stroh
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Lottery Players?
« on: December 10, 2007, 08:33:29 PM » |
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Anyone here into it? I have always played the occasional Power Ball "when it gets big enough" Like starting out at 15 million isn't "big enough" for me. I should have bought more tickets. I always forget.
There are now 3 lotteries here. (well prolly have been for a while, but like other things, I'm oblivious) I'm gonna start playing.
Time to start paying my fair share of "the tax on the poor"
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Re: Lottery Players?
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2007, 08:35:11 PM » |
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Re: Lottery Players?
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2007, 08:36:58 PM » |
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We usually buy a ticket when we're in Idaho, but we don't make a special trip.
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Re: Lottery Players?
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2007, 08:37:50 PM » |
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We have to drive about an hour to Idaho to get tickets, so we only play when the jackpot are up there and I can convince my wife to make the drive.
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gleek
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Re: Lottery Players?
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2007, 09:04:33 PM » |
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I may spend a buck or two on the SuperLotto game on the few occasions in which I might have to go into the foodmart while pumping gas, but it's only if the payout exceeds the 41 million-to-1 odds. (Like it really matters.  ) |
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Re: Lottery Players?
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2007, 09:09:38 PM » |
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I sometimes buy Powerball tickets, but only after the payout exceeds $100 million. I mean, what am I going to do with only $50 million? Not even worth my while to claim it.
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Re: Lottery Players?
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2007, 11:17:19 PM » |
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Not me. I don't give my money to the Vegas lot either. My wife takes the money she would put into the lottery, throws it into a jar, and takes the jar to Vegas every year. I watch her have fun pissing it away, until she tells "The Cooler", me, to get lost and go get some sleep.
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Re: Lottery Players?
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2007, 05:24:18 AM » |
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I do when the purse gets large.
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PaunchyBald
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Re: Lottery Players?
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2007, 05:25:41 AM » |
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I'll play if I think about it. Maybe a dollar or two a month........If I remember.  |
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Uisce Beatha
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Re: Lottery Players?
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2007, 07:30:12 AM » |
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Never have as far as I remember.
Someone in my family won a seven figure payout about five years ago.
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stroh
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Re: Lottery Players?
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2007, 07:32:15 AM » |
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Never have as far as I remember.
Someone in my family won a seven figure payout about five years ago.
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Re: Lottery Players?
« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2007, 08:01:09 AM » |
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Probably $15-$20 a year. I'm one of the 'wow the powerball is getting big I better get a ticket' players. My parents are diligent though - $2.00 every Wednesday and Saturday playing the same 2 sets of numbers for as long as the powerball has been in MN. They've won $100 a couple of times IIRC.
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Spartan
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Re: Lottery Players?
« Reply #12 on: December 11, 2007, 08:45:15 AM » |
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I buy lottery tickets whenever I get sick of my job, usually just $2 at a time. It's worth $2 to dream for a few days about being able to stop working.
Sometimes I look at it as my early retirement plan.
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Re: Lottery Players?
« Reply #13 on: December 11, 2007, 12:06:24 PM » |
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Normally, I'm something of an optimist, but when it comes to the lottery (or really any other gambling games), I don't really believe I'll win more than I put in. So, I don't bother playing. In Vegas, I'm one of those folks that finds the change machines to be the most fun. Guaranteed payout! |
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Re: Lottery Players?
« Reply #14 on: December 11, 2007, 12:21:04 PM » |
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Not me, although my mom is really into buying tickets.
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