Nice To Get A Little Back

Lottery is a total waste of money if I am being totally honest. For most people. That being said, the money I play the lottery with is money I can afford to lose in much the same way as the money I gamble away at the casino. It's a form of entertainment for me. Still, even if the odds are TERRIBLY stacked against you, I cannot pass up the opportunity to take home hundreds of millions of dollars for just $2.

@MommyOfEli2013 I always take it for the chance. I just can't pass up the possibility.

@porwest Oh yeah, I agree about it being a waste of money.....but if you set aside some money for it, and think of it as a form of entertainment, then that sounds good. Yes...the odds are not good! But if you could have the chance to win that much for just two bucks...then might as well take it!

@porwest oh that's a good amount. Yes... But have you also lost more than that?

@ShifaLk WAY more than that, unfortunately.

Well, there was one time I won somewhere around $65. But that was a long time ago, and these days I am lucky if I get my investment back. IF you can call it an investment.

I hardly ever get the buck or two either.

@porwest That's the way the ball bounces!!

@kareng Indeed it is.

8 months? Wow. This is just another example of something I always say about welfare programs, raising minimum wages, and generally handouts...if you simply give someone money that does not know what to do with it, it does nothing to actually help the person or change their life or their situation. They simply blow it. I would have invested most of it, but even there, investing is not necessarily a simple solution. You still have to know what you are doing so as not to lose the money in the markets as well. Good he won and got a few things paid off, but that money should have lasted way longer than just 8 months for sure.

@porwest yup.that's what we told him.

@scarlet_woman You can't fix stupid. Harsh, but true. And here is another example of the difference between the haves and the have nots.

@porwest Don´t think of the gas just think of the cash.

I am still hopeful for the BIG win. I feel it's coming. Although it might just be gas.

@lovinangelsinstead21 That seems like a reasonable plan.

@porwest I don't dare stop now! I matched 3 on Saturday...I think that's $2 -- Wooo hooo!

I think statistically, and I could be wrong, most of the big wins are won from the quick pick numbers. That being said, I generally always play the quick pick numbers and I am lucky if I've ever seen that much.

@LindaOHio On your way to the big one.

@porwest Do you deal in antiques there?

@amadeo Not sure I follow you on this one.

I always say, somebody HAS to win. It's usually not me of course. But somebody out there is winning.

Hey, you take what you can get. And there's still that little, tiny chance you hit the big one, so it's still worth it. And I always see the cost of the tickets as nominal...it's mainly entertainment. I'll pay for that. I usually don't get much back at all, and I am lucky to get the cost of my ticket back. But yesterday I did win $15 on the Lucky Day, so I was happy about that even if it is not a life changing win.

@porwest

I'll definitely take something over nothing, that's for sure.

Considering how old this post is, and the posts and comments that have followed from you...nope. You did not win. But neither did I.

@porwest You can get candy bars for less than a dollar at Dollar Tree and 99 Cents Store.

@JohnRoberts Oh yeah. Forgot about that. Tells you how often I eat candy bars.

I think you're right. BTW, can you even buy a candy bar for a buck anymore? Heck, I remember when you could get a candy bar for 50 cents and a pack of gum for 19 cents.

I am not as into the scratch offs as my wife is. I am always more interested in the big bucks. Although, statistically people win more money from scratch offs than they ever win in the random drawing tickets. I am just a sucker for the chance at millions.

Jumbo Bucks. Never heard of it. But must be something unique to your state. Here we have the Lotto, which is the state's big one. Right now it's up to almost $10 million.

@CarolDM The next time I am in Tennessee I'll have to look for it.

@porwest Maybe it is, in Tennessee. Scratch off ticket. We have the Lotto as well.