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Posted: 3/17/2005 12:13:15 PM EDT

Everytime I go to Georgia or Florida I buy $5 dollars worth of Big Game and Lotto South. I've been doing this for years. One day I will hit it!

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:14:43 PM EDT

[#1]

Nope. I'm taxed enough as it is.

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:18:18 PM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:
Nope. I'm taxed enough as it is.

I don't pay the stupid tax either.

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:18:18 PM EDT

[#3]

Nope.

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:19:01 PM EDT

[#4]

I spend 2 bucks a week on powerball. It ain't gonna break me. Who knows, I may hit it someday. You can't win if you don't play.

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:19:28 PM EDT

[#5]

I have like when the jackpot gets up over $100,000,000.

Haven't bought one in years though.

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:19:39 PM EDT

[#6]

I don't...i just don't see the point of spending the money on a slim chance of winning.

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:20:38 PM EDT

[#7]

I am in a pool at work. A couple bucks a week at a chance to retire? Hell yes.

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:20:51 PM EDT

[#8]

I've been known to drop a fiver from time to time. Maybe 3-4 times a year.

I don't normally buy in on the huge jackpots. The pool is too big. If I happen to be getting gas and notice an 8mil jackpot I might put in thinking the ticket holder pool will be smaller.

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:22:35 PM EDT

[#9]

Every once in a while, I go to get a scratch off ticket from an IL lottery vending machine.
The most i've won
1. $2 and went to get another ticket that I played and came back "Free ticket" and then I went back to redeem my free ticket. Played that and lost.

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:22:54 PM EDT

[#10]

Nope. A buck is worth 5 rounds of XM193. It's all about budgeting.

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:23:48 PM EDT

[#11]

Yes I do...call it what you want...ya gotta be in it to win it...no matter what the odds...I'd rather waste $5 on a lotto ticket than give it to some guy with a pocket full of $$$ on a corner with a sign around his neck that say..." will work for food"...or what ever else it might say

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:23:55 PM EDT

[#12]

nope, especially now that the gambling/ lottery age in Az is 21...

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:23:55 PM EDT

[#13]

no.

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:24:39 PM EDT

[#14]

Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.

That being said, I'll occasionally drop a fiver on a ticket, just for the shrieks. Maybe once a month.

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:24:39 PM EDT

[#15]

I will buy powerball tickets or a scratch ticket every now and again. Not everyday.

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:25:18 PM EDT

[#16]

The lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:28:10 PM EDT

[#17]

I will buy the scratch tickets and put them in my nephew's birthday cards. One of them actually won $50.
Lotteries are the most regressive tax around.

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:29:23 PM EDT

[#18]

occasionally.... once every few months or so, when the SuperLotto jackpot hits around 50 million....

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:31:32 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
The lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math

I hear this bandied around a bit and I'm like to agree if we're talking about people who spend a great deal of money on it.

Personally I see it kindof like playing roulette, grated w/ worse odds. When I buy a ticket on Monday I get this fun anticipation all week long. What if I win? What would I do with all that money? How do I protect it? What should I buy my parents? Should I pay for my sisters college? Do I quit work and go back to college or just buy a boat and some asian sex slaves?

The fun of the anticipation is worth the $5 in my mind.

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:33:02 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.

I'm good at math, and I play $5 now and again. I've even done it competitively if that tells you anything. The jackpot has to be over a certain amount before I'll even entertain it, but it ain't so bad.

Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:33:30 PM EDT

[#21]

not for myself

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:34:16 PM EDT

[#22]

Only a few bucks worth, and then only when the pot is large.

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:39:12 PM EDT

[#23]

I buy a 52 draw Florida Lottery ticket, quick pick and check my winnings, if any, usually none, at www.floridalottery.com.

Our assbackwards state doesn't have the lottery.

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:39:46 PM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:
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Nope. I'm taxed enough as it is.

I don't pay the stupid tax either.

Ramsey listener I bet

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:43:24 PM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.

I'm good at math, and I play $5 now and again. I've even done it competitively if that tells you anything. The jackpot has to be over a certain amount before I'll even entertain it, but it ain't so bad.

Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

How do you play the lottery competitively? Is there a league you join or something?

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:44:50 PM EDT

[#26]

Buying lotto tickets is for people who are to stupid to play with action figures

SGatr15

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:45:27 PM EDT

[#27]

I win the Lotto every day. Kudos for HOPE scholarship

BS in AE for the price of books and Gas

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:48:13 PM EDT

[#28]

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Nope. I'm taxed enough as it is.

I don't pay the stupid tax either.

Ramsey listener I bet

Reporting as ordered, sir!

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:48:55 PM EDT

[#29]

no

Posted: 3/17/2005 12:50:07 PM EDT

[#30]

I buy two tickets a week for a total of $2.00. I at least get the satisfaction of thinking what I would do if I won some money.

My uncle won $120,000 (after taxes) on the Illinois Mega Millions game, so for $104.00 a year why not buy a ticket. I can spend that in a weekend on food and a movie.

Goose

Posted: 3/17/2005 1:11:05 PM EDT

[#31]

I might buy one every once in a while. I have actually known two people who have won here in GA and in VA. I guy I went to high school with here in GA was one of the first winners in the GA lotto winning $2 million and I have an uncle in VA that won $70,000. I figure what the hell maybe one day I to can when a few bucks !

Posted: 3/17/2005 2:12:45 PM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.

I'm good at math, and I play $5 now and again. I've even done it competitively if that tells you anything. The jackpot has to be over a certain amount before I'll even entertain it, but it ain't so bad.

Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

How do you play the lottery competitively? Is there a league you join or something?

"If you can dodge a wrench, you can play ~~dodgeball~~ the lottery."

Posted: 3/17/2005 2:14:45 PM EDT

[#33]

i'll buy a few tickets if the powerball jackpot gets big enough. The entertainment I get from thinking about all the cool stuff I could buy is more than worth it.

Posted: 3/17/2005 2:24:38 PM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:
Everytime I go to Georgia or Florida I buy $5 dollars worth of Big Game and Lotto South. I've been doing this for years. One day I will hit it!

Nope, I'd rather go to the casino. Atleast I can hold the dice.

Posted: 3/17/2005 2:27:51 PM EDT

[#35]

I buy British Lottery Tickets…

If I get those 6 numbers my ass is on the next plane to the US of A

ANdy

Posted: 3/17/2005 2:30:31 PM EDT

[#36]

I work hard for my money, I'll take the odds of working for what I want. Besides even if I won, I'd still work every day. Although getting my ass kissed by people just because I may have won is sort of appealing