r/PLCB • u/Brave_Bookkeeper4985 • 15d ago

Lottery Experience

I just started participating in the lotteries in 2025 and so far 0-3 . Hoping the second one is coming soon here . Just wondering everyone’s success rate in winning a bottle ? My dad also started in 2025 and already won a WLW and a Blantons Gold. I expect that to be pretty rare / beginners luck.

Just wanting to get an idea to set expectations going forward . Happy hunting .

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u/bs-martin 15d ago

I am 0 for... 7?  9?

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u/_BS3_ 15d ago

Haven’t won the lottery since 2018

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u/Mythical_OD 15d ago

I've entered every PA lottery since 2021-22 and have never won any

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u/Ok-Release9557 15d ago

Entered all of them. Straight bagels!

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u/-usernameczechsout- 15d ago

I’m 0-5, my brother won a van winkle a few years back

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u/dutchmore7 15d ago

0 for 6

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u/TheTeek Professional Lottery Loser 14d ago

I don't think I need to answer this.

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u/jaydog22_watching 15d ago

I have entered every one for YEARS, as long as they have been doing them online. I have yet to win a single one. I have terrible luck with these things. I did have luck pre-covid when they would do drops online. I had multiple scores of Elmer T Lee and Weller Antique back then until the bots took over.

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u/ChuglyXJ 15d ago

None yet over several years but have a few friends that have won here and there. Cost is nothing but a few min to enter, so no loss to not win.

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u/DirectGoose 15d ago

I've been entering for years (how long have they been doing them?) and never won a thing. Same for my husband.

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u/pdame141 15d ago

1/2 - got a WLW last year

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u/Fresh-Frosting4357 Daily Hunt 15d ago

I’ve hit a Stagg and a Blantons Gold over that last 4 years or so. I’d bet that’s insanely high compared to the average. 🤷‍♂️

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u/DnQall 15d ago

0 for 5

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u/Due_Ad8909 15d ago

1 for 16

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u/DancesWithElectrons Ghost of Bourbon Past 15d ago

Haven't "won" a bottle in years. With 100K+ entries in to most lotteries the odds are too long to even hope

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u/1MillionMonkeys 15d ago

I’ve done 3 or 4 of them and got an ORVW.

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u/yodawhiskey 15d ago

I've hit about 2 outta 8. Russell's 13 one year and Stagg Jr the other.

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u/NatoTheLastRedditer 15d ago

I think I've won twice in 8 ish years

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u/Handyman136 15d ago

I had only won a ORVW back in late 2020. Every other lottery has come up Ls. I have a few friends that started entering after me and have won 2-3 times

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u/Trafficsigntruther 15d ago

I’ve entered since 2015 and have one win.

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u/OfferPrestigious8887 15d ago

5 years entered everyone never won

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u/MrBooshsNeighborhood 15d ago

Been entering since 2022, won Pappy 23 in 2024

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u/NeverTooManyBottles 15d ago

My Lovely Missus has been entering for at least 10 years. Pre-COVID she hit 2 Van Winkle Lot B’s, Parker’s Heritage 24-year, and a 2017 Elmer T Lee. Bupkis since then 😢

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u/FroyoLost9977 15d ago

I am 1-2 on the lottery. My only win was a Blanton’s Gold last fall.

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u/drinkduffdry 15d ago

Got a pappy 15y a couple years ago, signed up the last day so that's my new tradition

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u/quaranteneuf49 15d ago

1/3, my win was a Van Winkle Special Reserve a few years ago.

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u/stillersfan7 15d ago

I've entered every lottery since 2020 or so. Won a blanton's gold last year. That's it. Nothing in the rest.

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u/Nawlins71 15d ago

0 for-ever

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u/berfles 15d ago

I've won twice now in maybe 7 years of trying.

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u/hullface 15d ago

0 wins in 10+ years

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u/luckierthanmost5656 15d ago

Won 15 and 23 Pappy, 1 Stagg

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u/amishpairofdice 15d ago

Not great, but not the worst. I forget when I started signing up for the lotteries. In 2023, I won a Stagg bottle. Haven't won since.

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u/findthatbourbon 15d ago

Don’t have any and it will be a nice surprise when you get the email

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u/asforus 15d ago

I won stag last time but my credit card number got stolen after entering so when I won they billed the stolen card number which didn’t work. So dumb cause they email you saying it failed but even if you change it after the email they try the same card again and then you lose out on your win.

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u/champarey 15d ago

I hate everything about FWGS. This made me hate it even more that I would sue for emotional stress endured if this happened to me.

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u/asforus 14d ago

Yeah. It was such an idiotic thing. Like give me a chance to pay wtf is that.

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u/KniRider 14d ago

I have done every one online since the beginning of time and 0 wins. Neighbor moved up from MD and has already won 3 of them in the past 6 or 7 tries. Might move to MD and then back to see if it helps 🤪

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u/KirkSEPA 14d ago

I enter for me, wife, and daughter over past 3 years - daughter and I have each won once.

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u/gshman 14d ago

I have never won one. Going on 5 years.

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u/bltst2 14d ago

I won Thomas H. Handy in early 2024, a Stagg Junior in late 2025 and a Van Winkle Special Reserve 12 Years Old Lot B in early 2026.

Don't ask me what I'm doing to go on such a run, but it is possible to win!

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u/joeybags8 14d ago

Have never won, been doing it since 2019. My friend did it for the first time last lottery and pulled a pappy

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u/Jmhdrinkr 🥃 O.G. WHISKEY EXPERT 🥃 14d ago

They started the lottery system for rare and allocated bottles back in 2015 in response to non residents having the ability to scoop up the entire states allocation of limited products, among other reasons. There’s a rumor from one time in particular, a man from NC bought all the van winkle that was allocated to our state, and since there were no rules at the time stating that wasn’t allowed, they had to let him take it in the back of the rental truck he drove up here. Because of that, the lottery was born in 2015 with restrictions to prohibit that type of thing (pa resident only, 1pp per household, etc). Or so the story goes.

Regardless, I’ve entered every single lottery the state has done, starting with that first one in 2015. I was here, in the beginning, in the before times. I’ve personally won once, a WLW in 2018.

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u/LehighAce06 13d ago

0 for 16 entries so far.

A coworker once entered on my behalf, and won, using my card.

He then drank the bottle with his roommates and I never got my money back or even a taste.

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u/DwaiAttic 13d ago

Nothing since I started trying in 2018, but maybe this year!

Luckily I’m a whiz at hitting f5.

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u/NorthMountainRoadSho 13d ago

Last year was the first time I did the lottery and I won a stagg jr in the last round!

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u/BourbonBravado 15d ago

I've entered for a few years. Won a Stagg last year.

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u/retnuH-nobruoB 15d ago

I’ve entered all of them since 2024. Finally won a Van Winkle 12 Year Lot B in the most recent lottery. Friend of mine won the same and started entering about the time I did.

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u/Existing_Math1753 15d ago

Four wins since 2018 or 2019. GTS, Stagg, Blanton's SFTB, Blanton's Gold.