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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsHave you ever won a lottery or scratch off?
How much did you win?
The most I have won is $2.00.
Beakybird
(3,330 posts)I get a $1 per year for 100 years.
mysteryowl
(7,361 posts)Fla Dem
(23,562 posts)this game was you had to match 2 ends of a bill. They were different denominations; $1, $5, $10, anyway we matched 2 ends of a $5000 bill. Was pretty exciting. Of course we split it. Won other scratch offs. Haven't played in years.
mysteryowl
(7,361 posts)CrispyQ
(36,413 posts)The first time we won about $400 & the second time just over $700. Never won more than $2 since, & even then not very often.
Tech
(1,769 posts)some of that to a casino with friends, my treat, split $1800 with a friend at casino. A few years ago split in Powerball with work friends, won about $110000 each. Believe it or not, not much of a gambler.
Wow, you have been lucky!
Tech
(1,769 posts)have been lucky. They say you gotta buy if you want to win. But I have known people who got in trouble gambling. You know, moderation. But I do have things in life i should have used moderation with. But fun to think back on.
lettucebe
(2,336 posts)and nothing to brag about ever since
MissMillie
(38,525 posts)$90 on daily numbers game
both in Massachusetts
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)and $50 multiple times. I don't buy scratchers often so I guess I've been lucky in that regard - I haven't "invested" a lot of money in trying to win. If I added up all the small wins (free tickets , $4 and $5) to the larger ones and subtracted it from the money I've spent on my own scratchers (I've given them as hostess gifts, used as decorative tags on a wrapped gift and as stocking stuffers at Xmas time) it would probably come out to be a net zero.
FloridaBlues
(4,002 posts)The big payoff was 220,000! Darn one number off.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)for my daughter. Sometimes she wins a few bucks, most times she doesn't but it is a tradition we have.
Bev54
(10,028 posts)Won $10,000 on scratch (I rarely buy scratch cards) that a friend gave me for my birthday. I split it with her.
Fla Dem
(23,562 posts)Voltaire2
(12,939 posts)In retrospect I didnt win anything.
Runningdawg
(4,509 posts)Once a week on Fri payday I would stop at the same gas station to fill up and buy one for a buck. About half the time, I would win at least $10. It got to be a running joke with the usual attendant, who of course, kept urging me to buy more tickets. I went in one week and he said "last week for Lucky Dog they are retiring it, how many do you want?" I bought 7 - 2 didn't hit, the other 5 bought in @ $500. The highest single ticket was $250. I haven't played scratchers since then. I figured I tapped out that vein of luck.
doc03
(35,292 posts)other than that $20 is the most.
IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)It felt like a lot of money at the time. I don't buy them that often but sometimes it is fun to buy one. I also won $25 once in a scratch off ticket.