My gut said no, so I bought it anyway
40sThe tension between gut instinct and impulse is instantly relatable.
▶ Play Clip"The title slightly undersells the stakes ($250 not $100) and the video is padded, but the core story—buying against your gut—delivers."
This video is a vlog-style scratch-off lottery session where the host plays $250 worth of Texas lottery tickets, including a $50 Casino Millions, despite his gut telling him not to buy another Big Red. The video tracks each ticket's results, discusses the psychology of losing streaks, and ends with a net return of $132.
The host starts the session with $250 worth of scratch-off tickets, referencing earlier losses on Big Red tickets and the roll they are working through.
He buys the $50 Casino Millions ticket numbered 1, the lowest on the roll. He notes that in Texas, ticket rolls start at 1 (not 0), so this is the bottom of the pack.
The first ticket, Find 200, scores a $2 win, putting something on the board after a losing streak.
The host says losing three in a row is tolerable, but four in a row would be 'a tough pill to swallow,' illustrating the psychological pull of chasing losses.
On All About the Eights, matching three 8s triples the prize. He lands a $30 bonus, one of the session's better hits.
Frustrated by overthinking, he asks a companion to pick a number for a $10 Times Cash ticket, landing on Lucky Number 7 and letting chance decide.
Lucky Number 7 delivers a $50 winner—the biggest guaranteed win of the pack—following a recent run of back-to-back wins.
The most expensive ticket of the session, the $50 Casino Millions (number 1), fails to produce any win, offsetting earlier gains.
Despite a gut feeling not to, he buys another Big Red (ticket six) and loses again, reinforcing the difficulty of walking away.
Total winnings come to $132 on $250 spent—over half back—and he calls the session fun, acknowledging the house edge.
The session ended with $132 returned on $250 spent—a typical outcome that underscores the house edge. The video is an entertainment piece, not a how-to, but it offers a relatable look at scratch-off culture and loss-chasing behavior.
Lowest Ticket on the Roll Strategy
Reveals a practical detail about Texas lottery rolls that affects how scratch-off players choose tickets.
00:39Loss Aversion in Gambling Streaks
Illustrates the psychological pain of losing streaks, a key concept in behavioral economics.
02:30Delegating Random Choice
Using a random pick avoids emotional bias when selecting lottery tickets.
14:05Over Half Back: Session Result
At $132 returned on $250 spent (52.8%), the outcome demonstrates the house edge in scratch-offs.
25:27[00:01] y'all are having a great day. We've got $250 tickets to play today. If you saw Red. It's a good session, but we lost on Big Red. Earlier in the week, I had played tickets number three and four, went back to the store 3 days later, and
[00:15] there. So, I took that as a sign to buy it, and we lost on it. Now, I was really on the fence today. I know I mentioned yesterday I might go buy another one. shouldn't I buy it? And I went, don't do it. I did it. I went back to the store.
[00:27] We got ticket number six. The only problem with this is if we lose four in buy the next ticket and I don't like doing that. So, let's win on this one today and just just knock that out. And then I went to a Valero. I bought the
[00:39] $50 ticket that was lowest on the roll. $50 Casino Millions can't get much lower than ticket number one. Uh oh, in some states they start in triple0. In Texas, we start on one in case you're wondering. We have one $20 million Lria.
[00:52] Lucky number 13. We got a couple of $10 times of cash. We have six and seven. Couple of mega gold 10 and 11. We've got three uh $5 all about the eights. 46 three uh $5 all about the eights. 46 through gosh 46 through 48. Three
[01:06] chameleon cash 52 through 54. And we're going to try find 200s another time. We through 73. So let's start the day with a huge win with find 200. I really want to find that 20 times. I think that would be a cool one to get.
[01:21] All right. Oh, maybe we'll get lucky and find another 200. I'm all for that. All right. This is a match and win or a five times which we found or a 20 times and there is a Oh, I guess it might be a combination. I wonder if that's only I
[01:35] bet there might be combo for 50. Maybe. Maybe that's how it works. Surely can't always be for the $200 top prize. All right, here we go. 2216. 226. Hey, we got a win on the first
[01:51] ticket. Haven't been to this Valero in quite a while. It's over towards Keen. See if we get anything else. All right. Uh, no. 22. Got to 16. Four. Two bucks. All right. Got some money on the board. I can't tell you how close I was to not
[02:06] it works out today. 70. I don't mind losing three in a row, but four in a row. That would just be that would be a tough pill to swallow. 128 multiplier.
[02:30] losers out of the way for somebody either. So 413. We've all done that plenty of times. Sometimes you hope you're on the
[02:43] Sometimes you hope you're on the receiving end, but uh 413. Nope. 8:22. We've We had a really good week, though.
[02:58] 8:22. 8:22 and a No. All right, we have one more. All right, let's see. We save the best for last. 73. Show me the multiplier or another 200 bucks. 611.
[03:20] let's try some chameleon cash. Almost didn't get this one. I thought maybe there's a caterpillar at the bolero. 52. This is match win. Five games played vertically. Two times five times. Mr. Caterpillar. 50 bucks.
[04:09] and no. All right. Well, we really want that top prize. 53. I would take a 100,000 over caterpillar. I would take a 100,000 over caterpillar. 16 21 9 12 10
[04:24] 16 21 9 12 10 for something with the X next to it.
[04:41] Oh, we got a nine. Got a winner. Got a winner. get something with two matches. I know it's possible. Well, we haven't got it. All right. Matching nines be huge. We have got We have got five bucks. All
[04:57] right. Oh, I gotta tell you, I totally forgot went into the store yesterday or two days ago now to pick up the other big rad for yesterday's session and uh hang on, let's get this going here. 54 and
[05:13] earlier that day, we were running out the door and I was hurrying and we're Miss Vixen over there and I had my shirt on backwards. Inside out, I'm sorry, inside out. Not backwards, inside out. 18 16 21 42 Hey,
[05:27] "You realize you got your shirt inside?" I said, "I was running really quick." I house. I'll take it off and turn it inside out." So, you know, because I got to go buy tickets and stuff like that. And uh
[05:41] I forgot. And I went to the Murphy Express. I went by the bank. And then the last stop to pick up that that Big Red that we played yesterday. I walked owner there in a while, but he was there and he was doing some inventory. and he
[05:54] goes, "Hey, that a new t-shirt design." I was like, "Gosh, I forgot to turn it. Been walking around all morning with a shirt inside out." Anyway, the clerk's got a nice chuckle out of it. That was funny though.
[06:19] I told him it's fixing. I said, "You remember what you were supposed to tell me?" She goes, "Oh no." All right. Two matching wins. Bonus is a match win. 888's double. Triple eight. 888. Triple eight. Oh my gosh. Why do I
[06:32] have trouble? Triple eights is triple the prize. 888. No, 888. 88. Yeah, 88. for me. 1,00
[06:44] 1,00 five. Come on. 100. No.
[06:59] maybe some eights. We've done pretty good on this ticket.
[07:19] understandable. You probably got dressed in the dark." And I said, "I [laughter] wasn't get dressed in the dark either." Did that 10:30. Sometimes you just get in a hurry, you know. 10. How about a 30?
[07:35] great on this ticket. Oh, we could get something else. We could get something else. That's the first $30 bonus we've got. Maybe we'll get uh maybe some maybe we'll get a 50 or something bigger. Let's see. 7 13 20 32 29.
[07:54] Let's see. 7 13 20 32 29. Show me something else.
[08:06] triple. No, can't get triple. Let's get something else to see what happens. Or we'll have 30 and I'll be happy. Or we'll have 30 and I'll be happy. 19 16 14 11 and no we got 30 bucks
[08:22] 19 16 14 11 and no we got 30 bucks though. That's great. That's great. though. That's great. That's great. Uh 48. All right. Be the ticket.
[08:35] 500. Five. Let's go back to back. Do it. Oh no. Five. No. How about a 20? No.
[09:13] hoping I went back to the store that that next ticket would be gone. I just would pass on 10 and 11. I'm starting to think, did somebody know something? I on like tier number two or one or something. All right, this one early and
[09:26] something. All right, this one early and often pestle. M pestle blue bonnet.
[09:43] cherries? Cherries. Mr. Lizard saw him this morning or her. Mr. Lizard saw him this morning or her. Mr. Lizard. Fire. Mr. Lizard. Hello. And fire. No. Soccer ball and a race car.
[09:57] Soccer ball and a race car. Soccer ball. Race car. Let's see. How Soccer ball. Race car. Let's see. How about a cardinal wheel? Maracas. Wheel about a cardinal wheel? Maracas. Wheel and maracas. And a wheel.
[10:09] and maracas. And a wheel. Horseshoe Horseshoe guitar. How about a boar? Hen and a cowboy hat. Hen right here. Oh, how about shoes? How
[10:24] Hen right here. Oh, how about shoes? How about a cowboy hat? No. Spear corn. about a cowboy hat? No. Spear corn. Spear and corn. Spear and corn. No. Chili pepper. Football. No. We've got football. Do we have a chili pepper? We
[10:38] football. Do we have a chili pepper? We do. Oh, let's get horse for 50. Spur and a lone star Spur and a lone star spur.
[10:51] oil rig moonrise. Let's see. Uh, covered wagon newspaper. Covered wagon See what they give us down here. Ah, yeah. Oil rig moonrise. I don't know why I just feel like they were going to give us that one. Moonrise. Oil rig. Oh, need
[11:06] desert for 100. Oh, we could do this. Bun buns and a windmill. Bun buns and a windmill. I think we've got either one. No, it's getting these last two. Rattlesnake cow. I don't think that helped us at all. Rattlesnake. No
[11:22] cow. Not missing any diagonals, am I? Oh, cow. [laughter] Was miss cow. It didn't matter, but we almost missed it. All right. Nothing on that one. Let's go All right. Nothing on that one. Let's go see if it's on this next one. Ticket 11.
[11:43] bonnet. Cardinal. No. Cardinal. How about a cowboy hat? Rattlesnake. Mortar. Pestle. Rattlesnake.
[11:57] Sunset. Horse. Horse. Horse. Horse. Butterfly. Hen. Butterfly. Hen. Uh hen do a butterfly
[12:16] strawberry corn strawberry and a corn jam and Mr. Lizard Mr. Lizard Mr. Lizard and no Chim
[12:30] Roadie bun buns. Roadie and bun bun bun buns there. Roie buns there. Roie don't see roadie. No roadie. Nope. don't see roadie. No roadie. Nope. Cowboy and newspaper. Cowboy newspaper.
[12:50] Race car. Race car chili pepper. Race car. Chili pepper. Spear and a saddle. Spear. Saddle. We miss anything right here. Cherries.
[13:04] No. Oh, that I don't know why I thought cherry we get. Cherries and piñata. Cherries and piñata. Um, cherries and a piñata. Lone star.
[13:22] Uh, no. Desert. Got some chances. We can do it. We can do it. Cactus boore. Wait, we already have enough newspaper. Oh, we did. Hey, we got a win. Great. Okay, I forgot. 15 bucks there. Let's add to it. Maybe another 15. Let's do
[13:37] add to it. Maybe another 15. Let's do it. Soccer ball and a mocking bird. We've got mocking bird. No soccer ball, I think. All right. Make sure. Did I miss anything down here? Here. Wheel. No. Bruce. No. Ship. I don't see. See,
[13:51] I think 15 bucks right now. If I missed anything, I will update at the end. Not bad. All right. Couple of $10 times the cash. Six and seven. Now, it's funny on the million dollar
[14:05] Loia. So was with us and I just I said I didn't ask him. I told I wasn't telling him what I was doing. I just said, "Hey, pick me a number." And he picked number one. So I went inside. Millia was only picking number one. So we will see.
[14:17] We'll see. I wasn't planning on buying it today. though. All right, two match win or a money bag 10, 20, 50, or 100 times. I like random picks. Something I would not normally get. That's about as random
[14:32] as you can get. Just have somebody pick a number. a number. You never know.
[15:07] I'm okay. I have to move everything over just a bit. Sun's shifting on me a little bit.
[15:28] Last row. 54 12 46 65 and oh 51. Last spot save. Oo 12 46 65 and oh 51. Last spot save. Oo for what? Be huge. We have got 10 bucks. second. I'm going to shift everything over just a little bit. Get this out of
[15:41] the sun. All right, I think that's better. All right, second one. Ticket sec lucky number seven. Lucky number seven. All right. All right, here we go. All right, pay the ticket. Come on. 50 spot.
[15:55] Come on. 50 spot. 100 spot. That'd be an outlier. And no, we've been having really good luck on backtoback wins this week, too. And back to back to back. 1352 42 68 12.
[16:21] to back. Just got to ask. All right, let's see if there anything else go along with it. Could be.
[16:35] this many backtobacks and three wins in a row. Oh, at least a double. How about a row. Oh, at least a double. How about something else? Oh, at least a triple. How about a another one for a 50? This is at least a 30. 18 and 22. All right.
[16:49] is at least a 30. 18 and 22. All right. Moneybag four 10. Yeah. And then 68 and 52. So, $50 winner. Wow. Back to back and a 50.
[17:01] That's the biggest guaranteed win of the pack. Great. All right, we're doing really good. All right, let's see how we do on bin number one. Million dollar three ticket number lucky 13. [snorts] All right, got my triple sunsets on. I
[17:14] to win the bonus. 100 200. It has been a while since we've done that. Here we go. Right here. Nope. [snorts]
[17:30] Newspaper. Cactus. Cactus. Cactus. Cactus. No, strawberry. a regular ticket. It is the payback is so low. Bun buns
[17:47] and army, but you get lucky. I mean, I still can't believe this is the biggest still can't believe this is the biggest win I've ever had was on this ticket. So, you know, right place, right time, anything can happen.
[17:59] anything can happen. Mr. Lizard. Uh, cowboy hat pinata. Cowboy hat pinata. No. Lone star. There's a lone
[18:16] pinata. No. Lone star. There's a lone star. and Jim
[18:33] saddle saddle it's kind of early. It's kind of early. H and mortar pestle. That's great. That
[18:45] H and mortar pestle. That's great. That is great. Uh miss anything else? Spear. Maybe picking does run in the family.
[19:09] Oh, let's go ahead and get football. I feel like we might get football. feel like we might get football. Ship and a spur. Got a ship and a spur.
[19:25] Sunset. And sunset. Oh, we're not going to get football now. See if we can get anything else. Let's see. Roadic corn. Hey, there we go. Now, we need something else because they will $10 you for 10 and 10 for 20. Maybe we
[19:39] can get something else. Oh, we're not going to get maracas either. Oh, be cool if we got cherries. Oh, it's a weird setup, isn't it, Bruce? Yeah, we can't get barakas.
[19:52] Let's see what happens here. Boore and butterfly. Boar and a butterfly. Last spot. Anything else? Windmill. Did windmill Could be 10 and 10, but let's see if we're pleasantly surprised with
[20:08] something more. We've got 10. And hey, 10. Hey, we'll take a break even 20 bucks. Great. All right. $50 Casino Millions. And it's the very lowest uh $50 ticket on the roll. Ticket number one.
[20:21] while. It's five games played vertically. Two amount. And then it's a match win stack of cash two or eight times. All right.
[20:33] of cash two or eight times. All right. See there's a big win on one.
[20:45] 500? Five. Nope. Oh, I forget. Can I? Nope. I got to zoom out on this one because it's a little longer ticket Let's see if we can get lucky on Casino Millions.
[21:00] Millions. All right. It's going to be a 6 29 18 91 16. Remember, we played vertically though. Let's go down. Looking for six though. Let's go down. Looking for six multiplier cash.
[21:36] All right, two more columns. This game kind of plays fast. and last spot. Oh, nothing on casino
[21:52] millions. Okay, I hope it was a good idea getting one more big red. Ticket idea getting one more big red. Ticket number six. All right. Oh, let me zoom back in a little bit on this one.
[22:09] we go. Desert Maracas
[22:38] not to buy this, but then something overrode that. [laughter] I went and overrode that. [laughter] I went and bought it. Chili pepper and a butterfly
[23:06] It's just you can easily lose six in a row. If somebody hit on two, you know, Uh, Blue Bonnet race car. Let's Let's keep Let's Let's think big. Let's think positive here. Let's think positive. Let's think big. Bruce,
[23:22] got to stay positive when you're playing the lottery for sure. Strawberry gym. How about cactus sunset fire
[23:41] or cow? Would that be better? That' be great. Cow horse. All right. Six bucks. Cowboy and a soccer ball. No
[23:56] saddle. No saddle. Right. Last three. No saddle. Right. Last three. Covered wagon.
[24:09] Uh, cow. I think we got a chance. Pinata. Nope. We didn't have pantry, right? I don't think we have pantry. Okay. All right. No worries. We can do this. We just need two matching to win the bonus. All right.
[24:27] shades lemon double rainbow joker joker. It's funny I almost bought six and seven because I like seven but
[24:41] let's just win on this one. Flag airplane heart.
[24:55] multipliers. Or was I right? All right, let's get it on this last row.
[25:12] ring. No. Wishbone. Wishbone. Bank. Bank. Last pot. Last but knew it. Now I got to go back by the next one. Oh my gosh.
[25:27] I should have listened to my gut. [laughter] That was a fun session. That was a fun session. All right, so we got back 20. That beautiful 50 for 70. Uh that makes 85. Uh 85 we get. Yeah, that makes 90.
[25:44] Uh that makes 120. And that makes 130. Hey, $132 over halfback. And that was a Y'all go find some big winners today. Yall have a great and lucky rest of your like to give a big thank you to our Patreon members. If you would like to
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