Talk:Homer Buddha/@comment-25144540-20140715165753/@comment-25021853-20140716093115

Interesting theory, and quite likely. I noticed the same thing, getting a lot of big prizes, especially Donuts early on, but less and less as I leveled up. Similar thing with the free Mystery Box we get every 5 days, great stuff including Homer Buddhas early on but less so now, and I used to get plenty of free Donuts while visiting neighbors right after I first maxed out my Friendship Level, getting as many as 6 one day, but sometimes get ZERO some days, I even got no Donuts for 3 days in a row recently (I did get 4 Donuts on the 4th day though). At least the Bonus Levels max out at 10 Million XP, and I get 3 Donuts every time by making sure I have at least 100,000 Cash for the extra tries if I need them. Speaking of which, I've been experimenting, and it seems like I get 3 Donuts on the first try most of the time if I pick the right box. It might just be random "luck" but I'm gonna keep picking the right one first and see if the trend continues.

The other "Beginners Luck" trend I noticed was with the Golden Scratch-R tickets. I used to buy a lot of them when there was a 50% kickback (at least via Amazon Coins) and I actually got 100 Donuts quite often, twice in a row one time, and averaged a better rate than buying the Boatload would get me. Eventually though my "Luck" started to wane and I went back to saving up to buy a Boatload of Donuts once a month or so (usually by first buying Amazon Coins in bulk for a 10% discount).