough run-down of grocery stores and area lotto retailers would go over in lieu of the expected tourist photos and associated experiences, lol.
Like you mention, perhaps it will turn perm like the $10 game, but either way thanks for the additional info and for sure hope it continues to go well for you!