Scratch Offs & Lottery - Do you guys play these?

[BigJay]

Know a lady locally who was in the store every day buying the most expensive ones

Paid off as she won 1 million

But heard about a year ago she was broke

 

[BobbyFK]

What? Wow. Do they think it'll cut into the casino's handle?

They were outlawed in 1864. And yes they are worried that it would pull away from the casinos revenue

No Lottery in Nevada? Why?!

If you were a casino, would you want competition?

lasvegasthenandnow.com

 

[Enikk]

Too addicting for me so haven't bought any for myself in a good 5 years or so. My wife for Xmas I would buy 1 of everyone and put in her stocking every year as a stocking stuffer. It would cost under a $100 mid 1990s to the point it was more than a paycheck. Every year it went up and up and they had so many more of them to the point she didn't want them and rather spend the money on the kids.

 

[BigJay]

They were outlawed in 1864. And yes they are worried that it would pull away from the casinos revenue

No Lottery in Nevada? Why?!

If you were a casino, would you want competition?

lasvegasthenandnow.com

I think it was Sheldon Adelson who spearheaded the ban back in 1864

 

[carolinakid]

IN a way it sad for me to see people buying so many tickets in shops and winning just enough to keep them coming back time after time

 

[Hunch]

I buy a couple lotto tickets a month on average.

Never buy scratch offs.

 

[keithrichard]

I never buy them. I think they are real degenerate.

 

[lemartinsports]

i mean this thread is making me want to buy a scratch off or lotto ticket today, may need to go with it

 

[Tanko]

IDK... I think dropping $50, $100, or $200 on scratch offs is a crap shoot.
I'd rather put it on a parlay or something that I'd have a least a little insight into picking the plays.

Other than the million dollar winners, I wonder if there is anyone who comes out ahead in the long term on these.

 

[Bubbles]

i never tried this one. i cannot even win grocery receipt raffle promos.