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11-29-2012, 11:07 AM
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#11 | | Senior Member
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I still got the five bucks I didn't spend on the lottery. Now I think about what if there had been a third winner.... 
If PRO is the opposite of CON, what is the opposite of Progress?
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11-29-2012, 11:35 AM
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#12 | | Forester
Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Minden, NV Posts: 1,714
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Here in the land of gambling there is a saying - "the lottery is a tax on the poor." It is a great way to make money for the state treasury. It is much more lucrative than gambling has ever been.
Nevada has every kind of gaming you can name, but we have no lottery. The Indian Reservations are some of the only places that don't have gambling. It may sound like upside down world, but for us it is normal.
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11-29-2012, 11:47 AM
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#13 | | Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Goatneck, Texas Posts: 1,673
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What I do not understand is people who plan on winning the lottery.
It is fun to play sometimes I guess but to plan ones retirement around it???
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Do not consume these thoughts or ideas if you have a history of high blood pressure, heart problems, tendency to get your panties in a bunch, mangina issues, no sense of humor, realization that you need to wear a tin foil hat, lick glass, want to cry like a sissy or still live with your mom. | |
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11-29-2012, 05:14 PM
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#14 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 28
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I am not a lottery player. I think it is silly. My dad probably plays about $50 a week in games because he plays the regular lottery game, the daily 3 and daily 4, the mega millions, and whatever other games there are these days.
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11-29-2012, 06:56 PM
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#15 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: SE Idaho Posts: 3,918
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They had this red lottery machine in a bowling alley out of town. It was sitting right next to the red pop machine. I went for a soda, got talking to someone and put my dollar in the lottery machine intead of the pop machine. That was two months ago. One of these days, I have to go in and get my dollar winnings back. And that is what I see my friends do when we go to Nevada for the bowling tournaments. "I won $500 last night" 'Oh, how much did you spend to win it?' " just $800." Lucky me, it only cost me a dollar to win that dollar.
If PRO is the opposite of CON, what is the opposite of Progress?
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11-30-2012, 01:58 AM
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#16 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Liberty, N.Y. Lower Catskill Mountains. Posts: 2,473
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Hi...
Regarding the $550,000,000 lottery...in case you haven't heard...I didn't win...!!
"Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness." Seneca | |
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11-30-2012, 07:59 AM
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#17 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: South Florida Posts: 23
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Originally Posted by JeepThrills  Anyone else buy a lottery ticket for Powerball today? I don't usually play unless the amount gets pretty high, so decided I would get one. |
I get a laugh when someone makes the statement "Im not gonna play this week, 300 million just not enough for me"
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11-30-2012, 09:55 AM
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#18 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Liberty, N.Y. Lower Catskill Mountains. Posts: 2,473
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ppine;
Nevada has every kind of gaming you can name, but we have no lottery. The Indian Reservations are some of the only places that don't have gambling. It may sound like upside down world, but for us it is normal.
Hi...
That's very interesting, not to mention unusual. So many other states have their casinos owned by various Tribes.
"Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness." Seneca | |
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11-30-2012, 10:00 AM
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#19 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Liberty, N.Y. Lower Catskill Mountains. Posts: 2,473
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CozInCowtown;
What I do not understand is people who plan on winning the lottery.
It is fun to play sometimes I guess but to plan ones retirement around it???
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Why does 'incredibly stupid' come to mind...??
A shrink might think of that as an unfulfilled expectation.
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12-01-2012, 05:08 AM
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#20 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,725
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Originally Posted by Pathfinder1 CozInCowtown;
What I do not understand is people who plan on winning the lottery.
It is fun to play sometimes I guess but to plan ones retirement around it???
Hi...
Why does 'incredibly stupid' come to mind...??
A shrink might think of that as an unfulfilled expectation. | Actually it is known as delusional incompetance. But I like your "incredibly stupid" explanation better. Perhaps you should suggest it to your analyst friends as a clinical definition.
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