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How much do you spend on lotteries?
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:30 am
by Guest
I hope you’re not a compulsive gambler.
I never go to casinos but I buy tickets every times I go to the depanneur.
So, for myself, I spend around 120$/month.
BTW, if you do, what is the biggest amount$ you won already?
Me, 750$…But we were a group of 12.
My father bet every week in a group of 14 people, there are 3 groups, one of the other groups once won 14M$.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:32 am
by Canis
$1/year
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:44 am
by Wizard .3
If the lottery gets up really high, I usually go and grab a ticket whenever I'm at a convenience store. So, that usually comes out to maybe $20/year.
Casino gambling... maybe $40/year.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:49 am
by FragaGeddon
$750-1000/week
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:54 am
by Guest
Wizard .3 wrote:If the lottery gets up really high, I usually go and grab a ticket whenever I'm at a convenience store. So, that usually comes out to maybe $20/year.
Casino gambling... maybe $40/year.
You are all very reasonable. What is it though that you wait for the jack pot to be in the 10M$ before buying a ticket? Do you know what 1M$ is? PS; You know what I mean?
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:01 am
by Guest
FragaGeddon wrote:$750-1000/week
You posted this in the meantime I was writing my reply so, I think it is not concerning you. How can you do this, if you spend that much either you don't need to win or you are a gambling addict who own to all of your relatives a bunch of $. I hope the last part is not the case. Good luck my friend.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:10 am
by mjrpes
FragaGeddon wrote:$750-1000/week
That's only a fraction of what I spend... on rent... per year.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:15 am
by bitWISE
Maybe $5 a year. I blow a lot of money on poker if I ever get to fucking play.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:19 am
by R00k
Meh, maybe 20 bucks a year on the lottery.
If I go to a casino I'll take 100 bucks to blow - but that's only once a year or so.
Never been to Vegas before, but we're thinking about going this year. If so I'll probably be dropping about $400.
I like playing poker at home personally - 20 dollar buy-in, dealer calls the game.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:23 am
by FragaGeddon
Just teasing. Probably spend about $500 in a year.
We have one lady that comes into our work and spends about $500-1000/week on those Nevada tickets. And the most you can win on those at one time is $200.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:25 am
by Fender
Every couple of years I make a dollar or two donation to the voluntary tax on mathematical idiots.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:35 am
by Guest
FragaGeddon wrote:Just teasing. Probably spend about $500 in a year.
We have one lady that comes into our work and spends about $500-1000/week on those Nevada tickets. And the most you can win on those at one time is $200.
Is this a blonde jock?
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:38 am
by DiscoDave
£0
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:41 am
by Dukester
I dont' gamble on anything but football.
About three times a year I'll buy a couple of lottery tickets and then bitch about not winning
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:47 am
by Hannibal
Hi. I spend zero on da lotteries.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:56 am
by 7zark7
$0.00
money money money
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:00 am
by Grandpa Stu
if i find i have a few bucks burning a hole in my wallet for several months i'll usually plop down and buy me some scratch-its. i usually make a dollar or two profit on those too.
otherwise i only buy a powerball ticket if it gets way up there cuz its fun to fantasize about winning that kinda thing.
total i'll mebe spend 20 bucks a year on lottery related adventures.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:03 am
by Wizard .3
pete wrote:Wizard .3 wrote:If the lottery gets up really high, I usually go and grab a ticket whenever I'm at a convenience store. So, that usually comes out to maybe $20/year.
Casino gambling... maybe $40/year.
You are all very reasonable. What is it though that you wait for the jack pot to be in the 10M$ before buying a ticket? Do you know what 1M$ is? PS; You know what I mean?
I wait till it gets really high.. usually in the $40M region. Since those only come once or twice a year, I hardly spend anything
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Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:08 am
by seremtan
£0, though i've bought the occasional lottery ticket in the past
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:08 am
by FragaGeddon
pete wrote:FragaGeddon wrote:Just teasing. Probably spend about $500 in a year.
We have one lady that comes into our work and spends about $500-1000/week on those Nevada tickets. And the most you can win on those at one time is $200.
Is this a blonde jock?
No she's not blond.
She can spend $800 and win $500 and she'll be happy.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:09 am
by S@M
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:25 am
by ForM
if ya spend more than 100 a year, you have a problem.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:19 am
by tnf
i used to play a lot of blackjack and hit up the dog tracks and the off track betting a lot from my late teens to early 20's. A few friends got really hooked - one pretty much ruined his life and declared bankruptcy by 25. We spent a summer learning to count cards, reading the racing registers, developing strategies for maximizing odds to hit big pots on the races...it was fun, but I always knew it wasn't something you could do indefinitely and expect to stay ahead.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 6:28 am
by stocktroll
never bought a lottery ticket in my life, spent a total of one quarter at a casino for the only time when i was literally forced to go
gambling addicts are completely morons
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:06 am
by Tsakali_
ForM wrote:if ya spend more than 100 a year, you have a problem.
that was a joke right?
anyway last time I baught a ticket was over a year ago, and I'll l go to the casino with friends as a rare occasion, once every 4-5 months.
I don't have a gambling problem but if I am estimating correctly I've prolly spend 400 dollars last year