They just discussed it on ABC that you have better odds of being greased Soprano style while walking outside of you home than winning the lottery.
Damn that blood atonement. I have been praying the catholic God for a win (300 million lottery playing catholics cannot be wrong) but as I walk out to cash my ticket (I signed them already) I am going to get sacrificed to a Mormon god.

I had so much fun with this at work today. You have a better chance to get hit by a part falling off of an airplane than you have of winning the lottery. Well worth the 3.00.

The odds are 1 in 259 million. The same odds of Monson growing a pair of cojones and admitting that Mormonism is a farce.

I just remember when I was a kid being taught that one should not play the lottery because it was like gambling. According to my mom "it is so wrong that if you won the church wouldn't even want tithing on it."


Yeah, effin, right.

For one dollar I get to fantasize about what it would be like to be a multi-millionaire. I call it my voluntary tax.

The lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math.

They should call it "the littlery." It is so limited.

the place in Georgia where one of the winning tickets was sold is only a few miles from where I live and work. *sigh*

For one brief moment I was rich, then I bought my two tickets and now I am less rich. I hope the winners enjoy their new double wides.

>> You have a better chance to get hit by a part falling off of an airplane than you have of winning the lottery

I agree it's unlikely you'll win the lottery, but getting hit by a falling airplane part is unheard of. I don't think it's THAT unlikely. ;-)

When the California lottery first started years ago I bought a $2 ticket and won $8. I have not bought a ticket since. Thought I would quit while I was ahead.

OK, the fun is not in winning half a billion dollars. Do you think the people who play bingo win all the time. Its the fun of playing. For 1 dollar, you are one of those people who might. You might have to go live in the desert for 6 months to avoid your family. You might even have to buy a new identity or in my case, put 500 goats outside your brothers garden. Next time it hits half a billion dollars I am in it. I knew I was going to lose the minute I saw that woman holding her lucky dog while buying her tickets.

I got 1 matching number. A guy won 40 million and gave it all away. Anyway, I have to go find a lucky dog. Next time you see a catholic spaghetti or sausage feed go! This is what your church is supposed to degenerate into. Happiness.

I buy about 6 tickets a year.

Tuesday afternoon, after hearing the mega jackpot was so high, I went to my local 7-11, and bought 5 tickets.

I had the feeling I'd win.

And guess what - I WON!!

3 matches + the mega, I won a whopping 39 bucks!!

So, lemmie see..... Invested $5, won $39, net gain $34, tax-free!

There IS a Santa Claus, & I'm going to have a GREAT Christmas!

I'm not big on the lotto, but as long as you're having fun with it, I say enjoy.

I've spent more than $3.00 to see movies I didn't even end up liking.



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The first time I ever gambled was when I was on my mission.

My trainer dared me to buy one of those dollar scratch and win tickets.

So I did.

And I won twenty bucks. It was awesome.

lotteries are a tax on people who are bad at math.

I already won the lottery. I am the product of one of the roughly 200 million sperm my father fired at an ovum in my mother's possesion almost 50 years ago.

Lotteries are a tax on people who are bad at math. So's Mardi gras.
What would you say if I told you that most active catholics give 10% of their gross. A basket is passed around and people throw in envelopes. A tax is something that people are forced to pay. A lottery (at half a billion dollars) is a game that people pay to play.
There is a big gigantic difference between tithe and give.
I can understand why Mormons have restrictions on what they eat, drink, play, wear,get married. They have so many restrictions now they don't, know how to play as adults. Now degenerate Mormons or catholics apparently gave that up centuries ago.;-)

And our knights of Columbus have swords. We do not stick them in caves. Swords, cloaks, banners...what more could you want....come, come to the degenerate side....bwahaha.

Actually the star war reference I have always wanted to say to a Mormon is " the more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers."

But what if you have personally pissed off the mafia? I haven't, but there are undercover detectives, district attorneys, chiefs of police, other mobsters... This is why I hate, "you have better chances" arguments. Circumstance is a much better predictor of outcome.

How many people are actually playing to actually win?Only the gambling addict.
I have probably pissed off everyone in the world but with a 666 million dollar pay out, their hands are open for a gimme, not a gun. If they kill you, estate tax comes in

When the payout gets high, it is worth buying just one ticket. Your ticket has just as much chance of winning as anybody else's ticket. If you win, will that guarantee happiness? Not hardly. But the big dollar payout will allow you to choose your favorite form of misery.