How Often Do You Buy Lottery Tickets?

[arwalden]

Do you have lucky-numbers, or are you like me and just play the "Quick-Pick" option?

[MissMillie]

1. quick-pick

I only buy tickets a few times a year.

[arwalden]

2. Same Here... But Usually It's Only When The Jackpot Is Astronomical...

... and record-setting.

[MissMillie]

8. me too

but then I know I'm really only paying for the little thrill of the possibility of winning.

My former boss was an expert on statistical risk analysis. He says you spend only $1, and you're only paying for the thrill of playing.

[ewagner]

3. Quick pick

odds are just about the same I guess.....

[underpants]

4. I won $100 on a scratch ticket the other day

I might play twice a month in one way or another.

[YankeyMCC]

5. Never

And it drives me nuts when my wife buys them.

I don't mean to offend anyone but IMO lotteries are just a tax on people who are bad at math.

[Pithlet]

12. Oh, it's just for fun

Dreaming what you'd do with the winnings is most of the fun of playing, even though you know you won't win.

I've personally known two people who hit multi millions, and another who hit a 6 figure jackpot, so I figure the odds of it happening to me are partuclarly bad. But, I do play when the pot gets big. It's only a couple of dollars.

[YankeyMCC]

15. This is what I say when

my wife says that.

Give me the dollar and I'll give you back a piece of paper with numbers on it.

Just as fun. :)

I'll even let you tell me what numbers you want, if they pay off I'll pay up too. Somehow I still think I'll be the one to come out ahead. :)

[Pithlet]

16. If you can give me millions if I have the winning ticket

then sure, that will work out fine. :)

[YankeyMCC]

17. Sure!

(That's kinda the point. I'm so sure I'll never have to pay up I feel perfectly comfortable making that promise. It's almost like being a republican...you know making promises or unrealistic claims and never being held personally accountable.)

[Pithlet]

18. It isn't necessarily about expectation of winning

At least not for me. Sure, there are probably some who's expectations are unreasonable because they can't fathom the kind of odds we're dealing with. But, that's not always the case.

[YankeyMCC]

19. I can see that

in other forms of gambling.

Although I never have a good time or witness anyone really having a good time at a casino (been about 3 times).

But I do have fun gambling with friends, poker, pools etc...on occasion.

But I don't get it with lotteries. With the other forms you're interacting with people, maybe even exercising a little skill in some games.

Lotteries and slot machines are just beyond my understanding but I know I'm out of the norm these are probably the most popular forms of gambling. :shrug:

[Pithlet]

22. My husband agrees with you

You sticks in the mud :P

[YankeyMCC]

26. Now mud is fun

:)

[Double T]

6. Often. Quick-Pick.

[notadmblnd]

7. My husband used to play daily, he once hit 5 out of 7 days

He was pretty good at cyphering numbers. He was also certain that before he died he was going to hit it big time. I usually never play, so many numbers run throught my head that I just cant settle on one.

It's odd you mentioned it because yesterday I had my sister play a number for me because the number 159 kept popping up all day. I haven't check them yet and don't know when I will. I don't feel like it's a winner though, I don't have that kind of luck.

[Shell Beau]

9. I only buy them if I go to Louisiana b/c Mississippi

doesn't have the Lottery (but we have casinos WTF?). LA is not too far from here and I have to go over there for work sometimes. I pick up a powerball ticket with random numbers and I like the scratch offs.

[chaumont58]

10. I play the same two sets of number twice a week

Its a cheap dream. I don't go to Vegas, so its my Bill Bennett contribution to the economy.

[terrya]

11. Very rarely.

[Zuni]

13. too often

and sometimes I play Keno when I am at certain bars and bored

[lpbk2713]

14. Usually twice a week. Five tix each time.

The drawings here in Fla are on Wed & Sat nights. If the jackpot is starting over then I wait till the next time. I don't think its a big loss of money. I don't have any other major vices.

[Debbi801]

20. Quick Pick and only when the jack pot is HUGH!

:-)

[progmom]

21. maybe 3 or 4 times a year

i pick the numbers when i get the slip. this is going to make me sound like a real loon...i sit there and wait for the numbers to show up in my head before i mark them down. my great-grandfather was a psychic, so dammit...if i have any kind of a gift, i want it to work for the lottery numbers.

[Lannes]

23. considering I havent gotten more than 2 numbers right in 8 years

not often anymore

[El Fuego]

24. I play the same numbers every time, advance play for the year

That way I always have one ticket, and I can just look at the results because I know what my numbers are.

[ProfessorGAC]

25. When The Prize, Single Payout, After Taxes, Exceeds The Odds

That's it. Otherwise it's a sucker bet.
The Professor