Opinion of the Golden Scratchers
Since you can't lose, and can win, seems like a good way to buy donuts when you need them.
I have plenty but I tried it twice. Got 6 and 9.
I have plenty but I tried it twice. Got 6 and 9.
Forum Discussion
- The odds are horrible!
I stopped playing them.
And another one bumped (you have any idea how many pages I had to go back to find something to bump? Six!) GZero604 wrote:
I dont think that would work. Wouldnt you pay twice?
You can scratch a little bit of it and see the prize and if you don't like it just exit the game and try again.markfcs wrote:
I have seen a trend in the regular scrach tickets nothing but allot of 350 and 500. Me thinks EA removed the jackpot :mrgreen:
I've not played them regularly but the odds on the cash scratchcards seems to have worsened considerably since they were introduced. Make of that what you will (assuming they use the same coding and the chance is the same)- I clicked the golden one instead of the regular by mistake. When it asked if I want to pay, I cancelled, then it came up with a message about how I made Maggie cry and how I'm a bad person.
Yeah, because I'm a bad person for not spending real money for a gamble on donuts. I was tempted before, but that kind of put me off - It's basically gambling. And if you did not know. The house always wins. If you want donuts, save your money until you can buy a boatload.
rolybert7 wrote:
GZero604 wrote:
I dont think that would work. Wouldnt you pay twice?
You can scratch a little bit of it and see the prize and if you don't like it just exit the game and try again.rolybert7 wrote:
GZero604 wrote:
I dont think that would work. Wouldnt you pay twice?
You can scratch a little bit of it and see the prize and if you don't like it just exit the game and try again.
That's what I would have though too! :?
Jackpot for regular scratch-r's is still there, I finally won it for the first time last night!! I also got 3 donuts from the level up on the first go and a donut for clearing trash - what a night!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: hahastuart0wen wrote:
I clicked the golden one instead of the regular by mistake. When it asked if I want to pay, I cancelled, then it came up with a message about how I made Maggie cry and how I'm a bad person.
Yeah, because I'm a bad person for not spending real money for a gamble on donuts. I was tempted before, but that kind of put me off
So you must miss 99% of The Simpsons sarcastic humor.- The Golden scratch offs are good if you only want less than 100
Quoted from: http://tstappedout.proboards.com/thread/738/premium-items-donuts-guide-faqGolden Scratch Off (GSO)
Based on the odds, the GSO is a good value if only plan to spend $10-$20 at most. If you plan on purchasing a larger amount of donuts anyways, the odds favor you just buying a Boatload or a Store. However, if you buy 2 scratch offs (the cost of 12 donuts) you will at least get 12 donuts, so you can only win if you're only going to spend a small amount of total $$ on the game. Of course, the odds don't guarantee results, so anything can happen, just trying to look at it from "the casino's" perspective:
Here are the payout odds (from the Raw Files, thanks J_3xx9):
100 Donuts: 2%
50 Donuts: 4%
20 Donuts: 10%
12 Donuts: 20%
9 Donuts: 33.33%
6 Donuts: 30.67%
Based on the odds, if you bought 100 Golden Scratch Offs, you'd receive 1326 Donuts (100*2 + 50*4 + 20*10 + 12*20 + 9*34 + 6*30). If you used the same $100 on a Boatload of Donuts, you'd get 2400 Donuts (versus ~1326)."
If you bought 50 Golden Scratch Offs, you'd receive 663 Donuts (100*1 + 50*2 + 20*5 + 12*10 + 9*17 + 6*15). If you used the same $50 on a Store Full of Donuts, you'd have gotten 900 (versus ~663).
As you can see, It's not until you start spending less $$ that you start to see the odds turn in your favor. (This is based mainly on the fact that you may be spending less on the total donut package, but your cost per donut INCREASES. Boatloads will still give you the best predictable value if you're going to spend the $$ on donuts.)
20 GSO = ~265 Donuts vs 300 Donuts from Truckload
10 GSO = ~133 Donuts vs 132 Donuts from Tray
5 GSO = ~66 Donuts vs 60 Donuts from Stack
2 GSO = ~27 Donuts vs 12 Donuts from Dozen GZero604 wrote:
You can scratch a little bit of it and see the prize and if you don't like it just exit the game and try again.
I tried this when I got two bombs, but I got the same result over and over again with a changing thrid part.
