I was just curious if there could ever be a extreme or theoretical situation where it would pay to buy a few instant lotto tickets and take a crack at the big prize?

I was just looking at the illinois state lottory site and seen a few selected instant lotto tickets that has been in play for several months and "most likely" sold ten of thousands of tickets, but yet, all the Big Prizes still remain..One in particular for example is the $3 "Red Ribbon" game (see $3 games) where the LAUNCH DATE was June 6 of this year, but yet, 3 out of the 3 50,000 jackpot prizes remain(opposed to some that have all been hit in less time)..I was told they up-date this info once a week, so provided thats true the info should be accurate..I guess the best case scenario in this case would be where one of games has been on the shelf for several months and most(if not all) of the Top prizes remain? Nevertheless, its at least good to know whether or not your playing a games where all the top prizes have been won or not..I guess a few tickets wouldnt hurt right? Any thoughts? or is it just plain hopeless? The Pdf link is where it shows the Jackpot prizes that have been won and what remains..



http://www.illinoislottery.com/en-us/Instant_Games.html


http://www.illinoislottery.com/conte...teryPrizes.pdf