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THRIFTY

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Nov 29, 2011, 5:51 pm

Why not buy 52 Quick Pick Tickets once a year and be done with it.But how many times do you dream of winning? Do you have to win every week to be happy? Of course not. You only have to win once. So you only have to buy one ticket, at some time in the future to be able to legitimately dream of winning a huge jackpot.
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Nov 29, 2011, 5:56 pm

In FL you can buy 52 tix (6 months worth)

not all states let you.

Some are a max of 10 or 20, depends which state u are in
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Nov 29, 2011, 5:58 pm

Quote: Originally posted by THRIFTY on Nov 29, 2011
Why not buy 52 Quick Pick Tickets once a year and be done with it.But how many times do you dream of winning? Do you have to win every week to be happy? Of course not. You only have to win once. So you only have to buy one ticket, at some time in the future to be able to legitimately dream of winning a huge jackpot.

You so crazy!
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Nov 29, 2011, 7:26 pm

Quote: Originally posted by rdgrnr on Nov 29, 2011
You so crazy!

For all gamblers, even small-time bettors, gambling at the very least correlates with feelings such as irritation, frustration and aggravation then can worsen to agony, depression, violence and suicide. Gamblers may not always admit experiencing these feelings. However, gamblers definitely do experience these feelings. Even small-time $1 a week lottery players get irritated, frustrated and aggravated when always losing. Rarely though do gamblers only bet $1 a week even if saying that. When gamblers who say they only ever bet $1 a week, see a super jackpot getting big and bet $5, $10, $20 or more on it, then they are not $1 a week gamblers any longer. Gambling always means losing money. Usually losing more money than intended. The bottom line is that losing money and feeling all of these negative emotions is not fun, recreational or entertaining.
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Nov 29, 2011, 7:33 pm

I like to play every week if I can because you can win smaller prizes if you don't win the jackpot. Since you are more than likely not going to win the jackpot every drawing you can win smaller prizes like $1 million or $10,000 or $150 or $100 or the smaller prizes. But you don't win if you don't play.-weshar75
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Nov 29, 2011, 9:41 pm

Quote: Originally posted by THRIFTY on Nov 29, 2011
For all gamblers, even small-time bettors, gambling at the very least correlates with feelings such as irritation, frustration and aggravation then can worsen to agony, depression, violence and suicide. Gamblers may not always admit experiencing these feelings. However, gamblers definitely do experience these feelings. Even small-time $1 a week lottery players get irritated, frustrated and aggravated when always losing. Rarely though do gamblers only bet $1 a week even if saying that. When gamblers who say they only ever bet $1 a week, see a super jackpot getting big and bet $5, $10, $20 or more on it, then they are not $1 a week gamblers any longer. Gambling always means losing money. Usually losing more money than intended. The bottom line is that losing money and feeling all of these negative emotions is not fun, recreational or entertaining.

Actually, selling furniture correlates with feelings such as irritation, frustration,and aggravation, which has for me worsened to agony, depression, violence, and thoughts of suicide.

Gambling, with the hope of winning enough to retire helps relieve all those bad feelings.

CAN'T WIN IF YOU'RE NOT IN

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Nov 30, 2011, 8:56 pm

Quote: Originally posted by rcbbuckeye on Nov 29, 2011
Actually, selling furniture correlates with feelings such as irritation, frustration,and aggravation, which has for me worsened to agony, depression, violence, and thoughts of suicide.

Gambling, with the hope of winning enough to retire helps relieve all those bad feelings.

On the positive side of things, millions of players will be buying 1 Quick Pick Ticket to test their Luck, since they believe that a $254.2 Millions powerball jackpot was won with 1 Quick Pick Ticket.I just feel that it is insane to chase a lottery jackpot by playing 1 quick pick ticket over and over again with negative results. I would rather save some lotto lines by skipping a few draws and buy 5 or 10 lines on one shot regardless of the jackpot size.
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Nov 30, 2011, 9:42 pm

JP games are too hard to win. I stick with p-3. people always say someone wins most of the time, but many many losing tickets, millions, for one person to win. in powerball you have same odds as getting hit with meteor. I will buy california fantasy five maybe twice a month for a dollar each time, and that;s it. if you sit around all day long dreaming that winning a jp will get you out of your miserable rut, then you need head examined. Then it becomes an obsession and no longer fun to play.

I have some friends they say I will definetly win one day...ahha hha ah...come on you serious? most people play for 30 years and never win. imagine If they save that money in the bank.

20 dollars a week for 30 years equals about 30,000 dollars plus interest.
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Dec 1, 2011, 12:05 am

Quote: Originally posted by on Nov 30, 2011
JP games are too hard to win. I stick with p-3. people always say someone wins most of the time, but many many losing tickets, millions, for one person to win. in powerball you have same odds as getting hit with meteor. I will buy california fantasy five maybe twice a month for a dollar each time, and that;s it. if you sit around all day long dreaming that winning a jp will get you out of your miserable rut, then you need head examined. Then it becomes an obsession and no longer fun to play.

I have some friends they say I will definetly win one day...ahha hha ah...come on you serious? most people play for 30 years and never win. imagine If they save that money in the bank.

20 dollars a week for 30 years equals about 30,000 dollars plus interest.

You are right saving money should our number one focus over the long run.
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Dec 1, 2011, 6:32 am

yeah the odds of winning the pot are better if you buy 52 tickets in 1 draw than 1 ticket in 52 draws.

but who wants to wait for 1 draw a year., its the many little dreams ea week that keep people happy.

personally i dont know what draw im meant to win, so i play em all.,

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Dec 1, 2011, 10:47 am

Quote: Originally posted by savagegoose on Dec 1, 2011
yeah the odds of winning the pot are better if you buy 52 tickets in 1 draw than 1 ticket in 52 draws.

but who wants to wait for 1 draw a year., its the many little dreams ea week that keep people happy.

personally i dont know what draw im meant to win, so i play em all.,

I agree cuz like old Jerry Reed said: "When You're Hot You're Hot and When You're Not You're Not."

If you only play once, it might be when you're "Not."

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