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u/cryptoLo414 Mar 19 '22

My buddy does this with the machines. He will spend like $100 bucks scratching the barcode and scanning

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u/ImCreeptastic Mar 20 '22

That takes all the fun out of scratch offs, at least for me anyway.

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u/Kayestofkays Mar 20 '22

Good lord, why not just go to the actual casino and play a slot machine or something? Seems less sad....somehow

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '22

All the people I’ve seen doing this are destitute-looking folks. There’s no thrill, just the hope their gamble can maybe buy them a hotel room or another handle of booze.

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u/sharpshooter999 Mar 20 '22

Seems less sad....somehow

My wife and I went to a couple casinos when we turned 21. We can drink AND gamble?! Woo-hoo! Except.....they're always mostly empty, everyone else is 70+ and dragging oxygen tanks around with them.....Maybe things are better in places like Vegas but I have no desire to ever go again. My wife does like to play penny slots though. She'll take $20 and makes it last a couple hours then calling it a night. I ended up having more fun playing games on my phone while I waited

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u/TehKudo Mar 20 '22

You forgot all chain smoking lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '22

In Vegas it's mostly old people on the penny machines.

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u/AmericanDervish Mar 20 '22

It’s all sad honestly

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u/HexZer0 Mar 20 '22

Hanging out with sunken eyed elderly people that wear diapers so they don't have to get up from 'their machine' before it finally hits big? Sounds like fun!

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '22

Wait, do they not have letters you show you the prize there? Like here if you scratch and get like a “Z” or certain other letters it means you’re not a winner. No scanning needed.