Current Events > Just had a decent stroke of luck with some scratch off tix

(+) Yeah! (+)

Some people say to buy several of the same ticket, but I don't like doing that because you're likely buying 80% duds, if you even win at all.

I have more luck buying one ticket from different rolls.

1. Bought 2 different $10s
2. Won on both, $10 and $25, $35 total
3. Took $20 in cash (to make back what I initially spent), and bought 3 different $5s
4. Two $5s were a dud, but the other hit for $100
5. I took $50 in cash, making me +50, then bought a $20 and a $30
6. The $20 was a dud, but the $30 hit for $30
7. Cashed out the $30 and called it quits
8. Overall I'm at +80

So I bought 7 tickets and won on 4 of them, which is quite lucky because that's almost a 60% win rate, when even a $30 (which offers the highest chance of winning) has odds around 35%.

Josiah_Is_Back posted...

other hit for $100

most people without a gambling addiction would have stopped after this

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ModLogic posted...

most people without a gambling addiction would have stopped after this

Haha, I don't have a gambling addiction. I don't buy scratch offs very often.

It's money I didn't have initially, and playing the game is fun, so that's why I pocketed $50 (putting me at +50 at the very least) and risked the other half.