I was a "what the hell" lottery buyer in the past- I would buy a ticket or two at the filling station when I got gas in the car. A couple of years ago my personal finances fell apart, and yet I often still did buy a ticket when I got gas, because one or two dollars was giving me the fantasy daydream of being able to pay off my debts easily.
Now that my finances are more stable, I rarely bother with lottery- but I did feel like I might as well buy into the big multistate ones this weekend, since they were so big and I was there getting gas anyway. I won nothing on the Mega Millions, and I anticipate winning nothing on the Powerball tonight, but still, fantasy daydream, yanno?
I'm curious about one thing though. I knew that lottery was a low-return deal for the vendors, but do you get less from the multi-state ones? I don't remember what the arguments were against joining up when Ohio was contemplating it, but they've gone ahead and bought in anyway.
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Date: 2013-05-18 07:31 pm (UTC)Now that my finances are more stable, I rarely bother with lottery- but I did feel like I might as well buy into the big multistate ones this weekend, since they were so big and I was there getting gas anyway. I won nothing on the Mega Millions, and I anticipate winning nothing on the Powerball tonight, but still, fantasy daydream, yanno?
I'm curious about one thing though. I knew that lottery was a low-return deal for the vendors, but do you get less from the multi-state ones? I don't remember what the arguments were against joining up when Ohio was contemplating it, but they've gone ahead and bought in anyway.