I rarely visit the Budget Board, and ordinarily I'd agree with those posters. It's foolish to play regularly with money that could be better used elsewhere, especially if you're struggling financially or have little disposable income. But it appears many in that situation DO waste money on the lottery. In college, I worked part-time in a deli in a working class neighborhood. Some people would come in and spend $10, $20, even $30 EVERY DAY on lottery tickets, mostly the daily number.
For occasional entertainment value, however, like tomorrow's jumbo sized jackpot, I see nothing wrong with wasting 20 bucks, or however much you can comfortably afford. I like the NY State Lottery's slogan, "Hey, you never know."
Right.
But please don't use the rent or food money hoping to strike it rich.
You're right. I know at lot of people likely pick 1,2....5. I should have realized that others would go to the far end of the spectrum and pick sequentially there. I'll just let the computer pick random numbers. Probably a lesser chance of having to share the prize. I read that over 70% of winning tickets are numbers randomly chosen by the computer.
Definitely you get at least $5 if I win.
According to what others posted, not me. I'm a legal resident of Delaware.
I've read more than a few sagas of office pools gone wrong. The person who actually goes to buy the tickets decides to get another for himself, and of course the individual ticket inevitably wins, and everybody starts arguing and threatening to sue. Or a person who regularly plays is absent one day and doesn't contribute, and of course that's the day the pool wins.
There should be written ground rules for office pools, where everyone agrees to the terms and signs their names. It's risky to rely on verbal agreements.
