The lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math. 
Lottery: anyone here play?
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My dad had a landlord that won $5,000,000 on a $20 ticket, he didn't know when to stop playing, I'd see him all the time down at the convenience store down the road or pulling up in the apartment parking lot with like $500-1000 worth of expensive scratchoffs, between his gambling problem and his poor choices in investment properties he seemed worse off 5 years later than before he won.
I don’t play the lotto. I give enough of my money to the government as is.
I believe my life's total lottery spending is $10.
I come from an anti-gambling family on both sides.
I drove somewhere with my girlfriend years ago and bought a "daily numbers game" ticket and selected 127 as the number as we had just driven 127 miles.
She gave me the dirtiest look as she too was from an anti-gambling family.
Years later I mentioned that negative reinforcement story to an uncle and he shoved it up my you-know-what as well.
No is my answer to the OP's question.
I come from an anti-gambling family on both sides.
I drove somewhere with my girlfriend years ago and bought a "daily numbers game" ticket and selected 127 as the number as we had just driven 127 miles.
She gave me the dirtiest look as she too was from an anti-gambling family.
Years later I mentioned that negative reinforcement story to an uncle and he shoved it up my you-know-what as well.
No is my answer to the OP's question.
I play when the PB or MM is over $300 million. I know the math is not in my favor. My rationale is the odds are roughly 300 million to one against me, so there has to be a potential dollar for every point.
I tell people it's not my retirement plan. But a sizeable win would be my early retirement plan.
It's a $2 dream, not life changing money.
I tell people it's not my retirement plan. But a sizeable win would be my early retirement plan.
It's a $2 dream, not life changing money.
In reality, the lotto is a tax on poor people. And they can least afford it.The lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math.
We also get scratchoffs when traveling. It's part of the road adventure.
We even won in Italy back in 2012. So for 1 or 2 Euros, we have a story to tell about winning the lottery in Florence.
We even won in Italy back in 2012. So for 1 or 2 Euros, we have a story to tell about winning the lottery in Florence.
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I don’t play the lottery on either Powerball or scratch off tickets.
But I do daydream of winning
But I do daydream of winning
I went to the Hollywood Casino Columbus with a friend once. He told me to get a card as new customers supposedly got $20 in free play. That promotion ended. I didn't spend one cent and saw my friend lose money on slots and the blackjack table.
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At least gas is cheap.
I'm a regular player and have been for years. Though I am certainly a net loser over time, the big wins came at a very opportune time. The biggest was 8/2012 when I hit $20,000. I had purchased 6 winners on different $10 tickets...all small. Then I bought a loser. The big win came when I bought the same ticket I had just lost on.
I'm a cancer survivor since 2008 and my doctor told me to play, because he said I had already won the lottery.
I'm a cancer survivor since 2008 and my doctor told me to play, because he said I had already won the lottery.
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$50, $30, sometimes $20 scratch offs have higher winning %.
I think it is ultimately a loser....
I think it is ultimately a loser....
Nothing, because after tax it is only about 2-3 years of salary so it goes into rainy day fund in case I got fired.
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Give the money to people who need it.
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Is electricity...
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I use my gas generator to charge my EV.
if you don't have a ticket, your cahngces are infinitely lower than someone with a ticket...The lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math.
I auto join in $20M+ draws, so maybe spend a couple hudred bucks a year.
Having just handed over a lottery win to one of the dumbest decisions made. it's nothing...
I do occasionally. My first lottery ticket, a win was in 1990 for $1000 which was a lot of money for me.
Of course the game is rigged, but if you don't play, you can't win.I don’t play the lottery on either Powerball or scratch off tickets.
But I do daydream of winning
