best way to play the lottery?

[otispunkmeyer]

what do you think is the best way?

get a lucky dip at the machine?

pick random numbers, different each week?

or use the same numbers week in week out?

 

[imported_Mike]

The best way to play is to not play at all.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

The only strategy known to work is to buy enough tickets that you are guranteed to win something, Real Genius style.

 

[NaOH]

Seriously, you're better off not playing and saving the money in a jar.

 

[compuwiz1]

A dollar in a jar will not get you as far as a win, but hey, most people probably spend at least a buck a day on soda, coffee, candy, or whatever.

I have probably bought 2, maybe three tickets a year, if that. It's just not on the forefront of my mind. I know people who are lottery addicts, and when the pot gets big, they will use every excuse to get a break, so they can go down to the local 7-11 and buy a ticket.

I guess I'd just hate to win some obscene amount of money and be ruined forever. That just ain't natural!

 

[HybridSquirrel]

i figure, if i cut down on my soda drinking/candy intake it gives me the right to buy more lotto tickets. so now i drink water and dont eat candy and buy 2 lotto tickets on wed (price of 2 20oz sodas)

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: HybridSquirrel
i figure, if i cut down on my soda drinking/candy intake it gives me the right to buy more lotto tickets. so now i drink water and dont eat candy and buy 2 lotto tickets on wed (price of 2 20oz sodas)

You don't need to give yourself the OK to buy them. People waste their money on things all the time...b/c it's their money. It's your money, so buy lotto tickets. There is no "best" way to play though, b/c you won't win.

 

[compuwiz1]

Originally posted by: Mike

Originally posted by: HybridSquirrel
i figure, if i cut down on my soda drinking/candy intake it gives me the right to buy more lotto tickets. so now i drink water and dont eat candy and buy 2 lotto tickets on wed (price of 2 20oz sodas)

You don't need to give yourself the OK to buy them. People waste their money on things all the time...b/c it's their money. It's your money, so buy lotto tickets. There is no "best" way to play though, b/c you won't win.

[JGWentworth]It's your money, use it when you need it.[/JGWentworth]

 

[1EZduzit]

Well, the best way would be to pick all the right numbers, right?

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Mike

Originally posted by: HybridSquirrel
i figure, if i cut down on my soda drinking/candy intake it gives me the right to buy more lotto tickets. so now i drink water and dont eat candy and buy 2 lotto tickets on wed (price of 2 20oz sodas)

You don't need to give yourself the OK to buy them. People waste their money on things all the time...b/c it's their money. It's your money, so buy lotto tickets. There is no "best" way to play though, b/c you won't win.

how can you say you won't win? somebody always does...

 

[Kelemvor]

I only buy lottery tickets when the jackpot is over 200 million. Winning 100 million or 150 million just isn't worth it. heh.

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: compuwiz1
I have probably bought 2, maybe three tickets a year, if that. It's just not on the forefront of my mind. I know people who are lottery addicts, and when the pot gets big, they will use every excuse to get a break, so they can go down to the local 7-11 and buy a ticket.

Last time the Powerball got above 300m, there were lines out the doors of every gas station around here with people buying Powerball tickets.

Personally, the lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math. However, spending a dollar on a ticket is probably healthier for your body than that coke or pepsi. Not to mention, you do get some cheap entertainment from it, whether you win or lose. Buying a single ticket occasionally isn't a problem. The people who habitually buy dozens or more tickets are bleeding money.

 

[smack Down]

The best way to play is to cheat.

Other then that use the random number generator to pick your numbers. Most people only play dates so, more people pick low number increasing the odds that multiple tickets will hit the same jackpot.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Mike
The best way to play is to not play at all.

and to tuck away all the money you WOULD have used playing until it gets to be a nice little stack that you can invest.

 

[DivideBYZero]

1) Put the money back in your pocket.
2) ???
3) Profit.

 

[mooglekit]

Ah, the old tax on the mathematically challenged...

 

[TXHokie]

Once you realize that your chance of getting hit by lightning on a sunny day is better than your chance of winning the lottery, then you can play.

 

[DaShen]

Don't...

I play anyways because it is fun to think about, but your odds are impossibly low.

 

[origami]

The best way is not to actually buy the ticket but just write down the numbers and match them with the winning ones to see if you could have won. 99% of the time you would be glad that you didn't actually buy the ticket. ^^

 

[KarmaPolice]

I play once and a while..maybe once every 2 months. Its fun to buy one ticket. Yes the odds are winning are very very small but the fact still remains...someone has to win it. I am willing to spend a dollar...just a dollar once and a while for the excitement and chance to win enough money for the rest of my life.

i also love to gamble.

 

[Zolty]

4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42

 

[Mxylplyx]

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
what do you think is the best way?

get a lucky dip at the machine?

pick random numbers, different each week?

or use the same numbers week in week out?

Thats like asking the best way to play heads and tails with a coin. It doesnt matter what numbers you pick, it's totally random.

 

[FoBoT]

keep your money

 

[49erinnc]

Look at the typical person who buys lottery tickets. There's a reason the poor stay poor and it usually involves lottery tickets, cheap booze and cheap cigarettes.

Take the money you'd spend on the lottery and put it in a Money Market account. Odds are that in the end, you're going to end up with more money than if you played the lottery once a week.

 

[marulee]

Originally posted by: Mike
The best way to play is to not play at all.

True dat.