Reply to: Greedy is fine, thick is fine, but greedy and thick ..

[vetran]

And was also a friend of yours....

HTH

its alright you know he was imaginary.

[northernladyuk]

Don't play myself, but if I did would choose these numbers:

1,2,3,4,5,6

People sometimes tell me this is nuts as the chances of that exact combination occurring is tiny…. :

You would get a disappointingly small share of any jackpot.

[AtW]

Also they doubled the price of a ticket.

Yes, but 5000 lottery tickets is still rather a lot...

[pjclarke]

Don't play myself, but if I did would choose these numbers:

1,2,3,4,5,6

People sometimes tell me this is nuts as the chances of that exact combination occurring is tiny…. :

[shaunbhoy]

A friend of mine used to mock people queuing up to pay their 'stupid tax' for the lottery, until I pointed out he was queuing to buy cigarettes.

And was also a friend of yours....

HTH

[MarillionFan]

Also they doubled the price of a ticket.

[xoggoth]

the stupidity of lottery ticket buyers was boundless

the chances are greater of your dying in a flight than winning the lottery

Yeh, agreed, total idiots

I just turned on my PC to do the lottery. Mind you, I am not a total idiot as I always greatly increase my chances by taking advice from my little puppet parrot.

PS by chances of winning there, you mean expectation of winning a jackpot. On the rare occasions I bother, I actually win quite a lot, probably get about 60% back. Seem to recall there's a legal requirement WRT winning proportion. The hope that one will win something big is quite a nice return for about ten quid a year! The real idiots are the people who keep spending money they can't afford.

[northernladyuk]

Yeh, agreed, total idiots.

They should stake their money on safer bets, like a Tory election win

A friend of mine used to mock people queuing up to pay their 'stupid tax' for the lottery, until I pointed out he was queuing to buy cigarettes.

[MrMarkyMark]

If you buy a lottery ticket with the expectation of winning you should be pooing your pants every time you take a flight, since the chances are greater of your dying in a flight than winning the lottery.

Yeh, agreed, total idiots.

They should stake their money on safer bets, like a Tory election win

[sasguru]

If you buy a lottery ticket with the expectation of winning you should be pooing your pants every time you take a flight, since the chances are greater of your dying in a flight than winning the lottery.

[northernladyuk]

Jesus, can't you forget about Brexit for just one thread?!

You should be proud to be reminded so regularly of how you've turned the country around.

[MrMarkyMark]

FTFY

When I read the header I thought this thread was about diseasex!

[OwlHoot]

So what? That's a mere five or six days worth of the additional funding the NHS will be receiving post-Brexit.

Jesus, can't you forget about Brexit for just one thread?!

Back on topic, it isn't only the jackpot odds that have increased.

The price per line has doubled, and I believe is soon due to increase even more.

[PurpleGorilla]

When I read the header I though this thread was about the Tory party!

[northernladyuk]

.. is a fatal combination!

2017-06-15 Lottery sales down by £670million in 2016 after controversial changes cut the chance of winning the jackpot



I remember remarking here back then how inevitable this outcome seemed, and someone pointed out that the stupidity of lottery ticket buyers was boundless and the increased number of rollovers would encourage punters to buy even more tickets despite the greatly reduced odds of winning.

But it seems the ticket buyers aren't so dumb after all, and the thread title refers to the greed and stupidity of Camelot!

The drop meant its donations to health, education and sport fell by some £273m

So what? That's a mere five or six days worth of the additional funding the NHS will be receiving post-Brexit.