Do You Play the Lottery? JFF

I play sometimes. I know three individuals who have won. One of them twice. One of them $30 million. I can feel it getting closer to me!

My husband will buy lotto tickets once in a while when they "pool numbers" at work. They all chip-in $5 and buy a ton of random tickets. They never win anything, but he works with a bunch of guys and they love to do it.

Personally, I'm not a gambler at all. I just don't see the point in paying $5 every week in lotto tickets... do you know how many shoes that could purchase at the end of the year?

Nope, we need to keep every penny we have already. No point in throwing $10 away to 'win' $2.

maybe once every couple of years, when the pot is really large, which is admittedly the worst odds to play. When we were without kids, we did it a little more for fun, buying the scratch-offs. Since the kids, I am more cutious about the spur of the moment "we dont' need this" spending and the message it sends.

However, we do still play the "how would we spend the money if we won the lottery" game.

My husband buys a hoosier lottery and a powerball every week. He doesn't pick his own numbers, he lets the machine do it. We do not do scratch offs. The most we've won is like $7. I like to go to the casino with my Mom a few times a year and usually break even. My husband and I are not really gamblers.

My husband gets the scratchers on occasion and we do get quick picks maybe weekly. Well, he does...and I do when I think of it. I remember my mom (who plays faithfully every week) came over to my house a few years ago, walked in with this crazy look on her face and said "I won the lottery". I just stood there in silence and then she started crying...I was like WTH???!!! And then I said, what are you talking about mom? And she repeated herself and I finally asked how much she won...she said $2000. Ok nice, but not quite what I was thinking with all the crying going on!!! LOL!!!

Not often. Occasional scratch off ticket or if someone is collecting a "pool" at work. Otherwise I am with the other posts...I work too hard to lose my money with just a snap of the finger.

I think scratch-offs are fun, but we don't play the lottery at all. Any money we ever spend on scratch-offs we know is jff. I don't understand people who throw tons of money away on playing the lottery. Dave Ramsey calls it a "stupid tax". haha!

i just can't seem to get bit by the gambling bug. last time i was in vegas i went REALLY big and spent $4 on a slot machine. it was gone it a second, and i just could not see risking more of my scarce precious fun money.
about once every 3 years if the lotto pot is huge i'll get a scratch off, but i don't even know how to ask for it at the store and they look at me like i'm stupid.
never win a thing. not even door prizes. ever.
:) khairete
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ooh thank for reminding me, I have to buy tickets today! I play Lotto and Power Ball. I just started playing again, I go through phases of a few years in between, lol.. Can't win if you don't play, right? ;)