Another new game the Maryland Lottery introduced on June 22, 2015 was their Amazing 8's scratch off game. The game costs $5 a ticket and offers a top prize of $50,000. Odds of winning overall are 1 in 3.71 (per the lottery ticket I got on my own). Remember those are the overall odds i.e. you can do better and you can do WORSE.
The game offers 2 instant win chances. On the left of the ticket, if you scratch a single $ symbol in that box/spot, you win instantly win $8. On the right of the ticket, there is another box where if you scratch a double $$ symbol, you win $88. Below the instant win boxes, you get 4 numbers and 16 chances to match them 1 to 4 of them. If you match any of the numbers, you win the prize below the matching number.
Note: Considering the name of the game, I would've thought they would had a instant win where you scratched an 8, you would've won the prize below it BUT, they didn't do that for some reason.
Prizes run from $5 to $50,000 with six $50,000 (see note about first big winner below) prizes, eighteen $8,888 prizes and thirty $1,000 prizes out there (at the time of this post).
One couple in Frederick, Maryland according to the Maryland Lottery website became the first big winners on this game when they hit a $50,000. They claimed their prize on June 29th.
Losing tickets do qualify for Lottery Reward points. The tickets have a prize check box for those that don't want to have to scratch the whole ticket.
Overall, I'm not wiped out with this game. The only thing really good I can say about it is it is cheap relatively to play i.e. $5 a pop. Personally, I'd rather spend the $20 and play for a million dollars (for 4 times the money, 20 times the cash). Anyway, good luck to any Maryland Lottery players who read this latest post.
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