Alligatorob
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Not hard to calculate that on average you will spend more than you win.
Anyone Play the Poweball?
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I rarely ever play so please let me have my dream for a few hours !
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There you go.... it's expensive to go see a movie. I haven't been back to a theatre/theater since 2011.If you look at it as an investment, then you will never play. If you look at it as entertainment, it's cheaper than going to a 2 hour movie. Plus you don't spent $20 on a bucket of popcorn.
Good luck!
Alligatorob
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No problem! I have to admit that when I go to Las Vegas I do occasionally venture into a casino. When I do I put $40 or $50 into one of the Megabucks slot machines. I always loose. I figure that way its over pretty quickly - I don't have to prolong the agony and if on the outside chance I do win, it will be a life changing event!
When I was younger I played a few more of the games. My most memorable experience was on a business trip to Vegas, I did no gambling until I got to the gate at the airport. I put all of the quarters I had into a slot machine and won a $2,000 jackpot, I was shocked, at first I did not understand why the machine had stopped working and started to make loud noises! Didn't realize I had won the big jackpot. Probably did not make up for all of my life time casino losses, but it might have come close. I got on the plane without gambling another nickel, mostly because it was boarding...
Don M.
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I buy a lottery ticket once or twice a week....once in awhile I win a free ticket. Most of the money goes to the state education system, so I just look at the lotteries as a "voluntary" tax which helps keep the property taxes low. The odds are ridiculously high, but I can dream.
I bought a few dollar tickets 20 or so years ago
Now, when I think about it, I just flush a dollar down the toilet
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Ladybj
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Be careful what you ask for, you just may get it You have to be in the mind frame to handle winning big...which most of you seem to be. I watch a show called "Lottery Change My Life" and the stories I heard of people wining big. Some people were worst off after winning. I think I will be ok if I won big - it will just be something added to my life because I am already grateful for all I have. I really don't need anything material. However, I would help others which you have to be careful it could backfire on you... speaking from experience.
You have to be in the mind frame to handle winning big...which most of you seem to be. I watch a show called "Lottery Change My Life" and the stories I heard of people wining big. Some people were worst off after winning. I think I will be ok if I won big - it will just be something added to my life because I am already grateful for all I have. I really don't need anything material. However, I would help others which you have to be careful it could backfire on you... speaking from experience.
Alligatorob
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Just the numbers I was going to play! Maybe I should enter.
rgp
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This last one was a biggie, was it not ?
Never heard if there was a winner.
Never heard if there was a winner.
I was wondering when was the next one, thanks. It must be on Wednesdays and Saturdays then.
I'll write it down so I don't forget. I have to write everything down now or I don't remember.