Do you play the lottery?

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   NayNay2124posted 13 years ago

   Do you play the lottery?

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   Skarletposted 13 years ago

   I play sporadically. I keep telling myself to buy one every week though. If you don;t play, you can't win.

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   eric-d-agustinposted 13 years ago

   Sorry, I don't play a game of chance. ): I work for what I earn. (:

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   SidKempposted 13 years ago

   no. The lottery is gambling, which means, overall, far more people lose, than win. And gambling is an addiction? Would I even want to win, knowing that the money I received was taken from people who need it, but are addicted and letting their money drain away?
   
   Further, the lottery is a regressive tax. It is a technique for convincing poor people to pay for state government so that rich people pay fewer taxes. How fair is that?
   
   Consider these points:
   - most people who win big in the lottery end up bankrupt, because they don't know how to manage the money.
   - rich people don't buy lottery tickets
   - poor people don't become rich through the lottery
   
   There are many better things to do with your (hard-earned, I hope) dollars than to buy lottery tickets.

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   sangreposted 13 years ago

   No. I think it's just a waste of money. If you saved all the cash you spent on tickets, think how much cash you would have.
   
   But it's all about the dream that you might just win it one day.....

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   prettynutjob30posted 13 years ago

   I have played the lottery before,I just don't make a habit of wasting money I can't afford to lose on money that I more than likely will never win.

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   pearlmacbposted 13 years ago

   NO. I understand that in most things in life "you need to be in it, to win it" but seriously you are at a greater loss with lottery.

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   Sueswanposted 13 years ago

   I play the lottery with a friend. We each spend $3.00 a week.

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   BlissfulWriterposted 13 years ago

   No, because the statistics are against me.  Yes, sometimes I fall into peer pressure and chip into the lottery pool.  But I don't expect to win anything from playing.  Just following the crowd.

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    rave1432posted 13 years ago

    Nope, I just give them money for picking random numbers and help college kids pay for school.

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