How Do You Gamble?

[Lost Cause]

I heard someone say that lotteries are punishment for those who are poor at math. However, I still see some poor soul in a podunk town winning a million bucks telling me there's a miniscule chance of never having to "work" again. I buy a ticket maybe every other month, but I know people that buy $50-100 a month on various chance games. The high rollers go to the casinos, and spend more than I make in a year.

How do you do it?

Every once in awhile?

What type of game do you play?

Do you think it's wasted energy against the odds, or harmless fun that can reap a chunk of change if the fates allow?


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[Belilica]

Scratch tickets... addictive and expensive!

 

[sabbathstorm]

I don't gamble at all

 

[SINthysist]

Black Belt Gambling.

Friday night. Country&Western Bar. Find the biggest guy there. Loudly tell his date, "Thanks for last night ponygirl! Care for another ride?"

 

[weed]

Rarely do I gamble with money.


In a sense I gamble with life. That's enough of a thrill for me.


Though if I were to indulge....I have a very good poker face.

 

[The Heretic]

I heard someone say that lotteries are punishment for those who are poor at math.

Someone?? I tell you that all the time!

BTW, where is the lotto ticket I asked you to get?

I only buy lotto tickets when the pot gets really high; like last week I bought a ticket for the Powerball lotto when it was up to 300+ million. Naturally I didn't win - but then I didn't really expect to as the odds are very much against me. I think I buy lotto tickets maybe a couple of times a year at most.

Beyond the occasional lotto ticket I find gambling exceedingly boring. I would just as soon play for pennies when I play poker as play for dollars. When I have been in Las Vegas for business I spend maybe two dollars on the slot machines and then get bored.

 

[marksgirl]

I'll buy a lotto ticket every now and then. Someone in my family won the lotto, so you never know!

 

[Johnny Mayberry]

I take a gamble every time I get behind the wheel of a car...there should be a cash prize occasionally, don't you think?

 

[teddybear4play]

I buy lotto tickets whenever the jackpot gets sufficiently huge. I never buy more than 5. If your odds of winning are 1 in 780 billion or whatever, even multiplying your chances by 10 or 100 is a futile activity.

I buy scratch-off tickets once in a great while, and only when I have some sort of coincidence. I remember once I told someone that he was a "lucky duck," and then the next time I was at a gas station I saw a scratch-off game called "Lucky Duck." I bought a ticket and won $50. That may sound amazing, but I'm sure on 50 separate occasions I've had a similar epiphany, bought a ticket and won jack.

My favorite gambling games are ones where luck isn't the only contributing factor; where wise betting and skill come into play. At casinos, this means table games and sportsbooks mostly. Slots are for suckers.

That's not to say that you can't use some wits when it comes to slots. When I was in Vegas, I noticed a bank of quarter slots that had a jackpot of over $750,000. I reasoned that that was a pretty huge jackpot for a quarter-slot game, and would probably break before I left. Sure enough, it did, for about $840,000.

Now, I could have sat there all weekend, pouring quarters into the machine, but there would still have been no guarantee that I would have won. The odds were just as likely that the lady who won it still would have.

No, thanks. The lure of a big jackpot is nice, but not enough to lure me out of common sense.

TB4p

 

[SilvaTungDevil]

Every time I lift my leg to pass gas, it's a gamble. Sometimes ya' win, sometimes ya' got to do laundry.

 

[Belilica]

Every time I lift my leg to pass gas, it's a gamble. Sometimes ya' win, sometimes ya' got to do laundry.

ROFL

 

[SkyBluAngelEyes]

Every time I lift my leg to pass gas, it's a gamble. Sometimes ya' win, sometimes ya' got to do laundry.

 

[Baresall]

I'm a scratchie person. Yeah its a teeny tiny itty bitty chance, but hey, if I find a couple of dollars rolling around in the car, why not try? I use money I did not know I had in the first place.

 

[Lasz]

I dont gamble because when I do I lose money and get pissed off!

 

[Soblue]

I love games, so it's no mystery that I love casino games. Hold em and craps are my favorites.

I play on a budget and consider it entertainment money win or lose.

The people in my office are constantly in a lottery pool (think they want to get out of there?!), so I've been drawn into that for a buck or two a week. Otherwise I don't buy tickets myself unless it's a huge jackpot.

 

[La Principessa]

How do I gamble?

Well, there's this really seedy Chinese take out place close to where I work............

 

[LovetoGiveRoses]

I don't gamble at all

Same as Sis. I never gamble (except in the stock market).

 

[LovetoGiveRoses]

I buy lotto tickets whenever the jackpot gets sufficiently huge. I never buy more than 5. If your odds of winning are 1 in 780 billion or whatever, even multiplying your chances by 10 or 100 is a futile activity.

I buy scratch-off tickets once in a great while, and only when I have some sort of coincidence. I remember once I told someone that he was a "lucky duck," and then the next time I was at a gas station I saw a scratch-off game called "Lucky Duck." I bought a ticket and won $50. That may sound amazing, but I'm sure on 50 separate occasions I've had a similar epiphany, bought a ticket and won jack.

My favorite gambling games are ones where luck isn't the only contributing factor; where wise betting and skill come into play. At casinos, this means table games and sportsbooks mostly. Slots are for suckers.

That's not to say that you can't use some wits when it comes to slots. When I was in Vegas, I noticed a bank of quarter slots that had a jackpot of over $750,000. I reasoned that that was a pretty huge jackpot for a quarter-slot game, and would probably break before I left. Sure enough, it did, for about $840,000.

Now, I could have sat there all weekend, pouring quarters into the machine, but there would still have been no guarantee that I would have won. The odds were just as likely that the lady who won it still would have.

No, thanks. The lure of a big jackpot is nice, but not enough to lure me out of common sense.

TB4p

LOL. They didn't build those grand hotels by giving away money (on a percentage basis).

 

[Nefarious]

I skydive, race motorcycles, and fly gliders. Does gambling with one's life count? Compared to those activities, Vegas is weak!

 

[Rhys]

Uh living in Las Vegas has some advantages