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Quote: Originally posted by skeptic on Mar 29, 2018
Just heard from STEVE the midget - over the past few days he tells me a $500 and a $1K from 100x ...... said he's been buying 3 at a time from 4 different places .... I'm in a no buying mode ......
Skeptic. I’d say that goes with the logic I think is gonna happen with the 100x.
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Quote: Originally posted by James1 on Mar 29, 2018
100X getting better. 960/900 on my last book
2x $200 winners
Isn't it crazy what it takes for a book to be profitable?
The odds at hitting $200 is 1 in 120. So, on average 1 in 4 books has a $200 winner. You finding a book with two $200 winners is some really nice luck.
Assume a book of 100X has a $100 winner, the return should be $460/$900 on the 100X game. With a $100 and $200 winner, it is still $660/$900. Two $100 and two $200 winners gives a return of $960/$900, barely any profit. Isn't it incredible how hard it is to "break even" on these games? This is why book buying is a almost guaranteed way to lose money, on average.
The $25 WCC game seems to be selling fast. Once that game sells out, the 30X game will probably keep its momentum or likely sell out faster with less competition from Misfortune and WCC.
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Holy sh!t guys. Did another book of 100X got 660/900 and went to Wawa to cash it. The thief of a cashier tried to short me by $80 and ripped all my tickets in half. I called her out and made a big scene. Finally the manager came and she had stashed 2 winners under the counter. I said I will be filing a complaint with management...
2018 Biggest Win: $500 (multiple times but who cares about $500 right?)
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Quote: Originally posted by James1 on Mar 29, 2018
Holy sh!t guys. Did another book of 100X got 660/900 and went to Wawa to cash it. The thief of a cashier tried to short me by $80 and ripped all my tickets in half. I called her out and made a big scene. Finally the manager came and she had stashed 2 winners under the counter. I said I will be filing a complaint with management...
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JAMES - I only cash my tickets at PUBLIX - before going there I count my winners and total money back - when finished I ask for a print of the total and they give it to me - the one I posted above I found in my desk - couple years old but it's what you get when you ask. There is NO WAY you can get cheated.
If I was cheated I would contact the FlLottery and I'm sure they would take action - GOOD LUCK !
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Quote: Originally posted by James1 on Mar 29, 2018
Holy sh!t guys. Did another book of 100X got 660/900 and went to Wawa to cash it. The thief of a cashier tried to short me by $80 and ripped all my tickets in half. I called her out and made a big scene. Finally the manager came and she had stashed 2 winners under the counter. I said I will be filing a complaint with management...
I would call that property damage, that is your property, there is no reason your tickets need to be torn in half, if you forget that you cashed a ticket in, and take it to another retailer, they will tell you that it has already been paid out.
When you file your complaint, make sure you have the cashiers name as well as the manager, and the store number as well as the location.
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Which scratch off has a better chance of getting a big win in your opinion...WCC or the 100X? Me personally have done better on the 100X but just need to know which is the better scratch off to splurge on to hunt a big win.
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thank tikiman but what makes you say that? is WCC due for a big prize? The main thing that attracts me to the 100X is the 15 million dollar top prize. The game has been out for a few months now so I am sure the first one is bound to pop up sooner or later.
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Went to new 711 in north port got two 10 dollar crosswords one was looser one was 10 I had lady check them anyways new store and no self scanner she scanned bottom one twice threw them in garbage alone with print out that numbers was for same ticket. I told her ones definitely 10 other woman picked them out be scanned them and said to Co worker it's winner lady replied so. I am reporting this wasn't first time this new hire tried ripping people off.
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Quote: Originally posted by Dracos on Mar 29, 2018
Isn't it crazy what it takes for a book to be profitable?
The odds at hitting $200 is 1 in 120. So, on average 1 in 4 books has a $200 winner. You finding a book with two $200 winners is some really nice luck.
Assume a book of 100X has a $100 winner, the return should be $460/$900 on the 100X game. With a $100 and $200 winner, it is still $660/$900. Two $100 and two $200 winners gives a return of $960/$900, barely any profit. Isn't it incredible how hard it is to "break even" on these games? This is why book buying is a almost guaranteed way to lose money, on average.
The $25 WCC game seems to be selling fast. Once that game sells out, the 30X game will probably keep its momentum or likely sell out faster with less competition from Misfortune and WCC.
I agree with you 100% Dracos!!!
As a book buyer of $20-$25-$30 games the past 20 years i can promise everyone its a losing proposition. I knew from the beginning unless i happen to hit a game changing win of $50k or more it was gonna be ugly and after 20 years of buying books and hoping for a monster prize its real ugly.... but i still buy them. My biggest win is 20k on the old 100X $25 game but i do have and handful of $5k and $10k wins along with well over 100 wins of $1k. (Yes, I have every W2G issued from the lottery since day 1 of my scratch off adventure began) The annual joke in my family is that if i ever hit a $100k prize i am still in the hole but if i hit a $1M prize i will actually be in the black for the first time ever...lmao...and that is the harsh reality.
$25 WCC is selling much, faster than ever before for those who buy and follow the game. I just bought two books in the 658,000s and given there are only 714,000 total books being printed that is amazing how soon this game will end. There are currently 9/46 $1M prizes remaining and 1/2 $10M prize left. The best and rare part of this game is that the lottery has not skipped book numbers on this game yet and since its this late I doubt they will. I have played and tracked this game since it started. The previous 37 $1M winning book numbers all fall into place without any large gaps between them. Every 15,522 books on average has produced a $1M winning ticket. As you all know, they skipped many book numbers on $10M Fortune but so far not on World Class Cash.
As a quick frustrating rant,
I have entered well over 400 tickets into the second chance drawings of 100X so i have about 12,000 entries give or take if you really get 30 entries per ticket. I have not won a single prize however i noticed 3 people (they are from Miami, Pensacola and Hudson) have won more than once so far this year on these drawings.....either they are incredibly lucky and i do mean incredibly lucky or they scratch a serious amount of books and have spent tens of thousands so far...you choose. Good for them and really puzzling for me:(