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Scratch-off winners are chosen before tickets reach stores

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Your lucky quarter is completely irrelevant. The exact location of every single winning ticket is meticulously mapped out and tracked during the printing process, turning your thrilling moment of dramatic scratching into nothing more than revealing a fate decided by an industrial printer weeks ago.

Scratch-off winners are chosen before tickets reach stores
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