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handmade34

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Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 06:49 AM

Oct 2018

don't tell me we don't have enough money to make social change... between what is spent on lottery tickets and political campaigns we could end poverty, clean the environment, upgrade infrastructure, etc... or any number of things that we just don't seem to care enough about

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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