The biggest waste of money, shaking my head!
@LeaPea2417 (36684)
Toccoa, Georgia
November 11, 2018 6:46pm CST
I have a very weird cousin who I learned spent 220 dollars on lottery tickets! Can you believe that? He was bummed because he didn't win anything. He wasted money that could have been spent on food, bills, even given to charity!
I would only buy 1 lottery ticket. That is all I could really afford and one is enough to waste money on.
It just disgusts me that anyone would spend that much on the lottery!
Do you know anyone who has spent that much on the lottery?
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@xander6464 (41011)
• Wapello, Iowa
12 Nov 18
When I was in college, I worked at a gas station/convenience store over the summers and one night the guy who owned the place...and three other stations in town...came in and bought 550 tickets. He was a real idiot and had gotten into some big-time money problems. He was having trouble paying suppliers and his latest smart move had been going on a hunting trip to Missouri, nothing stupid about that especially, the dumb part was that he and his friends had completely trashed a couple of hotel rooms and were being sued for a few thousand dollars. If I remember right, the jackpot that week was around $25 million, which was a lot back then. I don't know how much he won, if anything, but I know he didn't win the jackpot. And a couple of years later, he ended up losing everything.
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@LeaPea2417 (36684)
• Toccoa, Georgia
12 Nov 18
Wow, that is sad. It is a gambling problem.
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@LeaPea2417 (36684)
• Toccoa, Georgia
12 Nov 18
@xander6464 Yes, that is how my cousin is, an idiot.
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@xander6464 (41011)
• Wapello, Iowa
12 Nov 18
@LeaPea2417 I don't think he had a gambling problem. He had a big being an idiot problem.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
12 Nov 18
That is really excessive and greedy of him - serves him right that he lost all his money
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@LeaPea2417 (36684)
• Toccoa, Georgia
12 Nov 18
Yes, I agree, it serves him right. I have no sympathy for him.
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@LeaPea2417 (36684)
• Toccoa, Georgia
14 Nov 18
The person I am referring to in this post has not one lick of sense. He has no common sense.
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@amitkokiladitya (171932)
• Agra, India
12 Nov 18
I think such people are fools who believe in luck rather than hard work
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@amitkokiladitya (171932)
• Agra, India
13 Nov 18
@LeaPea2417 I hate such people who keep cursing their destiny
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@LeaPea2417 (36684)
• Toccoa, Georgia
12 Nov 18
He doesn't have much money which makes it worse.
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@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
12 Nov 18
@LeaPea2417 It is always the way with people that spend it seems.
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@wolfgirl569 (97247)
• Marion, Ohio
12 Nov 18
We dont spend that in a year on them.
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@Happy2BeMe (99376)
• Canada
12 Nov 18
Wow that is ridiculous, it becomes an addiction for some people. I buy a scratch ticket every now and then. I would rather use my money wisely then throw it away on lottery tickets.
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@LeaPea2417 (36684)
• Toccoa, Georgia
12 Nov 18
Yes, it becomes a very sad addiction for some.
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@Spontaneo (14701)
• United States
12 Nov 18
When I do buy lottery tickets, I give the tickets away as presents.
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@porwest (78755)
• United States
13 Nov 18
Not personally, but I have seen people do it. Play the one ticket and take your chance. The rest is just gambling. I can afford to lose a dollar or two, but the odds don't improve a single percentile by buying more than one ticket for a drawing, period.
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@LeaPea2417 (36684)
• Toccoa, Georgia
12 Nov 18
I agree and I have read multiple stories of people who win big lotteries that change their lives. But, they end up losing it all because of mismanagement of the money.
