I mean they spend what little they have (and more) buying pieces of card.. maybe speand like £15.00 on them to win £2.00

seems the poor people spend more on these than the better off

Dont they realise its all a con and they are better off buying potaoes or rice with their money???

Are those lotto tickets?

...for the American dream.

By the way, I don't play lotto- I'm not against it, I just don't.

Imago said:

yes the scratchy ones you buy instantly..

REDBABY said:

I've wond money with thsoe here in Florida!

Imago said:

But you didnt buy a dictionary with your winnings..

REDBABY said:

This is the last time I try to help you with one of your doomed threads!

Imago said:

OK, but are you poor/ghetto????

It's not all bad- money from lotto sales here in Georgia goto schools and free college educations.

REDBABY said:

Comfortably middle class

CynthiasSocks said:

lol

CynthiasSocks said:

And they increase the revenues of your state becuase Thos stupid Alabamians are running across the border to buy tickets.

Imago said:

Yep stupid Alabama voted NO to the education lotto and YES to beer on Sunday! WTF!?

So GA goes to AL for beer on Sundays and AL goes to GA for the lotto!
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Imago said:

So, why do you feel the need to buy them? Cos your taxes arent high enough and you wanna donate more to schools and colleges?

CynthiasSocks said:

CynthiasSocks said:

I lived in Alabama for 8 years of my life and I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt that it is being run by idiots.
And, no--I'm not picking on the white guys--birmingham was run by a black mayor and black council for the whole of my youth, and they were just as useless as our white govenor. Alabama sucks ass.

REDBABY said:

I'm one of those who buys on Sunday!

(I vote in Alabama and said yes to both)

CynthiasSocks said:

and do you buy scratch cards??

i get bummed out by this too .... i swear in a local convenience store i run to - to get a cup of coffee, etc .... there is always this dude in there that looks like a cross between the hunchback and TATTOO .... and he is always wearing the same smelly jacket .... its like he got his govt check and he has to blow 75% of it on lottery tickets .... ugh

CynthiasSocks said:

me too.

SnidelyWhiplash said:

Maybe if you are in the UK you will understand more where I am coming from..

for instance, I popped into my local newsagent and this girl bought £15 of scratch/lotto intsnts cards, and seemed obviously she wasnt a high flier and her baby in pushchair was not well kept.. call me judgemental, but I see people like this all the time..
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and a member of the calgary flames hockey team has had to declare bankruptcy

he had assets of 2 million (wait a minute... how is he broke then??)
and he has gambling debts of over 6 million



it's just a different kind of stupid...

Because capitalism teaches them that getting rich is somehow the American dream. This is how you gull people who know they cannot make it alone on hard work only. Consumer culture teaches people that shopping is the only democratic avenue any citizen has. Leave the thinking and politics to the elites and experts, let them sort out the scary world for you. In that way, they can control you. Better to break the chains and be free of their rule and the rule of capitalist control.

CynthiasSocks said:

thanks for reminding me to check my numbers

You never know what they might have spent their money on otherwise.


"That dollar that bought the bottle coulda struck da lotto"



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I saw this person buying a ton of lottery tickets the other day.

REDBABY said:

Perhaps they hope to be able to better their life with a chance of winning - Wouldnt you like to pay a pound and win a million ?????

I don't do Scratch Cards but I do put £2 a week on the lottery.

I have had lucky runs where over a period of 2 months I won £10 per weekend draw and also won the Bonus ball syndicate several times we had at work which totalled over £300 pounds in all.

Chances man...

That's why...

Same reason poor couples have 12 kids...chances are better that
ONE of them will turn out to be the family cash cow.

(This was not intended to sound like I was talking about my
brown people... )

The same reason middle class people vote.

purpledisc said:

Yeah I do the lottery most weeks, but spend £2 a week TOPS. I am talking about some people who are spending like £20 a time on scratch cards, and really the money could be better spent on a good haircut or in some cases a WASH or new clothes for their lil baby in pushchair