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folks from out of state who (understandably) think the symbols on tabs have significance crack me up
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WAMPA_STOMPA posted:its funny to watch people pay to be bad at math
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Sep 15, 2014 22:51
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op is just trying to scare everyone off so he can have the jackspot to him self
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Sep 15, 2014 22:52
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cthulusnewzulubbq posted:folks from out of state who (understandably) think the symbols on tabs have significance crack me up True story when I won my two dollars I still wasn't sure what i was holding because the symbols didn't have any logical grouping, and I don't even remember it saying "you win" or anything like that. Bartender either assumed I was an idiot or trashed when I just walked up with it and asked what it even was.
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Sep 15, 2014 22:53
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Really diggin on these gambling stories yall.
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Sep 15, 2014 22:53
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zoux posted:Really diggin on these gambling stories yall. texas hold'em, and other varieties of stud poker, are simply superior games compared to draw poker
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Sep 15, 2014 22:56
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Knew a guy who got super drunk and bought 30 dollars in lottery tickets and won $50. Then he spent $50 on lottery tickets and won $10. Then he spent $10 on lottery tickets and won $3. Then he spent $3 on lottery tickets and won nothing. What a ride that was.
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Sep 15, 2014 22:56
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I won $33,000 on a daily drawing like six years ago
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Sep 15, 2014 22:57
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Being behind a Lottery Person on line at a convenience store is very irritating.
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Sep 15, 2014 23:09
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Kelfeftaf posted:Being behind a Lottery Person on line at a convenience store is very irritating. They are literally the worst which is impressive when the competition is a dude paying for a tall boy with pennies and nickels.
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Sep 15, 2014 23:11
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I won $10.00 yesterday op what did you do with your bitch made life
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Sep 15, 2014 23:12
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They should just make state lottos follow the same rules as corporate gambling games like Monopoly at McDonalds. That means no purchase necessary. One free lotto ticket per person as long as you send in your entry outside of normal sales. BAM, lotto fixed!
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Sep 15, 2014 23:31
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Taste the Rainbugh posted:I won $33,000 on a daily drawing like six years ago How terrible is yourlife now?
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Sep 15, 2014 23:32
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Effectronica posted:texas hold'em, and other varieties of stud poker, are simply superior games compared to draw poker yeah i like to gamble in a game where i feel i have some sort of control and can improve a roommate had a regulation crap table for awhile and i tried to get good at throwing dice but i reasoned that the pain/reward to my wrist/brain compared to masturbating wasn't worth it
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Sep 15, 2014 23:38
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zoux posted:and also that money never finds its way into the programs it is supposed to.  but yeah it's basically an extremely regressive tax on the very poor, but there's no real way to avoid it; poor people ARE going to engage in gambling as a way to encourage engaging in fantasies about becoming rich and escaping their situation whether we like it or not, and better that money gets used to fund schools and libraries than some shady gambling business or the mob
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Sep 15, 2014 23:50
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I would be in favour of putting hard caps, and fairly low ones at that, on the amount to bet any given individual is allowed to place on whatever state-run lotteries
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Sep 15, 2014 23:53
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PrBacterio posted:I would be in favour of putting hard caps, and fairly low ones at that, on the amount to bet any given individual is allowed to place on whatever state-run lotteries
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Sep 15, 2014 23:55
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SymfonyMan posted:They should just make state lottos follow the same rules as corporate gambling games like Monopoly at McDonalds. That means no purchase necessary. One free lotto ticket per person as long as you send in your entry outside of normal sales. BAM, lotto fixed!
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Sep 15, 2014 23:57
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PrBacterio posted:then the funding for the prize money would have to come out of taxes,... Not it wouldn't! See, still fixed! Not everyone would fill out their free form and no money would come from taxes since I said there would still be normal sales. Pfft, I say, pffffffft 
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Sep 16, 2014 00:04
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OMFG FURRY posted:yeah i like to gamble in a game where i feel i have some sort of control and can improve craps is pure poo poo, just like roulette
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Sep 16, 2014 00:07
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could the illiterates in this thread stop for one second and realize that the OP is not a screed against gambling but rather pointing out that the state is leveraging addictive behaviors in its worst off populations to plug budget gaps?
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Sep 16, 2014 00:33
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Taste the Rainbugh posted:I won $33,000 on a daily drawing like six years ago What did you do with the money?
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Sep 16, 2014 00:34
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Hesh Ballantine posted:could the illiterates in this thread stop for one second and realize that the OP is not a screed against gambling but rather pointing out that the state is leveraging addictive behaviors in its worst off populations to plug budget gaps? no stupid
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Sep 16, 2014 00:34
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Hesh Ballantine posted:could the illiterates in this thread stop for one second and realize that the OP is not a screed against gambling but rather pointing out that the state is leveraging addictive behaviors in its worst off populations to plug budget gaps? Nah, I'm still lollin at the posters here that haven't sat at a card table in a casino but still weigh in.
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Sep 16, 2014 01:18
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CytotoxicTrev posted:What did you do with the money? bought more lottery tickets, one would assume
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Sep 16, 2014 01:23
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Darth123123 posted:Nah, I'm still lollin at the posters here that haven't sat at a card table in a casino but still weigh in.
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Sep 16, 2014 01:29
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32MB OF ESRAM posted:no stupid Yeah, weekly lotto pools at work are a great way to let employees have something to discuss about their hopes and dreams should they ever 'hit it' rather than focus on the facts of their drab existance and get bitchy and resentful and unproductive. Hence why I'm a fan of unofficial all-staff lotto pools.
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Sep 16, 2014 01:29
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i agree with the OP that full-on communism is the only way to end the lotto menace for good
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Sep 16, 2014 01:30
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420DD Butts posted:i agree with the OP that full-on communism is the only way to end the lotto menace for good Lmfao in communist system, everything is lotto
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Sep 16, 2014 01:32
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it's pretty funny when on TV the state has a commercial warning about the dangers of child gaming and how it's wrong to buy kids a lottery ticket then in the same commercial break has a "HAVE YOU PLAYED TODAY???" lottery commercial. basically our state is broke and you need to play more lotto.
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Sep 16, 2014 01:32
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My state was having a problem with illegal bingo parlors and slot cafes, so they decided to make bingo legal as long as you were a "charitable organization" and some measure of your profits were donated to charity. When people tried to open new bingo parlors they discovered there were no more business licenses available. All available licenses had already been to distributed to various "charitable organizations." Organizations whose executive boards were filled with friends and relatives of the politicians who passed the law.
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Sep 16, 2014 01:57
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Hi everyone, I am a poor person that sometimes plays the lotto or buys scratchies. I guess I could buy booze with that little bit of disposable income I have (and I do!) but spending a bit of loose change on lottery tickets is an investment in hope I wouldn't otherwise have. But by all means mock and deride me for being poor and tossing the tiny amount of cash I have into a wishing well. I guess if I didn't buy lottery tickets I could put that small change into a jar and have a few hundred dollars after a couple of years, those savings could change my life in a way that a lucky $10,000 never could.
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Sep 16, 2014 02:11
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a hole-y ghost posted:ive sat at one but I was just observing does that count??? Only if you gave 100 to the dude your watching to play for you
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Sep 16, 2014 02:12
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Funky See Funky Do posted:Hi everyone, Statistic posts inbound!!
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Sep 16, 2014 02:13
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The best way to play the lottery is to make friends with lots of nice poors who tell you "if I win I'll give you half!" or stupid stuff like that and then wait. Even if only 1% of those people would actually do that, you still have a positive EV! Your EV is still probably less than minimum wage, once you consider the time you have to spend to be friends with the poors, though.
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Sep 16, 2014 02:15
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gently caress the lotto how about everywhere having casinos now it's pretty great, Atlantic City is basically turning into Detroit with an ocean view
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Sep 16, 2014 02:16
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what's up with these fantasy football for money commercials? how much of that is gambling?
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Sep 16, 2014 02:17
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pfs Write posted:what's up with these fantasy football for money commercials? how much of that is gambling? all of it
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Sep 16, 2014 02:18
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LifeSizePotato posted:like i guess that guy who spends $300 a month is an unmitigated maroon, but someone spending a few bucks a month on a fun game is not something to get upset about yeah I sometime buy some of the cheap ones to see if I get anything.
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Darth123123 posted:Statistic posts inbound!! I hope they are. What I really need today, in between all the minor issues crushing poverty in a western nation thrusts upon me, is for some smug nerd to tell me what I already know about the odds of winning the lottery. I'll never be an actual person as long as tiny glimmer of hope that my stupid, poor and disabled arse might someday get lucky is out there. I felt ok when I woke up but what I super want to feel is like poo poo because some gently caress earning $70 an hour removing malware from their company's computers knows that the lottery is a tax on the stupid.
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