Lottery

[AU24K]

Do you play the lottery?
Powerball, Pick 3, scratchers, etc?
Ever win anything?
What's your favorite numbers?

Best Wishes,
Scott

 

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[njnydigger]

Not anymore. Used to play a lot. Matter of fact, used to play too much. Bordering on a problem if you catch my drift

I used to drive down to Atlantic City from Manhattan with a few thousand in my pocket and - most times - would leave without even enough to buy a bag of chips from the vending machine. I spent a lot of money and a lot of years chasing the easy thing. There were some high times, but, like most gamblers, you ALWAYS lose in the long term.

P.S. - Biggest hit I ever had was on a $5 scratch off. $10,000. Here's the kicker though. Anything over $500 and you have to take it to one of the local offices to redeem it. Versus just cashing it in at the store. Well, they also took out 37% in taxes. I wound up with about $6,300. Not bad, but, a drop in the bucket compared to what I've lost over the years

 

[truckinbutch]

Lottery is a voluntary tax on those who are not good at math .

 

[AU24K]

Lottery is a voluntary tax on those who are not good at math .

Thank you for my best laugh of the day!

Any gambler or math student will tell you that the lottery is a sucker's bet.

But, most people who buy a $1.00 Big Ball ticket has a few hours of dreams....(me included)

Scott

 

[mr_larry]

I came close once. In January of 2009 I got 5 out of 6 on the California Super Lotto. The jackpot was about $170,000,000. I missed by one number and wound up with about $1500. I still play. I mean someone has to win it.... Why not me?

 

[spartacus53]

My favorite numbers are the ones that would win me some money. Then again, I rarely play lotto, or even visit Atlantic City for that matter. It's much easier for me to take a nice ride and just toss my money out the car window

 

[ivan salis]

buy 1 ticket --cuz you gotta be in it to win it -- however playing more than 1 ticket per any game -- means your "betting" against yourself ---because for ticket "A" to win --ticket "B" has to lose ( not a sound way to play)-- so limit yourself to 1 ticket per game per play period --or do not play at all (some folks honestly should NOT EVER PLAY THESE GAMES-- and for the most part they know who they are--obsessive complusives) -- because then its not "gambling"--its working on becoming a mental illness.

 

[AU24K]

I guess the lottery et. al. is legalized gambling.
I prefer to play Bingo or poker. And NOT them dadgum video poker machines, but with real people sitting across from me...
More "Bang for the Buck."

Scott

 

[Iron Patch]

I did until I won my first thousand detecting.

 

[Frankn]

I don't gamble except for buying a power ball ticket each Mo.
You see I learned from experience, My father lost $10,000,000 playing the ponies!! He was a genius except for that one sickness!

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[Saturna]

Lottery is a voluntary tax on those who are not good at math .

It's also the triumph of hope over common sense. Welcome to the human condition.

 

[mainer]

Im not much of a gambler. I buy a scratch ticket once in a while, about 10 a year. I have got a $250 and $100 dollar winner on them. And I hit a slot machine once for $1199. Thats it for me.

 

[bigscoop]

I do ok.

 

[Zephyr]

I usually get 1 number (sometimes 2!) out of 6. I should start a blog to post the numbers I pick so that other players won't use them (and thereby increase their own chances) because my luck is so bad....

But then, I only play it twice a year....

 

[eboy1960]

hello i also played alot ,but im sure its rigged,its only purpose is for the state an goverments ,needs not ours,,

 

[Frankn]

well I goofed in my first post when I said I didn't gamble. I don't but I did once. I stopped by Sam's Club in Vegas because of their low, low, campground rates and their low, low, restaurant prices. I felt a kind of obligation so I decided to give them $20 in the form of a gambling "donation". I had noticed a large lady gambling on the quarter slot by the door when I came in. Her cup was almost empty when I went by so I got $20 in quarters and jumped on the slot she had been playing. I was down near the bottom when I hit it. The quarters over filled my cup. Almost $50 I left. I am probably one of the few that quit when they were ahead. I have never gambled since,lotto excepted.

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