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Mike Nelson

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1. Question...

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 06:37 AM

Oct 2018

… I don't really agree with the Lottery and don't buy tickets. I bought one in the early 1980s and my mom used to buy them, occasionally. Now, I shop for someone and was asked to buy one... so, I thought I would buy one for me and one for her. I thought people asked the clerk for lottery tickets, but no... I was directed to a machine full of choices. I could not recall what the ticket was called, though now I see it's called "Mega Millions". There seem to be so many different ones, and prices. I thought they were $1.00...

What is this Lottery they're talking about on the news and how does one buy a ticket?

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No Mega Millions winner, jackpot climbs to $1.6 billion [View all] Julian Englis Oct 2018 OP

Question... Mike Nelson Oct 2018 #1

Depends on where you live but generally you can get them at gas stations underpants Oct 2018 #5

Thank you! n/t Mike Nelson Oct 2018 #10

Some places have them available through machines BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #16

MegaMillions and Powerball are both multi state lotteries krispos42 Oct 2018 #6

Thank you! n/t Mike Nelson Oct 2018 #11

Nice of you to explain it all! n/m machoneman Oct 2018 #15

Go to the machine, put in cash like on a vending machine obamanut2012 Oct 2018 #7

Thank you! n/t Mike Nelson Oct 2018 #12

I think they used to be $1 but have since risen to $2 Polybius Oct 2018 #25

I might play bucolic_frolic Oct 2018 #2

I will play and as posted earlier Sherman A1 Oct 2018 #8

Always a pleasent thought if you win SimpleC Oct 2018 #3

so... handmade34 Oct 2018 #4

I can care about all of that, donate to causes obamanut2012 Oct 2018 #9

good thing i limited my spending to 10$.... samnsara Oct 2018 #13

When the jackpot is above $600m, it's no longer mathematically stupid to play Recursion Oct 2018 #14

that's just f'd up. It really is. mucifer Oct 2018 #17

THE AGE OF EXCESS empedocles Oct 2018 #18

Oh, let me be excessive. Polly Hennessey Oct 2018 #19

Oh, the charities I could donate to..... NickB79 Oct 2018 #20

It would be fun, wouldn't it TexasBushwhacker Oct 2018 #22

I spent $10 on tickets ripcord Oct 2018 #21

My dad has spent over $10,000 over the past 30 years playing the lottery ansible Oct 2018 #23

Actually, it does make your chances better... forkol Oct 2018 #30

Our single ticket matched no numbers at all. MineralMan Oct 2018 #24

Somebody win already!! aeromanKC Oct 2018 #26

The lotto no one can win. KWR65 Oct 2018 #27

If I win I want the cash payout........ Revanchist Oct 2018 #28

I won..... MicaelS Oct 2018 #29

Wonder how many tickets Trump will buy Zorro Oct 2018 #31

The lottery is bullshit. Fewer winners and ridiculous pay-outs. Nitram Oct 2018 #32

Right! Much better to have them go to a bookie. brooklynite Oct 2018 #33

We should fund schools with a progressive tax. Supporting schools on the backs of the poor is Nitram Oct 2018 #34

Are you saying we should ban lotteries because we know better? brooklynite Oct 2018 #35

yes Nitram Oct 2018 #36