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Competitive-Boat4592 t1_isxh1df wrote

I only occasionally grab a scratch ticket because the lottery is a complete scam, so I don’t really care where I buy one from. I feel bad for the folks I see day in day out scratching tickets man, easy way to blow all your money. Wild they even have 30-50$ tickets.

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DirtUnderneath t1_isy9472 wrote

An engineer I used to work with once said: “Playing the lottery dosent appreciably increase your odds of winning.”

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Competitive-Boat4592 t1_isyk9gh wrote

Had a buddy who loved to buy 30$ tickets daily, he only made 15$ a hour… 2 hours of work wasted for cardboard

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rygo796 t1_it09234 wrote

The expected value is 50 cents on the dollar. He only wasted 1 hour on cardboard.

Watch one of mrbeast's scratch ticket episodes. Pretty much shows how this pans out with enough scratchers.

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jcowurm t1_iszkuil wrote

BUT you can't win if you don't play. Statistically it is impossible to win, but someone still wins.

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