^ Going for the lower payout drawings is the way to go if one is going to do it methinks.

Here they have 'Lucky For Life' scratcher games for $1, $2, $5, AND $10. Lump sum payout for the $1 game is $375K. For the $2 game: $750K. And so on. Since a $750K windfall would be welcome I go with the $2 game. Never the expensive games. I figure the chance I would win any of them to be pretty small, so buying the $10 ticket does not increase the chances of winning a large prize, just makes for a larger prize in the remote chance you do win.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K