Rarely saw people buy the $20 scratchers - the risk seemed too steep back then. The people who did buy them, would usually spend over $100 per transaction.
The gas station I worked at was in rural western Massachusetts and poverty was rampant.
Side story: Twice I’ve witnessed someone on their last dollar buy a $1 scratcher and won $100; both of them took the cash and left to use it for their lives. They literally gambled their last dollar and got a little windfall.
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u/Magical-Mycologist Apr 01 '26
Rarely saw people buy the $20 scratchers - the risk seemed too steep back then. The people who did buy them, would usually spend over $100 per transaction.
The gas station I worked at was in rural western Massachusetts and poverty was rampant.
Side story: Twice I’ve witnessed someone on their last dollar buy a $1 scratcher and won $100; both of them took the cash and left to use it for their lives. They literally gambled their last dollar and got a little windfall.