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"I can see it!"
Lin Fan's heart trembled with excitement; he could actually see the numbers inside the Scratch Card.
He looked at the first Scratch Card and found no prize.
He picked up each Scratch Card, holding them close to his eyes for a careful examination. After checking five Scratch Cards without any wins, he finally saw a 10 yuan prize on the sixth one.
"The odds are too low..."
This Scratch Card cost 10 yuan. If he bought all six, he would spend 60 yuan and only win back 10 yuan, losing 50 in the process.
Then, he continued to examine more Scratch Cards. After looking through over ten of them, he discovered that the largest prize was only fifty yuan, and those were rare, with a winning probability of just one in five.
Without X-Ray Vision, anyone buying these would end up losing money.
"Xiao Fan, how's your selection going?"
Uncle Zhang noticed Lin Fan had been looking at the Scratch Cards for a long time without making a choice, so he walked over with a smile.
"Do you want me to help you pick one?"
"No thanks, I'll take another look."
Lin Fan shook his head. Just then, he spotted a Scratch Card that was covered with prizes—there were 10 yuan, 20 yuan, 50 yuan, and 100 yuan prizes, totaling up to 1000 yuan.
He decisively picked up this Scratch Card and continued searching. Soon after, he found another one worth 500 yuan.
"Uncle Zhang, do you have any more?"
Lin Fan looked over all the Scratch Cards on the counter and found that these two Scratch Cards were Jackpot.
The other Scratch Cards only had prizes of 10 yuan, 20 yuan, or 50 yuan, with the highest being 100 yuan.
He didn't pay them any mind; he was only interested in the ones with bigger prizes.
"Of course I have!"
Uncle Zhang said as he rummaged through the counter and brought out a box of Scratch Cards that had not been opened yet. He handed it to Lin Fan.
"These haven't been opened yet; they are sold in books. Do you want to buy a book?"
"Uncle Zhang, can't you sell them individually? I want to buy just one," Lin Fan replied.
"I can, but it would be hard to sell once I open them..." Uncle Zhang said awkwardly. Many regular customers preferred to buy them in books because it made scratching them more exciting. If he opened them, they would be harder to sell.
"Alright, I'll choose some."
Lin Fan's gaze was fixed on the unopened Scratch Cards, and his eyes could naturally see the numbers on the overlapping Scratch Cards.
He picked them up one by one to take a look.
Taking his time to examine each one would take a bit longer; if he were looking at them individually, he could quickly see the prizes on each card.
But because they were stacked together, he needed to concentrate in order to see the prizes at the very bottom.
Uncle Zhang looked at Lin Fan strangely, not understanding why he was staring blankly at the Scratch Card.
After checking all the Scratch Cards in the box, Lin Fan found another one with a 1000 yuan Jackpot.
The others were just worth dozens or 100 yuan.
Each Scratch Card book contained 10 cards, with each card costing 10 yuan, making a total of 100 yuan for a book.
He chose the book with the 1000 yuan Scratch Card, then took the two Scratch Cards he had previously selected and gave Uncle Zhang 120 yuan, before starting to scratch them off right there.
"Xiao Fan, I have a feeling you're definitely going to win this time!" Uncle Zhang said with a smile.
Lin Fan began scratching off the Scratch Cards, one by one.
Uncle Zhang glanced over a couple of times but then stopped watching and sat behind the counter to continue playing on his computer; he was playing Dou Di Zhu.
After a few minutes, Lin Fan finished scratching all 12 Scratch Cards and won a total of 2500 yuan.
"Uncle Zhang, I won!"
Lin Fan handed three winning Scratch Cards to Uncle Zhang, who took them and immediately widened his eyes in surprise.
Then he picked up his glasses from beside him, put them on, and looked closely.
"You won 2500 dollars!"
Uncle Zhang looked at Lin Fan in disbelief. He had been running a lottery shop for so long, and it was the first time he had seen someone buy 12 Scratch Cards and win more than 500 dollars on three of them!
Most Lottery Players who come here usually win at most one prize over 500 dollars at a time.
This was a first.
"Xiao Fan, I told you that you would definitely win this time!" Uncle Zhang said enviously as he looked at Lin Fan.
Uncle Zhang was a decisive person and immediately transferred 2500 dollars to Lin Fan.
Lin Fan spent 120 dollars and won 2500, making a pure profit of 2380.
"Winning 2500 at just one lottery shop means I should visit a few more to quickly gather the 150,000!"
He prepared to head to the next lottery shop.
Uncle Zhang's shop had almost all the Scratch Cards checked by him, and with only the 2500 dollar Jackpot available, it was no wonder that there were so few people winning the Jackpot!
The odds were too low!
The nearest lottery shop was about 2 kilometers away. He scanned for an electric bike nearby since his little electric scooter was broken. Jin Biyao compensated him with 5000 dollars, allowing him to buy a new scooter.
So now, he could only ride a shared electric bike.
Two kilometers away, he arrived at a lottery shop. Upon entering, he found that there were quite a few people inside; four or five individuals were buying lottery tickets, while others were scratching Scratch Cards nearby.
When Lin Fan walked in, the owner greeted him warmly.
He told the owner that he was just browsing, and then he picked up some Scratch Cards from the counter and activated his X-Ray Vision.
With previous experience, he quickly scanned through the cards, setting aside those that didn’t seem promising. The prizes at this lottery shop weren't very large, but the odds of winning were relatively high.
One in three cards offered a ten-dollar prize, which only covered the cost.
After examining all the Scratch Cards in the shop, he found a total of three one-thousand-dollar cards and one five-hundred-dollar card.
To avoid drawing too much attention and not to be overly extravagant, he decided to buy thirty Scratch Cards at once.
Seeing him spend so generously, the owner cheerfully handed over the thirty Scratch Cards, and Lin Fan began scratching them right there.
A few minutes later, he held up several winning Scratch Cards and handed them to the owner. When the owner saw that he had won thirty-five hundred dollars, his eyes widened in shock.
The nearby Lottery Players also gathered around upon seeing this.
"What the hell! Thirty-five hundred? How did you do that?"
"Buddy, you hit it big!"
Everyone looked at him in disbelief.
"Buddy, can you teach me? Is there some trick to it?" Several Lottery Players surrounded him, eager to learn his method.
"My method is to buy 30 tickets at once and scratch them all!" Lin Fan replied.
"…"
The onlookers knew that he had bought 30 tickets at once and only won the Jackpot due to luck, so they immediately lost interest.
"So it was just luck; I thought he had some secret!"
Buying 30 tickets at once does indeed increase the chances of winning, and they could only envy Lin Fan's good fortune. Even the shop owner believed it was just luck.
After Lin Fan claimed his prize, he left.
"I need to find a place farther away; I can't be too close!"
He understood the principle of not drawing attention to himself; he couldn't be too outrageous, or he would attract unwanted attention.
With an average prize of three thousand yuan per lottery shop, gathering a total of one hundred fifty thousand yuan would likely require visiting many shops!
He then headed to a lottery shop several kilometers away, ready to make a big move!
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