Do you gamble and/or play the lottery?

Started by Charlie Work, Jun 8, 2015, in Life Add to Reading List

  1. Charlie Work
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    Follow up question, why didn't your high school have a stats class?
     
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  2. Cyreides
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    I think about it whenever I go in the convenience stores near me and see all the lotto s---, and then I remember I like having money.
     
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    No but I have to work the lotto machine at work and I despise it, especially the people who play numbers. They start blurting out random numbers like they're in Vegas.
     
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    i'd do the euromillions lotto every week
    gamble on a bit of football and horses every now and then
     
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    Flacko Too Blessed To Be Humble

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    Lottery is a tax on the stupid.
     
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    Flacko Too Blessed To Be Humble

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    Gambling is for shmucks unless your a pro. The bookies always win.
     
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    Charlie Work Level 5 Goblin

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    Sport bets make more sense to me. Especially against people you know. You could stick to Vegas odds and clean up againt most of your friend group.

    Anybody who put money on Pacquiao for instance was a deluded casual.
    I should have taken advantage of that.
     
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    Flacko Too Blessed To Be Humble

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    Yeah with friends can make you money. I put £100 on Mayweather cuz the odds were too good.
     
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    FreeAgent Resurrected like Jesus

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    Do the lottery once in a blue moon when I feel I have a chance but I win jack.

    Used to frequent the casino slots in my local city and won £40. Don't visit there now though since it's easy to get addicted so I curbed it while I could.
     
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    them odds it was like buying money :kobe:
     
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    Imagine if you were living in the Philippines at the time. You'd never have to work again.
     
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    reservoirGod reckless adventurer.

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    Lived in Vegas for 6 months and go there once a year. Never gambled a nickel in my life.
     
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    same here in ireland, aldo is good odds against mcgregor
    people don't realise over here how f---ing good aldo is
     
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    Is there a way to place bets in foreign countries? I feel like this could be taken advantage of pretty often. Especially in global sports with lots of national pride involved.
     
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    im not too sure, conor was favourite last time I checked

    now aldo is slight favourite just under even money

    it keeps switching don't know what odds he is in the states if the difference would be much
     
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    Are there no networks where you can place bets 1v1? There might be legal trouble, idk. Betting with locals would be the easiest way to exploit it.
     
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    I've never done a bet 1v1 but I think you can do it on betfair.com

    Not 100% sure though
     
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    Play with the lottery once in awhile and won twice in a row like 12 bucks
    was pretty cool
     
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    Because you'd be shot and killed
     
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