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What would you do if... lotto question

Posted on 3/7/19 at 4:53 am
Posted by A_bear
baton rouge
Member since Sep 2013
1974 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 4:53 am
So I play the powerball often, and I always play the same numbers. I have 2 sets of numbers on a card and I walk in the store, hand them my card, they print my tickets for 4 (2 weeks) of drawings at a time. I say often because sometimes I forget to get my tickets. I always think about how depressing it would be if I forgot to get the tickets and my numbers hit. So for those of you that play the same numbers all the time, what would you do if your numbers hit, but you forgot to get your ticket for that drawing? I know I’m not the only one that plays the same numbers.
I know, only trashy people buy lotto tickets.
Posted by LakeRunner
Ponchatoula
Member since Jun 2018
57 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 5:14 am to
Take the hint and quit playing...
Posted by Gorilla Ball
Member since Feb 2006
11782 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 5:19 am to
I can’t remember the last time I purchased a Lotto ticket. I would start keeping track of how much you spend on the lottery tickets
This post was edited on 3/7/19 at 10:41 am
Posted by ScopeCreep
In the thick
Member since Jul 2016
643 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 5:40 am to
Not trashy people, stupid people. Lotto is a stupid tax. Expected return is less than the cost to play. It’s impossible to be profitable. Stop doing it, dumbass.
Posted by MSTiger33
Member since Oct 2007
20403 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 7:46 am to
I only k ow one person that hit the powerball. He bought ten quick pick tickets for that jackpot. He said that usually never plays but the jackpot was so high he said what the hell.
Posted by JPinLondon
not in London (currently NW Ohio)
Member since Nov 2006
7855 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 7:50 am to
Dude, let it go... $200 million won't buy what it used to!
Posted by Mid Iowa Tiger
Undisclosed Secure Location
Member since Feb 2008
18735 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 8:03 am to
I think you are the only person I have heard of who would know the winning numbers without having a ticket.

I play occasionally (jackpot > $225MM) and never know the winning numbers I just scan the tickets at some point when I am grabbing something from the gas station.

Posted by Tiger Ree
Houston
Member since Jun 2004
24558 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 8:52 am to
quote:

So for those of you that play the same numbers all the time, what would you do if your numbers hit, but you forgot to get your ticket for that drawing? I know I’m not the only one that plays the same numbers.


A story I was told or read years ago:

A middle aged lady (I believe in Florida) who had two children bought the same lotto numbers for every drawing. It was a combination of her children's birthdates and maybe hers or another important date to her. So others were aware of the numbers she always played - especially her children.

Anyway, the lady gets married on a Saturday. At the reception she tells her children and new husband that with the big event she had forgotten to get her lottery tickets and they would have to stop on the way to the honeymoon and get them.

I think it was a couple hours into the trip that her and her husband had car trouble - flat tire or engine trouble. It had started pouring rain and was not a perfect finale to an otherwise very good day. Her and her new beau decide to break their trip in two and get a hotel room for the night and continue the trip the next day.

The next morning she is woken up by texts she is receiving. She starts to read them and they are congratulating her on her GREAT DAY. She's thinking "if they only knew about what happened after the wedding".

Then she gets a phone call from her daughter who is beside herself with excitement. The mom tells her to calm down that it wasn't the first time she had been married and she had just seen her less than 12 hours ago and she wasn't that excited then.

The daughter starts laughing and asks her "you don't even know yet, do you?" The mom is like "know what?" The daughter tells her that yesterday may be the best day of her life. Not only did she get married to the guy she loved BUT HER LOTTERY NUMBERS FINALLY CAME UP!!!

The mom was like "OH shite!!!"

With the car troubles she had forgotten.
This post was edited on 3/7/19 at 1:55 pm
Posted by SidewalkDawg
Chair
Member since Nov 2012
9820 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 9:09 am to
quote:

So I play the powerball often, and I always play the same numbers. I have 2 sets of numbers on a card and I walk in the store, hand them my card, they print my tickets for 4 (2 weeks) of drawings at a time. I say often because sometimes I forget to get my tickets. I always think about how depressing it would be if I forgot to get the tickets and my numbers hit. So for those of you that play the same numbers all the time, what would you do if your numbers hit, but you forgot to get your ticket for that drawing? I know I’m not the only one that plays the same numbers. I know, only trashy people buy lotto tickets.


This happened to me. I forgot to play the numbers I always play and damned if they didn't hit. Afterwards my wife divorced me and took my kids. So it goes without saying, it's the best thing that ever happened to me.
Posted by The Rodfather
I'm not really sure?
Member since Nov 2008
3941 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 9:51 am to
I would stop playing those numbers. I don't think they have ever had a duplicate set of numbers, so statistically your are killing your chances.
Posted by Hammertime
Will trade dowsing rod for titties
Member since Jan 2012
43030 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 11:23 am to
When I was younger, my mom used to buy me tickets based on numbers I picked. I missed a week, but caught it the next week, and had the exact numbers + powerball. Such is life
Posted by ugasickem
Allatoona
Member since Nov 2010
10799 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 1:01 pm to
quote:

So for those of you that play the same numbers all the time, what would you do if your numbers hit, but you forgot to get your ticket for that drawing?


What do you mean with this question? Is there some recourse I don't know about that the lottery owes me if I don't buy a ticket but if I did the numbers I wouldve picked were the numbers that hit? Cause if thats the case I just won the lottery. I need to get out from behind this desk.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
69205 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 1:03 pm to
I rarely buy tickets I usually have to be talked into our by my father.
I feel like it's a sucker tax.
Though someone has to win.
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