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People who waste their money on lottery products

Never Say Never Again

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?

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kfallon

Fúck the lotto!!!!

Jim Bob Scratcher

Fookin mug tax!

BuboBubo

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

https://youtu.be/LisDUnHmIdw

PowerToWait

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

kfallon

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!

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

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

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

KERSPLAT!

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

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

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

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

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

Mr_Muffin

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

(Awaiting witty answers).

rgodard80a

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

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

The latest lottery launching this week...

Bitcoin Lottery

dxhound2005

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

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

0ph0rce0

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

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

Allinall

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

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

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

Tell that to Dolorus!

buckwheat

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:

[Deleted User]

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!

[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

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

Be hard to play it when we’re dead.

whisky_galore

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