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• msowenhart

  

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  I'm new to lottery and gambling in general. I have a question. If I were to buy 1200 tickets for AR Natural State Lotto, what would my odds look like? The odds are 1: 575,757. I've never bought lotto tickets before & the $1200 is money I saved from months of plasma donation (not money from work), I have no kids and a roommate. Bills paid for the month. Should I go for it?
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  Quote: Originally posted by msowenhart on Oct 25, 2024

  I'm new to lottery and gambling in general. I have a question. If I were to buy 1200 tickets for AR Natural State Lotto, what would my odds look like? The odds are 1: 575,757. I've never bought lotto tickets before & the $1200 is money I saved from months of plasma donation (not money from work), I have no kids and a roommate. Bills paid for the month. Should I go for it?

  Absolutely not! You'd likely be throwing your money away.
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• hypersoniq

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by msowenhart on Oct 25, 2024

  I'm new to lottery and gambling in general. I have a question. If I were to buy 1200 tickets for AR Natural State Lotto, what would my odds look like? The odds are 1: 575,757. I've never bought lotto tickets before & the $1200 is money I saved from months of plasma donation (not money from work), I have no kids and a roommate. Bills paid for the month. Should I go for it?

  Your odds would look like 1,200:575,757... not very promising... better off taking $20 out to play 1 ticket over several draws and bank the $1,180. This month you are good, next month maybe not so much...

  Have an EXCELlent day!
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  Quote: Originally posted by msowenhart on Oct 25, 2024

  I'm new to lottery and gambling in general. I have a question. If I were to buy 1200 tickets for AR Natural State Lotto, what would my odds look like? The odds are 1: 575,757. I've never bought lotto tickets before & the $1200 is money I saved from months of plasma donation (not money from work), I have no kids and a roommate. Bills paid for the month. Should I go for it?

  you should ask your roommate instead of strangers on the internet. he's the one who will have to have to spot you next month when you blow all your money on losing lottery tickets.
• msowenhart

  

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  I literally said in the original post that this money is not income from work, but money I saved from months of plasma donations (I donate in my free time). I wouldn't miss rent for lottery tickets.
• AllenB

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by msowenhart on Oct 26, 2024

  I literally said in the original post that this money is not income from work, but money I saved from months of plasma donations (I donate in my free time). I wouldn't miss rent for lottery tickets.

  What better way to spend your Plazma Money than a donation to the Schools in your state.
• msowenhart

  

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  It was just a question and I haven't spent anything . Never played before and was just curious. Think I'll just keep it.
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  Quote: Originally posted by msowenhart on Oct 26, 2024

  It was just a question and I haven't spent anything . Never played before and was just curious. Think I'll just keep it.

  It's not a good idea to spend that much on the lottery if you are still renting and doing things like plasma donation.
• LottoBux

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by hypersoniq on Oct 25, 2024

  Your odds would look like 1,200:575,757... not very promising... better off taking $20 out to play 1 ticket over several draws and bank the $1,180. This month you are good, next month maybe not so much...

  Yep,Agreed

   Just play a few tickets here and there until you get comfortable with filtering numbers for your picks.

  NM,Forgot AR was an RNG State

  In that case just pray
  

    BTW, Welcome to LP