Why I hate lottery...

[blas]

Oh my God, the damn Powerball. That thing can go away anytime.

When I was either 18 or 19, sometime when I was still at the gas station, the Powerball got up to some really ridiculous amount, and you would have thought it was the Hurricane Katrina Gas Scare all over again. My store was freaking packed, but it was for fucking lottery tickets. I got behind in all my chores and stocking duties.....in one slow moment, I just raided the cigg cabinet and started taking from cartons because I couldn't stock them. I nearly pissed my pants because I coudn't go to the bathroom. Everyone wanted a fucking Powerball ticket.

Newsflash. It's more likely that Bradley Cooper will walk into this door and take me right into the bedroom than any of us winning the Powerball. K?

[Greenday]

Heh, I love my gambling. No joke, gambling got me through my last semester of college.

I decided to go to AC with two friends on a whim. Walked in with $100. Sat down at single deck blackjack and had the dealer and a pitboss explain it to me since it was only 4pm and it was really slow. I got up at 6pm with $300. Bought pizzas for my friends and I and we chilled for a couple hours. Went back out and went back and forth between blackjack, craps, and roulette. Went to bed around 1am, drunk, with $1,100. Woke up the next morning, checked out, we played blackjack for an hour and I made another $100.

End of the semester I only had $100 to my name. Wouldn't have made it through the semester without that trip.

Most of the time I break even. I have blown $200 before though. No big deal though. Can't wait to go to AC now that my paychecks are ridiculous and get $1,000 in chips. It'll be awesome.

My family and I do scratch offs for holidays and birthdays. I've been on a dry spell for the past year or so but we don't buy them often. Some people are just obsessive about it, it's scary.

[ShootMePlease]

It's more likely that Bradley Cooper will walk into this door and take me right into the bedroom

This would certainly not hurt my feelings !!

MMMM. Bradley Cooper.

[KMCA]

Hey every once and awhile you get a good go out of it.
I remember years back I had a serious streak going. 23 out of 25 tickets were wins. Most were just "here's your money back" but I did get some $5, 10 and ever a 25 out of it. Since that streak broke I buy maybe 1 ticket a month

[parresa]

With the Powerball at $200 million now, expect more frenzy.

For whatever reason, the machine lottery doesn't annoy me much. Except when people don't feel like using bet slips and want me to punch in their numbers. I tell them I don't know how.

[taxguykarl]

I also once saw a woman turn in $257 worth of winning tickets just to spend that money on more tickets.

Nothing I haven't seen. I was doing a return for a lady who had a W2G showing $4k in winnings. She also had a log from her player's club that showed $9K in losses. I once overheard a comedian quip that the best way to beat a slot machine was with a sledge hammer.

[Jetfire]

Mom tends to play the slots a lot, but she budgets so there's no problems there. Earlier this year, we were at Casino NB. We had just entered, and were still getting settled. She apparently put some money in a machine, didn't realize it was max bet, and hit the jackpot. 5000$. It made our day to say the least, and was a huge help with my move and our trip to Vegas (it's paying for our tickets)

Me I have no luck on the slots (who does?) so I'm switched to Blackjack. First time ever playing it in Vegas (was my last night there last year), and I played the night out and doubled up my original hundred. Played it again recently (at a local casino) and doubled up again. Third time I had no luck however.

When I head back to Vegas in July, I'll have a strict budget for my gaming. If I blow it on the tables, so be it. If I win, all the better. But otherwise, I won't begrudge it since I had fun with it and had the chance to socialize with my table mates while I played.

I also play Bingo occasionally, and when the Lotto Max starts getting MaxMillion prizes I'll buy a ticket for the draws, but that's about it for my Gambling fun.