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• BigDMike

  

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  Dec 5, 2016, 8:14 pm

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  Quote: Originally posted by JAMORA on Nov 30, 2016

  Maybe their energy draws winning? Just thinking that perhaps their "life" is going better and that they win the lottery on top of it may be a result of positive thinking and actions in other areas of their life. In other words, the win is just a continuation of them bringing positive energy into their lives. When you're down and out, you carry negativity into all aspects of your life. Especially where luck is concerned.

  Exactly!!! 

  That's hard for many people to wrap their brains around, but when they do...Things change!
• amber123

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  People have what's called "Expendable Income", meaning they earn money to pay the bills, but they also make more than enough to accommodate an extracurricular activity like betting on the lottery. Venture Capital is a worldwide strategy used by the Hot Shots, like Scouts looking for Entrepreneurs. 

  I do the same, but obviously with much less money. 
• Stack47

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on Dec 2, 2016

  The "jackpot envy" bug is popping up more and more lately among LP members.  Maybe it's because they follow lottery results more closely than other players and think they are more entitled to a big win than the actually winners because they don't look like them or live in their neighborhood.

  It's more likely because some of our members don't understand the next to impossible odds against them. It's true eventually PB and MM will produce jackpot winners, but not every drawing, every week, or even every month. After playing Ohio Lotto games for years with odds less than 14 million to one it was clear to us how difficult winning PB or MM is.

  Another possible reason is if they don't win, they find fault with how the real winners spend their prize somehow hoping their criticisms will result in them winning a jackpot. But by saying most of the winners are well off, they are really saying both PB and MM are cheating.
• NeedyNotGreedy

  

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  Thanks for all the replies. To be honest, I was only being slightly facetious in the questioning. That's why I asked, why does it seem, versus why do only. I know things aren't always the way it seems.

  And yes I understand prayers and the lottery may not produce the results right then or if ever. Not to mention, gambling and all. 

  Someone mentioned law of attraction. I have to disagree with that metaphor. Trust me, I understand it. Probably not as well and seriously as you do. But that speaks more of things you can control. The lottery isn't in my control necessarily. Only how one chooses to spend and react to their fate. There's no guarantee that they ever had any expectations. Matter of fact, the Tennessee 20 said they never had any expectations of winning. And still won. So, you telling me just because I need it, thus believing in it, that my chances decrease? Come on. That's a bunch of crap. It doesn't matter what my attitude is. What matters is that I (or anyone) buy more tickets and just so happen to have the right one drawn at the right time in the right place. 

  Let me just say, I have won the lottery. I've won scratch offs and draw games (though it seems the scratch offs are the only ones that ever pay more than $2-3). I've won $20, $35, $50 on scratch offs a handful of times. 

  Pardon if I came off as poor sport. I just thought it to be questionable. But I know there's no reason except the majority of the type of people who play powerball win it. If that majority is middle aged White working class folk, well there you go. 

  I will say though...reading some of this has certainly made me reconsider. 30 years playing lotto and not winning to me, just isn't appealing to me. I definitely better stop getting my hopes up every few days playing lotto. I may just pray to stop and turn my hopes to something more achievable lol.