How to get a winning ticket everytime...

Reply #14

mylollipop — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 05:35:23 GMT

Exactly COin Toss

Reply #13

four4me — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:38:28 GMT

Kiki's Kwik-Mart, Brighton, Massachusetts

Reply #12

Coin Toss — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:31:47 GMT

Whoa everyone, stop! regroup! do over!!!

From the OP:

According to the Lottery Commission, for $1, $2 and $5 instant gamesthere will be no more than 15 consecutive losing tickets in a string oftickets.

Hello- so considering this, you go out and buy 16 tickets- and you get 15 losers and then a $2 winner.

Oh my head, the pain, let me see- $17 spent minus the $2 won still equals a $15 loss.

Reply #11

cjones — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:25:13 GMT

I brought one ten dollar ticket and won $1000.

Reply #10

nm27893 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:07:23 GMT

well i told that if ur going to play the scratch offs play the $10 dollar and $5 dollar games and also pay attetion to the white lines btween the tickets...

Reply #9

kaseydia — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:07:54 GMT

Most of the people that I have talked to state that they win only the amount back that was put into buying the ticket, or mainly nothing at all. It makes me wonder if the guarantee is truthful. Even store clerks here in Texas state that its very seldom that they cash in big winning tickets.

Reply #8

JimmySand9 — Fri, 30 May 2008 02:22:27 GMT

KDKA in Pittsburgh (another CBS-owned station) did a similar story on PA scratch-offs. It was a bit more complex system than in Mass., but the idea was the same.

Reply #7

noahproblem — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:08:29 GMT

WBZ is in Boston, so it's probably MA.

FYI - one time many years ago I bought the last 15 tickets on a $1 roll in MA - 13 straight losers, one $1 winner and another loser. So, yes, I guess it does work, sort of.

Reply #6

Badger — Mon, 12 May 2008 00:22:50 GMT

Probably all states market them this way. As the article said, if they didn't, people would get too few winners and stop playing.

The inherent problem with playing this way though is.....okay, you can't go 15 tickets without a winner. But what if the winner was the last ticket sold before you got there, and the next one was 15 tickets down? You buy the 15 tickets and get one winner. And unless its a biggie, you don't cover your cost, and you lose.

Reply #5

Bradly_60 — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:33:35 GMT

I wonder what state this was from?

The Texas lottery actually markets their tickets in a similar way. They gaurantee a set amount of prizes in each pack of tickets they sell. You can even find the information on their website.

Brad

Reply #4

Badger — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:50:31 GMT

They don't mention that they bought any $5 tickets. Would have been interesting to see how that would have worked out.

Reply #3

mylollipop — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:35:35 GMT

I knew of a person who would buy scratch offs in bundles of 15 or 20. That was the only way to win according to them. THey never [layed any other games; just scrathch offs.

Reply #2

JAP69 — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:58:10 GMT

I heard of a scratch player who would not buy scratchers just a couple or three at a time.

He would buy his scratchers from a roll of 100 dollars or more.

He said the chances are better buying in bulk from the same roll.

Reply #1

JackpotWanna — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:52:42 GMT

Sounds like a good plan.

How to get a winning ticket everytime...

XxOrionxX — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:15:01 GMT

I found this article, while surfin around. Anyone's opinion on if this could work

How To Get A Winning Scratch Ticket - Every Time

The Catch: Profit Not Guaranteed

by Paula Ebben

(WBZ) What if we told you there's a way to guarantee you'll buy a winning Lottery ticket?

You'd probably say, Impossible.

But there is, playing the popular scratch tickets.

According to the Lottery Commission, for $1, $2 and $5 instant games there will be no more than 15 consecutiv... [ More ]