Would you win the lottery?

[Kid Presentable]

Well, would you?

[camo]

I'd like to win it.

But I don't buy the tickets so, no I wouldn't win it.

[MC Moot]

The lottery is really just a tax on the poor...but I buy a ticket every Friday...If I won I think I'd be embarassed but I'd become a full time philanthropist...(y)

[Lex Diamonds]

If I bought a ticket and was given the choice to have either a winning one or a losing one then yes, I would win the lottery.

[camo]

What if it was a willy wonker winning ticket?

[paul jones]

I buy a ticket every Wednesday and Saturday because it is important to at least try and escape having to work forever

[camo]

I buy a ticket every Wednesday and Saturday because it is important to at least try and escape having to work forever

amen to that brother :D

[paul jones]

amen to that brother :D


*high 5*

[camo]

*chest bump*

[Guy Incognito]

i am a slave to the lottery as I have the same numbers - i should just do lucky dips but i am convinced thats an even bigger con.

Might do the Euro millions this week as its £95 million jackpot that must be won, although i dont know why as i have prolly got even less chance than normal of winning it!

[abcdefz]

The lottery is really just a tax on the




...foolish.

[MC Moot]

Yeah the fuck'n lottery is foolish ,I concur...particularily the lack of responsibility in making the consumer aware of the odds...look who's playing,look who's losing and look at who's profiteering...

[abcdefz]

In California, the governor wants to privatize the lottery. Imagine how exploitive that will get.

[MC Moot]

You buy a case of beer the Gov warns you of the implications of it's useage,you buy a deck of smokes,the same...when you buy a lotto ticket you should recieve a similar,easily interpretted warning as to the facts...particularily while the Gov is the regulating and administrative authority of said product... (n)

[abcdefz]

Actually, I don't think we have warning labels on alcohol, which is kind of a shame. Yeah, most people know that alcohol and cigarettes are
bad for you, but the symbolism is appropriate, I think.

[Guy Incognito]

Yeah the fuck'n lottery is foolish ,I concur...particularily the lack of responsibility in making the consumer aware of the odds...look who's playing,look who's losing and look at who's profiteering...

I dont trust the organization or the way its all divided up but i suppose i am one of the foolish who put a coupla quid a week is ok to have a very small chance of winning bigstyle.
You never know you might still win a tenner or summat.
After 15 years of playing i am massively down in money terms but i suppose i am totally conditioned into putting me numbers on(and me dad's which i inherited!).

Never mind - i could be writing from my big gold house tomorrow!:rolleyes:

[MC Moot]

I dont trust the organization or the way its all divided up but i suppose i am one of the foolish who put a coupla quid a week is ok to have a very small chance of winning bigstyle.
You never know you might still win a tenner or summat.
After 15 years of playing i am massively down in money terms but i suppose i am totally conditioned into putting me numbers on(and me dad's which i inherited!).

Never mind - i could be writing from my big gold house tomorrow!:rolleyes:

I'm the same,it's become purely habit a buy a newspaper and my ticket every Friday...it's bizarre but when I miss buying it for the Fri night draw if feel like I've messed up,same with missing the Fri paper cause then I have no T.V guide for the following week...maybe a touch of OCD...:o

At least here a percentage goes to funding Health care initiatives MRI's,diagnostic equip,children's hospitals...but I believe a LARGE amount of the public believe that all the coffers go to good or socially beneficial causes....wrong!

[AceFace]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2312/1906980155_6e4518b662.jpg
w00t! sometimes it's fun!

[MC Moot]

It sure can be!...Aceface,me and the International Association for Appreciation and Protection of Groundhogs,North American Chapter....4 Eva...:D

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/groundhogwinner.jpg

[Yetra Flam]

my mother won it once, when i was a kid. she only won a couple of thousand, but it was still cool. she still buys lottery tickets now even though now statistically she has probably not so much chance of winning again.

[trailerprincess]

I play once in a while. Actually, I bought a ticket at the weekend and haven't checked it. Let me do that now.

I might not be back on here if I have won.

[trailerprincess]

I'm back. One number out of 6, almost a winner!

[MC Moot]

If I think about the odds and the payout it continues to make less sense...

Out of 7 numbers

Match Prize Odds/$2 Play

7 of 7 Share of 73% of Pools Fund* 1: 20,963,833

6 of 7 + Bonus Share of 5% of Pools Fund* 1: 2,994,883

6 of 7 Share of 5% of Pools Fund* 1: 76,791

5 of 7 Share of 17% of Pools Fund* 1: 1,280

4 of 7 $10 * 1: 60.6

3 of 7 + Bonus $10 * 1: 65.5

3 of 7 Free Play

Will this stop my habit?...hell no...I win free tick quite often $10 bucks a few times a year and once $70...:o

[TurdBerglar]

what's the proper etiquette for when someone gets you a scratch ticket for a gift and it's a winning ticket... a substantial win

[mikizee]

take the money give them a phone call and say 'thanks!! im rich!'

My aunt gave me a scratchie for my birthday and I won $1000, I offered her money but she wouldn't take it. I was pleased.

[taquitos]

what's the proper etiquette for when someone gets you a scratch ticket for a gift and it's a winning ticket... a substantial win

This is the central them of Larry David's film Sour Grapes.
If you haven't seen it you should, it will answer all your questions.

[TurdBerglar]

i can't stand larry david

[Kid Presentable]

Do any of you deserve it?

[Loppfessor]

I would in a heartbeat...they say money can't buy happiness but I"m already unhappy so why not be unhappy and rich. At least then I could use my millions to get revenge on my enemies

[Kid Presentable]

They do say sitting around being filthy rich and lazy is the best revenge you can inflict upon people you haven't bothered to tell.

[Guy Incognito]

Do any of you deserve it?

That can only be answered when i win it to find out what effect it has on me and what i do with it. I have some plans if i ever do but whether the shock gets to me is something i wont know until next saturday!:rolleyes:

[Yetra Flam]

I think i deserve it, and that i would handle it well.
actually, any more than like 50 grand would freak me out. I wouldn't know what to do with it.