I won the lotto :D

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 3:13 pm

Yep, that's right. Went to the grocery store to buy some food, and decided to check my ticket.

heard the familiar sound of winning and asked her how much. She told me $143. I said "no way". Then she showed me the ticket.

Most I've won ever. And I only spent $2 to start with.

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 3:18 pm

Congrats

The real question though, is if you have played the lotto more then 71 times in your life.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 3:31 pm

Actually, I've played it only about 20 times. I hardly ever buy lotto tickets myself.

I'm in a pool at work and have payed maybe 12$ at most since we started. Have on free tickets n stuff.

Funny thing is about this winning ticket is I had bought a ticket (quick pick) and on that ticket won a free ticket which is the one that won me $143

Canuck · Post by **Canuck** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 3:52 pm

Congrats hosehead

That's a good win on 6/49 I'm assuming?
Pays a bit towards groceries

snoopy · Post by **snoopy** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 3:53 pm

Sounds like a good time to stop buying lottery tix. (Just like at the casinos)

kurupt · Post by **kurupt** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 4:20 pm

i've spent 6 bucks on lotto myself. i worked at a gas station and was bored, so i bought 3 $2 tickets. i won 2 bucks on one and figured -4 was enough for a lifetime. would be sweet to win a huge sum though, but i'm not willing to spend on those odds like some people do.

there would be people who would come into the station and buy $50 in tickets, go sit at the coffee area and scratch em, then give me the winners and they would repeat this until we were damn near dry. sometimes for hours at a time. i wish i could piss away money like that

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 4:55 pm

Super 7, not 6/49

Unix · Post by **Unix** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 5:16 pm

I'm with you Kurupt. There's something about gambling that gives me a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. I think I've lost about $2 on slots on a casion boat in FL. But after that I couldn't do it anymore.

I guess that's one vice I don't have to worry about.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 5:47 pm

I buy a $5 "Lucky Dip" every week and consider it my $5 weekly dontaion to charity.

I've won quite a bit too: in 2002 I hit the $600+ combo three times in a month.

Didn't win 3 Million this week though...

Maybe next week!

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 6:08 pm

wow........thats all i can say

Sergeant Thorne · Post by **Sergeant Thorne** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 8:52 pm

If "wow" were really all you could say, how can you say "that's all I can say"?

Battlebot · Post by **Battlebot** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 9:30 pm

Wang_Lo · Post by **Wang_Lo** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 10:04 pm

i had the luckiest week earlier this year. i played the lotto won 100, then 75, and then 78 on the kentucky derby, i had put 5 bucks on the winning horse, but had changed my mind and only put 2, i was pissed. heh

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 10:45 pm

Sergeant Thorne wrote:If "wow" were really all you could say, how can you say "that's all I can say"?

heh, funny....but dumb

SolidAir · Post by **SolidAir** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 12:31 am

So the canadian jackpot is only $149 ? You said you won the lotto and that pales in comparison to the jackpots of others ;p

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:06 am

Just because I said I won the lotto doesn't mean I won the entire lotto.

The jackpot which I didn't win was over 10 million, I think.

Gammaray · Post by **Gammaray** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 8:33 am

Try playin the Lotto in Cali... odds are most especially against you.

Somethin like 1 in 141,100,000 for jackpot
90% of the time I play I loose my 2-5 bux... the other 10% I get a dollar back. game sucks :p

*edit*
Aside from the fact that only the old fuckers or barely legals (immigrants) ever win the jackpot I think it's rigged somehow.

{Hawk}Liquid · Post by **{Hawk}Liquid** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 8:59 am

AceCombat wrote:
Sergeant Thorne wrote:If "wow" were really all you could say, how can you say "that's all I can say"?
heh, funny....but dumb

actually, smart and not funny

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:13 am

{Hawk}Liquid wrote:
AceCombat wrote:
Sergeant Thorne wrote:If "wow" were really all you could say, how can you say "that's all I can say"?
heh, funny....but dumb
actually, smart and not funny

Where I come from, we shorten that statement to "retarded"