WIN BIG I’m a lotto expert – 9 ways to improve your chances of winning big on scratchcards
PLAYING the lottery is a game of chance and participants can never guarantee hitting the jackpot.
But there are a number of ways to improve your chances of winning big on scratchcards, according to the experts.
In fact, the people behind casino.org have compiled a list of the nine best ways to help you secure a win when playing.
They say buying the cards that are slightly more expensive means bigger prizes.
“You would be better off buying higher-priced scratch cards but buying fewer,” the blog adds.
“Quality over quantity is very true when it comes to scratch cards.”
Other tactics include checking the odds of winning in the small print, buying more than one ticket at once rather than single cards multiple times if you can afford it and watching out for games and stores that have not had a win in a long time.
The blog compares that tactic to “slots players who loiter around machines to wait until players go on a dry spell or a number of players fail to hit a jackpot prize”.
“The long drought can mean that the slot machine is about to hit,” they add.
Players should also keep their old games and submit all cards for checking in case they’ve missed a win.
“You never know, you might pick up on a mistake you might have made at a later date,” the blog adds.
“The only way you can be absolutely sure you haven’t won is if you have your ticket officially checked.”
Studying the cards can also reveal clues, casino.org claims, and stick to the one game.
As always with any gamble, only spend what you can afford to lose and be strict with your spending, they note.
The blog adds: “Set yourself a weekly or monthly budget and make sure you stick to it, so your finances don’t spiral out of control.”
Lottery fan and TikToker “videovixs” recently revealed a strategy in a video that helped her win twice on four scratch-off tickets.
And player William Newell had a really good stretch of luck in October last year, leading Lady Luck to deliver him $100,000 in lottery prize winnings.
His winning formula?
The Alexandria, Virginia resident bought 20 identical lottery tickets online that shared the winning number combination – and it paid off.
A lottery expert, who goes by Billy John on TikTok, has laid out several things you should avoid the next time you go to buy a lottery ticket.
For more, another lotto expert shows how you can mathematically improve your odds of winning.
And another who goes by Richard Wheeler believes players can improve their chances by selecting high numbers.