What happens if I play for years on end and never end up winning anything in the lottery?

Very funny...... I'm giving you a "hint" to write a check for $90k and all you can say is that I should turn all Bonnie and Clyde and my community, which would be a big disappointment to the Illuminati who I promised that I would do right by my humble and beloved community.

Put your 10,000 dollars in a no load mutual fund account and let it stay there.

Remember you must stand up for your own ideals. Do not become obsessed with pleasing the Illuminati, I'm sure they also have their own agenda's.

I didn't realize you were conveying a "hint" to me. If I had that kind of money laying around, I would certainly consider financing your enterprise.

BTW, banks aren't that difficult to rob. Just wear a good disguise, make your getaway on a bicycle, and hit them just before they open on a Friday.

Well thanks for your advice and all, but I think I may just walk in and ask to borrow it for playing the lottery.

Where's the challenge and fun in that. 

I think that if you remember it is for fun you will have more fun with your entertainment budget because that is what most people do with their fun money.  If you can't enjoy the lottery any more then do not play but I tried to quit too but saw those jackpots getting higher and decided to play.  Tickets are so cheap so I don't drink morning lattes or smoke or drink alcohol so I like to try my luck on the lottery but I budget it now for the last several years now.  So when the money runs out it is wait until next month to play but I like to buy the ticket then come to lottery post and post in my blog about the ticket.  Then go to maddog challenge and post numbers to see if I hit anything you have lost your fun in the games you play I think.  So just don't spend too much and have fun with it.  Good luck to you in the future for a big win!-weshar75

been playing since 1973 except when living in states that did,nt have lottery,

I stick to budget and don't get down about it,

in fact if I'm having a bad day at work I say to myself

"oh well its not going to matter after I win tonight's drawing"

so the hope and dream is always there.

But I agree w/others here that if it gets you down you should take a break.

Great advice from everyone here.  Play within your budget (I felt guilty spending more than $3.00 a week so I stopped going to Starbucks) and don't wait for a Lottery win to accomplish goals in your life. 5 years from now, it will be 5 years later whether you win or not (I know this is going to end up in the quotes somewhere lol). 

Every 6 months, I make a list of things I want to accomplish and learn (personal goals). I always wanted to write a script and spent some time researching how to do it (all of this info is online) , got samples, learned to write dialogue etc all with a day job and another career as well. Writing it was the accomplishisment...now whether I make $ and win anything is another. That will be on my list in another year or two. Take an affordable adult ed class, learn something new, volunteer, etc. Intellectual curiousity keeps one in the game and happy. $ cannot buy you happiness. You should be  too busy with your goals and interests to worry about winning the lottery.  It should be just an amusing game. If you have a bad day at work, think "I need to get going on this other goal", etc. As Oprah used to say, you have to have a plan.

This is how I justify playing the lottery.

1. I do not smoke cigarettes. Cigarettes budget to those who smoke regularly is over $1,000 a year.

2. Its a form of entertainment. Some people spend a lot of money at the movies every weekend..I rarely go to the movies

3. Its a small chance to win a lot of money. Nothing motivates a man than legit money he didnt work for. 

   Plus I keep a tight budget. I keep it under $20 a week.

"I read stories about some people playing for 30 years before they win the jackpot and other's who rarely play and win a big jackpot."

It may take 10 to 15 drawings, but sooner or later one of the millions of people who play the lottery will win. That you may read a story about how long they've been playing or how recently they started means nothing. All of the people who lost  can tell the same story about when they started. If 90% of lottery players have been playing for more than 5 years then 90% of winners wil have been playing for more than 5 years. It very definitely doesn't mean that people who have been playing for more than 5 years are 9 times more likely to win than the 10% who have been playing for less than 5 years. Your tickets have the same extremely slim chance as anyone else's tickets.

As for being depressed when you don't win, it might just be because you've been having unrealistic expectations about winning. OTOH, maybe you should be looking at the other things that are going on in your life.  You may have also read stories that make it clear that a fair percentage of jackpot winners had various problems that weren't solved by winning the lottery. It's a safe bet that a similar percentage of players who don't win a jackpot have the same sort of problems.

Lottery is one of those things you keep doing pretty much the same thing over and over again hoping for a different result and sometimes you get one.  You are far too invested in the games if losing tickets depress you as they are what's expected.  No wait, I expect to win every time I play, but never get depressed losing unless I over spent, so I try very hard not to.  It only takes one ticket to be in it to win, no excuse to over spend.  Probably a better chance to win with one or two well chosen combinations then a hundred quick picks. You have only truely lost when you stop playing.  BobP

look at the stars in a moonless nights sky? ever counted them? well there are more ways to lose in lotto than their are visable stars in the sky! we keep playing only the fool expects to win, we are just in with that chance because we have tickets. ie HOPE.

Good synopsis Bob. 

"only the fool expects to win"

Then I must be biggest fool ever!      

You probably aren't going to win a JP.  Sorry, those are the facts.

Play it for the hope of winning, not as a means of financing your future.

I hope to win every time I play, but I go to work every day as a back up plan.