gambling

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:04 am

this morning i discovered i had won a whopping $45. in the florida lottery. do you ever play in your state? in Mass. i won $100,000 a long time ago, i am still waiting to replicate that! :rolleyes: how have you fared?

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:15 am

I did in Fl. because it was a 1 state lotto. Here its multi states, odds are inconcievable. I do miss Jai Alai though, I lost a ton of money there. I guess it was my addictive personality that kept me going back.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:18 am

no doubt gambling can be an addiction. but i only spend a buck a week. i have however seen one person who lost everything at the dog track in daytona, he couldn't help himself, he lost his home and family. :-1

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:24 am

Ive heard of a jackpot winner they found dead in a dumpster several yrs after winning. This leads me to believe money does not buy happiness. Seriously, I have no interest in being wealthy, with my personality Id probably be lethal. As for working to become rich ? No thanks, Id miss too much of the rest of life. I have no needs or extreme wants, just wanna be happy.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:28 am

it would be fun to win enough to buy everyone you love a house. but if someone is a drunk for example, it would only escalate their disease i think.

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:19 am

I noticed at the liqour store where I sometimes buy a ticket, the guy

has a small scam going, you have to designate between the regular

lottery and the "Mega Millions". Last time I was there, he did the same

thing to the lady in front of me (she waited outside to ask me about it)

sold us both a Mega Millions when we wanted regular Super Lotto.

Suppose it might be worth a call to somebody...

I won $36 dollars once. If they gave a prize every time you got NO

numbers... I'd be a weiner!

:p

(Say, LC, whaddya gonna do with your windfall?)

:D

911 · Post by **911** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:10 am

Nomad wrote: This leads me to believe money does not buy happiness.

Yeah, well, happiness won't pay for my new Charger either. LOL

Some people try every year to get a lottery here but the Baptists are just too strong. There are always a few candidates that say they will start a lottery here but they never get elected.

Everytime we go to FL we buy several tickets. I love the thrill of it! But the most I ever won was $5.

We have some casinos here but no table games. Harrahs is coming but I don't know if they will be allowed to have table games. I heard they would. Some how they found a Federal loophole somewhere. We'll see.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 2:56 pm

valerie wrote: I noticed at the liqour store where I sometimes buy a ticket, the guy

has a small scam going, you have to designate between the regular

lottery and the "Mega Millions". Last time I was there, he did the same

thing to the lady in front of me (she waited outside to ask me about it)

sold us both a Mega Millions when we wanted regular Super Lotto.

Suppose it might be worth a call to somebody...

I won $36 dollars once. If they gave a prize every time you got NO

numbers... I'd be a weiner!

:p

(Say, LC, whaddya gonna do with your windfall?)

:Dthe whole $45.? LOL pay the cable bill...what the heck, it's a gift.

i should buy myself a pressie, i never do. hmmmm...new jammies?

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:08 pm

You mean you have to buy a ticket to win..!! :-2 I never seem to have a buck to spare these days..!!;) I never buy lottery tickets..:wah:

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 6:52 pm

I missed the $368,000,000 Multi State Lottery by only six numbers.