Do you play lottery games?

[OceanAnnie]

I do. All kinds. I seem to have better luck with scratch offs. For holidays and birthdays I don't get cards or flowers. I get lottery tickets or scratch offs. That's what I love. I've won some pretty decent amounts. Spent more than I've won by far. But it's fun. I go in cycles. Play a while and then long periods where I don't.

Do you play lottery games? Have you won?

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Of course! How else am I going to fund my retirement?

 

[golfgal]

We buy a powerball ticket if the jackpot gets high enough (because $20 million isn't enough you know ). We have given scratch off tickets for stocking stuffers, etc. but don't buy them on a regular basis.

 

[OceanAnnie]

Of course! How else am I going to fund my retirement?

I know!

We buy a powerball ticket if the jackpot gets high enough (because $20 million isn't enough you know ). We have given scratch off tickets for stocking stuffers, etc. but don't buy them on a regular basis.

Isn't that the truth! We are the same way.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

I play PowerBall. That's it. I don't even use the "powerplay" option. Just a straight $1 ticket.

And I don't do it as much as I used to. I think that the most I have won was $32, and I lost the ticket before I was able to collect.

 

[Mom3girls]

About 2 1/2 years ago my father won $40,000 on a $2 scratch off ticket. So it does happen, there really are winners out there! He brought the ticket in a ziploc baggie to our daughters soccer game and showed it to us at 8:00am. We both thought it was a joke/trick. When we realized it was for real, we were scared to death to be standing there next to that kind of money...someone could come up and rob him of the ticket. Needless to say at halftime he left to validate it at the convenience store where he purchased it. 25% came off the top in taxes but I'd take $30,000 any day!!!!

 

[palmtreegirl]

nope

 

[Rora]

We buy a powerball ticket if the jackpot gets high enough (because $20 million isn't enough you know ). We have given scratch off tickets for stocking stuffers, etc. but don't buy them on a regular basis.

That's what I do too!

I never win.

 

[LuvCuteBoys]

About 2 1/2 years ago my father won $40,000 on a $2 scratch off ticket. So it does happen, there really are winners out there! He brought the ticket in a ziploc baggie to our daughters soccer game and showed it to us at 8:00am. We both thought it was a joke/trick. When we realized it was for real, we were scared to death to be standing there next to that kind of money...someone could come up and rob him of the ticket. Needless to say at halftime he left to validate it at the convenience store where he purchased it. 25% came off the top in taxes but I'd take $30,000 any day!!!!

That's so cool!


I'll buy a scratch-off once in a while.... this is usually after I have a particularly lousy day at work

I never play the ones that you have to wait for the numbers, because I would never remember to check the numbers!

 

[FlightlessDuck]

This thread inspired me, so I got a Powerball and a $2 scratchoff. Didn't win anything on the scratchoff. I'm assuming, therefore, that I'll get the $126 million.

 

[OceanAnnie]

I got a $2 scratch off a few days ago and won $10. I'm debating on what to play.

 

[jjskribs]

A man that I taught with won 4 million dollars on a 10 dollar scratch ticket the year after he retired! Couldn't have happened to a nicer person.

 

[OceanAnnie]

A man that I taught with won 4 million dollars on a 10 dollar scratch ticket the year after he retired! Couldn't have happened to a nicer person.

Oh, that reminds me! I had a former boss win a few million! It was a long time ago. He too was a super nice guy. I needed a job reference and contacted him. He said he was happy to do it. I thanked him and congratulated him on his winnings. I also told him he inspired me to play more.

 

[akcire]

I play $1 when the jackpot of either powerball or megamillions gets above $100 million--my total gambling budget amounts to about $10 a year. I figure, you have to play to win, and it is fun to check the numbers--one time I won $7.

 

[Liberty Belle]

I get a powerball ticket every once in a while.

My son (17) has me buy scratch offs for him sometimes. Last week he bought a dollar ticket and won $8. You'd have thought he won a million as excited as he was. (Yes, I know it's illegal for him to play and probably illegal for me to buy them for him. I rarely speed, though, so I'm probably breaking even )