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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 1:06 am
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ed1
 
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Originally Posted by thepla
>>>I'm not sure but I think the excess ECV value needs to be used by the second ticket. For example, $500 ECV buys $200 tickets has $300 left. If the next ticket is less than $300 the remaining is lost. I've never had this happen but I seem to remember reading that rule.. I surely could be wrong on this one.
It may depend on the ECV, I've only gotten the normal ECVs from VDBs that have a 012 # on them. On those the excess value is retained (as that ECV under its 012 # and your WP#). I've used every one of those to purchase more than one ticket each.
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