So.. who is too stupid at math to realize they will not win and they just pissed away their money?
Oops, I meant to type. who else besides me, it stupid enough to piss money away on a pipe dream?
I do not play the lotto, I can count on one hand how many times I have played in my life. a couple of years ago I was in a pool on Bimmerforums where we put together a lot of money, something like 3K or 4K and we won $100. Woooooo!!!!
So I decided to treat this like when I go to the Bahamas and hit the casino, I spent what I was comfortable throwing away. Except this time I am sober, I am not being handed free drinks by a cute cocktail waitress, and my chances are much worse of winning anything.
If any of you are stupid like me, good luck!! I heard there was a group in Tampa Florida that pooled together 70K in tickets, it took 3 hours to purchase all 35,000 tickets.
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I got two for tonight and 7 last week. But I figure my wife is a teacher and my daughter is in college, in Georgia money from the lottery goes to fund both the schools and help pay for college. But I won't spend more than a few bucks.
I've bought a few recently.
I've literally never played before. I've never even got scratchers at an office dirty santa... never.
But I broke down and bought what I felt comfortable throwing away. I studied stats and probability in college. I'm a credit away from minoring in it. That's the basis of why I have never played. But with the payout so disproportionately high, it actually makes sense to try. But the statistician in me cringes a little bit every time I do it. haha
I am sitting at my desk at my office typing this. In other words none of my tickets hit.
Like I said, I spent what I am comfortable losing, no different than hitting a casino except the odds are forever against me and there was not a cute cocktail waitress serving me free drinks.
It seems to sting a little more when you are sober. Go figure.
Hmph... here I am at the office. Just shredded my "I'm a f*cking billionaire, I quit" letter and am back in the groove of drinking my morning coffee while thumbing through mindless e-mails.
In other news I did win the "Houseball Queen/King" title among my bowling team last night. I title that lasts until we duke it out again at an undecided date. Perks include 1 week of league fees paid, lane rentals, and cocktails of choice!
Imagine being these guys...
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We had a company wide buy-in. I pitched in my lunch money. I was the only one not surprised that we didn't win the next day.
My ticket matched these numbers!
I bought two, one each for the bride and me - not one number matched! What are the odds of that!?!?!?!?