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Scratch tickets

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anti_bunk
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Has anyone here ever won a significant amount of money off a scratch ticket? I have been hearing lots of stories lately about people who just get lucky and win like a couple thousand or hundred thousand bucks off these things.
Mar 5 2014 4:03AM
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SSteezle
Posts: 9300 - Karma: 7,702
My old roommate won 35,000 but I don't know of anyone else winning anything too substantial. I myself lose every time and think they're a huge waste of money
Mar 5 2014 6:33AM
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caderobinson
Posts: 1193 - Karma: 4,770
I have won ten bucks wahooo. Still cant buy lunch at the local mountain
Mar 5 2014 6:36AM
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triss
Posts: 1293 - Karma: 2,916
My friend just won 500 of a lucky for life
Mar 5 2014 7:56AM
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Ski_the_east01
Posts: 5203 - Karma: 2,306
I'm not a poor person and I have a fundamental grasp of basic math...so no I don't buy scratch tickets
Mar 5 2014 8:19AM
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deleted5
Posts: 14507 - Karma: 13,507
This girl I work with her husband won $50,000 it's about 32 after taxes.
Mar 5 2014 8:34AM
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.AR6rider.
Posts: 15976 - Karma: 8,799
I have never personally bought a scratch ticket, but I won $15 on a ticket I received as a gift, so...yay?
Mar 5 2014 9:17AM
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Wallisch_pl
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Well become smarter...someone figured the algorithm as to which one are winners and won 100k+
Mar 5 2014 9:40AM
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.Hugo.
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I know someone who won $10,000.... twice
Mar 5 2014 9:43AM
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-benedetto
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Save the few bucks and put it in your gas tank.
Mar 5 2014 9:52AM
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.Hugo.
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I'm no mechanic but I would think putting money in your gas tank could cause some problems, then you're really spending money. I'd rather buy the scratch off...
Mar 5 2014 10:00AM
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.AR6rider.
Posts: 15976 - Karma: 8,799
If you're so cheap/poor that you have to decide between a scratch-off lottery ticket and a half gallon of gasoline, you should probably just buy a bus pass or a bike.
Mar 5 2014 10:07AM
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icculus.
Posts: 749 - Karma: 3,963
$5 scratch ticket from superbowl game thing.. won $50
Mar 5 2014 10:10AM
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theabortionator
Posts: 51783 - Karma: 163,979
This.



Why the fuck do people buy them everyday? Even when they win a lot of them aren't even winning back the money they've put in. Ain't nobody got time for that
Mar 5 2014 10:29AM
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snwbrdmilf
Posts: 22441 - Karma: 2,806
Ugh, between the ages of 19-21 I was a Cashword whore. I spent stupid money and only ever got $50 and a few here and there. What a waste. Never again.
Mar 5 2014 10:37AM
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anti_bunk
Posts: 2629 - Karma: 329
where can i read more about this? 
Mar 5 2014 10:44AM
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BertBoyd
Posts: 734 - Karma: 2,253
Actually my grandma won 15,000 of one back in the 90's
Mar 5 2014 10:49AM
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Miomo
Posts: 4302 - Karma: 14,135
This guy won $13k
https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/731917/page/4/
Mar 5 2014 11:42AM
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-benedetto
Posts: 5238 - Karma: 1,359
No, you're wrong.
Mar 6 2014 12:30PM
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.AR6rider.
Posts: 15976 - Karma: 8,799
If you have to even think twice about a $2 purchase, you're doing something wrong. On a related note, if you have to fill up your car with $2 worth of fuel at a time, you're definitely doing something wrong.
Mar 6 2014 12:47PM
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Tinga
Posts: 11349 - Karma: 2,333
local casino used to have free pull tabs night where they would give away 10 free pull tabs. usually you would come away with $2. and on tuesday nights that was enough for a game of bowling. so I would do that. that was pretty fun.
Mar 6 2014 1:08PM
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danbrown
Posts: 11939 - Karma: 21,833
i won $100 on the last day of high school. utah doesnt have them so i cant buy them anymore
Mar 6 2014 1:39PM
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-benedetto
Posts: 5238 - Karma: 1,359
No, you're still wrong. Your trolling logic doesn't negate the fact that lottery tickets are useless in my opinion. So spending $2 on something useless is
stupid. Therefore, spend it on something useful. For example, gas. Where are lottery tickets sold a lot of the time? Gas stations. A little extra gas for when your pockets get a little light instead of wasting money on scratch-offs.

If you act like you don't need to worry about money and you are always right, that makes you a lying, trolling, cunt.
Mar 6 2014 3:59PM
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Wizerd
Posts: 908 - Karma: 6,695
When I was like 10 or 11 my dad bought me a scratch ticket to show me you never win. I scratched it in the car and won $150. Showed his ass up
Mar 8 2014 10:26PM
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