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How do you feel about playing the lottery with a few friends or with your entire company??? Does anyone here play like that with 3 to 50 people or do you play alone?? I am just wondering if anyone here is involveld in this stuff as much as a lot of my friends and the company's they work for. :confused: Thanks!!!

What your thoughts on the NC Lottery?? There are the 2 new Daily/ Nightly drawing games that will be out anyday now. That will be interesting.

Whats your thought on the powerball jackpot lottery and the megamillions lottery?? Florida also has their own state only lottery.

Is it all a waste of time and money or do you believe the statment "YOU GOT TO BE IN IT TO WIN IT"??:D
 
The lottery targets lower class individuals and perpetuates society's habit of trying to get something for nothing. I get confused everytime I'm at a gas station and I see big hoopty POS roll up and they get out to by a couple 40's and 5 lotto tickets. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with gambling, but all it is is a cheap thrill that should be kept to a minimum on vegas trips and the occasional scratch off. Otherwise, it is a waste of money.
 
Elliott said:
The lottery targets lower class individuals and perpetuates society's habit of trying to get something for nothing. I get confused everytime I'm at a gas station and I see big hoopty POS roll up and they get out to by a couple 40's and 5 lotto tickets. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with gambling, but all it is is a cheap thrill that should be kept to a minimum on vegas trips and the occasional scratch off. Otherwise, it is a waste of money.
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Hey, its all good, that just means now those type of folks are now paying taxes too.
 
Elliott said:
The lottery targets lower class individuals and perpetuates society's habit of trying to get something for nothing. I get confused everytime I'm at a gas station and I see big hoopty POS roll up and they get out to by a couple 40's and 5 lotto tickets. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with gambling, but all it is is a cheap thrill that should be kept to a minimum on vegas trips and the occasional scratch off. Otherwise, it is a waste of money.
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unless you win. :bling:
 
Ill never forget a year or so ago I pulled into a gas station on a saturday afternoon near the SC/NC border. Noticed a few cars and pulled around back to teh diesel pumps filled up and went inside to pay.

Only then did I realize it would be a 40 minute wait because the powerball was at 175 million or whatever.

Happened to be standing next to the most stable individual in the palce except me and I made the comment, aint it interesting how all these folks ar here to play the lottery, and you dont see one decent car in the parking lot...

His answer was classic. " Hell if you can afford a nice car you dont need to win the lottery...."

Sad he never stopped to think it may be the other way around.
If you stop playing the lottery (and doing other stupid stuff with money) you could afford nicer things...
 
ShyHiK5 said:
Ill never forget a year or so ago I pulled into a gas station on a saturday afternoon near the SC/NC border. Noticed a few cars and pulled around back to teh diesel pumps filled up and went inside to pay.
Only then did I realize it would be a 40 minute wait because the powerball was at 175 million or whatever.
Happened to be standing next to the most stable individual in the palce except me and I made the comment, aint it interesting how all these folks ar here to play the lottery, and you dont see one decent car in the parking lot...
His answer was classic. " Hell if you can afford a nice car you dont need to win the lottery...."
Sad he never stopped to think it may be the other way around.
If you stop playing the lottery (and doing other stupid stuff with money) you could afford nicer things...
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Exactly.
 
There is a group here at my work that plays the lottery like you mentioned. I don't care to gamble or play the lottery myself. It just seems like a waste of money.
 
rockmafia said:
Hey, its all good, that just means now those type of folks are now paying taxes too.
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Lottery is a tax on the "statistically challenged".

My mom teaches math at a somewhat rural cumminty college. One of the hardest things for her to do is use the lottery as an example of probability in a way that they understand.

Here's a thought, though. Let's pretend playing the lotto is a hobby, a time-passer, something you do for shits 'n grins.
From a financial standpoint, which makes more sense, 2 tickets every week for a year - or a new set of axles and suspension lift?
At least one has the potential of coming back to you.
You could just as easily say that spending $1000 and countless hours on a vehicle that you'd just going to destroy on a rock or pit of mud is a pretty big waste...
 
watched a guy win $4 Monday...then proceeded to add $1 to it and buy a $5 ticket...

didn't win a thing...but pulled out his last $3 to put gas in the car...

wonder where he could've gone with all $8 in gas...:D

Greg
 
Hadn't bought a ticket yet, and don't plan too. I am against it. In my opinion, if the money finds it's way to pay for education, the state will just withdraw part of what they put in to the kitty. So, nothing extra for education, just coming from different places.
 
upnover said:
Hadn't bought a ticket yet, and don't plan too. I am against it. In my opinion, if the money finds it's way to pay for education, the state will just withdraw part of what they put in to the kitty. So, nothing extra for education, just coming from different places.
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Fortunately, the big holdout for actually getting it all set in place at the end was that Easley would not let it pass w/o protection for the annual budget. AKA, there is a gaurantee that the new lotto income is above and beyond the normal education budget, it is a seperate entity altogether and will not be touched. Both VA and SC screwed themselves as you mentioned.
I am a proponent for it ONLY b/c of this clause.

Even still I have yet to play and prob will not... even though my wife is a teacher.
 
I love to gamble. I play in a couple of different poker games a week, one is a low stakes game and the other a little more. I just like the socializing of it and I really think it helps sharpen "people skills". I gamble in Atlantic City a couple times a year, have been to Vegas a few times but I don't care much for the constant party atmosphere out there. As for the Lotto, the only time I play is when I win in one of my weekly games, I'll buy $20 worht of tickets with my "found money". It's a fools tax otherwise, yeah if you win its great, but I paid pretty close attention in my statistics class.
 
I don't like the lotto, nothing against gambling, but I think it was mis-represented to the people. As soon as the lotto got voted, Wake county is taking billions in bonds they want passed, yeah, sure, the lotto was supposed to help.

Oh, and RatLab, I heard that clause was pulled out at the last minute, but I'm in no position to verify it right now.
 
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RatLabGuy said:
Lottery is a tax on the "statistically challenged".
My mom teaches math at a somewhat rural cumminty college. One of the hardest things for her to do is use the lottery as an example of probability in a way that they understand.
Here's a thought, though. Let's pretend playing the lotto is a hobby, a time-passer, something you do for shits 'n grins.
From a financial standpoint, which makes more sense, 2 tickets every week for a year - or a new set of axles and suspension lift?
At least one has the potential of coming back to you.
You could just as easily say that spending $1000 and countless hours on a vehicle that you'd just going to destroy on a rock or pit of mud is a pretty big waste...
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You are talking about people waiting and saving and putting away money for a whole year just to save $1,000??? People dont have that. They can buy a chance at a new and better life for only a dollar or 2. If I won I would buy the coolest tow rig and trailer and buggy in the USA.:lol: :driver: :flipoff2: I think people spend there food and gas money on it and then end up dirt poor. A lot of people have serious gambling problems and don't have any control.:(:shaking:
 
...gonna lock this one down for politics... lottery seems to pull that out quickly...

Sam
 
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