Well it depends. Chasing the jackpot on ticket drawings is a infinitesimally small chance of winning. And honestly spending a couple bucks when the jackpot is super high allows for a fun daydream, and isn't very harmful. Provided you keep it to just a few bucks which I know not everyone does.
What makes scratchers much more insidious is you DO have a good chance of winning, at least too FEEL like you do. If you buy 10 scratches you'll probably come out "ahead" on a few of them, but much like casino gambling over a large aggregation "The house always wins"
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Reply to comment by Rwiegman in Dad's "loser pile" of lottery tickets by doctoreyeballs
Well it depends. Chasing the jackpot on ticket drawings is a infinitesimally small chance of winning. And honestly spending a couple bucks when the jackpot is super high allows for a fun daydream, and isn't very harmful. Provided you keep it to just a few bucks which I know not everyone does.
What makes scratchers much more insidious is you DO have a good chance of winning, at least too FEEL like you do. If you buy 10 scratches you'll probably come out "ahead" on a few of them, but much like casino gambling over a large aggregation "The house always wins"