The way it works is the customer will tell the agent which kind he wishes to buy and how many. So the only information you are likely to get about the number of winners from a batch left in a bin would be based on your own purchases. A bin does not have to run empty before a new batch of pull-tabs is added to it. The store will have lots of bins from which to choose. In Alaska, pull-tab stores can be found in some small strip malls. Second, pull-tabs are printed in batches of about 3,000 to 10,000, with a specified number of each possible prize per batch. First, on a lottery ticket you scratch the card to see what you won, whereas on a pull-tab you pull up flaps on the card. There are two primary differences between lottery tickets and pull-tabs. I was told that 30% of net profits (gross receipts less cashout from winning pull-tabs and taxes) is supposed to go towards Alaska charities. The following information on pull-tabs is based on pull-tabs purchased and information gathered at a pull-tab store near the airport in Anchorage, Alaska.Ī pull-tab could loosely be compared to a scratch-off lottery ticket, in that both usually cost $1, are instantly resolved by the player, and a portion of the purchase price goes towards state-run projects or charities.