raydan raydan:
Always wondered what the appeal for scratchers is... as if the way you rubbed your ticket, what you used to rub it with and in what order you rubbed it could mysteriously determine if you win or not.
No doubt.
My brother buys them for all the adults in our family for Christmas as stocking stuffers - we all get ten $1 tickets and maybe get $2-5 in winnings - a good year is getting more than $10. Since he started this 'tradition' in the 90s, he has probably bought a couple thousand of them in total (we have a big family).
It's a valuable reminder every year at how bad the odds on these things are.