Wagon, you are so right! Scratch tickets in MA give you 1:5 odds of winning (1:4 with $10+ tickets). Even the most terrible poker player ever is going to lose money slower than that. I worked at a big time gambling convenience store for 3 years in high school. We offered Keno as well as lottery and scratch tickets. People throw stupid amounts of money into state lottery and the addiction can get out of control real fast with 24 hour merchants at every corner. Couple of trash collectors came in every friday night spending nearly $500 on scratch tickets in 2 hours - OUCH!

By the way, Mass has the highest payout for their lottery and the most gambling addicts nationwide