Do you take your chances in lottery?

Philippines
August 20, 2010 8:43pm CST
I have seen so many people who take their chances to win in lottery, of course everybody is aiming to get rich quickly and instantly. I once take my chances on buying lottery tickets everyday but after months of buying I cam to realized that I am just wasting my money. I should have spent it to something I needed, anyway how about you do you buy lottery tickets and hoping to get the jackpot?
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@mrfdg1972 (3237)
• Philippines
21 Aug 10
would you believe me there is a better chance of winning in STL/jueteng than PCSO. although i do regularly play Lotto, i still have not won any jackpot. But with jueteng i had got a few winnings. No i am not a gambler, if that is what you're thinking, i bet on jueteng coz i see the Kobrador needs help, so i would not mine betting coz i believe i have helped her/him.
@mrfdg1972 (3237)
• Philippines
21 Aug 10
where sre you now?
@mrfdg1972 (3237)
• Philippines
21 Aug 10
oh i see now, you are in Canada, and you are a CAD Operator, i studied AutoCAD 2009 too, i wish to land a job abroad but was in vain.
@cadguy08 (1224)
• Canada
21 Aug 10
I wish I was there in Phiippines to buy Jueteng because the chances odds of winning is very good compare to Lottery. I usually buy sweeptakes in when I was there never win.
@cadguy08 (1224)
• Canada
21 Aug 10
I do buy ticket every draw (Wed and Sat.) here in my place in North America I usually buy only BC49 which cost me $1 per tickets. So I bought $5 as my bet and choose my numbers that I saw in "____ " pick it up and last draw Wednesday I got 4 numbers which was amount to $75 only but it was a good free money , I won maybe 4 to 5 times already and my biggest winning money in lottery was $750 as 5 numbers . We have small odds to win where I lived, but national lottery the odds is very slim compare to Provincial draw so it's much better to play lower odds. I know I will hit that jackpot of $2 million, I will!!!!
• Philippines
21 Aug 10
Wow! winning $750 is a big amount, honestly I have not won anything from here that is why I have stopped betting. Good to here that someone from here is lucky enough to have won many times in lottery.
• Philippines
21 Aug 10
You reminds me of my mom she also has this lottery board and I just laugh at her for the result is drawn and you can't compute nor study it. Well I just can't believe that it works based on your experience and my mom won a couple of times in 4 digit games as well.
@cadguy08 (1224)
• Canada
21 Aug 10
It's not luck as they said but you have to study the lottery board how they pick their numbers , I had some theory and it comes up on my expetations, can't give you how it works but next time I won the jackpot will tell you eh! Happy lotterying !
• Philippines
21 Aug 10
The probability of winning in a lottery is very slim so I won't be wasting my time in joining this nonsense. I'll better save money so that I can use it in case of emergency.
• Philippines
22 Aug 10
Well if you think of the winnings as well you will be blinded on your spending in lottery tickets. If I will think that way I will just regret so better spend what you can afford to lose.
@monalily (380)
21 Aug 10
you are hundred percent right. While we count the number of money we have wasted in lottery we realised its huge and we could have bought something we reall need in life. SO i totally agree with you that lottery buying is big nonsense.
@Angelgirl16 (2171)
• United States
21 Aug 10
Hi denzlangga, Investing money and time into the lottery for some people is not a waste of time. I have friends who have been buying lottery tickets for many years. Some of them have won substantial amounts and others have won,some of their investment back. I personally don't buy lottery tickets but every once in awhile. If you don't play the lottery, then you can't possibly win the lottery. Remember it only takes one ticket to win a jackpot. Many people have won just buying one ticket, not spending lots of money on them. I prefer to enter contests, like Publisher's, which is free to enter. One thing is for sure, someone will win.
• United States
23 Aug 10
hi denzlangga, You are right about trying different ventures. I like to play the lottery, but I can use the money right now for more important things. The Publishers only ask for you to sign in a do a search a day an you are enter in the drawing everyday, for free. I will get back into the lottery once they settle down.
• Philippines
26 Aug 10
Okay goodluck friend!
• Philippines
22 Aug 10
It is also good to venture yourself in other programs that doesn't require any amount, but of course you need to have skills and you will work hard for it. Lottery is the easiest game of luck that is why people would still go to such.
@Rikogei (107)
• China
21 Aug 10
lottery is another chance to get rich~I always buy lottery~but don't fall over myself for it.I don't mind planting a wish~Good luck to everybody~
• Philippines
22 Aug 10
Yeah I wish all the respondents on this topic will win in lottery..lol
@mrfdg1972 (3237)
• Philippines
23 Aug 10
I am going to look for my Kobrador now "Mag dilang Anghel ka sana" is it Angel's Voice for the translation.
@cadguy08 (1224)
• Canada
21 Aug 10
Thanks for your good luck wish to us, Someday I will win it in good fashion way .
@atv818 (1980)
• United Arab Emirates
22 Aug 10
I used to buy lottery tickets everyday but I had to stop due to financial crisis. Besides, the most that I was able to win was US$10.00. Oh well! Maybe GOD has other plans for me so I prefer earning online instead where I can control my chance of earning big should I have enough downlines who are earning as well.
• Philippines
22 Aug 10
Yeah better take chances to programs that you are sure of earning. Well goodluck to all of us here! Happy earning!
@webzap (884)
• Philippines
21 Aug 10
Lottery is a game of chance, and chances are you will lose. Although my feeling is against it, but sometime I would also do try my luck, who knows. The last time I bought one and tried it was on April 28. My urge has not come back yet so maybe it will take some more time to try it again.
• Philippines
22 Aug 10
Lol..I guess it will take you 1 year more to regain that urge to by lotto tickets, so your chances of winning millions will be next year.
@sender621 (14893)
• United States
21 Aug 10
I am not a big chance taker in the lottery. i can find other ways to spend my money. There is just no guarantee that you will get anything from the lottery. It is just a gamble in the wind.
• Philippines
22 Aug 10
We don't know the luck in store for us if we don't take some chances, it is good to gamble sometimes if we know the return is good to gamble.
@sinaj292 (602)
• India
21 Aug 10
occasionally am taking my chance in lottery..... onece i got 500 rupees... that is the only reward i got from lottery... i think i have spend more than that to get that ... i have one friend he used to take lottery for more than 500 rupees everyday... he is from rich family. then also he is searching his luck......
• Philippines
22 Aug 10
It's good to take chances but not too much, it would still be good to spend within your budget so that you will not regret when you lose.
@monalily (380)
21 Aug 10
yes in our country there is lotery everyweek and a person get jackpot of 5 millions. If there is no winner then the amount is double for the next week and again double if no winners again. This gives people huge envy to buy many lottery tickets everweek. but you are right that instead of wasting our money in lottery we could spend it in needy things and buy many things we require in our daily life.
• Philippines
22 Aug 10
Yeah I agree the bigger the jackpot is the more people would try their luck, I myself is an example.
@dsrp82 (676)
• Brazil
21 Aug 10
No. I know I'm not lucky enough to win, so I dont waste my money on it.
• Philippines
22 Aug 10
Lol...we can never detect when our luck turns so better not say that friend.
@cajimenez (452)
• Philippines
21 Aug 10
I do take chances in lottery. But I don't buy tickets in an everyday manner. Once a week , perhaps. Then, pray ,pray , for luck.
• Philippines
22 Aug 10
Same here, I will only buy when I have some extra cash to spend.
@BigTips (304)
• China
22 Aug 10
Make Money with Lottery - There are lots of people who dream to get rich instantly by taking chances in lottery. Of course, it is a fact that most of them will get nothing at last.
Sometimes, you can take your chances to win in lottery because it is really an interesting method to enjoy a better life. However, if you pay lots attention to lottery, aiming to get rich at once, or earn a living, I have to say that you are a fool indeed. It is next to impossible for one person to gain big fortunes with lottery even if you have made lots of investments in lottery. Why? That's just because there are lots of people who have the samiliar idea with you.
• Philippines
22 Aug 10
Good thing that I am not addicted to it, but there are times I daydream about winning such huge amount and spend it like a queen. But I don't spend too much on lottery I always follow my strategy here which is "to spend what I can afford to lose".
• Lithuania
21 Aug 10
Well, I don't buy lottery tickets in "real life" but I have tried to win cash online. It was several years ago, when I was naive and gullible. I was surfing the net and in one site I saw the banner announcing that I purportedly have won big cash. As I was so naive to believe in it, I filled in the form with my personal information and sended it. What was the result? I got A LOT of spam in my e-mail account. From that time I don't believe in online lotteries and banners that announces that you have won something.
• Philippines
22 Aug 10
We have the same experienced, I also did grab the blinking notice in one of the sites I bumped before and fill out all the information needed and received a lot of spam emails.
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
21 Aug 10
Yes, I have been taking chances on lottery too. Not big amounts, just a few dollars a week. In fact, I have not won any big prizes. But, some day I might, and that is the chance I am waiting and hoping for. I would not use big amounts. Yes, that can be a waste of money.
• Philippines
22 Aug 10
Well it is good to try our luck sometimes, life is full of surprises who knows we will just wake up one day and won the million jackpot, we will then be an instant millionaire!
@picjim (3002)
• India
21 Aug 10
There is no lottery in the place where i live .It has been banned.If it w3as there i wouldn't mind spending a very minuscule amount on it.I wouldn't make it a habit and spend hard earned money,but i would take a chance once in a while if it was available here.
• Philippines
21 Aug 10
Really? it is banned in your place? from where are you? it is my first time hearing this that there is a place where lottery is banned.
• Philippines
21 Aug 10
yes, i do take chances in the lottery, but not that much. maybe i bought one ticket in a day but some are buying it in hundreds and thousands of their pocket change or bill. i use to be addictive but i realized it's not worth half the money if the odds are 100 on 1. i rarely win three numbers lately.
• Philippines
21 Aug 10
My mom is addicted in lottery, she spend almost $10 on betting everyday and sometimes she won I don't know if she got her investment back out of winning.
• United States
21 Aug 10
My husband and I buy a few $2 scratch off's and each play the lottery for several plays, every other sat. We live in Alabama so we drive a few minutes to the tn state line. The first few times I was amazed at how much people spend on not only the lottery but the scratch off's as well. It would seem as though these people would spend most of their paycheck in the lottery store. At first I had a problem with it, i thought what a waste of time and money, but the more we played and the more I seen how much others were spending , I thought our measly $10 bucks was that much every other week. This last time we went the man in front of us bought 50 bucks of scratch off's and $130.00 in lottery tickets. I liked to have fell to the floor. I dont' know about you , but lord that is a good portion of grocery money. But hey, if our ten bucks can turn into a million bucks thats great, but if not , then at least we can say we have fun with it and we tried. I see no harm done !
• Philippines
22 Aug 10
Well many people spend hundreds of their earnings in lottery in order to get the thrill of getting millions in return. Based on your story $180 is such a big amount I can live with that amount in 1 month; I can buy one month grocery and can pay my bills. That what usually happens when people are addicted to it.
@monkeylong (3139)
• Guangzhou, China
21 Aug 10
Yeah, as far as I am concerned, I think I usually have got the chance to get anything from the lottery. So I seldom take the chance to do it,which may just waste my money there. When I was so young , I usually have a dream that I will take the chance to win the lottery, but with no result ever. So I give up and decide not to take the lottery any more. Have a nice day!
• Philippines
22 Aug 10
Yeah we all dreaming for the jackpot that is why sometimes we take our chances to buy tickets even if there is a lesser chance to win.
@puccagirl (7294)
• Israel
21 Aug 10
No, I personally mostly think it is a waste of money, because I am well aware of how low the chances of winning the lottery are. So I spend my money on other things!
• Philippines
22 Aug 10
If you are in a tight budget then buying a lottery ticket isn't good to spend with, like you I also think that this is a waste of money. But if I have extra money to spend then I will just buy 1 or 2 tickets.