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have you ever been the victim of a lottery scam?

yes

[ 2 ]

[ 9.1% ]

[ 11 ]

[ 50.0% ]

not sure

[ 3 ]

[ 13.6% ]

the scam is the lottery itself

[ 6 ]

[ 27.3% ]

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[ 22 ]

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Brock Lee

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Jan 3, 2025, 3:27 pm

by scam i mean something like a clerk telling you a ticket was not a winner when it actually was, or an email/phone phishing scam saying you won the lottery, or buying some kind of system that promised you'd make a profit but just made you waste a bunch of money on losing tickets.

i don't mean scam as in 'the lottery is rigged against me,' so i included that as a separate answer choice for those who believe the real scam is the lottery itself.
rcbbuckeye

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Jan 3, 2025, 5:16 pm

So......if a person truly believes the lottery is a scam....

Why bother playing, and posting on a website dedicated to playing lottery games?

Just curious.

JUST LOOK AT THE ODDS OF ANY JACKPOT GAME, THAT WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
Artist77

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Jan 3, 2025, 5:31 pm

I am working on creating a scam involving a laptop from a coworker and a secret lottery formula. We know what THEY all do with the date as well.

Never Forget.
Artist77

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Jan 3, 2025, 5:37 pm

Quote: Originally posted by rcbbuckeye on Jan 3, 2025
So......if a person truly believes the lottery is a scam....

Why bother playing, and posting on a website dedicated to playing lottery games?

Just curious.

Rcb

He asked if one had ever been the victim of a lottery scam. Routine lottery playing is not at issue.

Never Forget.
Brock Lee

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Jan 3, 2025, 5:40 pm

Quote: Originally posted by rcbbuckeye on Jan 3, 2025
So......if a person truly believes the lottery is a scam....

Why bother playing, and posting on a website dedicated to playing lottery games?

Just curious.

good question.
JustMaybe

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Jan 3, 2025, 6:08 pm

I voted "not sure"

I play the lottery almost everyday, one MM, one PB, one lucky for life when MM and PB don't have a drawing.

Have I been scammed?

I have not been scammed by a clerk, coz I check my tickets on the app.

I have not been scammed by email or phone.

I have never bought any software or books to help me win the lottery.

Is the scam the lottery itself, I don't know.

Same way I don't know if there is Heaven or Hell.

I haven't been there, so I don't know for sure.

Until that day when I know for sure it's a scam, I am off to buy my one MM and PB ticket for today and tomorrow.

Wish me luck 😁

I believe winning the lottery jackpot is a 💯 % factor of luck.

May Fortuna, goddess of chance or lot vindicate me.
Brock Lee

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Jan 3, 2025, 6:31 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Artist77 on Jan 3, 2025
Rcb

He asked if one had ever been the victim of a lottery scam. Routine lottery playing is not at issue.

some people think the lottery is scamming them so i created a special answer choice just for them. so far half the votes are for the last choice.
Artist77

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Jan 3, 2025, 7:18 pm

Ok. I see. So RCB was correct in asking why do these people play at all? I think we need a category for sore losers.

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Pick3geniu$

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Jan 3, 2025, 8:26 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Brock Lee on Jan 3, 2025
some people think the lottery is scamming them so i created a special answer choice just for them. so far half the votes are for the last choice.

Smart*** lol.
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Jan 3, 2025, 10:43 pm

Quote: Originally posted by rcbbuckeye on Jan 3, 2025
So......if a person truly believes the lottery is a scam....

Why bother playing, and posting on a website dedicated to playing lottery games?

Just curious.

Where else would you be able to say it and have people listen to you?

Then there was this... https://www.lotterypost.com/news/161314

If everyone uses the same few methods does that mean they are good or just popular? How good or bad a system is depends on each players definition of success.
There is no such thing as a due number. Your states Pick 4 has hundreds of combos that have never hit straight. If they have never hit, when are they due?
rcbbuckeye

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Jan 3, 2025, 11:52 pm

Quote: Originally posted by grwurston on Jan 3, 2025
Where else would you be able to say it and have people listen to you?

Then there was this... https://www.lotterypost.com/news/161314

The TN issue was from bad programming, not intentional scamming. I considered the last option, lotteries being scams, in my former response.

I wont say its impossible, but lotteries make a great deal of money so there isnt a logical reason to endanger the "gold egg laying goose" by scamming. Can one say lotteries are scams due to odds of the games? I suppose, but then again, odds arent kept secret. Play at your own risk. Same for casinos. They dont build those big casinos by losing money. It IS called GAMBLING.

JUST LOOK AT THE ODDS OF ANY JACKPOT GAME, THAT WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Jan 4, 2025, 2:04 am

Quote: Originally posted by rcbbuckeye on Jan 3, 2025
The TN issue was from bad programming, not intentional scamming. I considered the last option, lotteries being scams, in my former response.

I wont say its impossible, but lotteries make a great deal of money so there isnt a logical reason to endanger the "gold egg laying goose" by scamming. Can one say lotteries are scams due to odds of the games? I suppose, but then again, odds arent kept secret. Play at your own risk. Same for casinos. They dont build those big casinos by losing money. It IS called GAMBLING.

They said it was a "programming error". That's the excuse that's always used. Read the comments in the article.

Can lotteries be programmed? Sure can. Eddie Tipton proved it. Are they ever programmed in the lotteries favor to scam the players? We can wonder but they'll never tell.

If everyone uses the same few methods does that mean they are good or just popular? How good or bad a system is depends on each players definition of success.
There is no such thing as a due number. Your states Pick 4 has hundreds of combos that have never hit straight. If they have never hit, when are they due?
LottoBux

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Jan 4, 2025, 7:50 am

Quote: Originally posted by Brock Lee on Jan 3, 2025
by scam i mean something like a clerk telling you a ticket was not a winner when it actually was, or an email/phone phishing scam saying you won the lottery, or buying some kind of system that promised you'd make a profit but just made you waste a bunch of money on losing tickets.

i don't mean scam as in 'the lottery is rigged against me,' so i included that as a separate answer choice for those who believe the real scam is the lottery itself.

I replied No, Even though I was e-mailed a lot back in the day (Circa 2015-2020)

I opened them all to read their stories but never clicked on any links.

Most were that you had won a lottery which you have never heard of or obviously played,

and asking for you to send a small fee in order to claim the JP prize.

Never got any phone calls since I never replied

And I've heard of so many people falling for these scams
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Jan 4, 2025, 8:38 am

You should have added a response of "I don't care at all".... If you'd had, then I'd have voted.

I don't care if anyone has ever attempted to scam me using a lottery scam. I've never been conned out of money by a conman using a lottery con so I don't care about that.

I suppose it's possible that I've been conned out of some money by The Florida Lottery, but I really don't care about that either. I got paid for every winning ticket I presented for payment and that's a good thing.

I buy lottery tickets for the entertainment value of it with no expectation of winning one thin dime.

If I win a prize, that's great. If not, oh well, I'll try again some day. The one and only time I'll ever give a "shirt" is if I win a huge prize. G5

Play Smart! That's IF there is such a thing as playing smartly!!
CDanaT

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Jan 4, 2025, 8:42 am

Attempted scam by a clerk would be a yes. But I already knew how much I won in advance, so when this woman wanted to argue with me. I made her rescan the tickets again,she said," Oh,I am sorry I thought that said 10 not 100"...

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