People who waste their money on lottery products

Its not wasted money if the people enjoy spending it on them. Im sure lots of people think you're wasting your money on activities which they don't enjoy. Waste of money is subjective !
Personally I think its not a good way of spending money but hey you're never going to get to do a lotto again after this lifetime so why not try it for a chance sometime anyway.

I think there's a lot of pseudo-intellectual sneering at people who do the lotto. I'm sure that most people know the odds of winning are incredibly slim but while they have that ticket they can fantasise about having no money worries, taking exotic holidays, buying a beautiful home, driving an amazing car, looking after their kids' futures and so on.

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Dank Janniels wrote: »

Winning streak must be a pain in the hoop to work for, same crap week in week out.
I suggest eliminate a person evey round -give the 1st 3 maybe afew grand, then the nxt 2 or 3 go head to head in sumthing like tipping point or sumthing to make itintresting, then the "winner" of that round spins the wheel.

Its the same muck everyweek, half the show is chatting to the guests, then all they do is pick numbers -
"pick a number Mary
1,
Next round...
Pick a number Mary
2....
Bladdher rinse repeat

There is no way of making it interesting, all the games have to be random chance, even your penny drop idea could be considered to have some skill element so it wouldn't be allowed.

This is the reason the likes of the BBC never tried to make a gameshow out of lottery contestants, they ran actual gameshows around the draws. Most of those were crap but nothing like the desperate cringefest RTE sick up.

The best part of playing the lotto is fantasising about what you're going to spend it on. I haven't played it in a while but I just know the next time will be my time. This time next year I'm gonna be a millionaire

I don't get the smugness people have about others doing the lotto.

Look, the lotto has been set up that it only costs a few euro and it's enticing to do it because maybe, if you're lucky enough, you can win a lot of money. There is zero harm or no stupidity in throwing a few euro on it each week.

Because if you want to throw the words stupid and money together well there are other foolish things than doing the lotto. Such as paying over the odds for a product because you're too lazy to go out of your way to somewhere else where it is cheaper. Etc.

The lotto is only stupid if you're the type of person who spends 50 a week or more then complains why you never win.

I hate the smug attitude to the lotto, it is what it is and the vast vast majority of people who play know that.

Plus... http://www.rnl.ie/regulation-of-the-national-lottery/application-for-national-lottery-funding/

And... http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/1/schemes/National-Lottery-Grants-2017/

I got two scratch cards in a Christmas card last week.
Won nothing but I had fun anyway.

I don't buy lottery products myself but I still enjoy the thrill of anticipation hoping I'll match 3 or my numbers will come up, so I understand why people enjoy it.

But I could have a good holiday on what some folk I know spend on tickets every year.

They were probably buying Christmas presents. OAPs don't always walk that far. Being able to do all their shopping on the local shop or post office can be a godsend for them.

The lottery is not a tax on stupidity or any of that smug shít people spout. It's a small gamble on an extreme longshot.
Nobody plays the euro millions expecting to win - you play in the hope that it might just be you, the odds are incredibly small but eventually someone will win it and it's as likely to be you as anyone else, and if it is it's a gold plated yacht sailing the Riviera instead of the luas to work.
I bet you Delores McNamara doesn't wake up every morning cursing her decision and imagining what she could have spent that tenner stupidity tax on instead!