FatHobbit;617160 wrote:Do you need to spend a dollar to imagine how you would spend money you have a very slim chance of winning? I can do that for free.
I'll agree to a point, throwing a buck at it here and there is OK. Where jmog's point becomes extremely valid is for those people who play $20 or more each week, and live hand to mouth. $20 per week at historical rates of return in the marketplace yields (conservatively) a nest egg of a quarter million dollars over a working lifetime. Many of the same people will be more than willing to tell you that "the working man can't get ahead". They really should STFU.I Wear Pants;617158 wrote:Mathmatically challenged sure. But unless you believe that no one actually wins and it's a conspiracy then you simply have to figure out how frequently you buy a ticket and whether you'd be better off doing something else with those funds.
For me I figure at my current rate I might buy 1,000 tickets in my lifetime. A thousand dollars is a lot but not when you stretch it over a 30-60 year period. Then you have to factor in that yes, like the commercials say, I usually do have at least a small amount of fun when I play the lottery if only because I enjoy thinking of how I'd spend that cash and how much it could make my life and the lives of those around me if not better but a lot easier.
Bigred1995;617166 wrote:You can do that for free, but you also have 0% at winning. When you at least play $1, the chances are still very low, but they're considerably better than 0%!
queencitybuckeye;617169 wrote:I'll agree to a point, throwing a buck at it here and there is OK. Where jmog's point becomes extremely valid is for those people who play $20 or more each week, and live hand to mouth. $20 per week at historical rates of return in the marketplace yields (conservatively) a nest egg of a quarter million dollars over a working lifetime. Many of the same people will be more than willing to tell you that "the working man can't get ahead". They really should STFU.
Tobias Fünke;617679 wrote:If---errr, when I win, I'll donate $12,000,000 to this place.
I Wear Pants;617687 wrote:If I win this place is going ad free for a while.
I Wear Pants;617710 wrote:Do it pussy.
But I was simply implying that if I won 200 some million dollars I'd be willing to pick up the bandwidth tab for the site.
justincredible;617734 wrote:I'll start charging $12 now.
Tobias Fünke;617792 wrote:Well, I'm out.
Hey everyone! Go to my new site, freeohiochatter.com!
Red Saul;617852 wrote:I will probably end up playing 5 dollars worth.
