The Lottery

Chit-Chat perhaps? I never play it. I'd rather stick a couple of hundred into a soccer jackpot pool where at least there is at least an element of skill involved. See my thread on other sports.
 
I do the Irish lotto when the rollover reaches 8 million.Don't have a set of numbers quickpicks only.
There is a syndicate in work that was going since 1988 -nobody who started work after then was allowed to join because the original members believed it was their destiny to win.After a petty squabble the syndicate fell apart last year.
 
I have never bought a lottery ticket or visited a casino. I stick to backing horses because I disapprove of gambling.
 
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I buy the occasional ticket, sometimes Euromills when it's gone to a disgustingly high mark, like beyond £37m. I invested in the Irish Lottery for nearly a year and gave up. As much good as my National Savings Bonds, which have generated £50 in nearly 10 years.

I dream of winning the biggest Euromills ever and taking care of some desperate people and boosting some great charities which have an eye to the future of the planet. Don't worry, you will all be getting a nice cheque if you want one!
 
I have the two same lines every week (Saturday only) and do it online so they email you when the ticket is about to expire and I just renew it for two months. They also email you if you win so save's having to check yourself and I suppose I do it because 'you've got to be in it to win it' sort of mentallety(?). Best I've had is 4 numbers 3 times,£104,£74 and £64 I think they were.
 
I only play if somebody asks me to. Thankfully nobody has asked me to join a regular or expensive syndicate. How bad would you feel if you opted out and they won.
 
I would feel good. I would console myself with the knowledge that I had ducked a poor value bet, and that I would be better off in the long run.

As an aside, I don't think I would be any happier with €8mm in my back pocket than I am now.
 
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krizon said:
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I dream of winning the biggest Euromills ever and taking care of some desperate people and boosting some great charities which have an eye to the future of the planet. Don't worry, you will all be getting a nice cheque if you want one!
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Me too, although I hardly ever remember to buy a ticket :p But I always know what I'd do if I won the money though, make sure family and friends were ok and then a lot of it would go to charity. If I had enough to pay off the bills and then not have to work everyday then I'd be happy although having said that I'd probably do some sort of work on a part time basis (or volunteering) otherwise I'd get bored and when I'm bored I shop so it wouldn't last long :lol:
 
A local guy won it about 20 years ago-at the time he worked in a garage and Friday lunchtime was 4 pints of cider.He invested in property so effectively he won the lottery a second time.
He drank morning,noon and night and his liver finally packed in a couple of years ago.
 
But that was probably always going to be his destiny, Luke - at least he could afford to kill himself off with a better brand of cider!

Bar - I'm very happy for you in your financial security, but as I have gone totally, utterly, seriously feckin' BROKE last year, I can assure that £8,000 let alone £8,000,00, would make me a lot happier right now. And thanks for the added insult of being called stupid. Of course, if you feel at all overburdened by the wealth you have, kindly put me to the top of your list for feel-good - and intelligent - donations...


... no? Didn't think so.
 
krizon said:
Bar - I'm very happy for you in your financial security, but as I have gone totally, utterly, seriously feckin' BROKE last year, I can assure that £8,000 let alone £8,000,00, would make me a lot happier right now. And thanks for the added insult of being called stupid. Of course, if you feel at all overburdened by the wealth you have, kindly put me to the top of your list for feel-good - and intelligent - donations...
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I would prefer 8k to 8 mil.
 
Bar the Bull said:
I would feel good. I would console myself with the knowledge that I had ducked a poor value bet, and that I would be better off in the long run.

As an aside, I don't think I would be any happier with €8mm in my back pocket than I am now.
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So how many million do you have now and how many million would it take to make you happy Bar??:ninja:
 
I do the lottery on high days and holidays, and think a lot of the money goes to good charitable causes. Sometimes I'll buy a ticket and spend a happy afternoon deciding what to do with the money. An old lady that I deliver to gives me a pound for the lottery once a month, and I make sure I use the actual pound that she gave me [although sometimes I put it on a horse instead]. I do get confused, though, about all the different bonus balls and things. Have wondered if the lucky dip is a bit of a fix and I should choose my numbers, but then I'd end up in the cycle of having to do it all the time in case the numbers come up the following week. It would be nice not having to work forever [which is how it's looking at the moment].
 
Many of the residents in my block of flats, including me, bung in a couple of quid once a month for a syndicate punt on the 'ordinary' Lottery. I've probably had about £30 back in the 4-5 years I've taken part. A bit like the extent of my punting, it gives a bit of interest to an event. I have no doubt that I will never win anything of value, but it's nice to see the occasional small return. I put all gambling lower down the odds of winning something in a charity raffle, where I usually get at least the bath salts, if not a bottle of thin wine.
 
Bar the Bull said:
Rounded to the nearest million, I have zero.

There are numerous ways in which I could make my life better.

Backing poor value outsdiers or winning millions of euro would not be at the top of the list.
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I agree with your point -the thoughts of winning the euromillions fills me with dread-not so much for me as my children.
I think if I won 5 million I could be a positive influence in the local community.
 
That's what I like about the dream/fantasy/wishful thinking bit: the immense amount of good one could do for worthy but struggling charities, organisations, and individuals. Just things like this: I know someone paralysed because of a work-riding fall. One of those amazing full-body supports (I think the trade name's Balder or something like that), which allow the paralysed to stand upright again, and move them around, costs c. £15,000. Just imagine how many paraplegics could literally be on a level with their friends again, not forever at crotch level, if one could buy dozens of them.

There are so many desperate situations in the world, believe me, even £150,000,000 would be easily disposed of in a year, leaving me with enough left over for a few annual memberships and still enough to look after friends and family. In fact, any case I heard of where just a few thou would make a real difference. Can't think of anything that would make me happier than to know the good effect the dosh would have.
 
Slightly amusing supposedly true story that took place one Sunday morning after a round of golf at the Curragh Golf Club. Mick O'Toole legendary punter and coup trainer was enjoying a drink with his three playing partners when one of them brought up the question of the recent rolled over lottery prize of £1,500,000 old Irish pounds (circa 1992). They all agreed it was an obscene amount of money and couldn't possibly contemplate what they would do if one of them won it. After a couple more drinks one of them pushed the issue so the first member said if he won he would donate some money to charity, sort our his childrens future, repay the mortgage etc etc. - when it came to Mick's turn he looked up and stated matter of factly that he put it all on a 33/1 shot, pray to God it would win so he could pay off half his debts!
 
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