Is playing national lottery smart or waste of time?

[EarnOnVictor]

We can not conclude or take decision to some people the way I'm seeing it, so i believe that gamblling is a game of choice and interest, some people doesn't like playing lottery kind of game the way I'm seeing it, and another thing is that gamblling have varieties, someone that like casino kind of gamblling may not like to participate in lottery kind of gambling and also a poker kind of gambling or soccer gambling, so it's a game of specialty and personal interest.

Yes, our interests matter, this is about choice and what we want that would please us. I would say that playing the national lottery is not a bad thing, there is no big deal in it too as the money to play it are so low, and who knows, you might be the lucky winner one day. And you know what that means, it means that you might change your status for life with just a risk of a little amount of money.

The National Lottery is undoubtedly an opportunity. If the luck is very good then it is possible to win many unfulfilled dreams of life can be fulled by winning this lottery. The price of this lottery is relatively low but the prize is quite large. Winning such a lottery is not very common. Moreover, due to lack of publicity, people do not know much about the results or winners of this lottery. Due to which people are losing interest in it day by day. An advantage in gambling is when you are betting you are either getting a return or losing it all. People prefer gambling more than national lottery because of getting its results immediately.

I never trust National Lotteries, rather i do not trust any sort of lotteries. Some times i think that lotteries are just a way to collect money from the innocent gamblers.
In every lottery, there is a small contribution which you have to make in order to qualify in the lottery. People easily participate in these lotteries as they have to spent little money but the reward is enormous. However, most lotteries are fake and we never know if they were fairly rewarded.

People's trust in lottery is very low while expectations are high. I have purchased such lotteries several times in my life where I won nothing. When i bought that lottery, assumed i would win but finally get nothing. I bought it because of a hidden interest in my mind. But now I haven't bought any kind of lottery for a long time now and i won't buy again in the future. I know that buying the lottery is a waste of money and time as well.

I want you to know that your points might be true, yet they are personal, which makes them sentimental to me. Lotteries have their set out conditions governing them, and they are meant for a person or certain people to win at the end of the lottery time. This varies, and emphatically almost everyone would not win. This is the mode of operation, it's only when the lottery company did not regularly declare a winner at all that we could say it's fake or call it names

Lotteries are being played with a few bucks and one could win a life-changing amount with it, which makes more people lose for a selected few to gain. I know a few of them that are very transparent in their operations, and I can never label them bad if I do not win. The best is for me to use my money for better things if it's not worth playing.

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speaking of lotteries, in my country there are many lotteries, there are so many that on every corner in the cities people are crowded to buy lottery tickets and something very strange is that I went to research the wage values of each worker who was on the streets sell the lottery tickets and I was shocked by the values, they receive very little that not even the minimum wage of my country that is in the law they do not receive, that is the company that organizes the lottery is breaking the laws, now going about the topic about lottery

I am of the opinion that the rich are those who have the greatest chance of winning the lottery, for this reason as I am poor I do not buy lottery tickets, I prefer only games that do not depend on luck that at least I can do an analysis of afterwards if I can do the analysis well, I can get it right, but if I don't do the analysis well, I can lose money, and that, but in the case of the lottery, the person buys a ticket and while others buy 1000 tickets, I honestly don't like the lottery

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lottery winners always end up poor and disgraced unfortunately

[maydna]

But the reality is, such lotteries usually have way worse odds than any casinos or gambling sites. So, mathematically speaking, you're better off gambling your money there.

Thoughts?

It has millions of combinations for you to hit it and I think I might have chance to win at slot compare here. People just wanted instantaneous money without doing much effort that is why they are turning into lotteries thinking it was the easiest way to go, yeah it was easiest one if you're lucky but likely difficult and expensive if not.

It depend on the angle you may be looking at it from, to me there is not much difference between the two gambling and the lottery after all there both involve betting with your money, and is not as if lottery tickets cost that much some can just go a few bulks same with gambling such as football bets or playing slot in a machine.
The most important thing is that, once luck is on your side you can win at whatever game, gambling is gambling and there are no two ways about it.
If you want to avoid losing money then you should stay away from any form of gambling.

A lottery at a low price can indeed attract people to buy it and hope they will be the winner. And to realize what they want, they buy more lotteries and just wait for the results to come out. We might say that the lottery has a worse chance of losing money but the fact is, many people still have hope of winning big money. They know that the lottery really requires luck but that doesn't stop them from buying it anyway because they have seen that some people can be the winner. So for those people, the lottery is not a waste of time and money.

[rahmad2nd]

Topic and poll inspired by another thread - question:

Do you play national lottery games (Powerball, EuroMillions, Lotto etc)?

I once tried to gamble the lottery. yes, only 1-2 times to buy the raffle coupons. even then, just fad only. I don't want to judge or say that lottery gambling is a waste of time, maybe for those who like this lottery. Betting on lottery betting is a separate pleasure compared to other types of betting.

even in several places in my area there are some people who deliberately gather only to discuss the formula for this lottery gambling, and I can't stop thinking, that I believe there is no definite formula calculation or some sort of agorithm calculation to generate numbers in order to win  the lottery. a little funny indeed, but that's the fact that they really enjoy it.

Despite the negative things you've said in this thread, I totally agree. however, we don't have the right to judge or judge those who like this type of lottery gambling. if i had to choose i would rather play slot machines or dice as a fun pastime.

[goldkingcoiner]

Playing national lottery is the largest waste of time and worst waste of money that you can think of, even for the most risky of gamblers. If you look at the probabilities, its just not worth it. The probability of winning is so tiny, getting hit by lightning, twice, is more probable.

Some people just do not seem to be able to understand the math behind the probabilities, I think that's the root of the problem. The lottery just makes it seem like an achievable goal. But thats marketing.

The reward is so large but too many people are going for it. It is national, so the entire nation is well aware. And yet how often do we hear of big winners?

Suffice it to say again, but lotteries are not worth the money, time or effort.

If people would make out those calculations and find out the odds or chances then for sure they would really be losing that interest on betting on lotteries but once a person would be having in mind on getting rich once they do hit the jackpot then this is something that is really hard to be controlled or something that would really motivate you on making out bets even if its on daily basis.It all matters with your own mindset
and if emotion would also play out together with your mind then for sure you would be betting and wont minding on the time and money that would be spending out.So just let them be on what
are the things that they do because its their money to be used after all.

Well, yes. The problem is always the mindset. There are people with fixed mindsets who, even if you were to confront them with facts, physical and mathematical evidence, then there would still not be a doubt in my mind that such a person is going to spend money on a lottery ticket in hopes of changing his life, based on a miracle.

Lotteries depend on the desperation and hopes of people who believe in ridiculous things. But then again there are more than enough of such people (crystal gazers, astrologists, fortune tellers and so on).

Basically its impossible to convince those who do not wish to be convinced.

[Hamphser]

Well, yes. The problem is always the mindset. There are people with fixed mindsets who, even if you were to confront them with facts, physical and mathematical evidence, then there would still not be a doubt in my mind that such a person is going to spend money on a lottery ticket in hopes of changing his life, based on a miracle.

Lotteries depend on the desperation and hopes of people who believe in ridiculous things. But then again there are more than enough of such people (crystal gazers, astrologists, fortune tellers and so on).

Basically its impossible to convince those who do not wish to be convinced.

I agree on this one which there are lots of people whom i do know to have that kind of fixed mindsets which there's no way that you could influence them or do changed up their minds once they do target out on a
particular thing.I cant see myself to be that reliant and keeping on betting with national lotteries just because i do wish up for some miracle.It is really just enough that im really that aware on what are those odds
and chances on getting the jackpot and just been said by most people that odds or chance isnt really that something you could waste your time on going into those lottery booths and would make a bet.
Even if its cheap but overtime those amounts would be significant specially if you are already betting for years already and this is should how people do look into it.

[danadc]

I play only at freebitco.in's lottery, because the tickets come for free. Regards national lottery only my family and friends are adepts of that gambling modality. They say they have to try, especially the final draw of the year, which brings a more appetizing prize for the winner or winners. I tell them it's a waste of money, and that it gives nothing, but they keep trying for as long as I can remember.

Actually, national lottery is quite popular where I live. People make long rows in front of the lottery house to bet. And not surprisingly, it's a poor city where most people live with a minimum wage and heavily depend on third party welfare. That makes me feel they really have a wrong mindset for gambling and for finances in general and that the statement of OP is totally accurate: people see in the national lottery an opportunity to go from misery to richness overnight, doesn't matter how tiny the chances are.

I want to try more luck in freebitcoin, I forget a lot to buy lotteries here through the forum in the casinos, freebitcoin I know that they are quite famous with their lotteries, since they have been in operation they have not had them.

Other lotteries that I have seen and that I have not won is the one that they do through the google algorithm, and that is something that they have done but with things that are less prizes, or money prizes that are very little in quantity, but that They are significant when they do contests, and on twitch they are famous, now they use other things, other programs that are very different but do the same thing.

[serjent05]

Well, yes. The problem is always the mindset. There are people with fixed mindsets who, even if you were to confront them with facts, physical and mathematical evidence, then there would still not be a doubt in my mind that such a person is going to spend money on a lottery ticket in hopes of changing his life, based on a miracle.

Lotteries depend on the desperation and hopes of people who believe in ridiculous things. But then again there are more than enough of such people (crystal gazers, astrologists, fortune tellers and so on).

Basically its impossible to convince those who do not wish to be convinced.

I agree on this one which there are lots of people whom i do know to have that kind of fixed mindsets which there's no way that you could influence them or do changed up their minds once they do target out on a
particular thing.I cant see myself to be that reliant and keeping on betting with national lotteries just because i do wish up for some miracle.It is really just enough that im really that aware on what are those odds
and chances on getting the jackpot and just been said by most people that odds or chance isnt really that something you could waste your time on going into those lottery booths and would make a bet.
Even if its cheap but overtime those amounts would be significant specially if you are already betting for years already and this is should how people do look into it.

I don't bet on national lotteries or any kind of lottery because there is only a very slim chance of winning but I do understand why people keep on buying lottery tickets despite of the possibility of winning.  I think it is worth the try because if they win, it is life-changing.  I do not buy lottery tickets not because I am against it, I am not buying lottery tickets because  I do not have faith in my luck of winning the lottery.

[Fredomago]

Well, yes. The problem is always the mindset. There are people with fixed mindsets who, even if you were to confront them with facts, physical and mathematical evidence, then there would still not be a doubt in my mind that such a person is going to spend money on a lottery ticket in hopes of changing his life, based on a miracle.

Lotteries depend on the desperation and hopes of people who believe in ridiculous things. But then again there are more than enough of such people (crystal gazers, astrologists, fortune tellers and so on).

Basically its impossible to convince those who do not wish to be convinced.

I agree on this one which there are lots of people whom i do know to have that kind of fixed mindsets which there's no way that you could influence them or do changed up their minds once they do target out on a
particular thing.I cant see myself to be that reliant and keeping on betting with national lotteries just because i do wish up for some miracle.It is really just enough that im really that aware on what are those odds
and chances on getting the jackpot and just been said by most people that odds or chance isnt really that something you could waste your time on going into those lottery booths and would make a bet.
Even if its cheap but overtime those amounts would be significant specially if you are already betting for years already and this is should how people do look into it.

I don't bet on national lotteries or any kind of lottery because there is only a very slim chance of winning but I do understand why people keep on buying lottery tickets despite of the possibility of winning.  I think it is worth the try because if they win, it is life-changing.  I do not buy lottery tickets not because I am against it, I am not buying lottery tickets because  I do not have faith in my luck of winning the lottery.

Simple and precise, if you don't trust and inside your instinct you believe that you don't have that luck to win this kind of gambling, why bother to buy ticket, better to play or gamble with games that you think that you can end up with your favor, it will be a waste for you if you just buy and thinks that nothing will happen with your bet.

Though, just like what you said, there are people who engage in this kind of gambling as they are aiming to find that luck that will change their lives.

[Fatunad]

Well, yes. The problem is always the mindset. There are people with fixed mindsets who, even if you were to confront them with facts, physical and mathematical evidence, then there would still not be a doubt in my mind that such a person is going to spend money on a lottery ticket in hopes of changing his life, based on a miracle.

Lotteries depend on the desperation and hopes of people who believe in ridiculous things. But then again there are more than enough of such people (crystal gazers, astrologists, fortune tellers and so on).

Basically its impossible to convince those who do not wish to be convinced.

I agree on this one which there are lots of people whom i do know to have that kind of fixed mindsets which there's no way that you could influence them or do changed up their minds once they do target out on a
particular thing.I cant see myself to be that reliant and keeping on betting with national lotteries just because i do wish up for some miracle.It is really just enough that im really that aware on what are those odds
and chances on getting the jackpot and just been said by most people that odds or chance isnt really that something you could waste your time on going into those lottery booths and would make a bet.
Even if its cheap but overtime those amounts would be significant specially if you are already betting for years already and this is should how people do look into it.

I don't bet on national lotteries or any kind of lottery because there is only a very slim chance of winning but I do understand why people keep on buying lottery tickets despite of the possibility of winning.  I think it is worth the try because if they win, it is life-changing.  I do not buy lottery tickets not because I am against it, I am not buying lottery tickets because  I do not have faith in my luck of winning the lottery.

When you are just looking for the odds or chances on winning the lottery then you would definitely get discourage and this is indeed my main reason on why i dont also make out bets on national lotteries.
It might be interesting for other people but not for me.I agree that the one main driving factor on why people do keep on betting is that once they do hit up the jackpot then it would
really be a life changing one and this is what they do have in mind and this is the reason on why they do keep on betting despite of the odds or chances on winning up.

[uneng]

The chances are really bad. Just for curiosity I researched the probabilities and costs when playing at the national lottery. Check below:



Ticket's costs are already converted to dollar currency, for better comprehension of everyone here. You can play up to 15 numbers per ticket, what will increase its costs considerably, and also your winning chance!

Winnings happen if you match at least 4 numbers and there are 60 numbers available.

Total prize from the last draw was 56.074.766,35$. It means someone wagering 4.209,81$ in a ticket of 15 numbers had 0.00009997% chance winning the jackpot! 

And even in winning case, there is no assurance you will receive the entire prize, because there could be another winners.

Ah, and don't forget a big slice of the total prize goes back to the government through taxes!

[rodskee]

The chances are really bad. Just for curiosity I researched the probabilities and costs when playing at the national lottery. Check below:

That is frustrating if you look at because that surely a no possible chances to win , but I believe that betting in Lottery is like a fun and challenging part as those risk taker love it when they have this .
sometimes it is not bad to bet for Lottery but if you will use this to look for fortune and future? then this is stupidity for me.

[Reatim]

Ah, and don't forget a big slice of the total prize goes back to the government through taxes!

I don't think this will ever an issue if you happen to win jackpot ? because this will be a peanut compering to what we can get but the problem is if how many winners in that said jackpot or how many of them will need to divide.
 
and also If I were to decide lottery or other form ? i will choose sports betting or at least Black Jack so the chances of winning is bigger though the wins is small.

[Queentoshi]

Thoughts?

I know someone who won a National Lottery and had to quit his job and relocate for safety reasons, of course you know it changed his life for him for him to consider safety. I know it is a very slim chance to win and be the lucky person out of the mass of persons that apply for it, but who knows if that is where your luck will be. If playing the lottery will not affect you, you can just try your luck with it, and give it a shot. Playing the lottery may not be smart, but it is not a waste of time.

[traderethereum]

The chances are really bad. Just for curiosity I researched the probabilities and costs when playing at the national lottery. Check below:



Ticket's costs are already converted to dollar currency, for better comprehension of everyone here. You can play up to 15 numbers per ticket, what will increase its costs considerably, and also your winning chance!

Winnings happen if you match at least 4 numbers and there are 60 numbers available.

Total prize from the last draw was 56.074.766,35$. It means someone wagering 4.209,81$ in a ticket of 15 numbers had 0.00009997% chance winning the jackpot! 

And even in winning case, there is no assurance you will receive the entire prize, because there could be another winners.

Ah, and don't forget a big slice of the total prize goes back to the government through taxes!

Even if the odds are terrible because they don't have a big chance of winning, that won't stop them from buying lottery tickets.
The prize they will get can give temptation to those who will still buy that lottery ticket and hope that they will one day be the winner.
And there may even be some people who bought lottery tickets years ago and won only a few years later.
This proves that the lottery game can really tempt them to buy it even though the total prize will return to the government through taxes because the amount of money they will receive is still very large.

[ultrloa]

Thoughts?

I know someone who won a National Lottery and had to quit his job and relocate for safety reasons, of course you know it changed his life for him for him to consider safety. I know it is a very slim chance to win and be the lucky person out of the mass of persons that apply for it, but who knows if that is where your luck will be. If playing the lottery will not affect you, you can just try your luck with it, and give it a shot. Playing the lottery may not be smart, but it is not a waste of time.

You only need small amount of money to try your luck on lottery so if you feel to bet and nothing harm will happen to you then why not? Its really good to try since you will not get a chance if you not try right? But I cannot call it a waste of time since even if there's no much activities but still the excitement are still there waiting for the result to come at the end of the day.

[coolcoinz]

It's funny how players ignore the odds and think their chance of winning is much higher than it really is... until they see the numbers right in front of them. I'm a skeptic and I don't play the lottery but if you would've asked me what my chance of winning the grand prize is I'd say 1 in a million when in reality it's more like 1 in 10 million. Once you're really faced with the numbers and realize you often lose in dice when you have 49%, you start realizing that you'll never get anything out of this, that it's a waste of time and money.

[Dunamisx]

We can not conclude or take decision to some people the way I'm seeing it, so i believe that gamblling is a game of choice and interest, some people doesn't like playing lottery kind of game the way I'm seeing it, and another thing is that gamblling have varieties, someone that like casino kind of gamblling may not like to participate in lottery kind of gambling and also a poker kind of gambling or soccer gambling, so it's a game of specialty and personal interest.

Yes, our interests matter, this is about choice and what we want that would please us. I would say that playing the national lottery is not a bad thing, there is no big deal in it too as the money to play it are so low, and who knows, you might be the lucky winner one day. And you know what that means, it means that you might change your status for life with just a risk of a little amount of money.

The National Lottery is undoubtedly an opportunity. If the luck is very good then it is possible to win many unfulfilled dreams of life can be fulled by winning this lottery. The price of this lottery is relatively low but the prize is quite large. Winning such a lottery is not very common. Moreover, due to lack of publicity, people do not know much about the results or winners of this lottery. Due to which people are losing interest in it day by day. An advantage in gambling is when you are betting you are either getting a return or losing it all. People prefer gambling more than national lottery because of getting its results immediately.

I never trust National Lotteries, rather i do not trust any sort of lotteries. Some times i think that lotteries are just a way to collect money from the innocent gamblers.
In every lottery, there is a small contribution which you have to make in order to qualify in the lottery. People easily participate in these lotteries as they have to spent little money but the reward is enormous. However, most lotteries are fake and we never know if they were fairly rewarded.

People's trust in lottery is very low while expectations are high. I have purchased such lotteries several times in my life where I won nothing. When i bought that lottery, assumed i would win but finally get nothing. I bought it because of a hidden interest in my mind. But now I haven't bought any kind of lottery for a long time now and i won't buy again in the future. I know that buying the lottery is a waste of money and time as well.

I want you to know that your points might be true, yet they are personal, which makes them sentimental to me. Lotteries have their set out conditions governing them, and they are meant for a person or certain people to win at the end of the lottery time. This varies, and emphatically almost everyone would not win. This is the mode of operation, it's only when the lottery company did not regularly declare a winner at all that we could say it's fake or call it names

Lotteries are being played with a few bucks and one could win a life-changing amount with it, which makes more people lose for a selected few to gain. I know a few of them that are very transparent in their operations, and I can never label them bad if I do not win. The best is for me to use my money for better things if it's not worth playing.

You're right mate, there are certain requirements that must be fulfilled in other to apply for lottery and have a place to to stand a chance on winning it, i see this a somewhat challenging enough for some gamblers not to have that kind of time to give in fulfilling it's terms when they can easily use their own money to gamble and avoid waste of time just as we all know that lottery take a little while before you can get the outcome of the results while gambling can be instant, but for the fact that it is competitive with slight chance makes it more difficult for many gamblers from participating.

[Shamm]

We can not conclude or take decision to some people the way I'm seeing it, so i believe that gamblling is a game of choice and interest, some people doesn't like playing lottery kind of game the way I'm seeing it, and another thing is that gamblling have varieties, someone that like casino kind of gamblling may not like to participate in lottery kind of gambling and also a poker kind of gambling or soccer gambling, so it's a game of specialty and personal interest.

Yes, our interests matter, this is about choice and what we want that would please us. I would say that playing the national lottery is not a bad thing, there is no big deal in it too as the money to play it are so low, and who knows, you might be the lucky winner one day. And you know what that means, it means that you might change your status for life with just a risk of a little amount of money.

The National Lottery is undoubtedly an opportunity. If the luck is very good then it is possible to win many unfulfilled dreams of life can be fulled by winning this lottery. The price of this lottery is relatively low but the prize is quite large. Winning such a lottery is not very common. Moreover, due to lack of publicity, people do not know much about the results or winners of this lottery. Due to which people are losing interest in it day by day. An advantage in gambling is when you are betting you are either getting a return or losing it all. People prefer gambling more than national lottery because of getting its results immediately.

I never trust National Lotteries, rather i do not trust any sort of lotteries. Some times i think that lotteries are just a way to collect money from the innocent gamblers.
In every lottery, there is a small contribution which you have to make in order to qualify in the lottery. People easily participate in these lotteries as they have to spent little money but the reward is enormous. However, most lotteries are fake and we never know if they were fairly rewarded.

People's trust in lottery is very low while expectations are high. I have purchased such lotteries several times in my life where I won nothing. When i bought that lottery, assumed i would win but finally get nothing. I bought it because of a hidden interest in my mind. But now I haven't bought any kind of lottery for a long time now and i won't buy again in the future. I know that buying the lottery is a waste of money and time as well.

I want you to know that your points might be true, yet they are personal, which makes them sentimental to me. Lotteries have their set out conditions governing them, and they are meant for a person or certain people to win at the end of the lottery time. This varies, and emphatically almost everyone would not win. This is the mode of operation, it's only when the lottery company did not regularly declare a winner at all that we could say it's fake or call it names

Lotteries are being played with a few bucks and one could win a life-changing amount with it, which makes more people lose for a selected few to gain. I know a few of them that are very transparent in their operations, and I can never label them bad if I do not win. The best is for me to use my money for better things if it's not worth playing.

You're right mate, there are certain requirements that must be fulfilled in other to apply for lottery and have a place to to stand a chance on winning it, i see this a somewhat challenging enough for some gamblers not to have that kind of time to give in fulfilling it's terms when they can easily use their own money to gamble and avoid waste of time just as we all know that lottery take a little while before you can get the outcome of the results while gambling can be instant, but for the fact that it is competitive with slight chance makes it more difficult for many gamblers from participating.

Once a gamble bring his luck and then lottery ga will change his/her life cause we all know how much the jackpot prize is. Imagine if you are the one who hit the jackpot then Once in a while you will be a millionaire or even a billionaire depends on the country where you bet in. But most that is has a million price which is quite big enough. But the jackpot of the lottery is very hard to hit cause there are many combinations .

[dimonstration]

Once a gamble bring his luck and then lottery ga will change his/her life cause we all know how much the jackpot prize is. Imagine if you are the one who hit the jackpot then Once in a while you will be a millionaire or even a billionaire depends on the country where you bet in. But most that is has a million price which is quite big enough. But the jackpot of the lottery is very hard to hit cause there are many combinations .

I know that imagining how much money you can possibly win on lottery is really encouraging to do a random bets for fun but bear in mind that only few people win the  jackpot prize in the lottery compared to the amount of bets made on it. It’s not bad on dreaming to win one day but I personally disregarded the chance of winning on lottery and just focus on my job to get money slowly after realizing that winning a lottery is almost zero chance.

Those people that regularly placing bets will already save too much money if they just save instead of betting it.