Mega-Million Fever..??Hit anyone else?

[sandman2234]

I *^&%$& hate the lottery.

People who don't have the money waste it to the state because it's legalized gambling, most of the money raised never gets to the intended reason pushed by the state, but to line peoples pocket, and worst of all, ANY time I want to pay for gas I get behind some guy that has to take 10 *&%$*&% minutes to figure out what he wants to buy or he's trying to collect on $2.

That is why they created "pay at the pump"... so you wouldn't get in the way of the Lottery customers with your gas purchase.
I didn't buy any lottery tickets today, cause it was that time of the month for my truck... the time I have to put fuel in it. It did pretty good this month, only $115 to fill it up, which was about fifty less than I expected!
David from jax

 

[caver]

I've never bought a lottery ticket but I would like to thank all of you for paying a voluntary tax.

:thumbsup::laughing: Glad to hear I'm not alone. I've never bought one either. Ex girlffriend gave me a scartch-off one time. It was a loser.

 

[JDgreen227]

Anybody remember the thread I started asking if anybody had ever won money by gambling?

For some reason, my wife wants to go out and buy lottery tickets today...the problem is, if she did win anything she would go out and blow the money on useless crap like clothing, shoe, craft stuff, etc. So I hope she DOESN'T win anything.

 

[MossflowerWoods]

I bought a single $1 quick pick last night with my gas at the local joint.

What the heck, why not...

I hope a TBN'er wins it, that would ROCK!

David

 

[Ken45101]

I have my tickets.

The only thing money can't buy is poverty.

Jim

That's not really correct. From what I hear, a significant number of people who hit it rich eventually end up declaring bankruptcy.

I've never bought a lottery ticket but I would like to thank all of you for paying a voluntary tax.

I agree :thumbsup:

I have never lost a single dollar on any lottery....that's because I have never spent/wasted a single dollar on any lottery.:laughing: But it's fine with me if other people want to voluntarily contribute to the politicians' reckless spending.

 

[JDgreen227]

We just got home from Speedway...wife spent $10 on the lottery. They had a sign posted near the registers that said the lottery ticket buyers there won $71,048 in 2011. Made me wonder how much they WAGERED on tickets...

 

[Ken45101]

We just got home from Speedway...wife spent $10 on the lottery. They had a sign posted near the registers that said the lottery ticket buyers there won $71,048 in 2011. Made me wonder how much they WAGERED on tickets...

On average, probably twice that much. The lotteries are psychologically designed to take your money and give half back on average. Play it long enough and you are sure to lose.

The only real winner is the state and the politicians. Well, the stores make some money off of it too. Everybody wins....except the players.

 

[mjarrels]

Not buying a ticket. Life would be horrible winning that much money.

mark

 

[RollingsFarms]

That is why they created "pay at the pump"... so you wouldn't get in the way of the Lottery customers with your gas purchase.
I didn't buy any lottery tickets today, cause it was that time of the month for my truck... the time I have to put fuel in it. It did pretty good this month, only $115 to fill it up, which was about fifty less than I expected!
David from jax

That "pay at the pump convenience" costs me an additional $.06 per gallon because I have to use my debit/credit card and the stores whine that they have to pay a fee even though they are the ones who inconvininced me in the first place giving precedence to lottery players over customers who were in line making larger and more expensive purchases. Sorry but it just hasn't been very convenient for me.

 

[Agrantina]

I bought mine!- I look at it this way- this is the only time I ever have a chance to own 5,000 acre farm in every state!:thumbsup: Naa just would like one big farm!

AndyG

 

[sal64]

uncle sam is happy that its so high.

 

[seymojo536]

I look at it this way. I will go and pay 12 bucks at a movie to suspend disbelief for 90 minutes. When the Lotto gets to giraffe money, I can pay a couple of bucks and have a couple of days of fantasy what-ifs.

Like going to my family reunion and setting up a table and then writing everyone a check to get them out of debt. (One time deal, no coming back for seconds)
And then setting up several full ride scholarships.
Oh, and paying all expenses for the local churches for the next 20 years.
Starting a bank(like in "It's a Wonderful Life") and making loans on a man's character and a handshake.
I do get my money's worth.

 

[EarPlug]

They just announced that this drawing will be for $640 Million!

 

[CAgnoli]

Like everyone else, I'll buy one ticket.

Sadly, the lottery really is just a poor mans tax. It went from 540 Million to 640 Million at 10AM this morning.

I just hope no one mortgages their house for tickets.

 

[rekees4300]

The odds of winning are 1 in 175,000,000 and the jackpot is 640,000,000 so actually this is a good bet!

There is a guaranteed way of winning the jackpot. Just bet all of the 175,000,000 numbers. So if you have an extra $175,000,000 you wanna invest to make $640,000,000 now is the time! The only problem would be if others also hit the jackpot. Then you may not get your $175,000,000 back. details..details

 

[brin]

The odds of winning are 1 in 175,000,000 and the jackpot is 640,000,000 so actually this is a good bet!

There is a guaranteed way of winning the jackpot. Just bet all of the 175,000,000 numbers. So if you have an extra $175,000,000 you wanna invest to make $640,000,000 now is the time! The only problem would be if others also hit the jackpot. Then you may not get your $175,000,000 back. details..details

There is a couple of other problems...with your $175,000,000 buy of lottery tickets...#1 - You would use more tickets than there are available...#2 It would take you 28 yrs. to fill out all the lotto tickets to cover every possible number...I heard that on the news this AM...

 

[sandman2234]

The odds of winning are 1 in 175,000,000 and the jackpot is 640,000,000 so actually this is a good bet!

There is a guaranteed way of winning the jackpot. Just bet all of the 175,000,000 numbers. So if you have an extra $175,000,000 you wanna invest to make $640,000,000 now is the time! The only problem would be if others also hit the jackpot. Then you may not get your $175,000,000 back. details..details

Hmmmm, you just spent how much CASH (already taxed and clear) to win a chance at winning ONE amount equally divided between all the other people who spent a dollar to get a chance at it and people my sister who when and if they ever buy a lottery ticket buy two of the same so that IF their numbers ever win, they will make sure that they get MORE than one share. Not sure if any of that makes sense but to each his own.
As far as you guys that are "daydreaming" with how you will spend your piece of the big prize, consider what that big farm is going to cost you and make sure you save enough money to keep it going, with inflation also. Tractor maintance isn't cheap either, so don't forget to save some for that too!
David from jax

 

[rekees4300]

There is a couple of other problems...with your $175,000,000 buy of lottery tickets...#1 - You would use more tickets than there are available...#2 It would take you 28 yrs. to fill out all the lotto tickets to cover every possible number...I heard that on the news this AM...

Good points...a logistical challenge for sure :laughing:

 

[sandman2234]

That "pay at the pump convenience" costs me an additional $.06 per gallon because I have to use my debit/credit card and the stores whine that they have to pay a fee even though they are the ones who inconvininced me in the first place giving precedence to lottery players over customers who were in line making larger and more expensive purchases. Sorry but it just hasn't been very convenient for me.

Yeah, I see this extra charge being passed on to the consumer all the time. As far as the company I work for, they negotiate their way out of those charges in advance. The little guy like you and I have to do the only other sensible thing (other than riding a bicycle) which is to shop around for a store that doesn't pass those costs on (directly). Luckily those costs are still being absorbed around here, rather than being passed directly to the pump user.
David from jax