Nova_Dust

Better luck next time.

Let's face it, we all try our hardest (well, not really the hardest but we work hard) for our money, and sometimes, with all the bills to pay and daily life expenses, there isn't really that much left for entertainment.

Especially when it comes to cars, men's biggest toy. Car, men's 2nd wife.

A simple lottery ticket can buy you temporary hope and you can dream a little on your spare times. I guess that's more optimistic way of seeing it.

I buy lottery tickets, whenever I can remember it that is. I wouldn't dash out and beat the 8:00pm closing time, I buy it whenever I swing by a gas station or a convenient store. The moment you try to match your numbers against the winning combination is a thrill.

I was browsing Spoon's website last night, I drool so much my keyboard was wet as hell. It would be really nice to order a Spoon engine and all, click every item on their website and just ship the damn thing over.

Nice eh?

*eats his lunch*

imported_gatherer

nice thought ...but playing the lottery is not profitable...

Nova_Dust

At 4 bucks a week, it is quite affordable.

Probably the best and cheapest day dream you can buy, and as long as you buy it, there are aways a chance of winning.

imported_gatherer

and as long as you know your only buying a dream go for it ...

but if you play all combinations you will still lose....

dm101081

I'm reading a book right now called the Millionaire Mind. Its based on a survey done on hundreds of the most wealthy people in America, and almost all of them are against any form of gambling. They make the god point that the people you see buying the lottery tickets are not the ones that are wealthy, so obviously it deosn't work.

PolskiSi

That is apparently an EXCELLENT book!
My buddy just finished reading it, I will be starting it as soon as my night school exam is over.

Everyone hopes for winning the stupid lottery. SURE I'd love to have an extra $5 mil. to live on right now, but the problem is that alot of people don't plan what to do with their money. I hear about people winning 1.5-2 million, and they quit their jobs, go on a HUGE vacation, buy a house, a luxury car...
HEY BUDDY, guess what? You just blew more than half of what you won.

5 years down the road...HELLO..WAKE UP CALL...you have no money, you're now in debt, and you have no JOB!

The odds are COMPLETELY against you. I don't remember them exactly, but we calculated the probability of winning the 6/49 at any given point one time in finite class, and it was incredibly, INCREDIBLY small. I see it like this: Instead of blowing off those $4 a week...lets see:

$4/week x 4.5 weeks a month x 12 months/yr. x 60 years
= about $13000
I don't know about you guys, but I'd rather hold onto that cash and do something productive with it.

Its sad seeing these multitudes of people hoping for that ONE chance, that ONE slim, incomprehensibly small chance of winning the lottery.

Unfortunately, even if someone wins, they usually don't know how to handle the money, and may end up going into HUGE debt as a result of all the things they purchase.

- I admit to having played the lottery several times...but I can honestly count that number of times on the fingers on my hands.

imported_gatherer

do you have the ISBN number of that book I've heard other people have read it (and liked it) and I'd love to as well

PULOVR

I'll remember the poor people when i hit it rich. I'll even buy a couple of big fancy bar-b-q's for the club so we don't have to use the little ones anymore. lol.

(I hated waiting for the hambuger meat to cook)

BladeX

everyone wants to win

it is always a "if"
If I won then.... If I had money, IF.
Well the chance of the IF happening is very slim,

BladeX

everyone wants to win

it is always a "if"
If I won then.... If I had money, IF.
Well the chance of the IF happening is very slim,

PULOVR

And that "if" stays a "if", if you don't play.

BladeX

true say but it is IF I choose those number IF I hadnt choose these numbers


man I just cant wait to be rich that is IF I CAN BE

SiR Power

Try Proline. It might not get you millions but it might get you a tank of gas

imported_Joker

ya, if anything at all, PROLINE at least you have some stats to go by, and not just luck

Nova_Dust

Let's see, 4 bucks a week. You can blow a MacDonald meal for more then 4 bucks per visit. You can certainly blow off 4 bucks on a pack of smoke (if not, more). You can for sure blow off 4 bucks on the gasoline you spent travelling those unnecessary mileages around the city.

It is all about how you value your money. I agree, every penny worths something, and there are pennies in every dollar, and every million dollar.

I wouldn't agree with the fact that winning lottery is completely against your odds. You can do what some people do, spend it all for a nice 5 year of your life and might as well buy a **** load of cracks and die in extasy. Or you can invest it and roll that money into a bigger pile. You can buy a franchaise and start a StarBucks coffee shop, or you can still have your job.

The fact of the matter is, none of us have won the ticket, and all we do is talking.

Oh ya I still work hard to earn every penny I deserve and work towards my dream, get married, buy a house, have a good income and a good retirement fund.

Life is full of surprises, you never know what a little ticket will do to it.

SiR-Racer

i see nothing wrong with playing the lottery. for $1 or $2 you are getting a CHANCE of getting the jackpot (no matter how small that chance is, it's still a chance). with that being said, i think it's ridiculous to spend any more than $5 a week on it. as for me, i only play when the jackpot is huge (ie over $20 million).

bishop

As long as you don't go overboard with the tickets then there is no harm done. A ticket is less than a can of coke or chocolate bar at the vending machine. You sit and dream about how you will spend the money, wake up the next day and see that life hasn't changed.....but the one time it does then happy days. I see it as cheap entertainment every now and again.

diesel

I still go there once a day

h_accordexr

whats spoons site

h_accordexr

you want to do stuff to your car get a loan, my bros friend got a loan for school but he kinda changed his mind and spent it on his mk2 golf, spent about 13g's vr6 engine,deep dish rims (expensive),paint job.....and so on well now he has to pay back the bank slowly