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AllenB

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Feb 24, 2020, 9:13 pm

Everything changed around February 1 2020. For the last 6 years, I was obsessed with the Lottery and Addicted to Excel as the way to win it. While I did not spend a bunch of money trying to win, I used most of my time on Excel workouts hoping to find a way to win. Beginning in December 2019, I was approaching a Reckoning of Sorts. I had a property tax deadline approaching and was frantic to find a way to pay it before I would lose my home. I don’t like to borrow money. In fact, I have lived the last 30+years without using any kind of credit whatsoever. That does not give one much of a credit score, so to borrow from a bank was out of the question and I sure was not going to use one of those Credit Predators to temporarily solve my problem. I am lucky to have a good friend who was willing to help me and require a small interest premium on the loan that solved my problem. To repay this loan, I had to Work more and I don’t mean on Lottery Excel Workbooks. I am happy to say that work picked up significantly in my former line of work and I also took another job at a much lower rate of pay to ensure my ability to repay the debt. Things are going well. I am now working with another “retired” friend doing land surveys and also now working for a contractor doing estimating on grading and paving projects.

Now, instead of spending my days on Lottery Excel, I am working and actually making some money. I have been thinking a lot less about the Lottery these days. When I do open the last Workbook (the Fifth Wheel) I find that I have lost a big part of my enthusiasm for the endeavor. I am not going to say that I have completely lost interest though. Instead of being a panicked obsession I have a more leisurely approach. It is now a hobby that I do not feel compelled to do all of the time.

That explains why I have not posted much recently. I just have not had time to do much with my Old Workbooks or look at anything new. Heck, I have even stopped dreaming in Excel.

I am not done of course, but I have taken a break. I have however bought a few Quick Picks, The Lazy Bet as I have read many times on LP. I think I just got burnt out because of the panicked obsession phase I went through. I might return someday but not the same as I once was.

I wish most of you here Good Luck.

Time for me to go back into the wilderness.

Allenb
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Feb 24, 2020, 9:46 pm

Quote: Originally posted by AllenB on Feb 24, 2020
Everything changed around February 1 2020. For the last 6 years, I was obsessed with the Lottery and Addicted to Excel as the way to win it. While I did not spend a bunch of money trying to win, I used most of my time on Excel workouts hoping to find a way to win. Beginning in December 2019, I was approaching a Reckoning of Sorts. I had a property tax deadline approaching and was frantic to find a way to pay it before I would lose my home. I don’t like to borrow money. In fact, I have lived the last 30+years without using any kind of credit whatsoever. That does not give one much of a credit score, so to borrow from a bank was out of the question and I sure was not going to use one of those Credit Predators to temporarily solve my problem. I am lucky to have a good friend who was willing to help me and require a small interest premium on the loan that solved my problem. To repay this loan, I had to Work more and I don’t mean on Lottery Excel Workbooks. I am happy to say that work picked up significantly in my former line of work and I also took another job at a much lower rate of pay to ensure my ability to repay the debt. Things are going well. I am now working with another “retired” friend doing land surveys and also now working for a contractor doing estimating on grading and paving projects.

Now, instead of spending my days on Lottery Excel, I am working and actually making some money. I have been thinking a lot less about the Lottery these days. When I do open the last Workbook (the Fifth Wheel) I find that I have lost a big part of my enthusiasm for the endeavor. I am not going to say that I have completely lost interest though. Instead of being a panicked obsession I have a more leisurely approach. It is now a hobby that I do not feel compelled to do all of the time.

That explains why I have not posted much recently. I just have not had time to do much with my Old Workbooks or look at anything new. Heck, I have even stopped dreaming in Excel.

I am not done of course, but I have taken a break. I have however bought a few Quick Picks, The Lazy Bet as I have read many times on LP. I think I just got burnt out because of the panicked obsession phase I went through. I might return someday but not the same as I once was.

I wish most of you here Good Luck.

Time for me to go back into the wilderness.

Allenb

Just buying a QP keeps you in the game, and, you never know, you just might luck into a win.

Good luck!

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Feb 24, 2020, 10:34 pm

Quote: Originally posted by AllenB on Feb 24, 2020
Everything changed around February 1 2020. For the last 6 years, I was obsessed with the Lottery and Addicted to Excel as the way to win it. While I did not spend a bunch of money trying to win, I used most of my time on Excel workouts hoping to find a way to win. Beginning in December 2019, I was approaching a Reckoning of Sorts. I had a property tax deadline approaching and was frantic to find a way to pay it before I would lose my home. I don’t like to borrow money. In fact, I have lived the last 30+years without using any kind of credit whatsoever. That does not give one much of a credit score, so to borrow from a bank was out of the question and I sure was not going to use one of those Credit Predators to temporarily solve my problem. I am lucky to have a good friend who was willing to help me and require a small interest premium on the loan that solved my problem. To repay this loan, I had to Work more and I don’t mean on Lottery Excel Workbooks. I am happy to say that work picked up significantly in my former line of work and I also took another job at a much lower rate of pay to ensure my ability to repay the debt. Things are going well. I am now working with another “retired” friend doing land surveys and also now working for a contractor doing estimating on grading and paving projects.

Now, instead of spending my days on Lottery Excel, I am working and actually making some money. I have been thinking a lot less about the Lottery these days. When I do open the last Workbook (the Fifth Wheel) I find that I have lost a big part of my enthusiasm for the endeavor. I am not going to say that I have completely lost interest though. Instead of being a panicked obsession I have a more leisurely approach. It is now a hobby that I do not feel compelled to do all of the time.

That explains why I have not posted much recently. I just have not had time to do much with my Old Workbooks or look at anything new. Heck, I have even stopped dreaming in Excel.

I am not done of course, but I have taken a break. I have however bought a few Quick Picks, The Lazy Bet as I have read many times on LP. I think I just got burnt out because of the panicked obsession phase I went through. I might return someday but not the same as I once was.

I wish most of you here Good Luck.

Time for me to go back into the wilderness.

Allenb

AllenB, I can definitely relate to what you're saying and life just sort of happens. I started my own obsession with the Pick 3 lottery back in 2011 ,when I decided to get serious, and I too was using Excel. Like yourself, I was doing the lottery for many years, but then I stopped like 2 or 3 years ago due to other things. It's only a couple of months ago that I caught the lottery bug again due to circumstances. I was going through a bunch of old physical junk mail and it just so happens that a lot of it was from Win-Track. As I was reading through their BS promotional material it got me thinking about it again and how much I enjoyed doing it. It was then that I decided to get back into it. I had relearn everything again that I had already forgotten, but ,luckily, I picked back up on it rather quickly. So, here I am now just a couple of months later and I think this time I'll be sticking with it.
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Feb 25, 2020, 8:46 am

Quote: Originally posted by AllenB on Feb 24, 2020
Everything changed around February 1 2020. For the last 6 years, I was obsessed with the Lottery and Addicted to Excel as the way to win it. While I did not spend a bunch of money trying to win, I used most of my time on Excel workouts hoping to find a way to win. Beginning in December 2019, I was approaching a Reckoning of Sorts. I had a property tax deadline approaching and was frantic to find a way to pay it before I would lose my home. I don’t like to borrow money. In fact, I have lived the last 30+years without using any kind of credit whatsoever. That does not give one much of a credit score, so to borrow from a bank was out of the question and I sure was not going to use one of those Credit Predators to temporarily solve my problem. I am lucky to have a good friend who was willing to help me and require a small interest premium on the loan that solved my problem. To repay this loan, I had to Work more and I don’t mean on Lottery Excel Workbooks. I am happy to say that work picked up significantly in my former line of work and I also took another job at a much lower rate of pay to ensure my ability to repay the debt. Things are going well. I am now working with another “retired” friend doing land surveys and also now working for a contractor doing estimating on grading and paving projects.

Now, instead of spending my days on Lottery Excel, I am working and actually making some money. I have been thinking a lot less about the Lottery these days. When I do open the last Workbook (the Fifth Wheel) I find that I have lost a big part of my enthusiasm for the endeavor. I am not going to say that I have completely lost interest though. Instead of being a panicked obsession I have a more leisurely approach. It is now a hobby that I do not feel compelled to do all of the time.

That explains why I have not posted much recently. I just have not had time to do much with my Old Workbooks or look at anything new. Heck, I have even stopped dreaming in Excel.

I am not done of course, but I have taken a break. I have however bought a few Quick Picks, The Lazy Bet as I have read many times on LP. I think I just got burnt out because of the panicked obsession phase I went through. I might return someday but not the same as I once was.

I wish most of you here Good Luck.

Time for me to go back into the wilderness.

Allenb

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Feb 27, 2020, 7:12 pm

Quote: Originally posted by AllenB on Feb 24, 2020
Everything changed around February 1 2020. For the last 6 years, I was obsessed with the Lottery and Addicted to Excel as the way to win it. While I did not spend a bunch of money trying to win, I used most of my time on Excel workouts hoping to find a way to win. Beginning in December 2019, I was approaching a Reckoning of Sorts. I had a property tax deadline approaching and was frantic to find a way to pay it before I would lose my home. I don’t like to borrow money. In fact, I have lived the last 30+years without using any kind of credit whatsoever. That does not give one much of a credit score, so to borrow from a bank was out of the question and I sure was not going to use one of those Credit Predators to temporarily solve my problem. I am lucky to have a good friend who was willing to help me and require a small interest premium on the loan that solved my problem. To repay this loan, I had to Work more and I don’t mean on Lottery Excel Workbooks. I am happy to say that work picked up significantly in my former line of work and I also took another job at a much lower rate of pay to ensure my ability to repay the debt. Things are going well. I am now working with another “retired” friend doing land surveys and also now working for a contractor doing estimating on grading and paving projects.

Now, instead of spending my days on Lottery Excel, I am working and actually making some money. I have been thinking a lot less about the Lottery these days. When I do open the last Workbook (the Fifth Wheel) I find that I have lost a big part of my enthusiasm for the endeavor. I am not going to say that I have completely lost interest though. Instead of being a panicked obsession I have a more leisurely approach. It is now a hobby that I do not feel compelled to do all of the time.

That explains why I have not posted much recently. I just have not had time to do much with my Old Workbooks or look at anything new. Heck, I have even stopped dreaming in Excel.

I am not done of course, but I have taken a break. I have however bought a few Quick Picks, The Lazy Bet as I have read many times on LP. I think I just got burnt out because of the panicked obsession phase I went through. I might return someday but not the same as I once was.

I wish most of you here Good Luck.

Time for me to go back into the wilderness.

Allenb

Thanks for the update Allen, and I'm very happy to hear things turned around for you. You are far from alone in turning to the lottery in times of financial distress. I'll miss the installments of your telenovela "Fifth Wheel."
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Feb 28, 2020, 2:32 am

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to play the lottery and he will dream about eating for the rest of his life.

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Feb 28, 2020, 5:37 am

Quote: Originally posted by BobP on Feb 28, 2020
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to play the lottery and he will dream about eating for the rest of his life.

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Quote: Originally posted by BobP on Feb 28, 2020
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to play the lottery and he will dream about eating for the rest of his life.

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