Do you guys play on the lottery?

[RestUnknown]

I can miss the money that I would spend on it. But I also think that if at the end of my life I haven't won anything, it would be like 10.000 euros down the drain, which is quite a lot of money. But then again, what if I would win it...

 

[Swampcamel]

That's the trap. The lottery is designed to exploit whatever psychological function gives us a rush when we gamble. Rationally, it's extremely unlikely that you'll win. The chances of winning the powerball is 1 in 292 million--worse than most sweepstakes competitions from product brands. While, let's say instead of buying a lotto ticket, you bought 5 penny stocks--also a gamble, but with a much more likely chance of making money, and a gamble that you can actually do research on to make an educated guess on whether or not that's going to turn into money later on or not. There's a much higher chance that if over 20 years you spent 10k euros on penny stocks, one of them is going to turn into the easy money you want to win.

 

[Who Dares Win]

Lotteries are taxes.

Just like there are taxes on alchool, taxes on tobacco and so on there are also taxes on stupidity and lottery is the main one.

The good thing is that stupid people willingly pay them so we dont have to.

 

[Desdinova]

If you want to fulfil your desire to play the lottery, fill out entry forms for free cars and such. Do the ones that cost nothing but time.

Another thing you can get into is free samples. There's nothing like opening the mailbox and finding a nice prize sitting and waiting for you.

My father has spent an absurd amount of money on his goal to win the lottery. He's now elderly, his health is failing, and he still hasn't won the lottery. All he's done is flushed away all the money he spent trying to win. He would have had a million dollars if he hadn't wasted it on trying to win the lottery.

 

[Young OG]

I play the lottery. The one I play has better odds cause it's in my state only. I play the same 4 rows of numbers twice a week. I spend $8 a week on it. I have been playing for 3 years now and I'm afraid if I stop then my numbers will come up. I won 2 grand a couple years ago playing the same game. My parents know someone who played the same numbers and they eventually won.