Do You Ever Exceed Your Lottery Budget?

Reply #21

jmack34 — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:00:01 GMT

Always go over my budget with no luck of course because in NC you never know what will come out

Reply #20

rukiafae — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 17:29:07 GMT

I like 'odd numbers' and amounts, so whatever i spend its always an odd number.

usually 7 tickets for the big games (PB,MM) per drawing

sometimes 2 tickets for the pick 5 game- usually only on the big game nights (so... tues, wed, fri, sat)

- averages to $9 per draw date

so whats that come to? $28-$38 per week, depending on if i get pick 5 tiks... ( i play $1 tickets only

Reply #19

kaizon7 — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:28:26 GMT

I play around $10.00 per day which covers day/night draws. I usually hit at least 3 or 4 times a week, but I'm only betting at 50 cent per play. If I feel very confident about a number, I might put more money on it, it just depends on the feel before the draw.

Reply #18

CutlassBob — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 17:54:09 GMT

*BURP* What's a budget

Reply #17

garyo1954 — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 17:37:29 GMT

I'm flexible, a couple of bucks either way.

Reply #16

ttech10 — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 07:59:54 GMT

This Friday/Saturday is a good example. I didn't buy tickets for tonight but tomorrow (technically later toda) I will play between $5-$10 on Powerball. I may go up to $20 but that isn't likely. Playing only $10 this week instead of $20 most weeks cancels out up to $10 extra I play another week.

(And I can't seem to type tonight so sorry for any misspellings

Reply #15

ThatScaryChick — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 22:22:17 GMT

I don't have a set budget, but I tend to stay within $15-$25 a week. It depends on what games I play that week though.

Reply #14

victorl3ichiban — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:44:42 GMT

Sadly, I do... I don't buy beer, cig or gum anymore and I put all of those money on lotto now a day.

Reply #13

Elizabeth03 — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:24:25 GMT

I have had a budget- but I don't like sticking with it, if I want to win money enough then I spend a good amount till satisfied- sometimes I get a good return on the investment! Not like I want in $$$ but enough to get more tickets- maybe it will improve for me

Reply #12

lottolaughs — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:12:24 GMT

I play on a whim so no budget here. Sometimes I'll play for 3 days in a row and then go 8 months without playing.

Reply #11

savagegoose — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 03:57:05 GMT

we all have budgets ,and diets, its just most uf us dont take notes.

Reply #10

Coin Toss — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:19:37 GMT

Before Illinois got Powerball and the Powerplay and the Megaplier for Mega Millions I was spending about $17 qa week, all games combines. That's went up $3 with the PB and Megaplier, but I don't have a budget for it.

I don't really play enough to have to worry about budgeting for it.

I'm of the school of thought that budgets, and diets, don't work.

Reply #9

BaristaExpress — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:09:41 GMT

I honestly don't have a budget for playing the PB MM lottery games. I don't do scratch off tickets, I don't do the state raffle (computer generated numbers crap game), I don't play the daily pick 3 4 (computer generated numbers again)! I only start to play when the jackpot is 80 million (cash)! Then I play $20.00

And if the jackpot goes to the 100 million plus (cash) then it's $30 or $40 and that depends on how I feel about my numbers for that next draw

Reply #8

jrosina — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:52:44 GMT

Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha, OH My goodness I can hear the Pooch saying:

Sure offer the me up, as the Sacrife Lamb for your numbers

Reply #7

HoLeeKau — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:41:23 GMT

I don't have a lot of discretionary income, so I decided that lottery is my entertainment. Reasonable entertainment for someone of my income level would be a movie every week, so I base my budget on what I would spend for a movie and snacks. I usually spend around $15 a week, never more than $20 on my entertainment budget.

The only time I don't stick to it is when there's a raffle, then I exceed my budget by $10 a couple times. But that's no problem, I just cut back on the dog's food for a fe... [ More ]

Reply #6

sully16 — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:54:17 GMT

I stick to 20 but, if I win I'll buy extra.

Reply #5

Raven62 — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:38:45 GMT

What's the Code for: Yes or No

Reply #4

savagegoose — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:29:52 GMT

i play min on them all, $1 game the 50c games and the 4 lines min entry for $2.40 games.

oz lotto is $1.10 for 1 line 7/45 games

the pools is $1.10 for 2 lines 6/38

the powerball $1.40 for 2 lines 5/45 +1/45

mon/wed, share the same jackpot $1.75 for 4 lines 6/45

sat $2.40 for 4 lines 6/45

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i see where you are comming from , if i take the $1 i enter in tue, oz lotto , i can get 4 lines on a wednesday or monday with it. if i also too k out power ball. id get both mon a... [ More ]

Reply #3

BobP — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 09:12:11 GMT

Are you going for the two tickets for a dollar or the dollar plays? If I had the choice I'd play the two for a dollar until I won big.

BobP

Reply #2

savagegoose — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:15:27 GMT

my budget is supposed ot be min entry on ea draw during the week, thats $10, but i aolmost always end up tinkering around the edges, theres always some game jackpotting so buy more. id say im betting about $20 a week atm

Reply #1

ttech10 — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:10:52 GMT

I usually don't do more than $20 a week ($10 for PB and MM, $5 on each draw). If it's a big draw or I have a feeling then I may put an extra $5 down. Sometimes I'll go over and sometimes I will skip a week so it tends to balance out.

Do You Ever Exceed Your Lottery Budget?

BobP — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 06:56:57 GMT

We all have a budget or spending limit for lottery, an amount we don't want to exceed or we feel really bad about it. How did you decide your budget and do you have trouble sticking to it?

BobP