What are lottery games?Prev TopicNext Topic

• SergeM

  

  Economy class
  Belgium
  Member #123,694
  February 27, 2012
  4,035 Posts
  Offline
  Dec 7, 2015, 12:55 pm

  ▲▼

   What are lottery games to people?

  
• Raven62

  

  25

  New Jersey
  United States
  Member #17,842
  June 28, 2005
  180,983 Posts
  Offline
  Dec 7, 2015, 4:59 pm

  ▲▼

  It's where trying to change destiny meets determination to change it!

  A mind once stretched by a new idea never returns to its original dimensions!
  
  Catch-22: A dilemma or difficult circumstance from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.
  
  Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges: When the republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous.
  
  The best way to learn is to never stop being an Experiential Student!
• realtorjim

  

  United States
  Member #106,918
  February 27, 2011
  556 Posts
  Offline
  Dec 7, 2015, 5:03 pm

  ▲▼
  In response to SergeM

  Quote: Originally posted by SergeM on Dec 7, 2015

   What are lottery games to people?

  To me lottery games are a form of entertainment, just as going to the movies, going to a concert, and going out to a nice restaurant.  One side difference is a remote chance to win some money in the process.  Also, to an extent, lottery games are a hobby.  Some people spend money to bowl, some spend money on fishing equipment, some spend money on monster truck builds, and others spend money on lottery games.  All ways to spend idle time doing something enjoyable to themselves.

    I'm feeling a $312,000,000.00 jackpot win coming my way!
• lejardin

  

  United States
  Member #118,604
  November 4, 2011
  1,443 Posts
  Offline
  Dec 7, 2015, 5:25 pm

  ▲▼

  I agree realtorjim.  I enjoy the movies and sometimes while out I get a lottery ticket(s) on the slim chance to win and change my life.  It really is nothing but a wish, dream, hope but I spend my few $$ for just that chance.

  Good Luck to us all on our DREAMS.
• BobP

  

  Dump Water Florida
  United States
  Member #380
  June 5, 2002
  3,576 Posts
  Offline
  Dec 8, 2015, 7:50 am

  ▲▼

  A lottery ticket is a chance to dream of better things until the draw.  BobP
• GiveFive

  

  Florida - West Coast
  United States
  Member #92,605
  June 10, 2010
  6,581 Posts
  Offline
  Dec 8, 2015, 8:12 am

  ▲▼
  In response to realtorjim

  Quote: Originally posted by realtorjim on Dec 7, 2015

  To me lottery games are a form of entertainment, just as going to the movies, going to a concert, and going out to a nice restaurant.  One side difference is a remote chance to win some money in the process.  Also, to an extent, lottery games are a hobby.  Some people spend money to bowl, some spend money on fishing equipment, some spend money on monster truck builds, and others spend money on lottery games.  All ways to spend idle time doing something enjoyable to themselves.

  You and I are cut from the same cloth Jim. 

  I've always thought of playing the lottery as a hobby and entertainment first, and oh yeah!  I might win a few bucks, but probably not.

  I think of it as a hobby mostly because I track the numbers with some spreadsheets I created.  I find the behavior of the numbers absolutely fascinating.  I probably got way too deep into it, but I did learn an awful lot, and to me learning something new is always a good thing. 

  Don t get me wrong, math was never my best subject, but I learned how the odds are calculated for just about any online game.  If you ask most regular players how the odds for their favorite game are calculated (I've done it) you'll soon see that they've absolutely no idea!  And it isn't hard to calculate them, ya just gotta know how to do it. The looks on people's faces when you show them how it's done are priceless!  G5     

  Play Smart!
• cbr$

  

  Cordova,Al.
  United States
  Member #104,478
  January 15, 2011
  11,418 Posts
  Offline
  Dec 8, 2015, 10:16 am

  ▲▼

  Lottery games are entertainment & sometime win.