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• rcbbuckeye

  

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  Jan 31, 2016, 11:19 am

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  Been playing the jackpot games for 30 years at least. Add in the side games like pick 3, pick 4, scratchers, and others, and it will take a $50,000 win at least to come out ahead.

  CAN'T WIN IF YOU'RE NOT IN

  A DOLLAR AND A DREAM (OR $2)
  
• MotoX2

  

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  I've probably spent hundreds so far and it will probably be in the thousands years from now but yeah it's a shot at the American dream.  Always spend what you can afford and I can afford to lose that much.
• GGStarlings

  

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  I buy lottery tickets AND Starbucks.  ha! 

  La Maga Della Spaziometria
• JoshUK

  

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  Jan 31, 2016, 5:03 pm

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  Quote: Originally posted by GGStarlings on Jan 31, 2016

  I buy lottery tickets AND Starbucks.  ha! 

  You must have already won the lottery then! 

  Starbucks is my guilty pleasure... £2.35 for a single cup of coffee is crazy tho!

  £2.50 and a dream!
• GGStarlings

  

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  Jan 31, 2016, 5:13 pm

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  Quote: Originally posted by JoshUK on Jan 31, 2016

  You must have already won the lottery then! 

  Starbucks is my guilty pleasure... £2.35 for a single cup of coffee is crazy tho!

  I'm wild for espresso.  I don't even drink regular coffee, so that's my... um... addiction.  Should've bought stock in it years ago.  I just need a bigger lottery win to keep my Starbucks card filled!   

  But you know, it is hard to get through life without a little sin, a little devil to pull at your pocketbook. I don't smoke, drink heavily or gamble the rent away at casinos, so I have to cut myself some slack.

  Ah, addiction justification, yeah.... haha

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• travelintrucker

  

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  Est. $3,500-$4,000 since I started playing back in 2002. Just did my tally for taxes 2015. Not counting winners; I lost $1,246 in 2015. I don't keep track of my winners. I mistakenly put a $2 winner in with the losers. I have $2 bucks waiting for me in Texas!

  May the balls bounce in your favor!
  
• savagegoose

  

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  I think the 30 ish years ive been playing, $20k sounds about right.

  " Still swinging, still missing "
  2014 = -1016; 2015= -1409; 2016  = -1171; 2017 = -1257 ; 2018 = - 1380 =  TOT =  - 6233

  keno historic = -2291 ; 2015= -603; 2016= -424; 2017 =-427; 2018= -223   TOT = -3968

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