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title: 'CHOOSING THE RIGHT SCRATCH OFFS AT THE RIGHT TIME IS HARD TO DO....'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=6WYaW9h0erU'
video_id: '6WYaW9h0erU'
date: 2026-07-21
duration_sec: 2493
channel: 'Dave''s Lotto Madness'
---

# CHOOSING THE RIGHT SCRATCH OFFS AT THE RIGHT TIME IS HARD TO DO....

> Source: [CHOOSING THE RIGHT SCRATCH OFFS AT THE RIGHT TIME IS HARD TO DO....](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6WYaW9h0erU)

## Summary

In this video, the creator plays various crossword-themed scratch-off tickets from California, including Mega Crossword and Instant Prize Crossword tickets. They scratch off letters, search for words, and scan tickets to check for winners, ultimately winning $30 back from a $60 investment.

### Key Points

- **Ticket Selection** [00:03] — The creator bought four Mega Crossword $5 tickets and two Instant Prize Crossword $20 tickets, totaling $60.
- **Game Mechanics** [00:40] — The crossword tickets require finding words from revealed letters; a multiplier up to 10x can apply, and three words are needed for a free ticket.
- **Scanning Tickets** [03:41] — The creator uses a scanner to check if tickets are winners, noting that California tickets scratch differently from Florida ones.
- **First Winner** [21:44] — On ticket 58, the creator finds two words, winning a free ticket (worth $5).
- **Second Winner** [39:14] — On a $20 ticket, the creator finds four words in the top puzzle, winning $25 with a 1x multiplier.
- **Final Tally** [40:41] — Total winnings are $30 ($25 + $5 free ticket) from $60 spent, resulting in a $30 loss.

### Conclusion

The creator ends with a $30 loss but remains optimistic, planning to play more tickets in future videos. They encourage viewer comments and support.

## Transcript

hi everyone it's Amanda I've got some more crosswords we went to California we've got four of the mega crossword five dollar game and two of the instant prize crossword $20 ticket so I got two of those and four of these so we will
so that's on these where are the odds one two three point eight tulips here we go you're pointing to all right so there's a multiplier you can went up to
ten X PRIZE on here and you need two words to get a free ticket all right let's see what our letters are here JB
JB let's see I might need a bigger try only for this half dollar all right let's look over on this side here JB
this one actually scratches butter so when I go back to this one they will scratch a little different all right SNP I haven't played a whole lot
of these so I'm still trying to learn where the letters are but at least we know this can't be worse than last week right SNP
I'm gonna go back to the half dollar sorry playing musical coins here no this is okay I think I some people that one's almost like too good like it's scratching the ticket all right we got two more letters here we got WF
w bath there's no free care W and if
Mary let me try doing it let's see and and see it's weird the letters are like off put a little bit
we're still trying to get used to these California tickets so used to my Florida ones and NC
the good news is we can scan these tickets let's just check for me real quick yeah we can scan and see if it's a winner
alright No
alright you and why you and why
you and I are right next and beyond the world over here occasion we have a word
over here at 6h and that's the end of that one H
I'll be at one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen seconds said 18 letters okay alright there's no ERT there's no Kay there's no te here's a wide that doesn't help us they're all
scan that make sure let's go to 56 yeah we can't use your phone for filming with
it that doesn't work very well let's try to do these letters a little bit better yeah G and V what's the matter wouldn't my why not scratch this old off sorry
I'm not used to having a scanner so it's like what what is this B and
it's on the top where the letters are be and if I don't think I see any F over here all right we have D and C
alright next that's the end of that row we have M&Z
I don't think I saw Izzy's anywhere all right h-hey looks like scratch-off three letters H and Abel just do hey
I'm gonna move K and s nope
oh and maybe we're zoomed
there's an S that I miss onl okay look over here
all right next to W I
all right w I think that's it and last two letters E and you it looks like I gave us all the vowels I wonder I think this song does you're all the vowels and
you there's a G from the beginning sorry I totally missed that one there's a word
divide
there's no more letters all right there's no P no rnt all right let's see what we have I have assumed here and I think this one's just one word divided
up there yeah I think that one's also just one word all right I don't think all right 57 look at the hang of this do
P and Q
if and II put a second-chance entry
all right next row we've got B and K all right B I don't think there's any case
all right you okay
and H and T
over the word too all right HD all right next V and W there's a work whew the end of you let's
see I don't think I see any over here X and Z X and Z
gee and see
because it doesn't give you all the vowels
Montse is an RM we have one word on each ticket it looks like on each game all
right skin me and make sure so far not going well again I'm gonna think we'll have something done the twenties at least all right let's see what we got on ticket 58 last one of the fives a and I
I think I've seen the word Anton every single game so far Hey and I be okay nothing I'm the winner on that one
either okay
[Music] I guess RW
all right next row C and F
all right P and J
oh and you
all right next line we've got H and B there's a word hub page
alright let's try the next one so you've got Y and this there's a where it is so we just have a hub in his so we've got two words so far
we have a ticket alright so not a total total loss on this game why it is so
we've got a word by over here alright last two letters we've got G and
I think we just have the two words over here let's see what's on this side here G in
I just see by over here I don't like this one's a winner on this puzzle over here the multipliers 1x all right so I think this one's just a free ticket and this one double check that one I see 20s we got to get 19 and took it 20 of the
$20 being here I don't know if we can get the whole thing in here so I'll have to kind of go up and down a little bit here a little bit see how much we can
get well I'm still gonna have to a thought to play with it so help me just zoom it in closer for each are you see that it's okay you can leave it like that I think the odds of these are one in 3.1 out so if you get any one of the
three words that are in the puzzle so you need three words to get a ticket and if you win you get the multiplier and there's also a fast 100 spot up here at
the top so I should play scratch at first so I don't forget about it 97 so I'm gonna win there all right let's do these puzzles up here web sets the
barcode all right ax you wanna retake all right yeah reaching it
all right ax I'm glad we can scan these but there's a lot of letters on this one here all right here's the bottom puzzle ax
alright let's go the next two letters ill NJ
let's see I think I got a little so we got Alan J down here let's see here's al
all right the next two letters we've got Y and W
not too many up there let's see if they get wind W down here YW sorry I don't
see anything next two letters in Mt
all right let's look down here Mt
all right next two letters we've got P and O P Oh [Music]
pío down here there's a word lag
all right next two letters okay and be
okay I'm just maybe he's down there all right next to F and H
here's a word haul and who there's two words so we've got at least a winning I know when you three I'm sorry three don't listen to me three F&H I think the
other word was on the bottom one all right FH down here H
not much years ago the bottom right D and R
I work rats there's two words down here like one of this kind words PR all right
Z and B
you know there's an easy down there all right last two letters G and you alright you
there's no e
all right I just see who up here and haul so I see two words I don't think that's enough for that one so let's look at GU down here
there's a Wyatt doesn't house we don't have a II I don't think that one's a winner either I just see we have lap and wrath it's two words alright I think
that one's a loser unfortunately I'm not going well come on this is our 26 something here we got a 99
all right 222 see if it works all right gr
all right next to letters W and B
there's nothing right did you scan everybody okay
FK I don't think there's much of that let's try the next two oh there's a word brow
and there's the word roof so there's two words already up here so hopefully this one will be our winner [Music]
hmmm alright next two letters H and X
alright next two letters V and V
all right next two letters me and old
down here
next two letters see and why
I there's like oh there's two words down here
I hope this one's the winner be so frustrated if it's such a tease we got come through all right the next two letters J and a
I think the last two letters here please give us something good here you and P
alright there's Pig Brown group so at least this is a ticket that dipped so far you and P oh there's a gun there's four words right G um yeah we have so
there's four words u P over here there's a P all right so we got one two three
and four at least so I think that top puzzle looks like a $25 winner let's look at the bottom here U and P at the bottom
see I don't think there's a winner on the bottom puzzlers one two words so I
multiplier is here come on X so I think we have $25 back on this one all day skin and I'm sure
because it tells you the amount to I did it twice $25 winner all right it's 25 and then when we got a ticket on the other one right yeah all right so we got 25 back on this puzzle up here with a 1x
multiplier so it's just 25 bucks ticket and there's the the free tickets 25 5 30 bucks back out of what I spent 60 40 60 I had 60 dollars in tickets so we're
gonna have that it's not too bad this could be worse could be better but but we will have do these tickets I got two tens $3.00 crossword two different
games and then some latter videos so I will play those for our next video so here's our 30 thank you so much for watching we appreciate all your comments and now that we're getting steadily a little bit more let's start getting back
in our swing of things here and getting responses out to you guys so thank you so much appreciate all your knowing reviews and watching and comments and all that and support hope you guys have a great rest of the week thank you so
much I'll see you next time