How much do you gamble per year?

[madoka]

If trading cards is gambling, then I'd be into the five digit range. But this poll is strictly gambling for cash. So I probably do about $100 a year in lottery tickets and scratchers.

 

[BoomerD]

A couple of bux now and again on the lotto/powerball/mega-millions...that's about it.

 

[SKORPI0]

A couple of bux now and again on the lotto/powerball/mega-millions...that's about it.

Ditto.

 

[zinfamous]

A couple of bux now and again on the lotto/powerball/mega-millions...that's about it.

what the old man said

 

[DigDog]

$0 because we use pounds, not dollah.

but yeh, i don't gamble.

 

[lxskllr]

I don't gamble. My mother dragged me to a casino a couple years ago. It reminded me a lot of church, only smokier. Just a bunch of dead people sitting around with vacant faces.

 

[Exterous]

$0. I used to participate in those office lottery pools but mainly because 85% of our company did, including all the engineers, researchers and C level employees. I didn't want to be stuck going through the bankruptcy that would occur if they won.

 

[TXHokie]

My entire 401k/IRA is on the line every day.

 

[Thebobo]

^ ditto

 

[RearAdmiral]

$40 bucks at the casino now and then. Haven't been in a few years though.

 

[Not So Mild]

I'll go to the casino a couple times a year and usually take $200 - $500. Some of that is for drinks and food though, but most of it is put on the roulette table.

 

[highland145]

~$400k/yr

 

[rh71]

just the 5% of company stock per paycheck and 6% 401k..

 

[zinfamous]

My entire 401k/IRA is on the line every day.

That's a good point. I don't gamble nearly as much of my money as other people gamble my money, every year.

 

[DietDrThunder]

I'm one of those strange people that went to Vegas once and really didn't enjoy it. I may buy a lotto ticket or two every now and then when I'm having a bad week at work, but other than that, I don't. Besides, I have a lot more fun watching the roller coaster swings of my portfolio on a daily basis.

 

[purbeast0]

$0 - $100.

I will typically do some Super Bowl square pools. Last year I actually did none though so I gambled $0 last year.

I'm going to Atlantis Bahamas on Saturday and I doubt I'll spend any money in the casino there. When I go to Vegas I don't even gamble.

 

[Majes]

I'll a Powerball Ticket when it goes over 200 million. I also seem to hit a casino once or twice a year. My real issue is collectible card games, but I manage to keep spending under 500 each year for the most part.

 

[vi edit]

I live 5 minutes from one of the nicest horse tracks in the country. They do spring and fall meets that run a month each. We try and get there for a weekend or two each meet. We'll drop $40 or so bucks each meet. We watch 4 or 5 races and bet $2-4 per race each between my wife and I. We often take the kids with us and have them pick out a few horses and place bets. Sometimes we'll cover our losses, but usually it's $20 loss for 3 or 4 hours of fun. Horse races are pretty interesting and fun to be there in person.

I usually take the kids down to trackside:

This was the 2015 Breeders Cup and we watched Amerian Pharoah win the Triple Crown here.

 

[Chaotic42]

Maybe $10/year in lottery. I used to go to the casinos when I lived on the coast, but I'd only ever drop $50 at most. Gambling isn't really my thing.

 

[ultimatebob]

just the 5% of company stock per paycheck and 6% 401k..

5% does sound like a gamble, considering that you work there. If they have a really bad quarter and decide to lay you off, you end up getting screwed twice. Not only do you lose your income stream, but now you lost a chunk of your nest egg as well.

I kept 7 shares of the last publicly traded company I worked for (1 for every year I worked there, because I'm a sentimental sap like that), and they are the worst performing stock in my portfolio

 

[Red Squirrel]

I'd say no more than $100. I buy lotto tickets here and there, but that's about it.

 

[pmv]

Trouble is, it's impossible to not gamble at all, because life obliges you to constantly make choices based on insufficient data. E.g. "do I quit this secure but dull job for that one that looks more exciting but which might leave me jobless" "do I buy property now because prices appear to be rising so fast I won't be able to if I don't, or do I hope prices come down again" "how do I invest my pension fund?" etc.

For that reason I'm a bit puzzled as to how so many religions make 'gambling' a sin. If it's against his rules, why did God make it compulsory then, eh?

(But I never bet anything on lotteries and such like...if I were to, I'd at least pick some sports gamble where there was some extra entertainment value in it).

 

[DietDrThunder]

Moral is so low at my company that they have blocked all internet access to websites that show the current values of lottery tickets. They also have a policy that forbids employees from pooling money to buy lottery tickets. What they say is that the pooling of money for lottery tickets is a fire-able offense, but on the same note they are VERY afraid that a big lottery will be won and that an entire department will up and quit.

 

[highland145]

Moral is so low at my company that they have blocked all internet access to websites that show the current values of lottery tickets. They also have a policy that forbids employees from pooling money to buy lottery tickets. What they say is that the pooling of money for lottery tickets is a fire-able offense, but on the same note they are VERY afraid that a big lottery will be won and that an entire department will up and quit.

The place is so crappy that they're afraid of 300m to 1 odds? Wow.

 

[clamum]

Quite a bit, probably in the neighborhood of three thousand. I only go to the casino with my mom, to play bingo. If it wasn't for that I'd never step foot in a casino again and die happy. I spend maybe $5-$10 a year on lotto tickets.