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Most you've won playing scratch off or lottery?

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  1. Faos

    Faos Member

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    I play the lottery occasionally. And on rare occasions I'll buy a scratch off ticket. The other day I actually won $10 bucks on a $2 ticket. It felt like I hit big time because the few times I've played the best I've ever done is to win my money back.

    What's the most any of you have won?
     
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    i got $20 once or twice back in the day on a scratch off but those were few and far between.


    haven't played in forever, but i'm pretty sure i hold the record for lowest return on investment ever for lottery tickets. one time, my mom got my grandpa and i 70 tickets for our birthdays (only 4 days apart) and on his 35, he won something like $40. on my 35, i won $5. it was unbelievable. just a long stretch of nothing broken up by the occasional $1 win.

    and that pretty much sums up my history with scratch-offs.
     
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    I won 100 once, 20 dollars twice, and 5 dollars like 4 times. Once you win, you just wanna keep playing. I probably lost more than I won. At one time I was addicted to it. You never know though.
     
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    when i was a kid I talked my dad into buying a pot of gold scratcher because i like the little leprechaun that was on it. he was going to by a different type of scratcher and when he bought that one he won 500 bucks on the pot of gold on it.

    but since i've turned 18 i dont buy too many lotto tickets myself but if i do its scratchers the most i've personally won is 50 bucks on a scratcher. I've probably spent only like 15 bucks total on scratchers over the past 4 years and have won 10 bucks twice and 50 once so i've been ok so far. california lotto has a nba promotion scratcher right now i havent picked one up yet but i'll probably check it out
     
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    I won $20 once.

    The best I have ever done in winning something was with the McD's monopoly game. $200 Sony Card.
     
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    10 when it began. I never buy them now.
     
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    $40 on scratch offs - I buy about 6 of these a year.

    Scratch offs are a NOT a good return on your investment.

    $110 on TX Lottery - I hit 4 numbers ONCE and it payed 110. I buy maybe 30 lotto tickets a year.

    Lotto is NOT a good return on your investment.
     
  10. SirCharlesFan

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    i dont think i've ever won more than the tickets price. and i don't win my money back that often, either. one time this lady talked my friend (drunk) and I into buying this $20 ticket and we didnt win a damn thing.
     
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    i've won 20 bucks twice and 10 bucks atleast twice. when cvs pharmacy opened up they put these little scratchoffs in the paper and i won 50 bucks to their store. that was the highest prize they had and the most "money" i've ever won.

    the most lotto numbers i've matched is 3.
     
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    My wife's aunt's (by marriage) son just won $1000 per week for life on a scratch-off ticket from a C-store in Bluefield, VA.
     
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    Purchased a $1 ticket.

    Won $2.

    Bought two more $1 tickets.

    Lost.

    :(
     
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    mOST FOR ME...$2...
     
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    Lucky sob.
     
  18. Falcons Talon

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    Actually, I searched because I couldn't remember how much I had won way back then. For the record, I quit playing while I was ahead.
     
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    don't play often, but when my sister was playing I decided to buy a dollar ticket too and won $50.
     
  20. MR. MEOWGI

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    I've won $100 3 times in the last 15 years.
     

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