November 19, 2024. Updated 11/22/2024.
We’ve lost more times than we’ve won. We’ve lost more money than we’ve won back.
Because we do not determine which if any of our video’d content reaches a wider audience, we let our viewers know (through our channel bio, in pinned comments, and in community posts), that though we may appear to make money in a single scratch session:
we lose more often than we win, and we lose more money than we make.
- September 2024 (-$268) -25.33% ROI
- August 2024 (-$1880) -14.90% ROI
- July 2024 (-$856) -12.45% ROI
- June 2024 (-$894) -25.74% ROI
All of the above are net losses. We lose more than win. We don’t recommend you do this.
We make money doing this in ways that ordinary people would not.
In accordance with recommended disclosure guidelines from the Federal Trade Commission (https://www.ftc.gov/) as well as our own goal to be as transparent as possible, we’re letting you know that:
- We make money doing this in ways normal players don’t, and we make money even if the tickets we scratch lose.
- You and/or other ordinary players should not expect to have similar results or to make money or profit by doing what you may see in our videos or other Content.
We do not recommend that you or anyone else buy scratch off tickets, but if you do, please do so responsibly. You alone are responsible for your choices, actions, expenses, losses, and results.
Option Monkey does not provide or intend to provide financial advice or education of any kind.
Option Monkey is solely and only a provider of entertainment and recreation.
Our content is for entertainment only.
We record and share the video content that we do for entertainment purposes only. We expressly suggest that you and other viewers do not try to “replicate” our outcomes — because what our content and public notices represents is a net loss of money, even if a single scratch ticket “session” appears to win or be profitable:
We lose more times than we win, and we lose more money than we win back.
What we do is not profitable, so it may not be a smart way to make money or to spend money that you do have.
We do our best to ensure the content we put out doesn’t present a misleading picture of the “ease of winning with scratch off tickets,” the amount of money that can be won, or the odds of hitting (buying) a winning scratch off ticket.
We post our losses often and in many places across our YouTube channel (such as the channel description and bio, in pinned comments, and on the Community Tab) so that viewers can easily see that we lose money, not make money, through scratch off tickets.
Viewers alone are responsible for whatever they decide to do and we encourage them not to base decisions on our content, but to view it for its entertainment value and only in context with the rest of publicly available information regarding scratch off tickets, such as the overall odds of winning a scratch off ticket as published by State Lotteries.
By way of example, the TEXAS LOTTERY® reports, “[In FY 2024], the Texas Lottery’s scratch ticket sales surpassed $6.6 billion for the fourth consecutive year, as the scratch ticket portfolio totaled $6.644 billion in sales, accounting for 79.2% of total lottery sales in the fiscal year.” This fact and other publicly available information means that what you see in our videos and Content represents an unthinkably miniscule and utterly insignificant fraction of the statewide scratch ticket game play that happens daily: Our results, outcomes, winnings, losings, and any theories, math, or so-called “logical approach” to scratch tickets is statistically insignificant.
We expressly suggest you base no decisions on it at all, but again, that you view it for entertainment only, and only in context with the rest of all publicly available information regarding scratch tickets, including the overall odds of winning any scratch ticket as published by State Lotteries.
Our content shares the outcome of every scratch session we participate in, whether a net gain or net loss; not to advise or advocate that anyone does anything similar or does anything at all based on the information, but for entertainment purposes only.
WE EXPRESSLY SUGGEST THAT YOU DO NOT TRY TO REPLICATE OR PARTICIPATE IN WHAT WE DO AND WE CAN NOT BE HELD LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE IF YOU DECIDE TO DO SO.
In accordance with our Privacy Policy, by visiting our website or continuing to view the content on our YouTube channel, you understand and agree that we are in no way liable or responsible for your actions.
If you do not wish to forfeit the rights you feel you may have in connection to Us or Our content, including the rights to recourse or redress, you should not view our content or visit our website.
We have no connection, endorsement or affiliation with any Lottery.
Option Monkey is not affiliated with, endorsed by, associated with, or connected in any way to the TEXAS LOTTERY® or the Texas Lottery Commission, or any other State Lottery or Commission.
We buy (and share the results of) Texas Lottery Scratch Off Tickets and Games, just as many millions of Texas citizens and residents do.
We also have no special permission to use TEXAS LOTTERY® Trademarks or Copyrights, and when they do feature or appear in our Content, they act as trademarks and copyrights are intended to when in widespread public usage. We do not own or claim to own them.
Lottery proceeds benefit the State & Veterans of Texas.
“Must be 18+ to purchase a ticket. Play responsibly.” — Texas Lottery
“(a) Retailers shall not sell lottery tickets by mail, phone, fax, or other similar method of communications. Retailers shall not sell a lottery ticket or any other document evidencing a right, privilege, or share in a lottery ticket from another jurisdiction by any means.
“(b) Retailers shall not sell tickets to persons under the age of 18. Any ticket purchased by or sold to an individual under the age of 18 years shall be void and the prize otherwise payable on the ticket is treated as an unclaimed prize under §401.302(j)(3) of this title (relating to Scratch Ticket Game Rules).
“(c) Retailers shall not sell a ticket or pay a lottery prize to another person that the retailer knows is:
- (1) an officer or an employee of the commission;
- (2) an officer, member, or employee of a lottery operator;
- (3) an officer, member, or employee of a contractor or subcontractor that is excluded by the terms of its contract from playing lottery games;
- (4) the spouse, child, brother, sister, or parent of a person described by paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection who resides within the same household as that person.
“(d) Retailers shall not sell tickets from a game after the game’s closing date.” — Texas Administrative Code, TITLE 16 ECONOMIC REGULATION, PART 9, TEXAS LOTTERY COMMISSION, CHAPTER 401, ADMINISTRATION OF STATE LOTTERY ACT, SUBCHAPTER E, RETAILER RULES. RULE §401.355, Restricted Sales
