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Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
So MM increased the price of playing. You could just say you won't play anymore instead of a constant harangue that you and a few others make about it instead of just saying you just will not spring for the five dollars to play a ticket. There are indeed people who can't afford it. Then there are those who never mention that things that cost one or two dollars not too long ago now cost five dollars or more. Don't try to convince anyone that there aren't other things that you gladly fork over fiv
Apr 4, 2026, 1:33 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

I'm done playing the lotteryReply
I had a similar run-in with a vending machine in PA last spring. I'd put in $20 and got $12 in tickets out when it suddenly rebooted. In PA, the vending machines are just giant tablets, so I'm standing there looking at a blank gray screen with the operating system starting to load. I turned around and gave the lady behind the counter a WTH look and she said, Yeah, it's been acting weird all morning. Would've been good to know that BEFORE I put my money in. Of course I didn't say that because I'm
Dec 31, 2025, 9:25 am - OhSoClose - Lottery Discussion Forum

Annuity or Cash ValueReply
Certainly cash value for me because that is the only *real* number. And, I am not a spring chicken any more... And, as always, I fervently hope that the guy in Washington D.C. would issue an executive order making a mandatory interest rate of 0.00% for all lottery annuities and removing taxation for all lottery winnings, forever. That would end all of the foolishness about many people not understanding how the interest rates affect the advertised annuity value vs cash value jackpot amou
May 11, 2026, 10:45 pm - IAmABadOne - Lottery Discussion Forum