Do you gamble periodically?

I haven't bought a lottery ticket in decades. I won't be buying any now, mostly for religious reasons. Since I no longer drive, the most convenient way for me to get to our timeshare in Atlantic City, N.J., a casino town, is for me to take the casino bus. Passengers get a $30 slot credit included with the price of the round trip ticket (now $50). I only "gamble" with that casino credit; I never use my own money. The most I ever got back was $52, a couple of times I got $22 or $25, but usually it's around $18. I'm good with that.
 
One could say that I gamble every time that I take to the motorways. Having to drive at least ten mph over posted limits to keep up with the ”slow” traffic, I’ve won if I don’t come home maimed or dead…. 🙀
 

I've played the same number since the first lotto here in my state in the 1980's. I only buy the one ticket for each drawing and I'd love to quit but I'm firmly convinced that the first time I don't buy a ticket will be the week that number would have won $100 million.

Unfortunately, the biggest prize I've won was $150. I can't imagine how much in the hole I am. Usually, it's $5 once every couple of months or so.

I haven't been in a casino for years, but if I did, I'd probably drop a few dollars at the slots (I'd never go over $20). It's entertainment.
 
Not now, did at one time. Read many books on the subject. Learned to count a 1 to 8-deck shoe. Learned the proper way to play craps & win. Being OCD was a help & good in math. After all said & done I became bored with it all & quit. Haven't been in a casino in 10-12 years. Sports betting was fun but like everything else the odds were designed to beat you. Very, very seldom buy a scratch n sniff. Never play slots or roulette, horrible odds.

You finally figure out who pays for all the brass & glass in the casino.
 
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I buy a Lotto ticket weekly, Have a flutter on the horses on the weekend.
Last time I went to a Casino was 1992.
Nope. Spent time in Vegas several times, walked through a casino in the Bahamas, and never saw the enjoyment or need to gamble. The odds are always with the house. If you need proof look at the majestic structures in Las Vegas. As for the lottery, I see it as a tax intentionally placed on mostly the poor. Stand in line to pay for gas or merchandise while a the person at the register is serving those buying their lotto tickets on payday.

Don't get me started about lotto paying for education. Think about it. There was a huge surge in college attendance financed in part by lotto proceeds. This was followed by a surge of hiring and new construction of buildings on campus. Administrative costs of those schools ballooned. Then look what came next, state as well as private college tuition, room and board, and supplies grew exponentially. So how beneficial is the lotto, in my mind not so much.
 
I've played the same number since the first lotto here in my state in the 1980's. I only buy the one ticket for each drawing and I'd love to quit but I'm firmly convinced that the first time I don't buy a ticket will be the week that number would have won $100 million.

Unfortunately, the biggest prize I've won was $150. I can't imagine how much in the hole I am. Usually, it's $5 once every couple of months or so.

I haven't been in a casino for years, but if I did, I'd probably drop a few dollars at the slots (I'd never go over $20). It's entertainment.
I buy a 10 game lottery ticket every week and have done so for 44 years. Since I was old enough to participate.
This equates to $520 a year for 44 years. This totals $22,880.
It would be less that that because a ticket price 40 years ago would be a lot less than it is now.
One line of numbers I have played for all that time. 10, 18, 22, 31, 32, and 33.
Not come up as yet. Must be due. :LOL:
 
I'm not a gambler. I did though, grow up in New England where the dog track was a staple. I went several times as a teen.
I buy a lottery ticket once in a blue moon.
@Nathan I visited friends in Las Vegas in the eighties. No interest in the casinos but I thought the live modeling at the malls was just fascinating! 😊
 
My late husband loved a flutter on the horses. His favourite numbers were 8-6-9. It did win a couple of times on the Trifectas. Only a small payout. This went on for years and he finally gave up. He always told people 8-6-9 would win, one day. The sad part about it was when he finally passed, the date was Room 8, June 6th, 2009. 8-6-9. Who would have thought?
 
I'm on a road trip and spent last night at a small town casino hotel. I sat down at a slot and there were so many buttons every where I literally had no idea what to do. Went to a second slot and it had 3 rows instead of a single and you needed to choose which row to play. It took 2 dollars in quarters from me. Moved to a classic slot machine and it took another 3. I quit. It didn't even pretend like I had a chance, like giving me back a quarter.
 
everyday of my life with that extra cup of coffee ; extra spoon of sugar ; extra shake of salt - but heck who cares life is one big gamble - throw the dice daddy O - but do buy two lottery tickets a week - will let ya know when I'm coming around your way!
 
Maybe 5 times a year we go to a local casino and splurge about $60 or so each on the slot machines. But we actually don't enjoy it as much anymore as the one armed bandits have been turned into push button machines. And sometimes hubby will buy lottery tickets, me hardly ever.
 
Hell no! Like my mother, I'm a cheapskate. I don't waste money on gambling. Some where up in Heaven, my mother is saying to my father, "Hear that? He's blaming me for him being a cheapskate!" My father would probably reply, "You were a cheapskate. You never gave me any beer money!"
 
I live in casino town but don’t gamble. When my mom was alive and would come visit she liked to gamble and was lucky. When she visited I occasionally put 30 in a slot which I usually lost:)). I never played after she died.
 
Gamble at casinos typically twice weekly, win some lose some. It's those wins that exceed $1200.00 that add to our taxable yearly income that irk me a little. There is no impact on our finances since we planned our retirement around enjoying life the way we want to.
 
I'm 84 and at my age I have everything I could possibly need, so when gift giving times roll around my DH and DS both give me scratch tickets which I do enjoy! So for mothers day I got a whole bunch!They are going to last a long time!
 

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