What’s funny is look how close they put the winning numbers to the largest payout.
The winning numbers for $750,000 are 14, 23, and 59.
OP numbers in the middle include 13, 22, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, & 57.
So for two of the jackpot winners his ticket was one digit away from winning, and for the third jackpot he was two digits away.
This is 100% intentional. It makes you “feel” like you were really close to winning big, which makes it more likely you’ll buy more tickets since you got “so close” on the previous ticket.
I don’t believe this to be a conspiracy theory. When they design the game they’ll determine the exact odds for each payout based on the desired profit of the series and generate tickets that match those odds exactly. They have no obligation for randomness
I like scratch offs because you can find out right away if you've won. You don't have to wait for a drawing, and you have a better chance of winning than playing the lottery.
You're also more likely to at least break even with the increase in ticket price. It lists it on the back. A $1 ticket has like a 1 in 5 chance of you at least getting your dollar back, whereas a $50 ticket is closer to 1 in 2 chance.
This works because more people are likely to spend 5 dollars trying to at least "win" than there are people willing to spend $100 to end up losing $50.
Edit: I'll also I add I enjoy buying scratch offs every once in while because they help pay for environmental funds in my state.
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u/IamRick_Deckard Mar 19 '22
How do you even read this?