The first tip and one of the most important ones that I will discuss, is the concept of playing 'new' games.
A "new game" is a scratch off lottery game that is brand new and just came out recently. Most states and countries come out with new scratch off games monthly or a least quarterly. These are the ones you want to play, and this is CRUCIAL. Why? Because some scratch off games have been around for several months or even over a year... Which means that many of theprizes have already been won and claimed for those games. Not only the TOP prizes It's not rocket science, but it makes perfect sense and you might not have thought about itbefore. The newer the game... the more fresh full of prizes it will be.
The new games are chock full of prizes! They have all the $10, $20, $25, $50, $100, $200, $250, $500, $1,000, $2,000 and $5,000 prizes unclaimed and you are much more likely to winone of these prizes on a newer game.
You can ask the teller which games just came out recently and other times you can tell which ones they are because they correspond to a certain holiday or month.
Remember, we're not shooting for the TOP prizes... But the $50's, $100's and $500 prizes are always great!



0, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 17, 18, second to last, last. I have won countless times on tickets with the above numbers. What do I mean by numbers? Every scratch off game is a roll of tickets. Normally the whole roll adds up to $300 or $600.
That means in a roll of $2 scratch off tickets, there are 150 tickets -- which adds up to $300. If they're $5 scratchers, then there would only be 60 tickets in that roll. Each ticket has a number on the bottom of it. The first ticket in the roll will be numbered '000'.
The next ticket will be 001, then 002 and so on. So in a roll with 150 tickets, the first ticket is
number 000 and the last ticket is number 149. (Because the first number is 000, NOT 001). I have found that certain ticket numbers perform VERY well consistently, over and over again... even in different geographical locations.
NOTE: YOU CAN ASK THE TELLER WHAT THE TICKET NUMBER IS BEFORE YOU BUY IT, THEY HAVE TO TELL YOU. IT IS NOT AGAINST ANY RULES. Although they might think you are a little strange! And, if you're going to ask the number of every scratch off ticket they have... make sure no one is behind you in line!
In my years of playing (and winning a large part of the time!) I have had much success withthe following ticket "numbers": 000 (The first ticket of the roll) 006 007
011 012 017 018 And then the second to last and last tickets, which the number will vary. I like to play $5 scratch-offs the best. There are usually 50 tickets in the roll, with number 059
being the last ticket. In this case, 058 would be the second to last ticket. I've had great luck with that number, as well as 059 (the last ticket of the roll).