Lottery Fever. What are your range of thoughts in response to Lucky Winners?

[Don Pedro Dinero]

About 15 years ago my then gf (now wife) bought a Euromillions ticket. The jackpot was €85,000,000 if I recall correctly. To win the Euromillions jackpot you need to get all 5 numbers correct and the 2 stars. Any way to cut a long story short we got 4 numbers and 2 stars.

I was looking at the numbers on our ticket, frantically checking the numbers online, thinking we’d won something big. Turns out it’s a lot more important to get 5 numbers regardless of how many stars you get. We got 4 out of the 5 numbers and 2 stars. We won approx €4,000 which is nice obviously but not life changing. If we had got 5 numbers & 0 stars or 5 numbers and 1 star it was six figures.

Funnily enough my gf picked the number 24 (which was the 1 incorrect number) and the number we needed to win €85,000,000 was 23. I don’t think I’ll ever forget this experience sadly.

A friend of mine had a similar experience in a lottery of the same style but with a smaller prize in Spain. He always played the same numbers but there was one that changed, some weeks he would play the day he met his wife and other weeks the day they hooked up. It turns out that they won 5 numbers + the complementary, with a prize of €3,000, but if he had put the other number that he had not put that week, he would have won €1,000,000. And instead of rejoicing at having won €3,000, he spent the night cursing because he hadn't won a million.

Knowing cases like that, I always choose to have a random combination made by the machine, and I never repeat.

[mirakal]

I do not participate in lotteries that much because I know it requires a lot of luck for one to be among the winners who win life-changing amounts of money from lotteries. Lotteries are the most difficult forms of gambling to earn anything from because no matter how much money you spend on lottery tickets, your winning probability will not be that much, and I have seen people having more than a 30% probability and still not winning the highest prize in a lottery.

I wonder how painful it must be to spend thousands of dollars on buying lottery tickets and then winning not even enough to cover the money you have spent on the tickets because you are not lucky enough. So in my opinion, one should never spend a lot of money or lotteries.

I’m also not a fan actually on lottery. Although I have to say I wish I could have some extra luck to win the jackpot prize but I know it won’t be possible for me since I’m not really into it. I would even gamble more and spend more money on slots than gambling on lottery and make a wishful thinking. Because I know it takes hundred thousands of dollars to lose first before you hit the jackpot, and not even sure if you’ll eventually win after a huge amount of losses. So for me, lottery gambling is not actually worthy of my losses. Except for those who bet on small amount and boom, they instantly hit the jackpot.

[Julien_Olynpic]

I don't buy lottery tickets because the probability of winning in lotteries is very low. You can provide specific calculations of the probability of winning the lottery. But I have come across calculations that the probability of winning a significant amount in popular national lotteries, and even more so the jackpot, is less than the probability of dying from a lightning strike. Even in sports betting, the probability of winning is higher. What can I say, in sports betting the probability of winning in many cases is 50%. Your bet will either work or not. In the long run, you will most likely lose, but you will lose slowly and about half the time you will win. How many lottery tickets do you need to buy to win as much as in sports betting?

[Hirose UK]

Everyone luck is different and is related to getting lottery jackpot that can really change lives, in fact, it only happens and is experienced by small number of gamblers.
In total, the percentage of gamblers who succeed with the jackpot is no more than 10% of all existing gamblers.
Those who get it are of course people chosen by luck itself, but if it just small number of wins it still lot to happen.
Only thing that is of concern is that those who get the jackpot and become instant millionaires will never last long, almost everyone who is in this condition will definitely lose all their wealth over time.

Personally, as gambler who really likes and is active in gambling, when I read or see context like this, I will not be affected by anything because I am aware that it all depends on luck.
Moreover, it not certain that I can get the same luck and if I only try to get luck like that then the end result will definitely not be suitable and will only give feeling of disappointment.
It doesn't matter whether I can get it because the most important thing is that I can bet and have fun in every bet.

[yudi09]

- A woman who quit her job after scratching off a $90,000 lottery windfall.

If you are reading this and you actively participate in lotteries as an regular player, these kind of lottery success stories can evoke a lot of emotions and responses. Which of these range of thoughts and feelings do you experience;

• my time is near
• it can't happen to me
• I wish I could win, even if it meant lower jackpots
• Indifferent

Quit his job after getting a big money windfall from the lottery. I think that players who gamble and win large amounts of money don't need to quit their jobs. It is true that the amount of money won is large, but it will run out slowly if he doesn't use the money to continue earning.

By working, he can earn regular income. If the woman has a business mind, then a large amount of money from the lottery will increase the amount of money she can put back into business.
Don't have to stop after getting a windfall and I won't act like that woman. Not going to happen to me and in that option, rather I choose the third one.

[Quidat]

I do not participate in lotteries that much because I know it requires a lot of luck for one to be among the winners who win life-changing amounts of money from lotteries. Lotteries are the most difficult forms of gambling to earn anything from because no matter how much money you spend on lottery tickets, your winning probability will not be that much, and I have seen people having more than a 30% probability and still not winning the highest prize in a lottery.

I wonder how painful it must be to spend thousands of dollars on buying lottery tickets and then winning not even enough to cover the money you have spent on the tickets because you are not lucky enough. So in my opinion, one should never spend a lot of money or lotteries.

I’m also not a fan actually on lottery. Although I have to say I wish I could have some extra luck to win the jackpot prize but I know it won’t be possible for me since I’m not really into it. I would even gamble more and spend more money on slots than gambling on lottery and make a wishful thinking. Because I know it takes hundred thousands of dollars to lose first before you hit the jackpot, and not even sure if you’ll eventually win after a huge amount of losses. So for me, lottery gambling is not actually worthy of my losses. Except for those who bet on small amount and boom, they instantly hit the jackpot.

Im a fan but everything changed up on the time that i have seen that im already spending too much and i have realized that i might not be able to hit up a win even if i do bet even with my life time.  
For the sake of entertainment then it would really be just that fine and buying 1-2 tickets per draw is just fine. What sucks on here is that there are couple of types of draws per day on which means
that you would really be costing up more money on buying tickets but since it is really just that cheap then its just fine but if you are someone whose really that saving up money then better think
not to deal up with lottery.  There would be winners but there would be tons of losers which its understandable on how lottery do works. This is why you shouldnt really be expecting or
making yourself that positive on winning up so that you wont really be ending up on being disappointed.

[Findingnemo]

I think rationally which always gives me an impression that lottery is not for me, it may look like odd but that's what my feelings about lotteries. I try once in a while and see how my luck at the present but all the time it's just went in vain.

Whenever I see lottery winners stories, it makes me feel that it's just a promotion from the lottery company to attract more people.

[FortuneFollower]

In the United states and in some other countries around the world, lotteries are a big deal. They constitute a major part in shaping their cultural and economic atmosphere. Of course they are also operated legally. Wikipedia says that Americans spent $5 billion on various lotteries in 2017 and  $77.7 billion in 2018.

I have observed that there is a U.S., lottery fever from looking at regular headlines about lucky winners. Recent examples include:

- A Virginia woman who became a two-time lottery millionaire after winning $1 million.
- Another Virginian who won a $3 million Mega Millions jackpot with a ticket purchased just weeks earlier.
- A California resident who claimed a $1 billion Powerball prize, one of the largest jackpots in history.
- A man who won $2.6 million on a scratch-off ticket gifted to him by his father.
- A woman who quit her job after scratching off a $90,000 lottery windfall.

If you are reading this and you actively participate in lotteries as an regular player, these kind of lottery success stories can evoke a lot of emotions and responses. Which of these range of thoughts and feelings do you experience;

• my time is near
• it can't happen to me
• I wish I could win, even if it meant lower jackpots
• Indifferent

News Headline source - https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/lottery/2024/04/04/kentucky-lottery-winner-scratch-off/73206551007/
Wikipedia source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotteries_in_the_United_States

Personally, I'm drawn to the optimism these stories inspire. They spark a bit of that "what if" curiosity, making me wonder about the endless possibilities life holds. While I recognize the odds are slim, the idea that anyone could suddenly find their life transformed is a powerful and hopeful aspect of human stories. It's a reminder that sometimes, the unexpected can happen, fueling dreams and conversations. Whether or not one chooses to play, the narratives around lotteries serve as fascinating glimpses into the dance of fate and fortune.

[Betwrong]

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I prefer spending less on luck-based things and spending more on businesses, investments, and others, risks are present but one is bigger than others.
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The risk in the lottery game is huge. The chance of you winning is incomparable with your chance of succeeding in business, it's way smaller for sure. BUT. The question is what amount of your money you are putting at risk? With lottery it's $2-$3, and with business ... Often people risk everything they have when opening a business or at least they risk thousands of USD. Again, amounts are incomparable.

[TheUltraElite]

The common response I have seen is that I can also be a winner. But as I gradually understood how casinos and gambling work, it came to me that these games are all ending up the same way for almost evryone, a loss of money buying the ticket. The news is made to induce the greed and sense of challenge among the gamblers, so does big wins being posted on social media.

You have to see the logic and then only you can realise that these thoughts are wrong and that no one wins from the casino without losing more already.

[jossiel]

I don't bet in the lottery because I know that I'll never win. I don't even take chances even I know that there's the slightest chance that I can win there.

But with that revenue that the government of US getting from their citizens who consistently bet on their lottery, it's because that the pot is also growing.

I've heard that the pot has increased up to $1-B and that's why everyone is getting crazy trying to hit that jackpot.

[danherbias07]

I've heard a lot of stories but I am still pessimistic about the lottery. Never have I ever bet using my own money, it's just my grandfather who always asks me to bet for him and then I bring his pet numbers and the money to the lottery booth.

Of all the stories, I think they are mostly lies. The only truth that I heard is from my neighbor about his brother having pet numbers too and one day he forgot to make a bet and all the numbers came out.
I simply said to my neighbor that it was because the lottery system saw that no one made a bet on that and so all of it came out. But if his brother did make a bet that day, different numbers would come out of the lottery.
It's rigged, that's for sure. But still, many people are getting their hopes up thanks to the promised high jackpot amount and the stories that we don't know if they are real or not.

[coin-investor]

If you are reading this and you actively participate in lotteries as an regular player, these kind of lottery success stories can evoke a lot of emotions and responses. Which of these range of thoughts and feelings do you experience;

• my time is near
• it can't happen to me

As a lottery bettor, I'm always positive about my chances I'm picking these two options because these are actually what I feel my time is near and this can happen to me.

When you're betting you're betting with hope and you pray that luck will hit you because there's no skill that you can use to have a good chance of winning chances so you rely on hope and prayers.

The majority of lottery bettors I talked with are betting because it's their way to change their lives and they told me that the numbers they picked are random or based on their favorite numbers or combination of their loved ones' birthdays and they put their trust to luck and their belief that their time to win is near.[/list]

[mu_enrico]

I'm a Toto (4-digit lottery) player and haven't won anything lol. The chance of a 4-digit lottery is already slim, and you said that people were able to win on Powerball? Well, their luck must be crazy. To get a better idea of how lucky they are, I'd use myself as an example, I bought like 100 combinations out of 10,000 possible combinations (0000 - 9999) at least once a week this year, and got 0 winnings from it.

The lottery is a fun game if you somehow got some combination "revealed" to you via dream or whatever, and you bet a rather substantial amount (for a lottery) with the hope of getting rich and don't have to work for the rest of your life

[bitbollo]

I am not playing Lottery since like... forever!
There are some online tools that allow you to calculate the real odds of winning in a game like this...
when you realize the real odds you have you should not play.
In my opinion, stop playing completely even though there are many winners and it is practically impossible for it to happen to you

[Oilacris]

it can't happen to me

This is what i do have in mind when it comes to gambling which it isnt really just that limited to lottery but also in other games as well on which if ever i do see someone do make out some huge wins
then i dont really make myself that trying out to reflect myself as a winner. Why? If you would really be trying out on having this kind of approach then you would really be definitely make yourself that desperate and we do know that one you do make yourself that desperate then you would really be ending up on making yourself that becoming impulsive on which it would really be ending up for you
to make out some bets on which it might really be ended up on tons of mistakes.

Just let them be to be winners, the important thing on here is that you dont make yourself on trying out to copy them because this is one of the most common reasons
on why people do really end up miserable just because they do find themselves that trying out to make themselves winners.

[AbuBhakar]

I don't bet in the lottery because I know that I'll never win. I don't even take chances even I know that there's the slightest chance that I can win there.

You will never win if you didn’t make a bet. Having 1 ticket is enough for you to have a chance to win. I always purchase 1 to 10 tickets whenever the jackpot prize is already high just to try my luck.

But with that revenue that the government of US getting from their citizens who consistently bet on their lottery, it's because that the pot is also growing.

I've heard that the pot has increased up to $1-B and that's why everyone is getting crazy trying to hit that jackpot.

I check the powerball website of US but I don’t see the billion dollars jackpot prize anymore. I read to in the news before that the pot prize increase to that level but there’s no news about who win that powerball.

It’s so awesome being a billionaire by just purchasing a ticket that cause only few dollars out of your pocket.

[jossiel]

I don't bet in the lottery because I know that I'll never win. I don't even take chances even I know that there's the slightest chance that I can win there.

You will never win if you didn’t make a bet. Having 1 ticket is enough for you to have a chance to win. I always purchase 1 to 10 tickets whenever the jackpot prize is already high just to try my luck.

Yeah, no chance if I won't bet but as I've said it's best for me not to take any chances cause it's gotta be a waste of money for me. I'm not from the US but if the prize is like then why not?

But with that revenue that the government of US getting from their citizens who consistently bet on their lottery, it's because that the pot is also growing.

I've heard that the pot has increased up to $1-B and that's why everyone is getting crazy trying to hit that jackpot.

I check the powerball website of US but I don’t see the billion dollars jackpot prize anymore. I read to in the news before that the pot prize increase to that level but there’s no news about who win that powerball.

It’s so awesome being a billionaire by just purchasing a ticket that cause only few dollars out of your pocket.

Well, if the chance is higher by being struck with a lightning. I cannot think of how much chance someone needs in winning that billion.

The prize pot has been reported reach into a billion just a few weeks ago.

US Powerball jackpot worth $1 billion up for grabs

[topbitcoin]

I once spent a lot of money on lottery tickets, I once suffered from lottery fever. It was a very stupid experience, because I lost a lot of money on bets that had very little chance of winning. And what started me feeling obsessed with this type of gambling, was not because I had won it, but because at that time my brother managed to win the lottery and get a very large prize, which was thousands of times the amount bet. At that time I hoped that I would have the same luck, so I bought so many lottery tickets. But still, even though I had placed a lot of numbers, the luck never came, so I only got losses.

Departing from this experience, I feel tired if I have to return to that kind of gambling, even though currently there may be several people who have succeeded in getting prizes from the lottery they bought. However, with the large amount of losses I have experienced, for now I am no longer interested in having to buy lottery tickets again and spend a lot of money for uncertain results.

[Julien_Olynpic]

I once read with interest an article about lottery strategies. Yes, lotteries also have strategies, although in general the likelihood of winning in lotteries is much lower. Than in trading and betting. If you want excitement and winning at the same time, then I would probably recommend sports betting. But if for some reason you are a fan of lotteries, then this can sometimes make sense too. But I would share the goals in the lottery. One goal is to obtain a minimally significant win and a completely different one is a strategy focused on getting the jackpot. As for the jackpot, I read about a mathematician couple who deliberately bought large quantities of lottery tickets and eventually won the jackpot. It was a fun strategy. As for the minimally significant winnings, the only thing that can help here is regular purchases of lottery tickets.