I'm not much of a gambler. Don't get me wrong - I enjoy going to a casino and wandering around with my husband. Jon is the one with an affinity for the one-armed bandit. I may drop a few quarters on a couple of slots for the heck of it, but I'm just not a card player and know better than to try to beat the odds of the roulette wheel.
My idea of a fun day at the casino is checking out one of the restaurants, then walking around watching the Blue-hairs with their buckets of nickels alternately filling and emptying. Well, more often the latter, but people get lucky occasionally. That's the gamble.
I can't say I don't have a game of chance of choice. I have a couple, as a matter of fact. The second choice is horse racing, but when our preferred track stopped its brunch buffet, the spark of interest was gone. My prime choice is the lottery. Sometimes I like the state lottery - especially if it has a large payout. We can pick our own numbers or have them picked automatically. If you play the same numbers over and over, you may eventually win something.
My preferred poison is scratch-off tickets.
Here's my problem with the lottery: you can't win unless you play. You can't play unless you spend some money. Therefore, you can't win unless you pay out. You may have noticed that scratch cards are starting to cost a pretty penny. Sure, you can win anything from $1.00 to thousands of dollars. Is it worth paying a dollar or two, up to $25.00 just for the chance to win? I tend to enjoy being able to show something for the money that is spent, other than a piece of card stock with only two matching symbols.
I've found the answer to my problem in an app I discovered completely by accident.
I'll admit, I like getting things for free. I have played plenty of games with in-game purchases. Almost every free app on the market has this option - this is how the companies make the money to improve the games and keep them on the market. Plenty of other freebies are surrounded by paid ads that help fund them so we don't have to. Remember that important point the next time you complain about the pop-ups that are so frequently cursed in every free-to-play gaming forum. I'll pay money to a game or company that I REALLY like, otherwise I'll be the first to find the tab to earn free in-game credit.
It was in the process of earning credit in another app that I came across Lucktastic.
Lucktastic is a very straight-forward application. This free app gives you a selection of scratch-off cards to, well, scratch off. There are tickets giving a chance to win up to $1000 in cash. Though you may not always win the money, every ticket is a winner. Each cash ticket also has a bonus box with a hidden amount of tokens. Tokens can be earned easily throughout the app, but the scratch tickets are the easiest way. Some tickets are completely for tokens.
What are these tokens? Every user starts off with a small pot of tokens in their bank. These tokens can be used for several purposes. You can do anything from "purchasing" additional tickets that reward more tokens to entering monthly giveaways for prizes ranging from gift cards to a Playstation Vita or a Kindle Fire. Those are a couple of the prizes for this month, anyway.
There is also a section with rewards on which you can spend your tokens.
They can simply be earned by watching ads (my preferred method), trying apps or filling out surveys and offers.
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Wait a minute! I also mentioned cash, didn't I? It's true. Should you be lucky enough to win cash, Lucktastic offers a couple of trusted ways to redeem it. If there's $5.00 or less, you can get it "instantly" through Dwolla - an app that will send the money to an account you set up with them and can be transferred to your bank/credit union account for free. Dwolla will allow you send any amount, but 5 or less is free. Anything above costs a whole $0.25. Details are at dwolla.com. Rewards of $10 or more can be sent by check and $100 or more sent by Visa Gift Card.
I know I sound like an advertisement for this app, but it's only because I really like it. I've been using it for the past two weeks and have had at least 3 winning tickets in addition to the bonus token rewards. I've won $5.00, 50 tokens and 250 tokens. In addition, by playing every day I've received plenty of bonus tokens and been rewarded bonus entries into several monthly drawings.
The only negative aspect I've come across is the ads. As I've said before, this is how the company gets the money to pass on to its winners. I personally don't mind watching a 30-second commercial before scratching off a possible cash winner. On the plus side, this is only for the cash rewards.
Check it out for both Android and iPhone. You can get new tickets every morning and every evening. I've had a lot of fun trying for a chance to win and I hope you do, too.
*I am not a representative or paid sponsor of Lucktastic, Dwolla, Android or Apple. My opinions do not reflect those of these companies or their employees. I just really like this app and if Lucktastic wants to pay me, I will gladly keep promoting their product. :)
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