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I consider lottery a Full-time Job

Yes

[ 22 ]

[ 45.8% ]

[ 26 ]

[ 54.2% ]

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Discarded votes

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Soledad

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Sep 1, 2019, 10:29 am

No way, no how. It’s completely different. You can’t look at the time spent playing lottery the same way as the time spent with working. You can only look at it the same as in time spent. Which a lot of the time = to money spent. With work, you’re spending time and getting paid for it. There’s a big difference. You’re guaranteed your pay with work. You are guaranteed nothing in return with lottery. Which is why they call it entertainment. Just cause they offer billion dollar jackpots doesn’t change the fact that it’s for entertainment purposes only. I could go on and on with this. But unless you can pay all your living expenses yearly, it can not be considered a full time job. And then you’d always have that worry in the back of your mind, well what if this doesn’t pan out. Back up plan? Not always. Lottery doesn’t work like that. There’s an old song called the vapors, watch out lol. I’ve been playing 7 years, only one year can I say I actually got enough to have a good time with no worries. And yeah I was lucky. There’s no other way to look at it in my eyes. One person saying yes does not equal to millions who say no. Hello.

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Lucky Loser

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Sep 1, 2019, 2:45 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Soledad on Sep 1, 2019
No way, no how. It’s completely different. You can’t look at the time spent playing lottery the same way as the time spent with working. You can only look at it the same as in time spent. Which a lot of the time = to money spent. With work, you’re spending time and getting paid for it. There’s a big difference. You’re guaranteed your pay with work. You are guaranteed nothing in return with lottery. Which is why they call it entertainment. Just cause they offer billion dollar jackpots doesn’t change the fact that it’s for entertainment purposes only. I could go on and on with this. But unless you can pay all your living expenses yearly, it can not be considered a full time job. And then you’d always have that worry in the back of your mind, well what if this doesn’t pan out. Back up plan? Not always. Lottery doesn’t work like that. There’s an old song called the vapors, watch out lol. I’ve been playing 7 years, only one year can I say I actually got enough to have a good time with no worries. And yeah I was lucky. There’s no other way to look at it in my eyes. One person saying yes does not equal to millions who say no. Hello.

I'll agree you on the general sentiment, okay. However, as with any type of gambling, you're correct in that nothing is guaranteed...no argument there. Where I differ, though, is that I know there's ways to play and develop averages on wins/losses and still come out ahead profit-wise. This is the ONLY way to figure profits in lottery Pick3/4 gambling practices. It works ONLY if the right coin is spent on the right numbers at the right time, and, there are players AT LARGE that do this daily. You have to make it worth the time you put in on creating play lists because, time IS money. If you're constantly spending money and investing your time while not seeing a positive return at some point then, it's ALL a waste especially if there's no learning curve being applied to counter the losses of both. My time and money is extremely valuable to me...and ONE you cannot get back. Yes, its entertainment but, don't we usually get something tangible back from a monetary investment on entertainment? The simple thrill of playing was never enough for me.

BTW, on that Vapors song, are you referring to Biz Markie? Maybe not. Lol!!! Soledad, you're killing me, bud! Here's the link to the lyrics from the 1988 hit song:

https://genius.com/Biz-markie-the-vapors-lyrics

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Small games, frequent wins, and regular payouts 'cause.....

There are seven days in the week...'Someday' isn't one of them.

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BobP

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Sep 2, 2019, 12:42 am

Sometimes there are no perfect metaphor's for unique things like the lottery.

No, it is not and never can be a job. Time and money invested isn't recoverable in reduced amounts like most failed investments. At best it might be considered something like crafting, where one invests time and money to try making and selling objects of dubious value. The hundred bird houses you made are just as likely to end up at Good Will as one hundred people's homes.

IMHO it's a hobby, one you can make money with only as much risk as you're willing to allow. Sometimes wagering say $10 a day can add up to more then won, yet the utility value of winning $500 or $5000 all at once can be more useful.

BobP
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Sep 24, 2019, 8:06 pm

Quote: Originally posted by IamaLibra on Jul 2, 2019
I have taken playing very serious... the profit I have made in the last year has been more than a time job pays!

Wishing I could play lottery fulltime ,its worth more orr than I can earn doing any other job.

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Hermanus104

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Oct 15, 2019, 11:37 pm

I moved to California two and a half years ago and refuse to play because they use random number generators. I'll normally buy a few 3-ball/4-ball tickets when I go to Virginia, a ball state, to visit my family for Christmas. I no longer analyze the numbers in Virginia because I don't spend enough time there.

Today's winning 3-ball is going to be a number between 000 and 999.

In a lot of states, lotteries benefit education. That makes the REAL winners the only people who can't play!
river26

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Oct 25, 2019, 11:07 am

Quote: Originally posted by cottoneyedjoe on Aug 1, 2019
I think 15 of us are having a bit of fun

I use v tract charts to play pairs its the best possible way to play pick 3 i think!! U agust your spending easier and can hit big at right times by using digits out and in hot and cold

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