Virginia Lottery

We decided to slow down with the Virginia Lottery for a little while, and haven't been playing as much as we used to. We've rarely won anything, even though we've spent a fortune on scratch-offs over the years! We still play, but we had to cut back a lot because of the economy.

Hearing the news report about the very lucky West Virginia lottery player (who won five jackpots!) inspired me to come back here and write.

I decided to go to West Virginia Lottery's website and look at their scratch-offs. I couldn't believe my eyes! I am in shock! They offer many more top prizes than the Virginia Lottery! I knew something wasn't right about the Virginia Lottery. I knew it couldn't be us -- not with the tons of money we have spent on scratch-offs. We should have been winning decent amounts all the time. They make it almost impossible to win decent amounts of money on scratch-offs.

Here are some comparisons between West Virginia and Virginia scratch-offs:

West Virginia Lottery's Price Is Right scratch-off started with 13 $100,000 prizes! Virginia Lottery's $100,000 Bankroll started with only 3 $100,000 prizes.

West Virginia Lottery's Go Banana's scratch-off started with 26 $2,000 prizes! Virginia Lottery's Take the Money and Run scratch-off started with only 10 $2,000 prizes.

West Virginia Lottery's Good Luck Bad Luck scratch-off started with 55 $1,300 prizes! Virginia Lottery's Wild Bill$ scratch-off started with only 15 $1,500 prizes.

West Virginia Lottery's Emerald Green 7s scratch-off started with 57 $7,000 prizes! Virginia Lottery's Dazzler started with only 20 $7,777 prizes.

West Virginia Lottery's Fat Cat Tripler started with 16 $9,000 prizes! Virginia Lottery's Cherry Doubler started with only 7 $10,000 prizes.

West Virginia Lottery's 10x the Money scratch-off started with 20 $10,000 prizes! Virginia Lottery's Double Dollars scratch-off started with only 10 $10,000 prizes.

West Virginia Lottery's 2 Cool scratch-off started with 78 $2,222 prizes! Virginia Lottery's Sacks of Cash scratch-off started with only 10 $2,000 prizes.

I could go on and on...

I also noticed that West Virginia Lottery offered a $40,000 scratch-off, but Virginia Lottery only offers amounts in that range as second prizes on the more expensive scratch-offs. Virginia Lottery's scratch-off jackpots jump from $15,000 to $100,000. There is nothing in between $15,000 and $100,000. There are no Virginia Lottery scratch-offs with top prizes in the $20,000 through $75,000 ranges. By the way, West Virginia Lottery's $40,000 scratch-off, Feelin' Lucky, started with 15 $40,000 prizes!

I wish I could play West Virginia Lottery's scratch-offs!

Mega Millions

Tim didn't win a thing from the five Mega Millions games he played last night. These games seem impossible to win! I don't know why we waste the money.

I've yet to check my Mega Millions ticket -- it's around the house somewhere.

Wish us luck!

Cash 5

Yesterday morning I purchased ten days' worth of Virginia Lottery's Cash 5 games. I had to swing by the gas station on my way to work to fill up the tank, so what the heck. I purchased ten day games and ten night games at .50 cents per game. I used only one set of numbers for all the games. So far I haven't won anything, but I'll keep being patient.

Wish us luck!

Maximum Millions

Yesterday Tim and I bought two of Virginia Lottery's Maximum Millions scratch-offs at $20 each. We won nothing. We felt really bad that we wasted yet another $40. We're always so hopeful as we're buying them, and after we lose, we feel guilty for having spent the money. We're thinking about spending less.

I registered the losing tickets in Virginia Lottery's current promotion 2 Ways 2 Win Second Chance Sweepstakes.

Mega Millions and 2 Ways 2 Win Second Chance Sweepstakes

Well, we're losers again. I didn't win anything from the five Mega Millions games I purchased for last night's drawing, and Tim didn't win anything from his five games, either.

Also, the Virginia Lottery released the names of the ten winners from yesterday's 2 Ways 2 Win Second Chance Sweepstakes drawing, and our names didn't show up. The next drawing will be February 20, 2009.

We will purchase some Virginia Lottery scratch-off tickets later today.

Wish us luck!

Mega Millions and Cash 5

I'm feeling discouraged today. Blah. I didn't win anything from yesterday's Mega Millions or Cash 5 drawings. I played five Mega Millions games and two Cash 5. Tim also played five Mega Millions games and won nothing.

It seems impossible to win anything on any of these games. We're playing all the games, buying all the scratch-offs, and nothing!

Win for Life and Maximum Millions

Today Tim went out and purchased another Virginia Lottery Maximum Millions scratch-off with the $20 we won yesterday. We won nothing!

Also, yesterday Tim purchased five Win for Life games for last night's drawing. We checked the numbers this morning, and we won nothing.

When are we going to win already?! We deserve to win something already!

At least we registered the losing scratch-offs in Virginia Lottery's latest promotion, 2 Ways 2 Win 2nd Chance Sweepstakes. We'll have a chance of winning $2,500 from the drawing which will take place on February 6, 2009.

Wish us luck!