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Barnaby
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Lotteries are a joke.
#27345604 - 06/12/21 01:57 PM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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See people lined up around corners in poor areas. It is just a waste of money and stupid. I don't get why so many people do it.
Brought to mind by this article. Michigan man found dead in a river who won 2 million then taxes that are inane but still, found dead in a river. One gets after taxes over a million have read endlessly people always fuck it up.
Breakups, suicides, murder, everyone poor wanting something from that person. Dumb.
"Michigan man 69, who won $2 million lottery found dead in river."
Why does the word Michigan not surprise me?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/michigan-man-69-who-won-2-million-lottery-found-dead-in-river/ar-AAKYC8M?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531
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Re: Lotteries are a joke. [Re: Barnaby]
#27347925 - 06/14/21 12:53 PM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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Everyone who is still playing the lotto should just buy penny stocks with that money
Significantly more likely to profit
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Re: Lotteries are a joke. [Re: Barnaby] 1
#27347990 - 06/14/21 01:54 PM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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I buy scratchers sometimes.
Quote:
Great Outdoors Colorado funds projects that impact communities across the state. The Colorado Lottery is GOCO’s only funding source and provides GOCO with 50% of its proceeds, up to a $35 million cap in 1992 dollars, adjusted for inflation. If this percentage exceeds the adjusted cap, the spillover is distributed to the Building Excellent Schools Today Fund (BEST). In FY21, the distribution to GOCO was more than $71.7 million.
The Conservation Trust Fund receives 40% of Lottery proceeds. Local parks and recreation providers receive money from the Conservation Trust Fund in proportion to their population so that every town, city, county and special district in Colorado benefits. The Lottery distributed $56.9 million to the fund in FY20 for open space and land acquisition, equipment purchases, facility development, park maintenance and renovation or restoration of local facilities.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife receives 10% of Lottery proceeds. Colorado’s 42 state parks use Lottery money for trail construction and maintenance, land acquisition, equipment and facility purchases and maintenance of state parks facilities. Lottery funding improves the state park experience for more than 12 million annual visitors. The Lottery distributed approximately $14.2 million in FY20 to Colorado Parks & Wildlife.
Sure, I could give them each a dollar directly, but then I don't get to scratch anything. But yeah, dumping your coin into lotto hoping to come out a millionaire is dumb.
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Barnaby
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Re: Lotteries are a joke. [Re: stubb]
#27348597 - 06/14/21 11:40 PM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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Never have won anything but at a casino. Had a friend when living in Denver who would win like 1-8 scratch offs. For next to nothing.
Am a gambler but give me a casino and a blackjack table and a sporting book and am happy. Fuck lotto in any form.
Was weird being in Portland and you couldn't bet on sports except horses. What fun! Really don't get that law there.
Time for Summer travel. 2nd covid shot at the end of the week. My right arm feels like shit from the first one. Like dead arm. Playing softball and I couldn't even make an accurate throw from second base. Covid, over a year is long enough.
WHY IS THERE NO GOD! Lol.
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Re: Lotteries are a joke. [Re: Barnaby]
#27348867 - 06/15/21 07:17 AM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yet another way of squeezing money out of the working class.
Edited by blackdragon999 (06/18/21 12:20 PM)
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Barnaby
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This is the most idiotic story I have heard recently and nothing to do with Covid. Guy wins 30k. Spends 20k on a necklace for himself. Is robbed of it shortly after.
Why do some in this world like to put on a persona that they are rich when they are not? Is so inane and one can't make this shit up. "I am looking at the fact that this nigger spent 20k on a chain".
That made me laugh as does Detroit. At least the poster has some common sense as I thought exactly the same thing. And no just quoting him and don't use the N word so don't ban me.
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Re: Lotteries are a joke. [Re: Barnaby]
#27353041 - 06/18/21 01:22 AM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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Barnaby, has someone sat you down and talked with you about NiggA and niggER?
Hella ignorant!
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Re: Lotteries are a joke. [Re: Barnaby]
#27358335 - 06/22/21 12:01 AM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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Correct.
That's why they call it an additional tax for the stupid, right?
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Barnaby
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Yes, I am ignorant on Nigga and Nigger or Niggar. Am not down with it or hip. I try to be. -Just dumb in such things. Really don't ever use it and research it and when I am around black people we don't talk about it so view me as dumb.
Really don't care.
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Re: Lotteries are a joke. [Re: Barnaby]
#27426226 - 08/13/21 12:42 AM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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The odds of winning either the Powerball or Mega Millions are roughly 1 in 292.2 million and 1 in 302.5 million, respectively.
Plane crash: 11 million to one Car accident: 106 to one Falling out of bed: 2 million to one Flesh-eating bacteria: 1 million to one Lightning strike: 1.2 million to one Dog mauling: 118,776 to one Snakebite: 50 million to one Shark attack: 3.75 million to one
Edited by rocks (08/13/21 12:43 AM)
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Re: Lotteries are a joke. [Re: rocks]
#27426302 - 08/13/21 03:10 AM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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Odds do not exist. The entire universe is ruled by cause and effect. "probability" is an artifact of trying to discern what will be. Ultimately it is certain what will be.
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Re: Lotteries are a joke. [Re: Asante]
#27427383 - 08/14/21 12:00 AM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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19 year old won 1.9 million in the States. Self destructed.
Money doesn't solve everything. If you have it great and make your bills and such. Throw a wad of money not even old enough to drink. The logic there is their is none. Feel bad for the kid.
SELF DESCONTRUCT. Just that phrase. Destroying your mortal body. Some learn others don't. Body heals.
Just don't give a clueless kid 1.9 million. Have always been for in the education system as both of my parents were teachers, why not include finances, credit, loans private and College/U ones that are idiotic.
The whole world is burning, flooding, and we all get to live through this. Tired of it. Life as they younger generations call it the New Normal. Good luck on that.
Going to have a kid. Fuck it. And the fucking was enjoyable.
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Re: Lotteries are a joke. [Re: Barnaby]
#27490457 - 10/02/21 10:39 PM (2 years, 3 months ago) |
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ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀsᴋ ᴍᴇ, ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɢᴜʏ (69 ʏᴇᴀʀ ᴏʟᴅ ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴏɴ 2 ᴍɪʟʟɪᴏɴ) ɪs ᴀ ᴊᴏᴋᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ᴅɪᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ ᴡᴀs ᴀ ᴊᴏᴋᴇ (ᴀɴᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ, ɪ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇʟʏ ғᴜᴄᴋɪɴɢ sᴛᴜᴘɪᴅ, ʙʀᴀɪɴᴅᴇᴀᴅ). ɪᴛ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴡᴀs ɴᴏ sᴜʀᴘʀɪsᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ʙʟᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ sʟᴏᴛ ᴍᴀᴄʜɪɴᴇ, sᴡᴏʀᴅs, ᴇᴛᴄ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ ᴜᴘ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ᴅʀᴜɢ ᴄʜᴀʀɢᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ғɪʀᴇᴀʀᴍ ᴄᴏɴᴠɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ. ɪ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ'ᴠᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴅɪᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴏʀ sɪᴍɪʟᴀʀ.
ɪ ɢᴜᴇss ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏᴛᴛᴇʀʏ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴊᴏᴋᴇ, ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴɴᴇʀ ɪs ᴜsᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴀɴ ᴀᴠᴇʀᴀɢᴇ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀɴ ɪǫ ᴏғ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ 85. ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ sᴏᴍᴇᴛɪᴍᴇs sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ sᴍᴀʀᴛ ᴡɪɴs. sᴏ.
ᴅᴏᴇsɴ'ᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ᴛʜᴇʏ'ʀᴇ ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ɪɴᴛᴇʟʟɪɢᴇɴᴛ. ɪ ᴀᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ᴏɴᴇ ᴛᴏ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ғᴏʀ... ᴜʜ... sᴛᴏʀɪᴇs ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʜᴏᴡ ʟᴏᴛᴛᴇʀʏ ᴡɪɴɴᴇʀs sᴘᴇɴᴛ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴡɪɴɴɪɴɢs.
ɪ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴏᴄᴄᴀsɪᴏɴᴀʟʟʏ sᴇᴇ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴏɴʟɪɴᴇ ᴏʀ ʜᴇᴀʀ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴀ ʟᴏᴛᴛᴇʀʏ ᴡɪɴɴᴇʀ ᴅɪᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ʟᴏᴛ ᴏғ ᴛɪᴍᴇs, ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴊᴜsᴛ ғᴜᴄᴋᴇᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏᴛᴛᴇʀʏ ᴡɪɴɴᴇʀs ᴊᴜsᴛ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ғᴜᴄᴋᴇᴅ ᴜᴘ.
ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ɪᴛ ᴅᴏᴇs ᴀ ʟᴏᴛ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ʜᴀʀᴍ ᴛʜᴀɴ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴀɴ ɪᴅɪᴏᴛ ᴡɪɴs ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏᴛᴛᴇʀʏ, ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ʜᴇ's ᴅᴏɪɴɢ ɪᴅɪᴏᴛɪᴄ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ, ᴀɴᴅ ɢɪᴠɪɴɢ ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ ᴛᴏ ɪᴅɪᴏᴛɪᴄ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ.
ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇsᴇ sᴛᴜᴘɪᴅ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴɪɴɢ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀɪʙᴜᴛᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴘᴀɴᴅᴇᴍɪᴄs, ᴄᴀᴛᴀsᴛʀᴏᴘʜᴇs, ᴀᴄᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴛs, ᴇᴛᴄ.
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My group of friends have a weekly lotto pool, think it’s about $5-10 a week. The 8 of us just said fuckit let’s do it until it hits.
Can’t tell you how many tickets we’ve bought, but it hasn’t hit. It’s dumb as fuck, might as well be burning that money in a trash can, but I’ll be damned if I’m the one person who sits out the $5 contribution and the other 7 of them win a jackpot.
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Re: Lotteries are a joke. [Re: ManianFH]
#27492072 - 10/04/21 10:37 AM (2 years, 3 months ago) |
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Powerball is about half a billion after tax right now, and participating costs only $1.
That's a nobrainer. For most people losing $1 won't hurt them as much as winning half a billion dollars. You just have to play it smart, play a few times every lifetime.
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