I just spent 11 dollars on a losing lotto ticket

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-02-20 07:25am

XaLEv wrote:I guess this is a good place to mention this: A while ago, two years maybe, the Texas lottery was changed so that instead of picking 6 numbers from 50, you would pick 6 numbers from 54. The local news stations were out interviewing people to see what they thought of it. Most thought it would increase their chances of winning the jackpot.

The fools! Gawd, that's funny.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-02-20 07:36am

With 1 in 14 million odds and the fact that Camelot (lotto commission) is funding asylum seekers, my dad doesn't play the lottery as much now on principle.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-02-20 07:38am

XaLEv wrote:I guess this is a good place to mention this: A while ago, two years maybe, the Texas lottery was changed so that instead of picking 6 numbers from 50, you would pick 6 numbers from 54. The local news stations were out interviewing people to see what they thought of it. Most thought it would increase their chances of winning the jackpot.

Wow, and I thought I sucked at maths.

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2003-02-20 12:05pm

Next time you want to throw money away, send it to me.

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2003-02-20 01:10pm

Ah, the lottery, or as my grandfather likes to call it, "The Poor Man's Tax".

Don't play. If I had a dollar to spare, I'd rather put it to some good use, like funding something I enjoy, rather than on the off chance I might win some amount of money.

But then when it comes to risking money, I've been raised to be something of a tightwad. The very occasional gambling is the most I'll do, and usually with something where something more than raw chance is at stake.

Raffles for charity and benefits where the bulk of the money goes towards a good cause, however, are something else entirely.

gargamel · Post by **gargamel** » 2003-02-20 06:39pm

Think of a huge room literally jam packed with paper tickets. Then pick one...those are your chances of winning big.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-02-20 06:56pm

So far I'm up about 500 bucks from playing lottery tickets, but that's partially offset by the 100 bucks I've lost at various casinos. It's still a net gain of 400 bucks from gambling which ain't too bad, it'll cover my concert ticket costs for the next little while.

Baron Mordo · Post by **Baron Mordo** » 2003-02-20 11:08pm

Hotfoot wrote:Raffles for charity and benefits where the bulk of the money goes towards a good cause, however, are something else entirely.

Why not just donate directly to the charity?

Sokar · Post by **Sokar** » 2003-02-20 11:32pm

Lotto works if you play it the way it was intended, one dollar for one chance. Thats all I ever spend, once a week for the Saturday Power Ball drawing. So over a year I spend $52 bucks, I spend more on chips in a year.....I figure its worth a shot to win some dough, but if it never happens oh well, life keeps on trucking

XPViking · Post by **XPViking** » 2003-02-21 12:22am

Here's what I found out about "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo".

http://www.snopes.com/luck/monte.htm

If the link fails then just do a search under "roulette wheels" and it should come up.

XPViking

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2003-02-21 07:32am

Baron Mordo wrote:
Hotfoot wrote:Raffles for charity and benefits where the bulk of the money goes towards a good cause, however, are something else entirely.
Why not just donate directly to the charity?

That's always another option, naturally.