I have no luck at them. Do you?
2006-10-27 07:33:03 · 7 answers · asked by Keith Perry 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
About 10 years ago I won $250.00. That's the biggest I've ever had.
2006-10-27 07:35:24 · answer #1 · answered by k_silver67 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The odds on the back of the ticket mean practically nothing. If you know that 1 out of 4 tickets will win, so what? The only relevant question to ask is HOW MUCH will I win by continuing to play these tickets. That I can tell you. I'm going to tell you, but first I'm also going to tell you that you probably won't believe me, even though what I'm going to tell you is absolutely the truth. The reason you won't believe me is because of the TOTAL LUCKY STREAK that you got on in order to have won what you won on scratch tickets. This is VERY rare, and you almost certainly have reach the end of your lucky streak. OK, so HOW MUCH should you expect to win from scratch tickets? Somewhere around 50% of whatever you spend. You want to know which tickets to buy in order to win? Buy ALL of them! Seriously - if you did this just once, you'd find out that I'm telling you the truth. Then maybe you'd finally come to your senses and find a different "joy" in life that wasn't going to make you go broke. So go out and buy an entire roll of these scratchers. It really makes no difference which one you buy! Let's say the whole roll costs $500. How much will you expect to win? Somewhere around $250. To be extra clear, you'll find $250 worth of winning tickets, so that means you will have LOST about $250 out of the $500 you spent! FIFTY PERCENT! That is the most important piece of information you need to understand. The lottery companies only plan on paying back just 50% of every dollar they collect! At a 50% payback rate, this easily makes buying these tickets the WORST bet on the planet! In fact, no other standard form of betting comes even close to being as bad as these tickets! Once again - I am quite sure you don't believe me because of the big amount of winning you went through. I'll ask you to do one HUGE favor for yourself at this time - KEEP TRACK!!! Start keeping track of every dollar you spend, and every dollar you win. Over time you will see that I am right. Over time, ALL of that winnings that you made will very quickly disappear. (Perhaps you already spent all that winnings on lottery tickets.) Seriously - I feel very bad for you. You are now completely hooked on what is truly the worst bet in the world. If you don't accept the truth about these tickets, or at least take the steps necessary to find out the truth for yourself, this "joy" is going to cost you an endless stream of money. In fact, if you let it carry you away, this "joy" is going to turn into a "nightmare". Do yourself the biggest favor of your life - If you can't bring yourself to quit completely, KEEP TRACK!!! If you keep track long enough, you will see that I am right. One final thing - Once you discover that I am right about a 50% payback rate, you've got to understand one more thing: A 50% payback rate CANNOT be beat!!! NO WAY. NO HOW. There is NO "strategy" that can overcome a payback rate so low. These lottery tickets are nothing more than a TAX on the poor and on the ignorant. You are no longer ignorant. Now I hope you don't become poor.
2016-05-22 01:13:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I play them occasionall. The most I have won is $100.
2006-10-27 07:35:32 · answer #3 · answered by kepjr100 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was on a winning streek a while bk but now nuthing till the euro millions tonight
2006-10-27 07:34:49 · answer #4 · answered by Belosnezhka (aka Gex) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I sometimes play, I've never won anything big.
2006-10-27 07:43:23 · answer #5 · answered by Tony M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I pay more for them than I win...it is like giving away money to the government...FREELY!
2006-10-27 07:34:35 · answer #6 · answered by NaijaPrincess 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes, sometimes, sometimes.
2006-10-27 07:44:44 · answer #7 · answered by dollface 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋