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| Acmlm's Board - I3 Archive - Craziness Domain - Why can't young people win the lottery? |
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neotransotaku Sledge Brother Liberated from school...until MLK day                    Since: 11-17-05 From: In Hearst Field Annex... Last post: 6297 days Last view: 6295 days |
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| I got to thinking, every time I heard of a lotto winner, it's always some old person, or at least a person who has well aged, or a group of old people? Why not young people?
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Danielle     6730 Administratorrrr HELLO THERE    Since: 11-17-05 From: California Rate me ^_^ Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| Well, you have to be 18 to buy the tickets... and I think it's safe to say most younger adults are in college and such, and don't have the money to spend on lotto tickets. | |||
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Sweet Kassy Molassy Out of ice cream and PB. Would KILL for a milkshake right now.  Since: 06-17-06 From: LoozeeAnna Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6295 days |
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| Around here only people who are already rich win the lottery. It's sad.
I'm convinced I'm gonna win one day, but that's gonna be impressive indeed seeing as I don't buy tickets. |
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Cynthia Uh-huh. Since: 11-17-05 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6295 days |
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We're not smart enough to buy lotto tickets.  It's like savings plans; you have to invest in them at a young age. |
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Originally posted by asdf "Roy Sullivan shot himself on September 28, 1983, reputedly over a rejected love." Are they sure it wasn't for getting struck by lightning 7 times? I'm surprised he lived through all of those. As for the lottery, I wouldn't even try. By buying tickets you're just giving more money to the winner. It may only cost a dollar for a ticket, but it's still not worth it. |
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Sweet Kassy Molassy Out of ice cream and PB. Would KILL for a milkshake right now. Since: 06-17-06 From: LoozeeAnna Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6295 days |
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Originally posted by Fluffy Colin Cuddlekins Your logic is beautiful, sir. |
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Anya  Since: 11-18-05 From: South Florida Last post: 6298 days Last view: 6296 days |
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| I was asked for my ID to buy a lotto ticket.
This was a month ago. Now think about that. Yea. Oh! And don't forget...people who do not speak english win the lotto as well. At least here they do..... (edited by Anya on 07-11-06 09:09 PM) |
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Tarale 2710 Affected by 'Princess Bitch-Face Syndrome' ++++!! Persona non grata Since: 11-17-05 From: Adelaide, Australia Last post: 6294 days Last view: 6294 days |
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Blah.. I keep thinking I should buy lottery tickets. Just cause you have to be in it to win it, and it sure would help a lot if I could 
Course, there's no bloody chance of it happening, so blah! But it would help me a lot at the moment, what with the debt and all  |
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Cynthia Uh-huh. Since: 11-17-05 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6295 days |
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| It seems that I usually win on scratch tickets but that's only because I buy them once in a blue moon.
The Tetris one they have here is so good... *_* |
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Tarale 2710 Affected by 'Princess Bitch-Face Syndrome' ++++!! Persona non grata Since: 11-17-05 From: Adelaide, Australia Last post: 6294 days Last view: 6294 days |
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Originally posted by Fluffy Colin Cuddlekins I haven't played one of those since I was a kid. I used to have a family friend who used to buy them for me on birthdays and such. 
I don't tend to bother with them now... see them as a waste of money actually |
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Originally posted by Fluffy Colin Cuddlekins My mom would get those for me all the time when I was younger until something happened that made us stop getting them. Lately she's gotten a few, but we haven't had any luck. I had more luck as a child than my mom is having now.  |
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Alastor Fearless Moderator Hero  Since: 11-17-05 From: An apartment by DigiPen, Redmond, Washington Last post: 6294 days Last view: 6294 days |
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Originally posted by asdfOther way around, good sir. |
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Cynthia Uh-huh. Since: 11-17-05 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6295 days |
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| Yeah, it's the other way with most lotteries. I'm sure that some which don't have 49 numbers or so might have similar or better odds, but for most of them you'll likely get zapped first. | |||
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Danielle 6730 Administratorrrr HELLO THERE Since: 11-17-05 From: California Rate me ^_^ Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6294 days |
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From what I hear though, you have pretty good odds of winning SOMETHING with the scratchers. Might not be millions, but I'd take thousands any day.  |
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asdf Link's Awakening ಠ_ಠ  Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6296 days Last view: 6294 days |
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Originally posted by Alastor the StylishOriginally posted by asdfOther way around, good sir. ...shit. I felt as though I screwed up a post sometime today, I just didn't know which. It's fixed now, though.(edited by asdf on 07-12-06 12:02 AM) |
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Alastor Fearless Moderator Hero Since: 11-17-05 From: An apartment by DigiPen, Redmond, Washington Last post: 6294 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| You didn't fix the rest of the post, though. | |||
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Tatrion <_<; Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6296 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| I just got an idea. Not related to the main topic, but it's about lotteries. Couldn't a city set up a lottery, and give the winning ticket to someone affiliated with the city, and basically channel free money into the city?
I'd be amazingly suprised if that hasn't happened before and there is a law against it, but still. I forgot where I was going with this... maybe it had something to do with gambler's ruin and house edge, I don't recall... |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6295 days |
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Originally posted by Danielle Heck, my mom wins $2 on practically every third one. |
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Salmon Red Cheep-cheep Since: 11-18-05 From: Norway Last post: 6311 days Last view: 6300 days |
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| Interestingly enough, VG (the biggest newspaper in Norway), had a thing on its front-page only a couple of days ago about a guy in his early twenties winning the national lottery. Now, VG is a crap newspaper with crap descicions when it comes to front-pages, but still, when they actually make a front-page story about a lottery-winner being young (his age was the focus of the story), then you know it's a rare occurence. | |||
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Sweet Kassy Molassy Out of ice cream and PB. Would KILL for a milkshake right now. Since: 06-17-06 From: LoozeeAnna Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6295 days |
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| Colin, you have Tetris scratch off tickets? That's pretty awesome. I still wouldn't buy them, but I'd want to. |
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