Do you play the lottery?

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Do you or have you ever played the lottery?

Personally, I have not. I am broke and the chances of winning are astronomical so it's better for me to just put my money into things that have a better chance of working in my favor, like gas to go to work or bills or what not. I don't like spending my money unless I know I'm getting something in return, I've never even been to a casino, haha.

Explain why you have or have not ;) All answers appreciated!

Yes. 12
Yes, I also play scratch-offs. 9
No, but I play scratch-offs. 6
No, but I have played lotto in the past. 1
No, but I have played scratch-offs in the past. 9
No, I do not participate. 29
What is lottery? 4
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  • Frosties
    12 years ago

    I have a strange relationship with lottery. I play it when I've had enough of work and want a way out, even while knowing that winning ten million or something would, in the end, make me unhappy and ruin my life.

    I play for the hope of a medium-sized prize. If I won a thousand, I could use half for bills, but also use the other half for a real luxury like a holiday. If I won five thousand, same deal but I'd have the luxury of a savings account. If I won twenty-five thousand, I could use it as a deposit on a house. But if I won more than a million, I would immediately give most of it away before it ruined my life and then used what was left as my little luxury.

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    • [Old Memory]
      12 years ago

      Have you ever won?

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      • Frosties
        12 years ago

        I think the most I ever won was about a hundred and, prior to that, eighty. Everything else has just been ten here and there. I haven't played for quite a while. I sometimes do when the prize gets up to 150 million or something, and then the odds (or expectation) favours the player.

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        • [Old Memory]
          12 years ago

          Wow, your really lucky the most I've ever gotten is $5. I see.

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      • iEatZombies_
        12 years ago

        Isn't everybody a winner in their own way? Hmm?

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        • [Old Memory]
          12 years ago

          True...c:

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  • wigsplitz
    12 years ago

    Occasionally, usually only if I have a couple dollars change from buying gas or whatever. I only buy scratch offs, maybe twice a month? I usually win more than I spend. Usually it's like $20 or $40 that I win. If I was losing all the time, I'd definitely quit!! I don't expect to win big, honestly, I just do it for fun and it usually pays off. People who play and 'need' to win or expect to win probably won't so I don't even think about it like that, like it's my destiny or something!! That's trouble!!

    I hate when I get stuck behind those people who come in to the store religiously and but a ton of lotto tickets. It's sad and annoying! Oh and some of them are so superstitious and get nasty if anything or anyone interrupts them buying their stack of tickets!! Man they can be vicious!!

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    • NeuroNeptunian
      12 years ago

      Yep, many a time have I gone into a gas station to pay for gas (cash prices are cheaper around here) just to get stuck in line behind some dude who probably needs his money buying 10-15 scratchers and only winning $5. Or playing power balls or what ever it's called.

      We had the largest mega millions jackpot in California history the other week. My buddy and I tried to go to the local 7/11 to get some snacks and the lines at all of the convenient stores looked like they were selling the cure for cancer, haha.

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  • Aleks85
    12 years ago

    What's the lottery? Do you mean a revolver to my head with one bullet? Yeah I do that every day.

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  • anti-hero
    12 years ago

    I won $640 million in the Mega Millions Lottery... Well I would have if I would have just had 5 more numbers right. I did have one number right and won $7. But I spent $20... So I lost $13, damn it.

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    • iEatZombies_
      12 years ago

      Was that your $7 on the bathroom counter? Ohh..... I'm sorry.. I thought it was toilet paper.

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      • anti-hero
        12 years ago

        Question one: Why were you in my bathroom?

        Question two: Who the hell are you?

        Also, I spent that $7 on lunch on the way home.

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        • iEatZombies_
          12 years ago

          Hmm... I musta been drunk.

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  • Ibelievethis
    11 years ago

    I've got no choice but to play lottery as I have set numbers and I'd never risk not playing and my numbers coming out. xx

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  • [email protected]
    12 years ago

    Uuually Pick3,pick4-ocaionally scatch offs,I also used to go to the racetrack or casino as well.

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  • Shackleford96
    12 years ago

    I do not partake in the lottery. The lottery here is just a scam anyway. The Arkansas scholarship lottery doesn't support me, so I don't support it either. I have bought a few lottery tickets for someone else before though, because they asked me to buy them when I was running some errands.

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  • Corleone
    12 years ago

    Isn't the lottery just a tax on stupid people?
    (stole this joke from Family Guy)

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  • Austalien
    12 years ago

    I get angry when someone gives me scratches instead of the money to buy them, Quote from family guy it's a tax on dumb people :)

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    I did play when I turned 18 just for the heck of it though, oh I also did the record lotto from a few weeks ago. But every christmas it's a tradition to play the scratchers.

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    • iEatZombies_
      12 years ago

      I bought a pack of cigarettes when I was 18.. Even though I didn't smoke.

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      • Shackleford96
        12 years ago

        Yeah, it's like "IN YOUR FACE SOCIETY, I'M LEGAL NOW!" Lol.

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        • iEatZombies_
          12 years ago

          That could def have been what I was thinkin. When I bought them I was nervous. Ha.

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          • Shackleford96
            12 years ago

            Did you get carded? I'll bet that was exciting :)

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            • iEatZombies_
              12 years ago

              That's what I was nervous about. I was like "What if they think it's fake?" I always looked a lot younger than my age. Ha.

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  • joybird
    12 years ago

    I buy my friends scratch cards to include in their Christmas and birthday cards but I've yet to ask anyone if they've won anything.

    I have also bought the odd lottery ticket if I've had the change but... I never check them and they are too far out of date for me even to cash if I did win.

    I feel that I have enough money to do me and would end up with a lot of false 'friends' that I wouldn't want if I did win, so that's why I rarely ever buy a ticket - maybe one a year.

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    I dont really play but I have been givin scratch offs. I think the highest I've ever won would be $5. I dont like to play because I dont think I have the luck to win. If my chances are slim in something I dont bother to waste my time because I know the outcome might be disappointing. My mom plays sometimes and when she loses it just makes my resolve stronger that this is a waste of time. The sad part is supposedly I have a lucky hand.

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    Rarely, but when I don't play and I watch the lottery on TV, the annoying thing which sometimes happens is that some of my numbers appear and I'd kinda flip out knowing that I could have won some money.

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  • Avant-Garde
    12 years ago

    When I was a kid, my family would get me scratch offs. I never won anything high. It usually around 5$ or less.

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  • myownopinions
    12 years ago

    I voted, I have played scratch-off in the past, but I probably will sometime play it in the future, too. It's just that I only play it inconsistently (like once every few years or a few times in a month). I guess that means that you could change my vote to the second option.

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