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Is This Game Worth Buying In Bulk Or Playing?Reply
As of this week - Weekly Grand isnt' one we'd recommend for TX - it has a smart factor rating of .990 There are 5 other $2.00 games in TX that have much better odds of winning a top prize. At .990, it means that the odd of winning a top prize are still out there, but the top prize odds are slightly worse than when the game was originally printed - meaning more top prizes have been awarded than the same proportion of all tickets sold.
Dec 28, 2016, 12:35 pm - ScratchSmarter - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

What is wrong with this scratch off?Reply
So the odds to win are 1 in 2.5 or so. For a $20 dollar ticket, are those goods odds? Is this a card that you should pickup?
Dec 27, 2016, 8:50 am - Turbolag - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Illinois lawmakers call for investigation into lotteryReply
I quoted from the article: The firms said that even if all grand prizes were not awarded in games, the odds of winning were the same for each individual ticket. What jerks. While we care about odds, we care about honesty and the amounts being what they are claimed for all the tickets printed and sold as should be for the benefit of the game and the players that hope with the real odds of winning a big one. Are these sleaze-bags really trying to justify their cheating scratch-off buyer
Dec 15, 2016, 2:49 am - JoeCanWin - Lottery News

One reason it's difficult to win...
I am an Engineer by trade and spend some time with the hobby of scratch offs.. Most people think that the lottery is a tax on those who have poor math skills. In my case that's not true :) I buy my tickets mainly in the PA suburbs and have noted a trend. I have purchased 30-40 whole books this year (mostly $10, $20, and $30) and about the same over the past few years. One trend that is real is that winning tickets rarely follow each other. They do at times; but mostly after a winning ticket a
Dec 8, 2016, 1:27 am - BT3100 - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Mad as Hell cause you can't WIN MM or PB...??Reply
Your odds may be better but the prize is a lot smaller. If you're only hoping to win a million or so, are the odds really any better?
Nov 29, 2016, 12:47 pm - RJOh - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mad as Hell cause you can't WIN MM or PB...??Reply
I would play games with better odds. I've been playing WI supercash (6/39 game) for quite a while, the odds at hitting the JP are about 1:1.7 million. If I can't win that one, how can I win something like PB? However; when PB gets really high, I still buy one ticket just for the excitement.
Nov 28, 2016, 4:24 pm - LiveInGreenBay - Lottery Discussion Forum

Maryland: 11/1 - 11/30/2016Reply
They gone and mirrored that 123...another false series. 317. missed this one! odds like to follow odds. let see if one falls evening or midday tmrw! hmmmm....
Nov 28, 2016, 1:06 pm - sweet-t - Pick 3 Forum

Post your scratch ticket resultsReply
Very nice win! The odds of winning a $200 in Colorado on the better of our $20's is 1 in 542.99. I was curious what your odds were of hitting $250, as I've seen quite a few on the site since I lurked around. Congrats on the win!
Nov 19, 2016, 10:37 pm - PikaPal4ever - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Florida Holiday Millionaire Raffle 2016Reply
Well, the odds of winning $1,000,000 in the raffle is 1/107,000. The odds of winning $1,000,000 in the Gold Rush Doubler scratch-off (for example) is 1/1,680,000. These games are both $20 per ticket.
Oct 29, 2016, 9:19 pm - Sum Buddy - Lottery Discussion Forum

Judge: Poker pro Ivey, pal broke gambling rules in $10M winReply
Since the states know they are only paying out a 1000 and 10000 to one the winners has to be spending thousands of dollars or discounting tickets for other winners who want to avoid reporting their winnings. If the a state was paying out more than the odds suggest, it would probably assume some of the winners were actually beating the odds and investigate.
Oct 23, 2016, 1:37 pm - RJOh - Lottery News