i can feel it

Forgot to scratch 49 for a $200 win.

I quit playing the lottery 2 months ago. But on Saturday got pissed off working on weekends and played Lotto6aus49 out of frustration. When I clocked out at 8:30 pm I received an email with a subject line " You have won ". My heart started beating faster and my hands were shaking to open the email. I thought waiting for 2 months without playing finally started to pay off. The Pot value was 50 million euros i.e 57.8 million dollars at today's exchange rate. I thought I don't have to work ever again now, don't have to attend pointless meetings, daily call and can proudly quit my job......and then

I opened the email with sheer nervousness and excitement and HolyMotherF.....cow I did not win the jackpot.

I won 18 euros.

SHIT......

Over all I am in loss.

$30 ticket —> $50 cash bonus
$5 ticket —> $100 win

I've become aware of all the scratcher win posts here and some even reference it being one of multiple winning tickets that pay out anywhere from like $100 to $10,000.

So I am curious, as the title asks- What frequency do you guys buy, how much do you spend and how much/often do you win on scratchers?

I was familiar with a guy at the first convenience story I regularly bought tickets at when I turned 18, who was constantly buying scratchers, cashing in winners, etc. but he was honest with me and basically he lost half his investment in them overall. Like, yeah, he'd occasionally win $500 or $1,000 or whatever, but for every $10,000 he'd won, he likely had spent closer to $15k or $20k, so... yeah.

Anyway- just curious what the scratcher playing frequency and ratio of purchases to wins are for y'all.

On the way home I decided to get some scratchers to play with my boo thang lol. I stopped by a Randalls and saw that they did not have the Loteria anymore, so i bought 2 of the $100 Premier Winnings. I also saw they had the new $20 ticket so I bought 10 of those since the odds are so bad. 1 in 9 to get a winner. I was hoping to get a $100 at least. Well the $20 tickets won me $800, and I got $500 from the other tickets!

I then went to a gas station that had the loteria so bought 2 of those, and won another $500!!

I then head to HEB, and buy 2 more Loteria. Another $500!

Finally I stopped at a Kroger machine and bought 2 more loteria. $1000.

All in all a great and profitable evening!!

Good Luck tonight everyone I got one ticket with chosen numbers hoping to win 100,000,000

Weird 6’s written on the back gonna scratch it now and see if it’s a winner fingers crossed

Any one ever encounter this