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• noise-gate

  

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  Perhaps you have hit an extended dry spell and decided that you will cool your jets for awhile hoping that when you return, your situation would have changed to a more positive outlook?
  I tried a few months before getting back in the ring, not aggressive betting- more conservatively though.Prior Losing Memories have a tendency to linger...
• Shelby Mustang

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by noise-gate on May 1, 2014

  Perhaps you have hit an extended dry spell and decided that you will cool your jets for awhile hoping that when you return, your situation would have changed to a more positive outlook?
  I tried a few months before getting back in the ring, not aggressive betting- more conservatively though.Prior Losing Memories have a tendency to linger...

  Ehhh I have tried before to take a break, but since you dont know if or win you'll ever hit I just buy at least one ticket for each drawing. That way Im in it but Im not deep in it
• rdgrnr

  

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  Stay the course.

  Steady as she goes.

  Don't rock the boat.

  Wouldn't be prudent.
• noise-gate

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by rdgrnr on May 1, 2014

  Stay the course.

  Steady as she goes.

  Don't rock the boat.

  Wouldn't be prudent.

  Iol Ridge- when you posted that response l see a mounted wall plague with those exact words above your computer and whenever the need arises- you look  up from your monitor and quote them for all to read ... .
  Thanks for sharing.
• rdgrnr

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by noise-gate on May 1, 2014

  Iol Ridge- when you posted that response l see a mounted wall plague with those exact words above your computer and whenever the need arises- you look  up from your monitor and quote them for all to read ... .
  Thanks for sharing.

  You've been looking in my windows. 
• mikeintexas

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by noise-gate on May 1, 2014

  Iol Ridge- when you posted that response l see a mounted wall plague with those exact words above your computer and whenever the need arises- you look  up from your monitor and quote them for all to read ... .
  Thanks for sharing.

  I always read that in my best George H.W. Bush voice.
• LottoMetro

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by noise-gate on May 1, 2014

  Perhaps you have hit an extended dry spell and decided that you will cool your jets for awhile hoping that when you return, your situation would have changed to a more positive outlook?
  I tried a few months before getting back in the ring, not aggressive betting- more conservatively though.Prior Losing Memories have a tendency to linger...

  Longest break of not playing for me was probably 2-3 months. I used to buy tickets several times a week, now it is only a few times a month.

  I look at it like "if you're going to win, then you will win." Rushing to play or constantly playing won't necessarily change that.

  If the chances of winning the jackpot are so slim, why play when the jackpot is so small? Your chances never change, but the potential payoff does.
  If a crystal ball showed you the future of the rest of your life, and in that future you will never win a jackpot, would you still play?

  P&L % = Total Win($)/Total Wager($) - 1