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Even if it's infrequently.
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56Yes -- I purchase with others as a group5.36%3Yes -- I purchase them as an individual25.00%14No50.00%28No - They are not available for purchase in my state19.64%11 -
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I generally only get them for stocking stuffers."Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly." - The Walking Drum
"And here’s what life comes down to—not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with bullshit that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickhead you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face." – Adam CarollaComment
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No because I understand statistics and can control my spending and investing.
From a personal financial perspective, I like the lottery since it pays for public goods and I don't spend a dime on it. From a moral perspective, I realize that most lotteries function as a regressive tax system so I would not mind to have them done away with."Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. UchtdorfComment
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Re: regressive taxes...Originally posted by Eddie Jones View Post
Given that the demographics of this board are fairly well understood, I was curious how many people here did it.Comment
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I have bought them. If I happen to be somewhere where they sell them I might buy $20 worth. I don't make any real effort to buy them though.Comment
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Our office has a person that, once the Powerball jackpot is over $100M, will collect $2 from everyone that wants to play and purchase a bunch of tickets. This is the first place I've worked that I've seen that happen.Comment
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You realize that once the jackpot is over $150M that the mathematical expectation is that you will realize a gain, right?Originally posted by Eddie Jones View Post
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On the eve of the millenium I was on my mission serving in Alamosa, CO. Our MP had everyone in the zone spend the night at the ZLs place so there would be no mischief or in case the world ceased to exist. Mostly the former. Anyway, we decided to go to the convenience store to buy some newspapers to document this historic event and we all ended up buying about $10 worth of scratchers. Our ZL won $50. The next day we got a call from the APs. Apparently a member saw us buying them and reported us. Every member a mission president.
The APs didn't care. Just told us not to get caught again and suggested that there was better ways to spend our MSF.
I have bought some here and there. The last one was a few months ago when I found a dollar on the ground in a grocery store. But I have never gone out of my way to purchase them unless for a gift. It was a popular thing to do among some of my friends. Everyone would chip in $10-20 and then we'd go buy a lottery tickets with all of it.
I have two friends whose parents won the lottery. One took home $3 million after chopping it with the weekly work pool. His family bought a giant motorhome and took us to Medieval Times for his birthday in it. Rad. Another friend's parents won and he and his older brother got brand spanking new Dodge Cummins trucks. He never took me to Medieval Times in it though.
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Work pools happen all the time. See my story above.Originally posted by Indy Coug View Post"Nobody listens to Turtle."-TurtlesigpicComment
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when the mega millions gets over $100m I will buy a ticket here and there. I know the odds are about as close to zero that you can get, but somebody has to win and you can't win unless you have a ticket.
On an annual basis I probably spend about 10-20 bucks on it. I am not too concerned. I know that I probably won't win the big one. I did win 50 bucks once though.Dyslexics are teople poo...Comment
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About 25 years ago someone from our office made a Idaho run. No one won anything of significance. Our brilliant manager though kept his 5 and then put them out for auction. I can't remember for sure, but I think they were ten buck tickets. One guy offered him double or twenty bucks and the manager proudly announced, "that is how you double your money. I take advantage of you gamblers."
One of the tickets paid $5,000.
I just remembered. The manager seriously asked the guy to give him half.Comment
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I <3 Indy CougOriginally posted by Indy Coug View PostYou realize that once the jackpot is over $150M that the mathematical expectation is that you will realize a gain, right?"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. UchtdorfComment
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Everywhere I've worked they've done this.Originally posted by Indy Coug View Post"Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly." - The Walking Drum
"And here’s what life comes down to—not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with bullshit that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickhead you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face." – Adam CarollaComment
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