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Christmas Millionaire Raffle Lotto

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  • 16-12-2020 11:18pm
    #1
    jmlad2020
    Registered Users Posts: 691 ✭✭✭


    Well it's that time of the year again.. €25 for a ticket with a 1 in 83 chance of winning something..

    Who's in? I recall all tickets didn't sell out last year. Bought a ticket myself yesterday and it was in the 130k's


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    SCOOP 64
    Registered Users Posts: 5,233 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    Brought for last 4 years not won a cent.


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    #3
    greasepalm
    Registered Users Posts: 5,266 ✭✭✭greasepalm


    Got 1 2 weeks ago.Dont expect to win.


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    #4
    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 33,173 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Don't like those odds for 25 nicker.

    Bought one years ago as a Xmas pressie.


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    #5
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    I’d sooner win a million than 200 million.

    I have a ticket, i expect little. I don’t get disappointed then


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    Wheety
    Registered Users Posts: 5,510 ✭✭✭Wheety


    Didn't it used to be €20 and restricted to 250,000 tickets? Now it's €25 and upto 500,000 tickets. They won't sell that many though.


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    buried
    Registered Users Posts: 9,693 ✭✭✭buried


    Handy Christmas present for the likes that want to be lazy about buying one.
    Possibly a $cam too. Anybody ever heard of anyone actually winning the thing in the good few years its been going on?

    "You have disgraced yourselves again" - W. B. Yeats



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    SCOOP 64
    Registered Users Posts: 5,233 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    They always say restricted amount tickets have they ever ran out?


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    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users Posts: 10,582 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    Wheety wrote: »
    Didn't it used to be €20 and restricted to 250,000 tickets? Now it's €25 and upto 500,000 tickets. They won't sell that many though.

    I’m sure they put a positive “spin” on that. Like when they made out that more balls in the lotto was a good thing.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



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    Wheety
    Registered Users Posts: 5,510 ✭✭✭Wheety


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    I’m sure they put a positive “spin” on that. Like when they made out that more balls in the lotto was a good thing.
    I presume there are more of the lower prizes but it's still only 1 top prize.


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    #11
    jmlad2020
    Registered Users Posts: 691 ✭✭✭jmlad2020


    We had 5 tickets in the house last year and won
    €500


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    dartboardio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,436 ✭✭✭dartboardio


    Can you link it here? Thanks


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    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,752 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    buried wrote: »
    Handy Christmas present for the likes that want to be lazy about buying one.
    Possibly a $cam too. Anybody ever heard of anyone actually winning the thing in the good few years its been going on?

    I just had a look at last years thread. Three people said they won €500, and one person won €5,000. About 450,000 tickets sold last year.


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    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 14,344 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Wasn't there a chap on here last year wondering if he won anything - he was one number out (in numerical order, if the winner was 4321, he was 4322). Felt bad for him.


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    Ubbquittious
    Registered Users Posts: 6,194 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Wasn't there a chap on here last year wondering if he won anything - he was one number out (in numerical order, if the winner was 4321, he was 4322). Felt bad for him.

    What a bummer


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    Chancer3001
    Registered Users Posts: 5,480 ✭✭✭Chancer3001


    25 quid. 500k tickets...

    That's over 12 million... give away 2 or 3m in prizes...

    Another 2m in admin and advertising...

    That's some moneymaker


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    #17
    Wheety
    Registered Users Posts: 5,510 ✭✭✭Wheety


    Why can you only play lotto or any of their games between 7am and 11pm? :confused:


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    dartboardio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,436 ✭✭✭dartboardio


    Wheety wrote: »
    Why can you only play lotto or any of their games between 7am and 11pm? :confused:

    Maybe as some sort of responsible gambling campaign so people aren't up on their phones all hours of the night playing over and over.


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    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,752 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Chancer3001 wrote: »
    25 quid. 500k tickets...

    That's over 12 million... give away 2 or 3m in prizes...

    Another 2m in admin and advertising...

    That's some moneymaker

    €4.615 million in prizes. Unlikely to sell all 500K.


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    TuringBot47
    Registered Users Posts: 991 ✭✭✭TuringBot47


    Used to buy them for my family members and the father-in-law.
    I won €500 one year, but in the grand scheme of things probably only broke even over 5-10 years of buying.

    Didn't realize they increased the price and numbers this year.


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    jmlad2020
    Registered Users Posts: 691 ✭✭✭jmlad2020


    dartboardio wrote: »
    Can you link it here? Thanks

    Link what my ticket? No chance.


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    KungPao
    Registered Users Posts: 4,781 ✭✭✭KungPao


    I bought a ticket evening. Wiped my arse with it and flushed it down the toilet.
    Only slightly more expensive than the fancy triple ply stuff with the cute puppies, that you see in the posh supermarkets.


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    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 14,344 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    KungPao wrote: »
    I bought a ticket evening. Wiped my arse with it and flushed it down the toilet.
    Only slightly more expensive than the fancy triple ply stuff with the cute puppies, that you see in the posh supermarkets.




    I'd say you were raging. I mean I've had awkward situations before, but I've never run out of toilet paper.


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    murpho999
    Registered Users Posts: 28,440 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    buried wrote: »
    Handy Christmas present for the likes that want to be lazy about buying one.
    Possibly a $cam too. Anybody ever heard of anyone actually winning the thing in the good few years its been going on?

    I received it as a present a few years ago and thought it was the worst and least thoughtful present I'd ever received and I have a long history of receiving bad presents.


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    tadgho
    Registered Users Posts: 129 ✭✭tadgho


    Imagine how raging you'd be if you bought a ticket as a present, gave it away and it ended up being the winner! Call me mean-spirited but.... :o


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    #26
    jmlad2020
    Registered Users Posts: 691 ✭✭✭jmlad2020


    That is why I buy these only for myself.


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    #27
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,752 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Ticket number 2346xx bought at 8.35 am Sunday 20 December.


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    #28
    chancer007
    Registered Users Posts: 334 ✭✭chancer007


    bought one, ticket 345xxx..heading for 1/2 million sales


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    #29
    jmlad2020
    Registered Users Posts: 691 ✭✭✭jmlad2020


    Ticket number 370xxx bought this evening


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    Signore Fancy Pants
    Registered Users Posts: 3,685 ✭✭✭Signore Fancy Pants


    Up to 404xxx now.


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    Deeec
    Registered Users Posts: 4,769 ✭✭✭Deeec


    murpho999 wrote: »
    I received it as a present a few years ago and thought it was the worst and least thoughtful present I'd ever received and I have a long history of receiving bad presents.

    If you had won a million would you have still thought the same. The person that bought the ticket is giving you a chance to win a large sum of money. I know the chance of winning is small but there is still a chance you could win.


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