Do you buy scratch cards?
By Winterishere
@thedevilinme (3932)
Northampton, England
March 18, 2018 12:35pm CST
If you are foolish enough to play those scratch card lottery tickets you can buy in your local store its best to do some simple checks before you do. The odds of you winning a big ticket prize are pretty small to start out with. The Lottery remains a tax on the stupid and the poor.
In the United Kingdom, by law, the lottery operator has to print somewhere public just how many of the jackpots have been won on the various scratch cards. If half of the $100,000 prizes have gone for that run, for example, you have less chances of winning big. Lottery scratch tickets are a set amount printed, sent out, and that’s it. But here is the thing. They don’t have to tell you all the big prizes have been claimed on the scratch off cards and don’t have to withdraw them from sales once the big prizes have been claimed. People are addicted to those things. If only they knew. Of course they don’t and thats the point
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17 responses
@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
18 Mar 18
My definition of gambling;
Taking hard earned money that the government taxes you on and giving it all to the government.
:-)
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
19 Mar 18
Boy ain't that the truth @Starmaiden .
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@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
19 Mar 18
my brother in law won 100K on a 5 dollar one..so yea,i do play them occasionally..
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@marguicha (215999)
• Chile
18 Mar 18
I think that this is just fun, if you can afford it. It is just like if you plan to live on the money you earn at mylot, you are more than foolish. but that is not the idea. We have fun, meet people, learn a few things.
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@anikoonline (3250)
• Hungary
18 Mar 18
We should not take this so seriously. I buy scratch cards few times a year. It is fun. Of course, I don't count on winning a big money.
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
18 Mar 18
Thanks God we don't have any such scratched cards in India! The scratching Indians would have gone bankrupted with these cards buy now! God bless @thedevilinme!
@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
19 Mar 18
Not as much as I want to. Never won anything with scratch cards.
@MainerMikeBrown (1373)
• Bridgton, Maine
18 Mar 18
I never play the lottery or scratch cards because I have no faith that I'll win, which I think is a good thing.
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@RasmaSandra (73802)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18 Mar 18
Nope I don't buy scratch cards but about twice a month I buy a Euro lottery ticket just in case.
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
19 Mar 18
It's bad when you buy a $1 scratch off ticket and can't even win the dollar back @thedevilinme .
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
18 Mar 18
I don't buy them. I will never win anything.
@Essjayd (1568)
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19 Mar 18
It's never been something that's
interested me but I see a few people
who buy them daily at our local shop!
Have to admit it annoys the heck out of
me when they stand and scratch them
at the counter while the shop rings up
the rest of their shopping...Then buy
more with the couple of quid they won!
@jstory07 (134741)
• Roseburg, Oregon
18 Mar 18
I buy a couple scratch tickets once in awhile. I have won small amounts.
@nela13 (55761)
• Portugal
18 Mar 18
I don't buy It but I play euromillions, I have the foolish idea that one day I will be a winner 
