Good evening, All!
So, been playing lotteries, casinos and racetracks for a very long time (let's just say, I'm in my 40's somewhere.... ;) ), and I am able to admit I am nowhere, absolutely NOWHERE near the positive side on winnings. Lotteries and luck have never gone my way, so my pessimism is at 110%. And rightly so.
About the only "luck" I have is at Blackjack, where I rake it in. So, that's where my funding comes for these "Scratch and Lose" tickets. I've spent the last several hours reading back on all your postings, and I'm quite skeptical of most of the claims of winnings - even with pictures posted. I buy in the same frequency (if not more), in the same patterns, and am lucky if I win 10% of the time. However, I think a lot of that has to do with where I live (Miami area). Clearly the lottery wins down here are so few and far-between, why do I bother buying tickets here?
So, now that I've got that off my chest, I'm going to stop there, and begin a 180 on my personality and feelings about this "tax" that we choose to donate to. I'm going to post my playing and results, and where I see anything worth posting, I will. I'll also show my appreciation for everyone else's feedback by contributing where/whenever I can.
Every week I buy 3x $10 tickets. I try to buy the $10 Monopoly tickets when I can find them, or I buy whatever else I'm interested in. Today's 3x $10 Gold Rush Game#1261 ticket #'s: 9, 10 and 11 - ALL losers. (What else is new?!). But then I thought I'd treat myself (which I rarely do; I work work work, save save save, and have no debt, so I thought I'd splurge - MUCH more than I usually do!). I bought 20x $5 Big Money tickets, Game# 1272. Tickets 56 down through 37 at the Publix lottery desk. Here's how I did:
Ticket#53 - 1 match for $10
Ticket#47 - "coins" for $5
Ticket#46 - "coins" and 1 match for $10
Ticket#45 - "5X" x$2 for $10 (figures...I get a 5X and it's by $2!)
Ticket#43 - "coins" for $5
Net result: -$60 (+ the earlier -$30), so, a loss of $90 today. What else is new?!
There you have it. What you'll get from me is no BS, no "what ifs", no pretend wins, and if the ticket is worth the posting of a picture, I'll post it with my face, the date, and the ticket, so you can see. Guess what...that will never happen! LOL...
My plan is to continuously roll the winnings in to a $100/weekly expenditure to see where it goes.
I'm open to everyones suggestions: 20x $5 tickets 10x $10 tickets? 5x $20 tickets? 4x $25 tickets ?
There you have it. I enjoy writing/posting on various blogs, so I intend on being here often.
Thanks.