Yeah,, people say odds this odds. that. It doesn't hurt to play lottery .. it does hurt if your addicted like ****. I mean people buy Cigerettes. People die in car crashes.... i just bought a lotto ticket.. nothing hurt. Right now its the perfect time to buy a lotto ticket.. because the winnings are high.. and yes,, people actually win..
So I bought a Lottery ticket.
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My office goes in on a $5/each pool when the pot hits $150 million. I feel "forced" into be part of the pool because the worse feeling would be for my 9 co-workers to walk off the job because they just won $16 million a piece. I would never get over that
^^^^ That happens often. Especially for the Second place price.
Nope, not at all. $10M split 3 or 4 ways is better than the weekly $1M split 1.5 to 2 ways, and I've still got the same chance of being in the winning pool.quote:
Originally posted by moribundman:
So you believe your chances are better when the stakes are really high?
Even though the odds of winning are approachign zero, they are infinitely better if you have a ticket than if you don't.
We just use $10M as the point at which we get into that pool...it's a waste of money and we know it.
Winning beats losing. I have a hard time believing that any of the previous winners did not actually have to buy a ticket.
I used to buy the odd lottery ticket. It does give you a bit of a "what-if" thrill. But then I thought of where the money was going: half is a voluntary tax contribution, and the other half goes to someone so they can quit their job and live off the rest of us working. So no more lotteries for me!
Shannow hits the nail on the head. Sure the odds are there that you'd share the huge prize with others at the approximate numerical odds the game runs but you also could luck out and get the whole thing. If it grows to 200 million that probably exceeds the numerical odds so it's a better time to play.
It grows week-to-week without any winners, so it's foolish to bet when the grand prize is small.
It grows week-to-week without any winners, so it's foolish to bet when the grand prize is small.
The Lotto buys you hope..I've played so long that I'm out of hope..I need to win the big one just to break even..
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Even if the odds of winning are extremely slim, someone does win almost every draw, so it does happen! My mom knows someone who won $250,000. I'd sure be happy with that! (it would wipe out all my debts)
I've been playing the lottery since about 1983 or 1984. I've won mostly smaller prizes like $10, $80, $100, etc. But my luck was pretty good this summer, I won $200 in the weekly 50/50 draw at my work.
Even with the long period of time that I've been playing, I haven't lost hope. Every night when there is a draw I think about what I'd do with the winnings. It could happen!
I've been playing the lottery since about 1983 or 1984. I've won mostly smaller prizes like $10, $80, $100, etc. But my luck was pretty good this summer, I won $200 in the weekly 50/50 draw at my work.
Even with the long period of time that I've been playing, I haven't lost hope. Every night when there is a draw I think about what I'd do with the winnings. It could happen!
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