$50 lottery game remains popular

Comment #10

LckyLary — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:54:04 GMT

How about this idea: make a game for $50, whatever, but have it so it always wins something, usually 40 dollars at least, so it really costs $10 and you never lose more than that and all the tickets are good! Would also be an excellent gift because you know the recipient gets at least something!

I'd need to know the odds on a game with a high cost like that VS. what if you played several regular numbers games or Mega tickets, are the odds (return) better or worse on the scratch? I'm sure ther... [ More ]

Comment #9

bashley572 — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:48:19 GMT

wow, highest NY has is a $30 game and thats alot to me. I might try something fun next time I have a little extra cash - buy 1 $30 ticket then buy $30 worth of a dollar ticket and see which one wins more

Comment #8

bern117 — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:20:28 GMT

I would rather buy 25 Powerball plus play.

Comment #7

barbos — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:18:35 GMT

I could throw $50 into around 300M mega millions jackpot but pay that much for a scratcher?? Unlikely.

Comment #6

rdgrnr — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:03:16 GMT

I think I'd be kicking myself a little bit too much to buy one $50 ticket and get absolutely nothing. And I believe that's what most of the tickets will get you - absolutely nothing. Afterall, somebody has to pay to get those 3 big winners their 10 million each. I don't think I'd help them out on this one.

I think I might be more inclined to buy one if they made 30 one million dollar prizes rather than the 3 tens.

Comment #5

CowboysFan — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:07:53 GMT

I hate scratch-offs.

Comment #4

dopey7719 — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:49:20 GMT

This is just utterly ridiculous! I cringe when I splurge to buy a $10.00 scratch-off. I just can't comprehend spending $50 on a scratch-off. I just can't visualize someone doing that....at least not in my world.

Comment #3

ThatScaryChick — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:29:38 GMT

Wow, that is a lot of money for one ticket. I can't ever see myself paying $50 for one scratch off ticket.

Comment #2

fwlawrence — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:07:26 GMT

I played a couple of the $50 tickets once. Won $50 on one. nothing on the other.

Comment #1

charmed7 — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:49:00 GMT

The first of the year gonna cut down on some of the PICK 3 and 4

gonna play my license plts on both cars, and try some scratch off!

Don't know if i would play 50 bucks on one, but i would go for the $20

Good Luck

$50 lottery game remains popular

Lottery Post — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:57:48 GMT

The sour economy isn't stopping some big-spending Texans from plopping down $50 for a single lottery ticket.

Texas was the first state to offer a $50 scratch-off game, and they remain a big hit, according to Robert Heith, director of media relations for the Texas Lottery Commission.

The motivation to launch a higher-priced game was to help generate money for cash-strapped programs such as education which receives a large portion of funds collected.

Scratch-off games have steadily increa... [ More ]