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• Sum Buddy

  

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• zephbe

  

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  I'm playing more scratch offs.  Haven't won any big prizes yet but enough that I can play without spending more of my own money.
• GiveFive

  

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  I cut back on Florida Fantasy5 due to the implementation of the midday drawing. Haven't played in a long time and spending what I used to spend on FF5 on Jackpot Triple Play.

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• Sum Buddy

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by zephbe on May 20, 2023

  I'm playing more scratch offs.  Haven't won any big prizes yet but enough that I can play without spending more of my own money.

    Same here; I haven't won any big $, but enough to make an occasional play using profits.  I have also cut down on impulse buying of scratchers.  It used to be that I would pop in to a convenience store, and instead of taking any change back, I would buy a scratcher or two.  Now I just keep the change.

    I would be tempted to put down some big $$ on a draw game if there was a playable bias, but I haven't seen one lately...

    Also, for anyone who votes "other" in the poll, I would be interested in knowing what "other" is!

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• PrisonerSix

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by zephbe on May 20, 2023

  I'm playing more scratch offs.  Haven't won any big prizes yet but enough that I can play without spending more of my own money.

  I've been playing more scratchers lately as well. I've been playing a scratcher that has 2 second chance drawings for $1million and sending a lot of losing tickets in.

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• PrisonerSix

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Sum Buddy on May 21, 2023

    Same here; I haven't won any big $, but enough to make an occasional play using profits.  I have also cut down on impulse buying of scratchers.  It used to be that I would pop in to a convenience store, and instead of taking any change back, I would buy a scratcher or two.  Now I just keep the change.

    I would be tempted to put down some big $$ on a draw game if there was a playable bias, but I haven't seen one lately...

    Also, for anyone who votes "other" in the poll, I would be interested in knowing what "other" is!

  I like the scratchers that have second chance cash drawings. I've been playing one that I've actually hit a few $100 tickets on, most of which I've put back into the game, so I can get more chances at a the second chance draw!

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• Sum Buddy

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by PrisonerSix on May 21, 2023

  I like the scratchers that have second chance cash drawings. I've been playing one that I've actually hit a few $100 tickets on, most of which I've put back into the game, so I can get more chances at a the second chance draw!

    Agreed, a second-chance drawing on scratchers is value added to me, as long as the second-chance prize is $$$!  Florida Lottery offered a second chance on the Gold Rush scratch-offs, and the prize offered was a trip to Vegas.  No thank you; show me the money!           

   

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• PrisonerSix

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Sum Buddy on May 22, 2023

    Agreed, a second-chance drawing on scratchers is value added to me, as long as the second-chance prize is $$$!  Florida Lottery offered a second chance on the Gold Rush scratch-offs, and the prize offered was a trip to Vegas.  No thank you; show me the money!           

   

  I'm with you on that. Every year the Louisiana Lottery offers a bunch of scratch offs that have a second chance drawing for a New Orleans Saints football prize package. Like you, that doesn't interest me either. Show me the cash!

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• Hermanus104

  

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  Yes. I moved from a state with a ball lottery to a state with an RNG lottery in 2017. I refuse to play lotteries whose numbers are determined by an RNG. I also avoid lotteries other than numbers games because I believe the lower-prize payouts are heinously low. Therefore, I only play the lottery once a year: when I go back to the ball state to visit my parents for Christmas. I play the same set of seven 3-ball and five 4-ball numbers for the daytime and nighttime Christmas Day drawings.

  Today's winning 3-ball is going to be a number between 000 and 999.

  In a lot of states, lotteries benefit education. That makes the REAL winners the only people who can't play!
• Think

  

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  Wow...I thought I noticed that Michigan wasn't paying out as much which is one of  the reasons I cut back.

   

  Looks like I was correct because the last time I remember the payout was 65% but now it has dropped to 60% !

  See my blog post about Michigan payouts if you want to read about the Top  states for per capita sales and some ranking on the payout percentages by state.
• AllenB

  

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  As far as actually playing (Paying) There is no change.  I occasionally buy a Quick Pick.

  With respect to Playing (with) the Lottery (History), Yes and No.

  Yes, because there is much to do Outside, so I spend less time on My current Idea

  No in that I am not trying anything New.

  Keeping my Draw Data up to date and fiddling with a few queries is pretty much it right.

  With Respect to Lottery Post, Heckling $tats and watching Benny crying for another bar is trending.
• lakerben

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by AllenB on May 30, 2023

  As far as actually playing (Paying) There is no change.  I occasionally buy a Quick Pick.

  With respect to Playing (with) the Lottery (History), Yes and No.

  Yes, because there is much to do Outside, so I spend less time on My current Idea

  No in that I am not trying anything New.

  Keeping my Draw Data up to date and fiddling with a few queries is pretty much it right.

  With Respect to Lottery Post, Heckling $tats and watching Benny crying for another bar is trending.

  Not crying making a point.   I stated I dont care about another bar, but I guess you cant read.   But you always respond negatively because you need professional help.

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• Gwoof

  

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  Since they went to RNG drawing for all the lotteries I don't play much at all.

      I still follow our local lotteries to see if I can find some kind of pattern or glitch in them, but so far I see nothing that would encourage me to play them with any regularity.

   One good thing that may have came from them changing to RNG it probably cut back on the addiction to it for a few of us.    lol
• Sum Buddy

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Gwoof on May 30, 2023

  Since they went to RNG drawing for all the lotteries I don't play much at all.

      I still follow our local lotteries to see if I can find some kind of pattern or glitch in them, but so far I see nothing that would encourage me to play them with any regularity.

   One good thing that may have came from them changing to RNG it probably cut back on the addiction to it for a few of us.    lol

  I wouldn't want to play RNG-based games, either.  Because even if you found a pattern or bias in a game, would it be worth betting on?

   

  

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• grwurston

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Gwoof on May 30, 2023

  Since they went to RNG drawing for all the lotteries I don't play much at all.

      I still follow our local lotteries to see if I can find some kind of pattern or glitch in them, but so far I see nothing that would encourage me to play them with any regularity.

   One good thing that may have came from them changing to RNG it probably cut back on the addiction to it for a few of us.    lol

  Same here. My state switched to RNG back in Dec. so I haven't played much since then but I'm still keeping up with my charts. TBH I haven't noticed much of a difference in the things I track. But then I don't keep track of combos, pairs, sums, or some of the usual stuff.

  

  Before you play there are 2 choices to make. Low sum or high sum and consecutive pair or no consecutive pair. Choose correctly and you go from 120 combos down to 30. Not a bad starting point.