March 31, 2012
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I Bought My First Lotto Ticket
I bought my first lotto ticket yesterday. I am 40 and I never played the lotto.
I never played the lotto because my dad had a gambling addiction. But I figured it wouldn’t hurt this once (I wonder if that is what my dad thought).
Everyone at work was playing too.
Have you ever bought a lotto ticket?
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i want to! Perhaps when I have more money i’ll buy one
My parents bought a lot. I’ve bought one once.
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A whole lot of people I know keep posting about it on facebook. I don’t know about the lottery, my luck is backwards, I’d just be giving them my money.
I’ve been given lottery tickets from time to time, but I’ve never bought one. A local gas station celebrated their anniversary by handing out lottery tickets to everyone who bought gas. That inspired me to write my best Christmas newsletter ever, in which I claimed we had been given a winning ticket, bought new cars, built a house overlooking the lake, bought our way onto a space shuttle mission, and won the Nobel Prize for Science among many other whoppers. Half my family believed it.
Nope… I told my husband he should. lol My father has won a couple hundred before…
Nope
Funny story, though. My mom was in walmart today and some random guy asked her if she wanted a ticket. He said his boss wanted everyone to have a chance to win, so he was just handing them out. LOL. So my mom, of all people, has a loto ticket tonight. bahaha. *I hope she wins*
She didn’t, darn!
I almost bought my first ticket today, but the lines were too long.
Nope, I’d rather spend my money on things I’m sure of.
This was my first one. Looks like I lost. Big surprise, right?
Nope, don’t plan to either
Nope.
Yes, and I bought a ticket for this one.
But I don’t actually want to win the grand prize. So it’s strange that I did.
2/3 of a billion dollars will entice a lot of people to buy a ticket. I usually buy one, my wife is a fan of lotto.
My first one was tonight . . . at the persistent requests of my finace. There’s five bucks, gone.
I bought some for the last two drawings. Didn’t win anything at all.
Nope,and I just roll my eyes when I see people buying ticket after ticket.I don’t get te wanting to get rich thing at all.But I’m not a material person so I guess I wouldn’t understand.
im an occasional player. im currently “up” with scratch offs.
I WON!
OMGOSH YES!
Once, when I turned 18 but that was it.
I bought one but didn”t win but it was fun anyway.
I buy the odd one now and again in the United Kingdom, like once a year £1 per ticket, euro millions once a year.
Stop buying tickets when you need to support your habit through selling pies in the back of a pick up truck.
My Dad and friend would ask for advice for numbers on a lotto ticket but I’ve never actually bought one myself.
I’ve bought scratch offs and play slots in casinos, but I’ve never bought a lotto ticket (of course I’ve only been able to buy them for two years). I’d determined if no one won this week, I’d buy one next week when it would be nearly $1 billion. So much for that idea.
Congratulations!
I’d have to drive about an hour to the next state and wait in snake lines that are at least 3+ hours. I have work and will be tired after work to drive there. I’d probably have more chance of dying in a freak accident driving to buy the ticket than actually winning. I’d rather live
ehh…I don’t play the lotto. and I hate long lines. when I see a line at the store of just 5 people, I don’t even feel like waiting
nope, never.
When you add up the number of people who spent money on tickets and didn’t win, I feel like I’m way ahead of the game because my money stayed in my wallet
Yes, I bought a few before. I didn’t buy a ticket for this one though.
Never have, never will – Why? Because I think I would like it too much and not be able to stop.
yes, first one at legal age 18.
I bought my first one yesterday too
NO BIG DEAL
I bought them only for my grandparents. Never for myself.
Not my idea of a wise use of funds, unless you won and in that case, I do need a new car
I buy some when the jackpot gets big enough. It’s fun picking numbers and it;s fun dreaming about what you’d do if you won (pay off school loans, go on a trip, help parents etc). I spent 5 dollars this time around and the entertainment and excitement I got from anticipating the numbers was worth it. A lot cheaper than a movie. Also, the money goes to good things like education and national parks so I certainly don’t feel like my money was wasted.
I hope you win!
I’ve tried it a few times.
I play poker, which is NOT a game of chance. Interestingly, the government has outlawed poker, but they want us to throw our money away on something with exponentially worse odds, and the government will make a grotesquely sick profit upon it in return.
I have in the past on a whim, but refused to buy this time around….
I have also bought scratch offs before. Have won plenty of times with those. Nowadays, I can think of better ways to spend/waste my money.
I would never waste my hard-earned money on stuff like that.
I bought one for Friday’s drawing. For $1, I can dream, right?
I bought one lottery ticket for my 18th birthday, but lost. I just don’t see the need to spend money when you are probably not going to make money. I think buying one for this huge mega millions drawing was probably a good first time to purchase one though
Share the love if you win haha
I’ve bought a few.
I’ve only purchased scratch offs…but that was years ago because Hawaii doesn’t have a lottery.
This was my first time, too. I put in $2 with my boyfriend and another dollar with my Friday night class. No luck.
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No lie, the first time I ever bought lottery tickets, about 9 years ago, I bought three, scratch off tickets. All of them were winners. The first one was for $1, the next one $12. The third, I’m dead serious, here: $25,000. I haven’t played much since, but I did spend $5 on tickets for last night’s drawing. Didn’t win anything.
Yup. I’ve had plenty of luck with the Ohio Lottery, won $2600 a week before Christmas in 2007. It’s just fun to press your luck.
I do not think the lottery is a prudent idea. Buying tickets in the hopes of winning on an extremely slim margin? You will be better off saving the money for a rainy day or investing it wisely. The people who bought the tickets just blew away their money. I would rather save the money for more important things.
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I had my best friend stop by a gas station to pick up my quick picks. Ahh ha ha hah Didn’t win, though.
A couple of times. The most I ever won was about $200. I occasionally will buy a scratch-off ticket from the machine. I used to work in a liquor store and there were a lot of people who were SERIOUSLY addicted to the lotto, they would spend $100 in tickets every day. Sometimes they won some of it back, but they never really won anything big. There was one guy who was an alcoholic and had quit drinking, but he replaced that with a gambling addiction.