• LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    12 hours ago

    I think the odds for scratch offs legally have to be listed on the back of the card as well. So if you buy one it’ll say 1:4.25 or whatever the odds are on the back. But still you will likely win the value of another ticket or such.

    Anyone half way logical knows the company is winning, because they are also forced to pay out part of their winnings to things like scholarships. But people just like gambling. I remember walking into a bar and watching a lady doing scratch off after scratch off drinking at the bar smoking cigarettes. 1 after another, for hours apparently. I remember sitting there by myself wondering how anyone could afford it, but apparently that’s what she did several days a week. Day drinkers like that are either fun, or another kind of crazy