Do you play the Lottery?

[Paulina]

Once in a while my husband will go to 7-11 and he'll dig out all of the used lottery tickets in hopes enter for a second chance. Most scratch offs here give you a second chance. Most people will scrap them after the first chance. So today he went to get more losing tickets. A lot of them if you will. Todays, pile was $10.00 - $20.00 for 1 ticket. Can you imagine plopping down a $20. just for 1 ticket? Geez. I guess folks have money to burn after all. Blows my mind.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

No!

 

[MoBeans]

When it gets to a billion dollars I will spend $5 just to be in the running.

 

[Trish]

I tend to buy a couple of tickets when the prize money is high so not every week. It's got to be over £1m for me to risk losing five quid though

 

[Disgustedman]

$15 a week is a small price to pay. But I prefer to play the state lottery, it's $5 every draw three draws is $15. Will I hit? (cross fingers) do I think I'll win? No I know the odds are too great against me, but if I don't play, then I wouldn't have a chance.

 

[chic]

Yes, I always have lottery tix. I don't spend a lot. I just play the state lottery game with the biggest jackpot. If you don't play, you can't win.

 

[Naturally]

Here in Alabama we don't have lotteries, horse/dog races or gambling ... not legally anyway.

I live only 25miles from the Florida line and will travel for mega this and power that when the jackpots are high.
Never win anything though. Well, won $2, maybe $4, last time I played.
That wouldn't even pay for gas to go get tickets.

 

[Wombat]

Lotteries are for people who don't understand maths.


I buy a ticket every fortnight.

 

[astralcat]

About twice a year I will buy a lottery ticket....just because. Sometimes I include one or two of those quick scratch tickets. Otherwise I stay away from lotteries only because I don't like the odds.

 

[jujube]

Unfortunately, yes. I have played the same number since the first lottery back in the early 80s. That's all I play and I'm firmly convinced the second I stop playing, that number will come up.

I just play Lotto, no other games and no scratch-offs.

 

[MACKTEXAS]

I bought them years ago and never won anything, so I'm done from now on.

 

[ChiroDoc]

Here in Alabama we don't have lotteries, horse/dog races or gambling ... not legally anyway.

I live only 25miles from the Florida line and will travel for mega this and power that when the jackpots are high.
Never win anything though. Well, won $2, maybe $4, last time I played.
That wouldn't even pay for gas to go get tickets.

Mobile has a popular dog track. I assumed there were others in the state, but maybe not.

 

[ChiroDoc]

I played the Louisiana State Lotto game for a bunch of years. I finally hit one week, 5 out of 6 numbers, which paid $4500+. I figured that was my win, so I haven't played it since. Mississippi finally got a state lottery, but I don't play it.

My wife likes to play the country-wide MegaMillions, or whatever it's called. I've told her that the odds of her winning are almost as long as if she didn't play at all.

 

[IrishEyes]

Virginia residents buy a ton of them. Gas Station I used to go to always had 5-10 people there dishing out bucks on them, scratching like mad on scratch offs and cashing in right away and calling out numbers for numerous tickets. Took forever to just pay for my gas.

 

[VaughanJB]

Just because of this thread, I did.

 

[Naturally]

Mobile has a popular dog track. I assumed there were others in the state, but maybe not.

In the early 80's when I lived in Mobile, I used to go to the dog track there, now and then.
Haven't been in over 40yrs. Thought they'd closed it.

Bunch of farmers had a horse track set up in Grand Bay, but that was illegal as heck.
You had to know somebody who knew somebody to get in back there.
Used to horse race on Saturdays. Again, been over 40yrs.

 

[horseless carriage]

A friend I know was out in Thailand and a couple of Thai girls suggested a threesome. Adding that it would be like winning the lottery....
To his horror they were right, they had six matching balls.

 

[OldOld]

I wouldn't be on this forum if I had won a lottery.

 

[dobielvr]

I spent $20 today on an assortment of scratchers and a couple of tickets.

 

[Bella]

No, I don't play the lottery. I've never bought a ticket.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I’m like @MoBeans, I buy a ticket when the PowerBall or mega millions jackpot offer record payouts.

It’s the price of a dream and my little contribution helps the person that wins.

 

[Fritz]

Nope it's a waste of money.

 

[OldOld]

Many years ago, my coworker
lived in another state where there was a power ball lottery. So I told her to buy one lottery ticket for me while she was getting hers. Of course later on she told me I didn't win.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Many years ago, my coworker
lived in another state where there was a power ball lottery. So I told her to buy one lottery ticket for me while she was getting hers. Of course later on she told me I didn't win.

I wouldn’t be too concerned unless she was the one that did win.

 

[papa tiger]

Virginia residents buy a ton of them. Gas Station I used to go to always had 5-10 people there dishing out bucks on them, scratching like mad on scratch offs and cashing in right away and calling out numbers for numerous tickets. Took forever to just pay for my gas.

They are sort of my pet peeve! The cards they want the guy at the counter can't see sometimes.
Metro Marts, Pay at the pump and leave is my thoughts. I don't go in them to pee anymore either.