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Libs
Sbil
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:38 pm
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 The lottery Any of you ever buy tickets? Or win something?
Was just at 7-11 and some guy in front of me in line bought $250 worth of tickets (!). The Powerball is apparently going for $425 million right now.
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FILMO
The Original
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 10:19 am
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Location: Suisse
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Re: The lottery If you win the 425 mio would you give me something?
_________________Libs wrote: FILMO, I'd rather have you eat chocolate syrup off my naked body than be a moderator here.
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Chippy
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Re: The lottery I only buy it when it gets up high like it is now.
So I will be buying one today.
_________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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ironmanbarry
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Re: The lottery Libs wrote: Any of you ever buy tickets? Or win something?
Was just at 7-11 and some guy in front of me in line bought $250 worth of tickets (!). The Powerball is apparently going for $425 million right now. Since the odds are about 200 Million to 1, winning is pure luck and powerball tickets are 2 each. _________________The Truth is, I am Iron-Man! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... bITU#t=58sIronMan1: RT Score 93%, Average Rating: 7.6/10, Reviews Counted: 238, Fresh: 222 | Rotten: 16 IronMan2: RT Score 73%, Average Rating: 6.5/10, Reviews Counted: 274, Fresh: 201 | Rotten: 73 IronMan3: RT Score 78%, Average Rating: 6.9/10, Reviews Counted: 260, Fresh: 203 | Rotten: 57 IronMan4/5/6/7/8/9: TBD
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ironmanbarry
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Re: The lottery Chippy wrote: I only buy it when it gets up high like it is now.
So I will be buying one today. I never understood this logic since the lowest jackpot win of 1 Million would change your life. _________________The Truth is, I am Iron-Man! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... bITU#t=58sIronMan1: RT Score 93%, Average Rating: 7.6/10, Reviews Counted: 238, Fresh: 222 | Rotten: 16 IronMan2: RT Score 73%, Average Rating: 6.5/10, Reviews Counted: 274, Fresh: 201 | Rotten: 73 IronMan3: RT Score 78%, Average Rating: 6.9/10, Reviews Counted: 260, Fresh: 203 | Rotten: 57 IronMan4/5/6/7/8/9: TBD
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Chippy
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Re: The lottery Odds are 1 in 175.2 mil
_________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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ironmanbarry
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Re: The lottery Chippy wrote: Odds are 1 in 175.2 mil Yup or about 200 million to 1 as I said since I had no desire to waste time looking it up. _________________The Truth is, I am Iron-Man! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... bITU#t=58sIronMan1: RT Score 93%, Average Rating: 7.6/10, Reviews Counted: 238, Fresh: 222 | Rotten: 16 IronMan2: RT Score 73%, Average Rating: 6.5/10, Reviews Counted: 274, Fresh: 201 | Rotten: 73 IronMan3: RT Score 78%, Average Rating: 6.9/10, Reviews Counted: 260, Fresh: 203 | Rotten: 57 IronMan4/5/6/7/8/9: TBD
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Chippy
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Re: The lottery _________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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batnanna
Da Bears
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Re: The lottery I hear people walk in to convenience stores to ask how high the jackpots are before buying one. I never understood that either. Is it really only worth your time to buy a ticket if the jackpot is super high? I'd be happy with a million. Buying $250 worth of tickets suggests to me that the person has plenty of money to blow anyway, so what do they need to win the powerball for.
I have never actually bought any lottery tickets myself. Only the scratch off ones, and very rarely.I only do it when I'm in line behind my mom and she buys a bunch, I might buy one of the same ones she bought just to see if I win and she doesn't. I'm about the unluckiest person ever when it comes to those things.
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Algren
now we know
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Re: The lottery I used to do the lottery for years, every week, two tickets, but after 6 months or a year, I just gave up. This happened a few times.
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Floydboy
ha ha, charade you are
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Re: The lottery Seeming that I am more likely to get struck by lightning than win the lottery, I have never played and never plan to do so.
I think the lottery is more a tax on the lower/middle classes than anything else.
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Shack
Devil's Advocate
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Re: The lottery It should be illegal
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Chippy
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Re: The lottery ok?
_________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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David
Pure Phase
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Re: The lottery Algren wrote: I used to do the lottery for years, every week, two tickets, but after 6 months or a year, I just gave up. This happened a few times. A small insight into Algren's psyche. He clearly fled to China to escape gambling debts.  _________________   1. The Lost City of Z - 2. A Cure for Wellness - 3. Phantom Thread - 4. T2 Trainspotting - 5. Detroit - 6. Good Time - 7. The Beguiled - 8. The Florida Project - 9. Logan and 10. Molly's Game
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Algren
now we know
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Re: The lottery David wrote: Algren wrote: I used to do the lottery for years, every week, two tickets, but after 6 months or a year, I just gave up. This happened a few times. A small insight into Algren's psyche. He clearly fled to China to escape gambling debts. Lol. But no, I actually hate debt. I've never owned a credit card, never bought a car because I couldn't afford one outright, and I'm not going to buy a house either for the same reason. I hate debt. Having to owe someone and have them think they can overpower/control/threaten/look down on you, I couldn't think of anything worse. And lottery tickets are cheap in the UK, so there's kind of no way to get in debt based on the routine I posted before.  _________________STOP UIGHUR GENOCIDE IN XINJIANG
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