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WCGreen

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21. My finance prof put it this way...

Reply to DainBramaged (Original post)

Mon May 20, 2013, 03:08 PM

May 2013

If you don't go over board and spend you food money for the lotto. but buying a ticket for the weekly drawing isn't all that bad. consider all the entertainment you create inside yourself parsing out the payoff to friends, lovers and relatives. And think about all that time you get to ponder on what you will do if you win....

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To the folks decrying the lottery and those who buy tickets [View all] DainBramaged May 2013 OP

eh, don't listen to the Debbie Downers eShirl May 2013 #1

I'm not a gambler, but I do know gambling is not just about winning. ZombieHorde May 2013 #2

and the funny thing is graham4anything May 2013 #3

Ain't it though? The duality burns. freshwest May 2013 #8

It's the state selling the lottery Fumesucker May 2013 #11

"The lottery is a tax on people who can't do math." CrispyQ May 2013 #4

" . . . but someone who sucks at math always wins." HughBeaumont May 2013 #5

Since I'm bad at math, I need to buy one every month! freshwest May 2013 #7

It's crazy, eh? Texasgal May 2013 #6

It's a dollar; some of that revenue goes to help educate kids. closeupready May 2013 #9

The odds of being hit by lightning are greater Cirque du So-What May 2013 #10

Nobody's perfect... Uzair May 2013 #12

It's my money DainBramaged May 2013 #14

Maybe, premium May 2013 #16

i buy a couple lotto tickets and a couple scratchers a month fizzgig May 2013 #13

My lottery dollars buy a great deal more entertainment than the same amount spent on booze.... Scuba May 2013 #15

There are people that always have to interject with snide remarks about something. Pragdem May 2013 #17

Because you grow out of Santa Clause... lame54 May 2013 #18

Quite honestly we do have big prices given away nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #20

it's all the talk at my work... lame54 May 2013 #22

Funny, not at mine nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #23

They are just the left's brand of the ohheckyeah May 2013 #19

My finance prof put it this way... WCGreen May 2013 #21

so maybe you should write an OP about it. Phillip McCleod May 2013 #24