Who all here play's the Lottery ?

[Flench]

I was playing the Power Ball for a while and all I havve ever hit was $100 bucks . I know a few of my friends have started playinng the scratch off's and have done real well . Had one friends father hit for $150K .. I play in TN lottery and form looking at there web site the only scratch off's with any or better odd's are the Jumbo Bucks one .. Been playing those dor two weeks now and all I have hit is a free ticket , err. Form watching some Youtube video's they say it's best to buy them 10 at a time that I have not been doing . I get like five every weekend . So what  do you guys think of playing the lottery or the scratch offs ????? Anyone ever had any luck here in our group ?

[Serenity]

I've bought two or three for myself over the years, and when my dad was still in Hawaii, he would have me buy them for him. Consistently won $2 or $3, but never more.

After a run of REALLY bad luck with broken jets, I was told I should go buy a lottery ticket because my luck MUST be turning... wouldn't you know, the gas station that sells them in town was closed that day lol.

[Flench]

After a run of REALLY bad luck with broken jets, I was told I should go buy a lottery ticket because my luck MUST be turning... wouldn't you know, the gas station that sells them in town was closed that day lol.

OH NOOOOO

[Skuzzy]

I was standing in line behind a guy who bought a scratch-off.  I asked him (while he was scratching it) how much he had won on those, and he said, "Occasionally, I get some......oh crap! oh crAP, oh CRAP, OH CRAP!!!!!".

As he was shoving the ticket under the nose of the cashier yelling "Oh crap", over and over again.  She looked at it and told him where he had to go to collect it.

After he walked out (still shouting "oh crap"), she turned to me and said, there goes "1.5 Million".  On a $20 scratch off.

That is the closest I have come to winning the lottery.

[Flench]

I was standing in line behind a guy who bought a scratch-off.  I asked him (while he was scratching it) how much he had won on those, and he said, "Occasionally, I get some......oh crap! oh crAP, oh CRAP, OH CRAP!!!!!".

As he was shoving the ticket under the nose of the cashier yelling "Oh crap", over and over again.  She looked at it and told him where he had to go to collect it.




After he walked out (still shouting "oh crap"), she turned to me and said, there goes "1.5 Million".  On a $20 scratch off.

That is the closest I have come to winning the lottery.

OH WOW !

[Shuffler]

I think Skuzzy killed the thread. 

[Zoney]

I was standing in line behind a guy who bought a scratch-off.  I asked him (while he was scratching it) how much he had won on those, and he said, "Occasionally, I get some......oh crap! oh crAP, oh CRAP, OH CRAP!!!!!".

As he was shoving the ticket under the nose of the cashier yelling "Oh crap", over and over again.  She looked at it and told him where he had to go to collect it.

After he walked out (still shouting "oh crap"), she turned to me and said, there goes "1.5 Million".  On a $20 scratch off.

That is the closest I have come to winning the lottery.

Just for the record, were you planning on buying a ticket then also.  In other words if he had not bought it would it have been yours?

[Skuzzy]

Just for the record, were you planning on buying a ticket then also.  In other words if he had not bought it would it have been yours?

Had not planned on buying that ticket.  I play a little "All of Nothing" and usually that is good for $10 to $50 at a time.

[AKQwik]

I once didn’t win $250,000.00 years ago on Fantasy 5.  My wife and I played the same numbers every week.  Our dog died and we didn’t go out to buy a ticket that week. Numbers came in.  One more tragedy that week and I could have written a country song.

I had a Neighbour 30 years ago who won $3,000,000.00 in the NY Lottto.  I think it was about $80,000.00 a year for 20 years.

[zack1234]

I won £65 million on a scratch card and play AH to see how the lower orders are doing 

[morfiend]

My wife's aunt and uncle have won the lottery not once but twice! First win was some secondary prize of around 150K,then about a year later,maybe longer they hit a jackpot of 3+ mil!

   I rarely play myself,I will buy a ticket when the prize climbs to over 20 mil. Personally I think it's just another form of taxation,but you have to have a ticket if you want to win.....

  In Canada they dont tax the prize but you have to pay taxes on the interest earned!


   

[MiloMorai]

Never won anything of note, just free tickets or $10s. Know 3 people that have won big: friend I grew up with won the 649 years ago as did a neighbour plus a guy I worked with at one time.

[JTs]

I live in Las Vegas. Nevada doesn't have a lottery. Dang

[Flench]

I live in Las Vegas. Nevada doesn't have a lottery. Dang

Same here in Mississippi . We have the casinos but no lottery . I have to go over the state line to get my tickets in TN .

[Tec]

I like to play a Crossword ticket once in a while, but it's mostly a just for fun thing.  They take a while to play and always make it so your ticket looks like it could be a winner right up until you scratch to reveal the final letter and get boned by a Q or V.  You can spot the true degenerate gamblers by the way they play.  They'll but 10 or 20 tickets at once and rather than play the game they just scratch the side off because they know the codes for winners vs. losers.