What you’re doing wrong is buying those things in the first place. There is no system… no trick. It’s pure luck of the draw.

The cheaper tickets have a lower pay out, thats how they make them so cheap. If you buy the more expensive ones you usually make more when you win. Its up to you, there isnt a trick though its all luck. Go to your lottey website for your state and you can see the odds of winning for each ticket.

Yes, the trick is on you. Those scratch-offs, if you read the back, have a very low win rate. There’s only a 1 in 4 chance you will just win your dollar back or a free ticket. They exist to make money, so everyone will always spend far more than they get back. The winners a very few and far between. There is no trick or skill to winning, merely luck. Believe me, I sold those things at a gas station while working through school. I only ever saw one substantial winner, and I must have sold thousands and thousands of them.

As you play more and more, the true odds of the games start to take effect.