Where do you keep your tickets?

Reply #24

mikeintexas — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 15:55:33 GMT

I never got a red one, but have several of the blue. I got one of those fabric-y ones but don't like it either. A few weeks back I was carrying in groceries during a hard rain and stuck my lottery tickets in my shirt pocket and they still got wet. Some of the numbers smeared and I fretted that if I won, I'd be the subject of a news story in L.P. about having to sue the Texas Lottery in order to claim my win. I've got several promotional items the clerks at my preferred store have given me- a bot... [ More ]

Reply #23

rcbbuckeye — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 14:53:39 GMT

I just use the lottery wallets to carry my playslips and tickets, but once I get home the tix go in my desk drawer.

Those red plastic wallets always tear at the fold, but I like them because they keep the playslips and tix dry when it rains. I did get a blue one a while back that's more like cloth. I keep it in my truck, but don't use it much because it doesn't fold over like the red one.

Reply #22

SergeM — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 15:25:38 GMT

I remember someone putting it in his shoes or socks and wear them. I don't exactly remember.

Reply #21

HoLeeKau — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 15:20:03 GMT

I had my house just about done, then Idaho Lottery changed the paper! Had to tear them all off and start over.

I keep my extended play tickets in an envelope so I don't get disgusted and accidentally throw them away with draws left. I know those numbers so I don't have to actually look at them to check them.

The single play tickets I clip together with binder clips according to day of the draw. So Powerball, Hot Lotto, and Wild Card are all together, etc. And they're all kept in the drawer... [ More ]

Reply #20

MaximumMillions — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 05:41:22 GMT

In my e-mail account.

Reply #19

Coin Toss — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 05:16:46 GMT

In a plastic sleeve with the number 8 in it, and the sleeve goes under a little green leprechaun.

Reply #18

alsmurf4 — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 03:27:23 GMT

As soon as I buy the ticket I put it in my wallet before I even leave the store counter. Losers get trashed as soon as I check them against two sources. I buy one line for Powerball, Mega Millions and Lousiana Lotto for each draw, multi purchases for ten or twenty draws so I don't have to keep going to the store.

Reply #17

crazyjaney — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 01:55:57 GMT

The winners I cash in. Before the draw they go next to my computer in my office. The losers I keep In a small plastic box to deduct from taxes :)

i must see a picture of the wallpaper with the losing tickets lol.

Reply #16

savagegoose — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 01:52:47 GMT

mostly electronic tickets for me. for keno i get paper, and usually in my back pocket. till i go scan them next time im at the store. no risk fo going thru the washer really as i always check all pockets before i wash. if i but a paper ticket for next weeks drawm, it usually comes registered to a players card, and is supposed to be paid even if i lose the ticket. but still that goes on the desk till i check it

Reply #15

sully16 — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 23:48:55 GMT

I confess, spilled coffee on my treasure map, I have no idea , lol

Reply #14

lulu1feather — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 22:37:18 GMT

HAHAHA!!! Oh my, that got right to my funny bone

Reply #13

LiveInGreenBay — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 22:03:33 GMT

I keep them in the plastic sleeve, winners I cash, losers I keep in the bathroom. Helps me recoup my loss by not having to buy toilet paper.

Reply #12

lulu1feather — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 21:52:44 GMT

Now... are those 3 steps back just regular steps? moon walk steps? or 3 steps while doing the Running Man dance move? Those are not equal steps at all

Reply #11

sully16 — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 21:30:05 GMT

My tickets are easy to find, you start at the Oak Tree that looks like a Maple, take 10 paces to the left, go 100 yards until you find the blue and purple flower surrounded by yellow flowers, go back 3 steps, turn right go 5 steps, head into the wind look for a ...just kidding

In a envelope.

Reply #10

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 20:41:49 GMT

Can't remember where but I saw a picture of a room somebody had covered with scratchoff tickets.

Gonna have to google search.

Reply #9

travelintrucker — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 18:47:54 GMT

I have an Ohio Lottery plastic sleeve that I put all my tickets in. I now keep the sleeve with my reusable play slips.

Reply #8

music* — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 18:06:14 GMT

HA HA Wallpaper made of losing lottery tickets!

I also have a plastic sleeve that the CAlottery gave out. I keep my old tickets in a fake book which is really a safe.

When my ticket turns magically into a major winner then it will be placed into a bank's safe box.

I like your idea of keeping the small winnings in my plastic sleeve. I have some winning scratchers and a few PB MM winning tickets. Small winnings.

Reply #7

mikeintexas — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 17:31:29 GMT

I keep mine in a nifty little wallet the Texas Lottery retailers give out from time-to-time. I keep the lottery tickets and filled out and extra blank play slips in it, along with a few dollars- my winnings when I'm on a winning streak . (which means there's usually no money in it).

I don't keep my losing tickets to offset any taxes; instead I've been using them for wallpaper. So far I've done my bedroom, the utility room and about half of the living room.

Reply #6

cbr$ — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 17:04:53 GMT

The winning tickets , I cash in. The losers, I keep in a box, to deduct from taxes. If I win gambling on something else I can deduct these losing tickets off my taxes.

Reply #5

TheMeatman2005 — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 01:38:13 GMT

The key words in your comment are any wins .

I do not play more than $1 / draw for Mega and $2 / draw for Powerball. When I hit the jackpot...or at least $1 mil, the $600 I spend per year won't save me that much at tax time. But, from now on, I will save them to use at tax time when I hit the big one. Thanks

Reply #4

JAMORA — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 01:25:53 GMT

I'm curious as to why you shred your tickets....? They can be used to offset any wins at tax time....I throw them in a box....

Reply #3

levijean — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 00:34:59 GMT

No where special, top of the fridge most likely. Non-winners sometimes become bookmarks.

Reply #2

JoshUK — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 00:15:23 GMT

I have an envelope where I have started putting my losers in to keep track of spending, after I check it I will put it in the envelope but if it's still a valid ticket then it just goes on my desk in front of my PC monitor until the results....

Reply #1

TheMeatman2005 — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 23:07:04 GMT

When I purchase my tickets, they go into my wallet or shirt pocket.

When I get home, they go into my computer table.

I have on one or two occasions put the wrong ticket into the shredder...oops When I buy Take5, I will usually get a ticket with the same numbers for 3 - 5 days in a row. Last week, I checked the previous week's ticket and then I ended up shredding the next week's ticket. When I went to check the results, I noticed the date on the ticket and realized what I had done.

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Where do you keep your tickets?

lulu1feather — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 22:46:59 GMT

With the deadline to claim the $63 million dollar jackpot in California coming up, I am sure there is a decent chance that the winning ticket very well could have been misplaced! Someone may not even know they should be kicking themselves in the rear end!

What do you do after you get your tickets? How many do you think you have lost? Has one blown out the window while you were driving? (I have!)

If you have reservations about saying what you do, I can respect that, too!

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