People who waste their money on lottery products

Never Say Never Again · 19-12-2017 08:43PM #1

I saw a lot of oaps using their christmas bonus to buy several millionaire raffle tickets which cost €25 each. Should the national lottery have products that are so expensive? What happened to the days that a £2 scratch card was their most expensive item?

kfallon · 19-12-2017 08:44PM

Fúck the lotto!!!!

Jim Bob Scratcher · 19-12-2017 08:44PM

Fookin mug tax!

BuboBubo · 19-12-2017 08:46PM

Threw 2 euro into a syndicate for the Euro millions in work today.

I know we aren't going to win. But - if those backstards won it without me I'd howl for a lifetime.

colm_mcm · 19-12-2017 08:47PM

https://youtu.be/LisDUnHmIdw

PowerToWait · 19-12-2017 08:48PM

It's definitely exploitative. But then so is almost everything consumer, in some way. Selling you a dream.

kfallon · 19-12-2017 08:48PM

BuboBubo wrote: »

Threw 2 euro into a syndicate for the Euro millions in work today.

I know we aren't going to win. But - if those backstards won it without me I'd howl for a lifetime.

If our work syndicate won I'd be delighted, at least I wouldn't have to work with the cúnts anymore!

KERSPLAT! · 19-12-2017 08:49PM

I do the lotto or euromillions every so often. The hope and spending of it in my mind is worth the few €€ every few weeks

mfceiling · 19-12-2017 08:49PM

It's always pensioners. I'd say most of them spend about 70% of their pensions on scratchcards and quick picks on the lotto.

mad muffin · 19-12-2017 08:50PM

I buy a €2.50 quick pick Euromillions ticket every now and again. No skin off my nose.

KERSPLAT! · 19-12-2017 08:51PM

mfceiling wrote: »

It's always pensioners. I'd say most of them spend about 70% of their pensions on scratchcards and quick picks on the lotto.

Most of them spend about 70% of their penaions on the lotto? I assume those stats were pulled from your arse?

kfallon · 19-12-2017 08:51PM

mfceiling wrote: »

It's always pensioners. I'd say most of them spend about 70% of their pensions on scratchcards and quick picks on the lotto.

Prob have a banger if they won!!!!

Ulysses Gaze · 19-12-2017 08:51PM

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

I do the lotto or euromillions every so often. The hope and spending of it in my mind is worth the few €€ every few weeks

Same.

Anything to distract me from the agonizing drudgery of work.

freshpopcorn · 19-12-2017 08:51PM

Never Say Never Again wrote: »

I saw a lot of oaps using their christmas bonus to buy several millionaire raffle tickets which cost €25 each. Should the national lottery have products that are so expensive? What happened to the days that a £2 scratch card was their most expensive item?

They are a very popular Christmas present.
The millionaire raffle only happens the ddf time so I have no issue with it.

dxhound2005 · 19-12-2017 08:52PM

If they haven't learned any sense at that age, they are beyond hope.

Mr_Muffin · 19-12-2017 08:55PM

What other product gives the chance to become a millionaire in such a short space of time?

(Awaiting witty answers).

rgodard80a · 19-12-2017 08:56PM

Never Say Never Again wrote: »

I saw a lot of oaps using their christmas bonus to buy several millionaire raffle tickets which cost €25 each.

Might be Christmas presents for their children.

Mathematically, the millionaire raffle is the best chance of winning a million... it's a raffle so your chances are 1 in <number of tickets sold> which I think is limited to 500,000 tickets.
As opposed to 1 in 10,737,573 for 6 numbers in normal Irish lotto.

I used to buy them for my parents, in-laws and siblings... probably spent €500 over 5 years and won €500 last year on it.

0ph0rce0 · 19-12-2017 08:56PM

The odds are crazy yes but if your not in you won't win.

You always here of winners that said **** it i'll throw a few quid on and boom millions.

How is that a waste? Seems the complete opposite to me.

Ten of Swords · 19-12-2017 08:59PM

The latest lottery launching this week...

Bitcoin Lottery

dxhound2005 · 19-12-2017 09:04PM

rgodard80a wrote: »

Might be Christmas presents for their children.

Mathematically, the millionaire raffle is the best chance of winning a million... it's a raffle so your chances are 1 in <number of tickets sold> which I think is limited to 500,000 tickets.
As opposed to 1 in 10,737,573 for 6 numbers in normal Irish lotto.

I used to buy them for my parents, in-laws and siblings... probably spent €500 over 5 years and won €500 last year on it.

If you bought €25 worth of tickets in the normal lotto that would reduced the odds.

Fr_Dougal · 19-12-2017 09:11PM

The lottery is a tax on the poor, and the stupid.

0ph0rce0 · 19-12-2017 09:12PM

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

The lottery is a tax on the poor, and the stupid.

If you are poor you can't afford the lotto and if you are stupid you wouldn't know what it was or how to play sure.

Clown

freshpopcorn · 19-12-2017 09:12PM

Who ever bought the winning ticket last year didn't claim the prize!

Allinall · 19-12-2017 09:12PM

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

The lottery is a tax on the poor, and the stupid.

I don't buy that.

It's patronising.

Taxes are generally unavoidable .

freshpopcorn · 19-12-2017 09:15PM

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

The lottery is a tax on the poor, and the stupid.

Tell that to Dolorus!

buckwheat · 19-12-2017 09:40PM

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

The lottery is a tax on the poor, and the stupid.

I resent that. I'm poor and stupid and I don't play it:mad:

19-12-2017 09:56PM

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

The lottery is a tax on the poor, and the stupid.

So speaks someone who has never won anything in his life.

KERSPLAT! · 19-12-2017 09:58PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

So speaks someone who has never won anything in his life.

Pretty sure he won that raffle himself and Ted organised

Fr_Dougal · 19-12-2017 11:37PM

0ph0rce0 wrote: »

If you are poor you can't afford the lotto and if you are stupid you wouldn't know what it was or how to play sure.

Clown

If you’re poor enough you’ll spend your last few bob trying to win money. And if you play the lottery you might not be the brightest, considering the odds.

And you can keep your ad hominem abuse to yourself.

Maggie Marie · 19-12-2017 11:38PM

Be hard to play it when we’re dead.

whisky_galore · 20-12-2017 12:16AM

I'm never going to give my money to the organisation responsible for the bucket of televisual shyte that is Winning Streak.

People who waste their money on lottery products

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