General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Flench on May 09, 2017, 11:23:06 AM
Title: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: Flench on May 09, 2017, 11:23:06 AM
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 ?
Title: Re: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: Serenity on May 09, 2017, 11:25:49 AM
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.
Title: Re: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: Flench on May 09, 2017, 11:31:18 AM
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
Title: Re: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: Skuzzy on May 09, 2017, 01:54:30 PM
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.
Title: Re: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: Flench on May 09, 2017, 03:12:11 PM
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 !
Title: Re: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: Shuffler on May 10, 2017, 06:10:28 PM
I think Skuzzy killed the thread. :rofl
Title: Re: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: Zoney on May 10, 2017, 06:39:23 PM
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?
Title: Re: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: Skuzzy on May 11, 2017, 06:22:09 AM
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.
Title: Re: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: AKQwik on May 11, 2017, 07:17:12 AM
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.
Title: Re: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: zack1234 on May 13, 2017, 02:41:42 AM
I won £65 million on a scratch card and play AH to see how the lower orders are doing :)
Title: Re: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: morfiend on May 13, 2017, 02:46:05 PM
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..... :devil
In Canada they dont tax the prize but you have to pay taxes on the interest earned!
:salute
Title: Re: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: MiloMorai on May 14, 2017, 09:14:54 AM
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.
Title: Re: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: JTs on May 15, 2017, 07:55:32 PM
I live in Las Vegas. Nevada doesn't have a lottery. Dang
Title: Re: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: Flench on May 16, 2017, 06:33:59 AM
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 .
Title: Re: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: Tec on May 16, 2017, 08:05:01 PM
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.
Title: Re: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: guncrasher on May 17, 2017, 12:13:05 PM
used to play every week twice a week. but I would never check my tickets. when I collected a year's worth I knew it was time to stop playing.
semp
Title: Re: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: Flench on May 23, 2017, 07:07:51 AM
Semp , why did you not check your tickets ? You mite be worth millions .
Title: Re: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: Meatwad on May 23, 2017, 07:16:42 AM
As a kid I would look in the tops of trash cans and check the old scratch off tickets to see if anyone accidentally threw away a winner. You would be surprised how many I found that someone tossed out a winning ticket. Most I found at once was a $50 one.
Title: Re: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: ghi on May 23, 2017, 04:36:48 PM
Do you think is still ok to gamble on bitcoin madness at this price 2200$? Will it end as new world currency or ponzzi scheme? It doubled its value this month; today was trading @ 2800$ in Asia , while gold still sitting at 1200$/ounce.
"If you bought $100 of bitcoin 7 years ago, you'd be sitting on $75 million now"
I have not donated in awhile. I may buy some tickets tomorrow. :D
Going to this weekend . There is a guy on Youtube doing scratch offs and people are giving him money left and right . So , I am going to do a live scratch off channel every weekend and see what happens .
Title: Re: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: Skuzzy on May 24, 2017, 06:31:49 AM
Do you think is still ok to gamble on bitcoin madness at this price 2200$? Will it end as new world currency or ponzzi scheme? It doubled its value this month; today was trading @ 2800$ in Asia , while gold still sitting at 1200$/ounce.
"If you bought $100 of bitcoin 7 years ago, you'd be sitting on $75 million now"
That is the supposed valuation. Try to cash it out. :)
Title: Re: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: Ramesis on May 24, 2017, 02:03:21 PM
I was born in Las vegas (technically Nellis AFB) and was allowed or should I say played the slots until I was 9-10 yrs old!! LV is where I learned the odds are in the houses favor My bet is... the lotto is in the states favor :devil
Title: Re: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: ghi on May 24, 2017, 02:04:55 PM
That is the supposed valuation. Try to cash it out. :)
Maybe they are using it for a controlled crash, switch to one global currency, devaluate the $ and gold, after China and Russia hoarded all the gold from markets? :) I don't have any bitcoin, just watching the buzz, maybe I'll buy a couple , can't afford more. It's up +200$ / + 9.15% since yesterday :confused:,from approx. 2200 to 2420$. https://www.worldcoinindex.com/coin/bitcoin I'm sceptic also, but read in news today ,it could go up to 10k$ in a month, or 500k$ in few years.
Would be interesting to know who's behind it; I searched the wiki, interesting timming, was launched in 2009, after the financial crisis , ( alternative for financial crash ?! )the founder ,Satoshi Nakamoto seems to be just a fictional caracter and owns 20% of every coin; you don't just open 800 ATMs in every shopping mall across America and 100s more around the world , competting with national currencies without approval from higher authorities. https://coinatmradar.com
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
Title: Re: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: FBKampfer on May 24, 2017, 10:52:13 PM
I don't play regularly, but the guys in the kitchen regularly have a pool for anything 30mil and up. I occasionally get in on some of the really big pots.
Title: Re: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: Slate on May 25, 2017, 10:34:31 AM
Last week I won the lottery......................3$ and I spent $10 :rolleyes:
I still play $10 a week, entertainment I guess. My wife did win a pick 4, 20 years ago for $5000 probably paid that back by now. :x
Title: Re: Who all here play's the Lottery ?
Post by: Flench on May 25, 2017, 03:48:34 PM
I was born in Las vegas (technically Nellis AFB) and was allowed or should I say played the slots until I was 9-10 yrs old!! LV is where I learned the odds are in the houses favor My bet is... the lotto is in the states favor :devil
I worked at the Mississippi casinos for around 10 year's and the owner come in one day and told me look at it this way every person that comes through those doors is an automite loser of $55 dollars .So he makes 55 bucks on every person that comes in the door in the long run .