Topic: Late scratch card thread.
Erik !jzYkdX7lIw started this discussion 5 years ago #99,805
It's late but its hear. I did this one yesterday and won £2Erik !jzYkdX7lIw (OP) double-posted this 5 years ago, 26 seconds later[^] [v] #1,125,844
NextErik !jzYkdX7lIw (OP) triple-posted this 5 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,125,846
Fuck me. I've won £5 now I get to scratch off the multiplier box. Wish me luck. Anything can happen..
Erik !jzYkdX7lIw (OP) quadruple-posted this 5 years ago, 47 seconds later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,125,848
Erik !jzYkdX7lIw (OP) quintuple-posted this 5 years ago, 37 seconds later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,125,849
NextAnonymous B joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 37 seconds later, 4 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,125,850
Not the same, when it isn't Bert.
Erik !jzYkdX7lIw (OP) replied with this 5 years ago, 1 minute later, 5 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,125,851
Sweet FAErik !jzYkdX7lIw (OP) double-posted this 5 years ago, 1 minute later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,125,852
Erik !jzYkdX7lIw (OP) triple-posted this 5 years ago, 2 minutes later, 9 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,125,853
@previous (Erik !jzYkdX7lIw)Nothing.
Over all £6 spent, £7 gained. Profit of £1 and an excuse to take a walk to the off licence
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 23 minutes later, 32 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,125,858
That's amusing. Bert has never won a cent in all his scratcher threads. Then someone else does one and immediately wins on 2 tickets. It makes me think Bert's strategy is all wrong.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 1 minute later, 33 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,125,859
@previous (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U)
Maybe they sell guaranteed losing tickets for 1/2 price and he doesn't want to turn down a good deal when he sees one.
Maybe they sell guaranteed losing tickets for 1/2 price and he doesn't want to turn down a good deal when he sees one.
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Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 24 minutes later, 58 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,125,864
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U replied with this 5 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,125,865
Anonymous E replied with this 5 years ago, 59 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,125,866
@1,125,858 (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U)
I've won $1000 $500(2) $100 multiple times $50 multiple times.
I've won $1000 $500(2) $100 multiple times $50 multiple times.
Anonymous B replied with this 5 years ago, 18 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,125,870
@previous (E)
If you play enough, you're guaranteed to win eventually. That's how they make you forget about all the money you've blown up to that point.
If you play enough, you're guaranteed to win eventually. That's how they make you forget about all the money you've blown up to that point.
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U replied with this 5 years ago, 15 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,125,871
@1,125,866 (E)
Nice! Would you say you've come out ahead all told, or have your winnings been less than your investment in tickets?
Nice! Would you say you've come out ahead all told, or have your winnings been less than your investment in tickets?
Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 3 hours later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,125,941
@1,125,859 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
They really should have print-on-demand scratch off machines where you can select your own game type your own odds of winning and what the prizes are and then it calculates the price and prints your custom scratch off for you.
Think Coca Cola Freestyle but for lottery tickets.
They really should have print-on-demand scratch off machines where you can select your own game type your own odds of winning and what the prizes are and then it calculates the price and prints your custom scratch off for you.
Think Coca Cola Freestyle but for lottery tickets.
Anonymous B replied with this 5 years ago, 5 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,125,945
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 5 years ago, 46 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,125,962
@previous (B)
It'd be awesome! You could do like a $1 ticket all the way up to a $1,000 ticket. If you want high odds of winning a low dollar prize or low odds of winning a high dollar prize, or medium odds of winning both, it's up to you.
Really though they should just make scratch-offs an app so you can do them whenever, wherever you want. Just install the Tennessee Lottery app from the Google Play store. This could easily incorporate the "design your own scratchoff" idea.
It'd be awesome! You could do like a $1 ticket all the way up to a $1,000 ticket. If you want high odds of winning a low dollar prize or low odds of winning a high dollar prize, or medium odds of winning both, it's up to you.
Really though they should just make scratch-offs an app so you can do them whenever, wherever you want. Just install the Tennessee Lottery app from the Google Play store. This could easily incorporate the "design your own scratchoff" idea.
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Anonymous B replied with this 5 years ago, 8 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,125,966
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Yep. Build an app that lets you play them directly from your phone. They would make ridiculous amounts of money.
Yep. Build an app that lets you play them directly from your phone. They would make ridiculous amounts of money.
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 5 years ago, 3 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,125,969
@previous (B)
Also lottery tickets should have a warning (similar to the surgeon general warning on tobacco products) about compulsive gambling and the risk of poverty.
Also lottery tickets should have a warning (similar to the surgeon general warning on tobacco products) about compulsive gambling and the risk of poverty.
Anonymous B replied with this 5 years ago, 1 minute later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,125,971
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Agreed. Also, require a password for each purchase, so if a kid spends all their parent's money on scratch-offs it is purely their fault.
Agreed. Also, require a password for each purchase, so if a kid spends all their parent's money on scratch-offs it is purely their fault.
Erik !AltRitexT6 joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 10 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,125,977
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Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 5 years ago, 5 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,125,992
@1,125,962 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
I know I give you a lot of shit for saying things I think are wrong but I'm going to do it again. This is a terrible idea that can only bring in large amounts of revenue by preying on people mired in poverty and people will serious gambling addictions. It is a fundamentally immoral thing for a government to do.
I know I give you a lot of shit for saying things I think are wrong but I'm going to do it again. This is a terrible idea that can only bring in large amounts of revenue by preying on people mired in poverty and people will serious gambling addictions. It is a fundamentally immoral thing for a government to do.
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 5 years ago, 18 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,126,001
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
> This is a terrible idea that can only bring in large amounts of revenue by preying on people mired in poverty and people will serious gambling addictions. It is a fundamentally immoral thing for a government to do.
I actually wholeheartedly agree with you on this point. I think gambling is a way to prey on people with no understanding of probability. The government should set a moral example for the citizens. The government should be looking out for its people and have their best interests at heart and state lotteries are abhorrent. I've compared it before to a reverse Robin Hood.
I don't know about New York/DC/other states but in Texas they actually have scratch-off vending machines in some areas (there's one in my local supermarket). Of course every gas station sells them too. My first idea is really no worse than what we already have (in the same way that Coca Cola Freestyle is no worse for obesity rates than regular soda fountains but it just lets people make weird shit like raspberry Sprite or whatever).
The second idea (the above but in an app) would increase lottery sales probably at least 2-5x. But we're already preying on the poor so we might as well just go all the way. I bet you we will see something like this in the next ten years.
What I wonder though is if the app will catch on. How much of the experience is taking a coin and physically removing that paint over the numbers and prizes? I'm not a lotto man and never buy lottery tickets so I wouldn't be able to say.
Really though it's just making what we already have slightly more convenient.
> This is a terrible idea that can only bring in large amounts of revenue by preying on people mired in poverty and people will serious gambling addictions. It is a fundamentally immoral thing for a government to do.
I actually wholeheartedly agree with you on this point. I think gambling is a way to prey on people with no understanding of probability. The government should set a moral example for the citizens. The government should be looking out for its people and have their best interests at heart and state lotteries are abhorrent. I've compared it before to a reverse Robin Hood.
I don't know about New York/DC/other states but in Texas they actually have scratch-off vending machines in some areas (there's one in my local supermarket). Of course every gas station sells them too. My first idea is really no worse than what we already have (in the same way that Coca Cola Freestyle is no worse for obesity rates than regular soda fountains but it just lets people make weird shit like raspberry Sprite or whatever).
The second idea (the above but in an app) would increase lottery sales probably at least 2-5x. But we're already preying on the poor so we might as well just go all the way. I bet you we will see something like this in the next ten years.
What I wonder though is if the app will catch on. How much of the experience is taking a coin and physically removing that paint over the numbers and prizes? I'm not a lotto man and never buy lottery tickets so I wouldn't be able to say.
Really though it's just making what we already have slightly more convenient.