Have you ever won anything on the lottery/Euromillions?

[Elite]

I am yet to win a penny.

[Strontium]

I love the lottery. It's a tax on the stupid.

 

If you want to bet your hard earned, bet on something which has a decent return. Horses, dogs, casino. Hell, anything except the bloody lottery or scratchcards.

[Brownie]

I reckon i've done the lottery about 10 times in my life, or something like that. Every so often I think 'fuck it why not' but it tends to last for about a day!

 

All of my family do it every week though and my mum's had 5 numbers once, which was a few quid.

[Section_31]

I love the lottery. It's a tax on the stupid.

 

If you want to bet your hard earned, bet on something which has a decent return. Horses, dogs, casino. Hell, anything except the bloody lottery or scratchcards.

 

That's a pretty arrogant stance. I don't do it regularly myself but at least it doesn't destroy lives like the other ones you mentioned there.

 

 

In answer to the question I once won a tenner.

[tokyojoe]

It's voluntary, it's not compulsory. Unlike tax, which is certain to get you fuck all.

 

Anyway, in answer to the thread, I've had the odd tenner.

[Caramac]

got four numbers once...made 36 quid :(..........had a few 10 pound wins as well. A mate of mine won 200 grand about 8 years ago and bought himself a B&B in Skeggy, never looked back.

[The Chief]

I love the lottery. It's a tax on the stupid.

 

If you want to bet your hard earned, bet on something which has a decent return. Horses, dogs, casino. Hell, anything except the bloody lottery or scratchcards.

 

So if tonight my Six numbers came up and I won a few million, would I still be stupid?

It's a game of chance just like the others that you stated, in fact Horse Racing is one of the most corrupt sports in the world. Why do you think there are bookmakers or casinos? Because they very rarely lose.

 

I don't normally take offence at what you say, but, to be called stupid just cos I like to do the lottery???

 

In answer to the question, I've had a few tenners, and 4 numbers once.

[Thants]

One spends a £1 on the 12 million-1 odds to get £4 million back. That's why it's stupid.

Bet on football £1 at 5-1, you get £5 back. Not so stupid.

I do it most weeks, just a quid. I won a £10 recently.

[RJ Fan club]

I used to think it was a tax on the poor. But fuck it, it is game of chance like anything else. As others have said you go it to it knowing the odds and knowing its unlikely to payout, but it only takes that once to pay off.

 

What I don't like is the scratchcards and daily draws and all that thunderball bollocks. One draw a week is sufficient IMO.

 

In answer to the thread, I do it every few weeks, and have had quite a few tenners (maybe a dozen or so) and have done the euro lottery once and won £6.50.

[Section_31]

One spends a £1 on the 12 million-1 odds to get £4 million back. That's why it's stupid.

Bet on football £1 at 5-1, you get £5 back. Not so stupid.

I do it most weeks, just a quid. I won a £10 recently.

 

Not many lottery players at Gambler's Anonymous though I'd venture, and not many people stealing the housekeeping money to go down and put a ticket on.

 

It's just a bit of fun for the vast majority of people, they buy a ticket with their Echo and their fags and probably expend very little thought on the hope of actually winning.

Plus they also think 'it's only a quid' and 60% of it goes to good causes too. (such as the local Autism and cancer support charities near mine, which are supported almost exclusively by the Big Lottery Fund)

[Strontium]

So if tonight my Six numbers came up and I won a few million, would I still be stupid?

 

Arguably, but you'd be rich enough not to care.

 

Come on, 14,000,000 to 1 is not good odds. And 50p in the pound is not a good return for the gambler. If you go to the casino and stick it on roulette, the house edge is only about 3-5% - not 50%.

[thechap]

My first cousin won £1.2 million some years ago. Hadn't seen her for years when she won and not seen her since. Dead chuffed that someone in the family has done well out of it though.

 

Myself, when I was living with the bird with the shitty arse and before the age of the 'lucky dip', she selected a random 6 numbers. 4 came in and she also had the bonus ball. Okay, that means only a 4-numbers win. However, the last ball she had was '9' and the number '10' was drawn. So, if she'd picked 10 instead of 9 we'd have won £257,000 instead of the £72 that we collected.

 

To this day I can't help but say to myself "Fuck. Fuck. Fuck."

[Da Bitch]

won more on the Euro lottery then the Sat/ Wed ones

[madstock]

I fully intend to win £95m on this Friday's Euromillions.

 

Of course it will change me.

[bigredruss]

not won anything for about 14months, i played online through my mobile and got a txt from them saying i'd won. got home logged on and it was £29

[Stouffer]

I won the bonus ball.

 

How do you like them eggs Nickolass?

 

{Macho Man stylee} Ohhhhhh yyyeaaaaahhh!

[Tom R]

I've done it almost every week for about 10 years and have never won a single fucking penny. I'm sure the odds of this are even greater than winning the smegging jackpot!!

 

When I do win I just know it's gonna be the biggie!

 

I balance out my bad luck there though by almost always winning every single bonus ball, raffle, tombola or just about anything. It's freaky, I almost ALWAYS win!

 

I went to pick me Ma up from Bingo a couple of months ago and they had some sweep thing at the end that had "rolled over" for about 3 months or something. Me ma stuck a quid in for me and I won four hundred and something quid. I didn't really even know what the fuck had happened, but I started dancing cos I knew I had won something. There were no well dones or conratulations, oh no, there was just the icy silence, that accompanied the evil, cold, hard stares of about 100 old women, who were going fucking mental cos I hadn't played every week like they had, and had just strolled in off the street to pick my mum up! I swear that I saw one very sweet looking lady of at least 168 years of age mouth the words, "fucking jammy bastard".

Fucking well funny.

[Carradona]

I've done it almost every week for about 10 years and have never won a single fucking penny. I'm sure the odds of this are even greater than winning the smegging jackpot!!

 

When I do win I just know it's gonna be the biggie!

 

I balance out my bad luck there though by almost always winning every single bonus ball, raffle, tombola or just about anything. It's freaky, I almost ALWAYS win!

 

I went to pick me Ma up from Bingo a couple of months ago and they had some sweep thing at the end that had "rolled over" for about 3 months or something. Me ma stuck a quid in for me and I won four hundred and something quid. I didn't really even know what the fuck had happened, but I started dancing cos I knew I had won something. There were no well dones or conratulations, oh no, there was just the icy silence, that accompanied the evil, cold, hard stares of about 100 old women, who were going fucking mental cos I hadn't played every week like they had, and had just strolled in off the street to pick my mum up! I swear that I saw one very sweet looking lady of at least 168 years of age mouth the words, "fucking jammy bastard".

Fucking well funny.

 

Was it PaddyBerger15?

[WaltonRed]

Euromillions is £95m this week, I shall be in it and I shall be hoping to win it!

[madstock]

Euromillions is £95m this week, I shall be in it and I shall be hoping to win it!

 

Too late, I baggsied it up there ^ and as such have first dibs.