dsa_shea

Yeah, that is a good way to look at it. Make sure you keep your expenses low and not go crazy.

Michael Corvin

Pretty sure I've read that random numbers come up far more often than those for people that pick birthdays, special numbers, etc.

dsa_shea

It just has to do with the shear improbability of having the 1 in 292 plus million combinations come up. Most people play the lottery when it starts creeping up to the hundreds of millions and they usually just get random numbers. So, the odds are in their favor that they will win with random numbers. I have done both in the past month and haven't won shit. You play the game just to be able to dream. Hell, I have spent more in plenty of months on dvds and blu rays than I likely will in an entire year playing the lottery. Maybe the balls will bounce my way.

creekdipper

Only if a pension came with the retirement.

And an honorary Oscar.

devilshalo

Hell no. I would live for posting in this thread

kenbuzz

Pffft... of course not. A few weeks ago during the Billion dollar PowerBall draw my ticket came up a winner, but you still see me posting here.



$4 is not enough to keep me away from DVDTalk. Now, if y'all want to take up a collection, I'm willing to see how much cashola it WOULD take for me to retire from the site.

dhmac

I would hire a full-time assistant to login to DVDTalk and post smart-assed comments for me.

So if (or when) it happens, no one here will be the wiser.

General Zod

I would purchase DVDTalk, fix it so that when you delete a post it takes you to the end of the thread instead of the beginning, and then sell it back. I don't care if I take a loss or not.

Trevor

If the assistant was actually funny, we'd figure it out.
I'd purchase DVDTalk and make it impossible to delete posts.

dsa_shea

I have yet to get more than one number on any ticket I have bought in the past few weeks. lol! It's all a pipe dream anyways.

JoeySeven

I would buy DVDtalk and ban anyone who used proper grammar.

Money is nice,but I would just end up buying more crap I do not really need.

Mabuse

No. But I've considered quitting the lottery if I ever win DVDTalk. I've been trying for years. She's a fickle mistress.

dsa_shea

I have finally been getting two numbers on at least one of my tickets on each draw. Now it is time to move up to 3 and then work my way up.

sportsfan64

Two brothers each won a recent Powerball lottery. One brother won $291M. One brother won $7.
http://ktla.com/2016/03/05/florida-l...91-million-7/#

RichC2

Do people quit wasting time when they get rich?

Bandoman

If anything I would waste more time.

RichC2

Same. I may be on a yacht or an island when I'm doing it, but I'll still be on the 'net in some capacity.

dsa_shea

Sorry to bump this thread after months but just wondering if any of you guys are playing the lottery.

Michael Corvin

Nope and I still haven't won.

broadwayblue

I believe that is because the group of numbers most people use when selecting special numbers is usually limited to 1 through 30.

Coral

I run the office lottery pool.

This current iteration of our pool has 40 members. Which means the cut is anywhere from 250k to 1.5mill each - depending on the size of the jackpot that week (Canadian jackpots are nowhere near the size of Powerball).

Everyone puts in $10 upfront, and I use a portion of the pool money every week. Usually each iteration of the pool lasts around 12-15 weeks - so it costs everyone less than $1 a week to have some hope.

And no, we haven't won yet.

SuperJim88

What do you do when you win small prizes like $5 or $10 in the office pool? Pocket them and tip the strippers?

Troy Stiffler

Just the opposite. I'd buy this site and become its dictator.

Vibiana

Retire? I'm not retiring from dvdtalk until they pay me!

Coral

Throw the money back into the pool of course.

I take a picture of the tickets and e-mail them to all members before each draw, as well as provide the current balance let in the pot. Even if I wanted to embezzle from the pool, there's an e-mail trail that would burn me.

I run my pool with total transparency. I'd make a terrible politician.