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

[rodskee]

We have our own way of betting and while many are expecting too much when they bet ? Well I am not because first?


I am not a fan of Lottery .

Second ? I don't wanna bet and expect too much because this will only lead me to disappointment .
instead I just love trying bet but don't want to expect so much .

[dunfida]

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.

The only way i have been on mind on how to win up the lottery is to bet on tons of combinations on which this means that this would really require tons of money. In regarding on trying out to
make out some strategies and calculations then this is something that would really be out of hand. Combinations in overall is something that cant be done by a single person.
Winning up lottery is really that close to impossible but surprisingly there are tons of people who do really likes on changing up their lives once they do hit up the jackpot.

It cant really be denied that lottery could really give out that kind of chance but of course you would really be needing that all luck in the world.
Just dont make yourself that desperate on betting out of hand.

[o48o]

My response is the following:

Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.

I play the lottery from time to time, but more for social reasons than anything else. Playing every week and playing several games is putting hope in something where the odds are against you. It is better to put that money in something that will potentially favor you in the future, like buying bitcoin.

We don't even need to be bad in math for not grasping probabilities. We are able to think it logically and act like we would grasp such low winning odds, but in reality our brains aren't build to understand it as we never in our evolutional development needed to understand nothing but small groups and small numbers. We can vividly imagine spending a jackpot, so that seems like a possibility in our guts. We can't howevere see how small part our bet is on that raffle. Just the facts that we can see all the numbers throws us off and makes our lizard brain think that it's a possibility to guess them.

And yes, someone will win them, but someone will get hit by meteors too. We don't believe those odds either.

[Betwrong]

~ And yes, someone will win them, but someone will get hit by meteors too. We don't believe those odds either.

The difference between winning in a lottery and being hit by a meteor is that if you don't have a ticket it's a guarantee that you won't win. With meteor, on the other hand, it's different. We all have our "tickets" so to speak. But I agree with you that the odds of winning the Jackpot and being hit by a meteor are more or less the same. We just shouldn't forget that when we don't buy a ticket our chances of succeeding with lottery are zero.

[fullhdpixel]

~ And yes, someone will win them, but someone will get hit by meteors too. We don't believe those odds either.

The difference between winning in a lottery and being hit by a meteor is that if you don't have a ticket it's a guarantee that you won't win. With meteor, on the other hand, it's different. We all have our "tickets" so to speak. But I agree with you that the odds of winning the Jackpot and being hit by a meteor are more or less the same. We just shouldn't forget that when we don't buy a ticket our chances of succeeding with lottery are zero.

There is nothing wrong with buying a few tickets to try your luck in a lottery, but what some people do is spend a lot of money on buying tickets because they believe this increases their chances of winning the jackpot amount which isn't true. After all, buying more tickets will only increase the probability but that doesn't guarantee that you will win the main prize, at the end of the day, the results are influenced by luck and if you are not lucky, you won't win even if you have a probability of more than 90% and someone with just 2% will win it over you.

So, such people need to understand that lotteries are all about trying your luck and they aren't supposed to spend so much money on them because they can win with just a few tickets and they can't win even with a 100 thousand based on whether they are lucky or unlucky.

[Hirose UK]

~ And yes, someone will win them, but someone will get hit by meteors too. We don't believe those odds either.

The difference between winning in a lottery and being hit by a meteor is that if you don't have a ticket it's a guarantee that you won't win. With meteor, on the other hand, it's different. We all have our "tickets" so to speak. But I agree with you that the odds of winning the Jackpot and being hit by a meteor are more or less the same. We just shouldn't forget that when we don't buy a ticket our chances of succeeding with lottery are zero.

But I think everything will be the same, especially in gambling, anyone who dares to take risks will definitely have luck, as the saying goes, luck only belongs to those who take risks.
Every gambler will risk money and hope for luck to come, after all in lottery no gambler will be able to win big or get the jackpot if it is not influenced by luck.
Strategy in lottery is actually just kind of belief that clearly does not show any guarantee of winning, so basically gamblers who bet on lottery are just gamblers who prepare money to lose.
This will never depend on who buys the ticket and wins, but logically if want to win have to risk certain amount of money and after that leave the results to our own fate.

[dansus021]

First of all that Americans spent $5 billion on various lotteries in 2017 and  $77.7 billion in 2018. if your story are true that is a huge jump really and the loteries companies is swimming in cash by now if the trend keep it up.

and second lottery in my country doesnt exist since it like gambling and gambling is illegal here in Indonesia but I tried a lot of time lottery in crypto back then there is site called moonpoot and you can win a prize by deposit certain amount of token and till the site closed I never win single penny haha

[bitterguy28]

Not sure if I can still try my luck in gambling specially in lottery because I am not as lucky as others. because as far as I remember ? i tried betting in lotto for couple of years and indeed just a few small wins that I gather and my losses are truly huge so maybe this fever is not for me to enjoy lol.

[angrybirdy]

Not sure if I can still try my luck in gambling specially in lottery because I am not as lucky as others. because as far as I remember ? i tried betting in lotto for couple of years and indeed just a few small wins that I gather and my losses are truly huge so maybe this fever is not for me to enjoy lol.

Maybe you should try other type of gambling because maybe you aren't lucky when it comes to lottery but in slot games or sports betting you can make a win? Why not give it a try, that's what you should do, explore other gambling activities and just don't focus in 1 game. You already saw and experience that your chances of winning in lotto is very low which indicates that you should try other because if you will continue playing that game, possible that you will lose more.

[o48o]

But I think everything will be the same, especially in gambling, anyone who dares to take risks will definitely have luck, as the saying goes, luck only belongs to those who take risks.
Every gambler will risk money and hope for luck to come, after all in lottery no gambler will be able to win big or get the jackpot if it is not influenced by luck.
Strategy in lottery is actually just kind of belief that clearly does not show any guarantee of winning, so basically gamblers who bet on lottery are just gamblers who prepare money to lose.
This will never depend on who buys the ticket and wins, but logically if want to win have to risk certain amount of money and after that leave the results to our own fate.

I disagree with you there. People who take risks don't "definitely have luck". They have near zero probability. Not zero, like people who don't buy a ticket, but almost as significant as zero.
You are correct about the risk, but it mostly applies to other things than gambling. "High risk, high gains" might be a common concept. But when you do lottery, that risk is insanely high for your bet, even if that bet is low.

And it's not like it's all about risk. It's about risk management. You need to accept risk (which is just too high in lottery, but maybe worth a dollar if you don't need that dollar to other things. And you have higher change to make profits by putting that dollar to something else. And when or if you gain that money you were looking for, may it be via gambling or working, risk avoidance becomes way more important factor, as you might want to keep that money, instead of risking it more.

[danherbias07]

Not sure if I can still try my luck in gambling specially in lottery because I am not as lucky as others. because as far as I remember ? i tried betting in lotto for couple of years and indeed just a few small wins that I gather and my losses are truly huge so maybe this fever is not for me to enjoy lol.

A couple of years and you give up.
My grandfather had been betting for the national lottery in almost his whole life and he lived until 82 years old. The very lucky ones are the only people who would win the lottery in 2 years of betting. Indeed, just step away from it if you feel like losing your money big time. I think that is cool, save that money for something else and maybe you will make millions.
I mean imagine, that's $1 per game and if there are 4 games a week, that's $4/week. In two years you can save $418 which I think is a good amount. What about those who are betting for 2 or 3 liners per game? Ergh, that will be lots of money.
That's the same computation I used when I stopped smoking, then I think about the health of my children. Now, I am saving a lot of money because a pack of smoke cost a lot of money due to the yearly increase in sin tax.
So, it's up to you. No one is forcing anyone to bet for the lottery but the jackpot always looks tasty.

[livingfree]

It's always been the same feeling about lottery when I see winners being proclaimed. But I do accept the fact that this is actually a game of fact, sometimes my lips would say that the same thing you've mentioned OP as "my time might be near".

But I don't lean towards it, yes, I was able to mention that for so many times but it's never happening and I accept that fact as well.

With those winners, I'm just happy for them and wishing them that they're going to be responsible with the amount they've won and will be able to grow it overtime and won't just let the lottery take it back from them.

[Mia Chloe]

Overthinking is a very wrong thing to practice when it comes to gambling activities. Aside from the fact that it affects the gamblers ability to focus properly, it often signifies the fact that the gambler probably either staked a huge amount of cash or staked his last cash and therefore is scared or tensed about losing it all. This is one of the major reasons why gamblers are often advised to stake what they can afford to lose so that they don't get emotional affected when they lose.

People who win during most gambling activities, aside from analysis and level of experience also had a nice amount of luck on their side especially when the chances of winning is very thin.

[AmoreJaz]

It's always been the same feeling about lottery when I see winners being proclaimed. But I do accept the fact that this is actually a game of fact, sometimes my lips would say that the same thing you've mentioned OP as "my time might be near".

But I don't lean towards it, yes, I was able to mention that for so many times but it's never happening and I accept that fact as well.

With those winners, I'm just happy for them and wishing them that they're going to be responsible with the amount they've won and will be able to grow it overtime and won't just let the lottery take it back from them.

From time to time, we also want to hit our luck from this game. In my case, I seldom buy lottery tickets, only when I feel about buying and if I do have extra. Because we all know that the chance here is very slim. So better not use money that is needed to buy food or other important expenses.

For those who already got their luck from this game, better use it wisely. Invest in business that you think you can grow over time. Or buy tangible assets if you are not a business person. Don't buy luxury items that you won't need. Always think of something that you can gain before you spend something out of your winnings.

[bitterguy28]

Not sure if I can still try my luck in gambling specially in lottery because I am not as lucky as others. because as far as I remember ? i tried betting in lotto for couple of years and indeed just a few small wins that I gather and my losses are truly huge so maybe this fever is not for me to enjoy lol.

Maybe you should try other type of gambling because maybe you aren't lucky when it comes to lottery but in slot games or sports betting you can make a win? Why not give it a try, that's what you should do, explore other gambling activities and just don't focus in 1 game. You already saw and experience that your chances of winning in lotto is very low which indicates that you should try other because if you will continue playing that game, possible that you will lose more.

correct mate, I am not lucky in lottery but i am lucky in other gambling such as Roulette and Color games, I remember in color game here in our local online game that i manage 3 color combination for 5 consecutive betting and that gives me x40 of my total capital in which i decide to stand from the table and leave the gambling for a week.

[zuzie]

To be honest, I don't really like lottery games because the game is really very boring for me when I play it because in my opinion, apart from being brave enough to bet money, the lottery game also requires supporting skills to get a chance of winning.
And when compared to online gambling games, we feel that apart from getting pleasure from playing, online gambling games also provide entertainment for us, sometimes we often get opportunities to win there.
Therefore I am more interested in online gambling games than lottery games.

[lienfaye]

We know our chances to win in lottery is slim so these lottery winners are indeed fortunate to win a life changing amount. I rarely buy tickets (usually if I only have numbers in mind) because I always have this thought instead of buying ticket, I'd rather spend the money on something else so it won't be wasted (though the price of ticket is cheap).

I have a relative who's a fan of lottery and a regular bettor. He had the chance to win a small prize but not able to win a decent amount wherein he can recover all the money he spent on tickets.

[swogerino]

We know our chances to win in lottery is slim so these lottery winners are indeed fortunate to win a life changing amount. I rarely buy tickets (usually if I only have numbers in mind) because I always have this thought instead of buying ticket, I'd rather spend the money on something else so it won't be wasted (though the price of ticket is cheap).

I have a relative who's a fan of lottery and a regular bettor. He had the chance to win a small prize but not able to win a decent amount wherein he can recover all the money he spent on tickets.

The lotteries are strange.In my country I have noticed that the winners of the state lottery are usually of old age when they show them on Tv as everything is shown on Tv,this means that these people are truly lucky as they buy on average as they tell 1-5 tickets spending 2-10 Euro maximum weekly as this is a weekly lottery and the prizes are not huge like 10.000 Eur on average up to 100.000 Eur on special days like public holidays in here.

[Betwrong]

~But I agree with you that the odds of winning the Jackpot and being hit by a meteor are more or less the same. We just shouldn't forget that when we don't buy a ticket our chances of succeeding with lottery are zero.

There is nothing wrong with buying a few tickets to try your luck in a lottery, but what some people do is spend a lot of money on buying tickets because they believe this increases their chances of winning the jackpot amount which isn't true.~

Hold on,  mate, no, it's actually true, the chances do increase with buying more tickets. The question is, how much? What are you chances of hitting the Jackpot after you bought 1,000 tickets instead of just one? Well, let's figure that out, shall we?  For example, the popular Mega Millions lottery has odds of approximately 1 in 175,711,536 or 0.0000006 % if you buy only 1 ticket. So, when you buy one thousand of them your chance of winning increases 1,000 times. But how much exactly it will be then? Well, it will be around 0.0006%. You can spend $2,000 on your 1,000 tickets and still have a minuscule chance to win.

[el kaka22]

Honestly, I never feel like I would win, but I know that even 1 ticket would have infinite amount of higher chance than zero tickets, so I do not see the point of having zero tickets. One ticket doesn't cost much in most lotteries, we do not get to see that many different situations and we can't really talk about that like it is a big deal. Whereas, if we are talking about a deal where they could cost so little and I get only one ticket then I feel more comfortable about it.

Not because I think I will win, the odds of someone with a single ticket to win the lottery is astronomically low, but I also do not want it to be zero. Like for example freebitco.in has lottery and two of them, and I always have at least one ticket for both of them each time, just in case.