About the BLOG

I really like scratch tickets... (especially cashwords)

I wouldn't go so far to say that I have a gambling problem, however, I also wonder how much money I willingly hand over to the New York lottery. I lose pretty often...but I have also had some pretty good wins. I wonder if it evens out. I was wondering this recently and my friends Lizzy and Allan suggested that I start a blog that tracks my wins/losses to find the truth. So that is what this blog will be all about. Stories about tickets, how I got them, successes and losses, etc etc etc.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Back on Blue

FINALLY a blue NY cashword that was worth my money. This 2 dollar ticket won me 10 bucks! The win for life that is pictured won 4 dollars. I spent 10 dollars total so I left with +4! Yeah...it's a pretty insignificant win but at least its a NY win. I mean beggars can't be choosers.

Updated Stats:        -96.00

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

New Obsession

I accidentally stumbled upon Take5 through scratching. See, Take5 also has a scratch ticket edition where one of the winning options is a free quick pick for the Take5 lotto. This lotto has a drawing every day (not just 2 days a week like some other versions I know ahem powerball) which makes it really exciting. There are also only 5 numbers so the odds are better, though the prize is indeed smaller. But who cares? I would be really happy with 500,000. At this point I would be thrilled with a scratch ticket that won me my 100 dollars back!!!

Thursday, February 16, 2012

I think it is safe to say that I have reached -100 dollars
Clearly I am hard in the hole and losing tickets with such a great deal of shame that my blog has gone silent. There has been no significant win to relieve me of my lottery debt. I am beginning to lose hope. I am going to tack on -40.00 to the stats because that seems like a reasonable approximation to what I have lost since I blogged last.

Well la di fuckin da

http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/16/opinion/hauser-lottery-win/index.html?hpt=hp_c3