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• Pocono Player

  

  Keystone State
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  May 26, 2019, 12:34 am

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  The first discarded winning ($5) lottery ticket I found was on May 26, 2018.  Since then checking discarded scratch off tickets has become a hobby. Most days I find a least one discarded winning ticket.

  One full year later my total findings now stand at $4,597. 

  Today was typical: I checked 410 discarded tickets where the ticket buyer had not scratched off the "Scratch to Cash" spot.  Today's five winners included two $5's, one $7, one $10 and one $50 winner.

  After double checking tens of thousands of discarded tickets over the last year, 1% of those tickets where the buyer did not bother to scratch the verification spot are actually overlooked winners.

  You can't lose if you don't play.
• Synbios

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  May 26, 2019, 10:26 am

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  This is why states like mine (VA) suck with the prize codes, it's very difficult to find thrown away winners because it's hard to miss that B Z P D on a losing ticket.

  That's incredible though man and a huge chunk of extra cash for the year. It's like a gamble-free $5,000 winner....actually, it's better because yours was tax-free which knocks a $5,000 down to about $3,600, lol...and most chasers will spend tens of thousands in a year and probably never even see that $5,000 winner.

   

  Be careful that you remain anonymous, the lottery might not like the fact that you cost them $4,597 this year. :P
• musicmgr

  

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  May 27, 2019, 4:48 pm

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  Where do you get your tickets from? Is a store employee saving them for you?
• Pocono Player

  

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  Jun 1, 2019, 9:09 pm

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  In response to musicmgr

  Quote: Originally posted by musicmgr on May 27, 2019

  Where do you get your tickets from? Is a store employee saving them for you?

  I check at multiple convenience stores when running my daily errands.  Store employees do not save them for me.  Instead I make arrangements to take their discards from the discard bin, if any are present, with some explanation like "I play the second chance lottery" or "I need them for my taxes".  Both statements are accurate but I try to downplay the prospect of finding discarded winning tickets.

  You can't lose if you don't play.