From The LotteryPost.COM:

“Lotologist” has amassed 250,000 used lotto tickets 

You know the saying, “one man’s junk is another man’s treasure.” It’s an axiom that Dennis Morse and nearly 900 other people around the U.S. apparently take to heart.

Morse is a collector. He collects a lot of things but is most passionate about one thing in particular: used scratch-off lottery tickets.

Like his fellow collectors, the 67-year-old retired U.S. Navy diver from South Mills calls himself a “lotologist.” It’s a handle adopted by the many ticket collectors who might be considered the world’s experts on scratch-off lottery tickets.

So what’s the attraction? For Morse, it’s the thrill of collecting and the aesthetic value of each ticket — some, like the Alaskan tickets, depict beautiful landscapes and wildlife. But, he adds, there’s no real rhyme or reason for why anyone collects anything.

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