I buy $10 tickets for which ever one is next after Christmas and stick them in the stocking. Creates hope, but no change.

That's how i felt, until a very close friend stopped in a gas station to fill up this tank,got $2 change and decided to buy 2 tickets.Won $43,000,000 after taxes.It changed him completely,plus females that would not give him the time of day came out of the woodwork. I was always trying to fix him up with friends from work,not much luck.I don't see him much anymore,go figure,but when i do,there is no substance to our conversations,all small talk.Money changes people,and usually not for the good.:sad:

I look at it this way. If you don't buy a ticket you can't win. If you do play your odds are 50-50. You win or you lose.

Try to tell all of those people and groups that won that it is a worthless
investment.

That said every year I donate $5 to the lottery - but only when there is a big payout.

So does this mean you're not gonna clean up your act? :shocked: HA-HA!!!

:pepper2:

Bill :wave:

That too! :laugh:

Actually.... I just read this this morning and haven't taken a bath yet! I'm holding out to win the lottery! I'm thinking people will start buying me tickets.

I had a friend that used to say, "the lottery is a tax on the stupid"

I have never ever bought a lottery ticket. Nor have I ever been seriously tempted to buy one.
However, I did keep up a running correspondence with Publishers Clearing House for about a month once.

The wife and i buy a fantasy for a buck when we have a long drive. What if... Can be a great way to pass the time.

I spent some time googling winners, not a pretty outcome for most.

I'm with this post!!! Wouldn't know how to buy one...well I could buy one but not sure how the system works to find out if I had won. I've not been tempted neither as it seems like throwing money away w/o having a good result.

I also did the PCH thing years ago and regretted it as they kept sending junk/mail for a very long time after I quit. It was silly and a waste of time on my part to think I'd have had a chance. Saving the money and investing it seems like a much better return!!

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One of our former Governors in Vermont said that the lottery was a "tax on the dumb"