Original post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Lottery/s/Qn5HCx4hsV

Here’s the results of playing 1000 quick picks for last week’s CA SuperLotto:

Mega only ($1): 7 hits

1/5+Mega ($2): 12 hits

2/5+Mega ($11): 2 hits

3/5 ($10): 10 hits

Won $153 total, so a loss of $847. Did I learn my lesson?

Well after seeing everyone’s comments about playing scratchers instead, I looked into it. They do have prizes that would be enough to retire off which I didn’t know, so I’m tempted. I checked the odds online for the $10 million prizes on the $30 tickets and they are 1 in 3 million, as opposed to 1 in 40 million for SL or 1 in 200 million for PB. So weighing $30 for one play with better odds for smaller prizes as opposed to 30 $1 plays with few chances to get smaller returns more often.

I’m not sure how I feel about scratchers since the winners are already chosen in a sense based on what convenience stores you live near and where the winning tickets are sent to. In contrast, for PB/MM/SL anyone can pick the winning numbers from any location, but you’re probably not going to win as much back compared to scratchers.

Since I was thinking of dropping another $1000 I think I’ll try people’s suggestion with the scratchers instead and see how it goes.

No matter which way I go I’m almost guaranteed to be burning the money, but I figure it’s better I learn this lesson now while I have the room to make dumb mistakes.