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How much have you spent since you started playing lottery?

less than 1000$

[ 6 ]

[ 17.6% ]

1000$ - 10000$

[ 7 ]

[ 20.6% ]

10000$ - 20000$

[ 4 ]

[ 11.8% ]

20000$ - 50000$

[ 3 ]

[ 8.8% ]

More than 50000$

[ 4 ]

[ 11.8% ]

Does not keep track of how much I spend

[ 10 ]

[ 29.4% ]

Total valid votes

[ 34 ]

Discarded votes

[ 2 ]

Kinraht5

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Nov 22, 2020, 3:43 am

Just wondering how much an average player spends on lottery?

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Cmoore50

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Nov 22, 2020, 8:26 am

I throw all my losing tickets in a drawer and add them up at the end of the year. I just started playing the lottery two years ago. Down but making improvements on my data. It’s just a temporary loan that I will get back 100 fold.
Nikkicute

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Nov 24, 2020, 2:52 am

Quote: Originally posted by Kinraht5 on Nov 22, 2020
Just wondering how much an average player spends on lottery?

Not much!

I really need to start playing again instead of just watching the numbers lol

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2023 $0/$13

2024 Jan $0/$4.50 Feb $0/$5.00 Mar $0/$7.00 April $400/$6.50 May $0/$0 June $0/$0

July $0/$0 Aug $0/$0 Sept $0/$0 Oct $0/$0 Nov $0/$0 Dec $0/$0
Nikkicute

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Dec 1, 2020, 3:59 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Cmoore50 on Nov 22, 2020
I throw all my losing tickets in a drawer and add them up at the end of the year. I just started playing the lottery two years ago. Down but making improvements on my data. It’s just a temporary loan that I will get back 100 fold.

Doesn't your state have a secondary drawing where you send in losing tickets to win some money

at a drawing
sully16

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Ringleader

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Dec 2, 2020, 8:24 pm

Nooooooo, lol
Cmoore50

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Dec 3, 2020, 7:11 am

Yes. Haven't won any secondary drawings.
Stat$talker

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Dec 3, 2020, 11:30 am

Quote: Originally posted by Nikkicute on Dec 1, 2020
Doesn't your state have a secondary drawing where you send in losing tickets to win some money

at a drawing

Yeah, Ga. has that double insult as a Game...it seems to be for 3rd party Marketing purposes..!!

Getting players to send in losing tickets, or engaging their websites to read your phone's/computer's cookies,.. praying on hopes of still winning something after already losing once..

Never have talked to anyone who's ever won anything on such 2nd go around..!!

I only save my tickets for Tax purposes..when you win , you can write-off your lottery losses against any taxes owed...

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Saylorgirl

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Dec 6, 2020, 9:07 am

No Way!
Charloot

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Dec 21, 2020, 11:11 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Kinraht5 on Nov 22, 2020
Just wondering how much an average player spends on lottery?

Time period not specified. Not relevant.

Don't know what to vote on.

Just saying.
Stack47

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Dec 30, 2020, 10:45 pm

Saw a weird thing when I was watching the Keno drawing today. At first I thought it was an ordinary dumpster diver looking for winning tickets or someone collecting losing tickets to offset this years gambling winnings. But the clerk said they just want winning tickets that were paid off. Made no sense using "winning tickets" as IRS deductions because if audited the winnings shown on the tickets would added not deducted.

Didn't want to ask the diver why they only wanted paid off winning tickets and scratch-off, but I can't think of any logical reason to collect them.

Any ideas?

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Charloot

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Dec 30, 2020, 10:59 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Stack47 on Dec 30, 2020
Saw a weird thing when I was watching the Keno drawing today. At first I thought it was an ordinary dumpster diver looking for winning tickets or someone collecting losing tickets to offset this years gambling winnings. But the clerk said they just want winning tickets that were paid off. Made no sense using "winning tickets" as IRS deductions because if audited the winnings shown on the tickets would added not deducted.

Didn't want to ask the diver why they only wanted paid off winning tickets and scratch-off, but I can't think of any logical reason to collect them.

Any ideas?

Hi Stack47,

Maybe to collect points for second chance entrys is what comes to mind.

I see people in Pajama pants looking for discarded tickets all the time now.

Good luck all.
keeponscratchin

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Jan 5, 2021, 1:14 pm

There are a few reasons why someone dives for discarded tickets.

Get losers to offset winners.

Getting some winners makes it appear better if audited that you kept all the tickets not just all the losing ones.

Some might make youtube videos where they scratch tickets and need "material" of tickets where just the bar code was scratched.

Some just look for winners but usually nowadays everyone will just scan them on the machine.
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Jan 5, 2021, 1:26 pm

You can't "take it with you," so based on that, l have no budget!

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Stack47

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Jan 5, 2021, 1:35 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Charloot on Dec 30, 2020
Hi Stack47,

Maybe to collect points for second chance entrys is what comes to mind.

I see people in Pajama pants looking for discarded tickets all the time now.

Good luck all.

You might be right, but usually second chance drawings are for losing tickets. The person I saw only collects discarded paid off winning tickets. Most stores now have lottery vending machines and players cash small winners, get credits from the machine, and discard paid tickets into a near-by trash container. The collected paid tickets from the trash the clerk uses behind the counter too and probably find much higher denomination paid winning tickets.

The bar code determines if the ticket was already paid so the only logical reason is either for some type of scam or they want to show these tickets and pretend they won that amount. Either way, it's weird.

"When will we ever learn?"
Stack47

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Jan 5, 2021, 1:43 pm

Quote: Originally posted by keeponscratchin on Jan 5, 2021
There are a few reasons why someone dives for discarded tickets.

Get losers to offset winners.

Getting some winners makes it appear better if audited that you kept all the tickets not just all the losing ones.

Some might make youtube videos where they scratch tickets and need "material" of tickets where just the bar code was scratched.

Some just look for winners but usually nowadays everyone will just scan them on the machine.

A stack of losing tickets can offset winnings.

"Getting some winners makes it appear better if audited that you kept all the tickets not just all the losing ones."

The amounts on winning tickets would be added and winning tickets are usually cashed and players get a receipt.

I just thought it weird collecting just the paid off winning tickets.

"When will we ever learn?"