How much have you San Antonians spent on TX Lotto tickets? (buy, rich)

[crittergal]

$0.00

[Torpedos]

But what if you do win? I am sure there are thing you have done that were one in million but you did it and will never do it again. Someone will win, might as well be you

[mamatotex97]

$70 thru a group purchase at work.

[doss1]

Originally Posted by Hyp

I told my wife the same thing. It's a waste of money! You have people, that are ALREADY millionaires, paying thousands of dollars for lotto tix! I hope they don't win, because they've already made their millions. But that just makes me think/feel, if they are spending THOUSANDS on lotto tickets, why should I spend 20 when the likelihood of me & my wife winning compared to them is crap =(

I doubt it. You don't find millionaires playing this poor man's tax game. They are too busy starting new companies and/or investing in new ones. The three top ways for the average Joe to make a million dollars are:

1.) Start a small business
2.) real estate
3.) Stocks/Investments

Success rate of #1 is like 1 out of 7 tries. The more you fail, the more likely you are to succeed.

[Paka]

Our office spent $220 collectively.....what the hey!

The only thing CERTAIN is if you don't give it a shot you will NOT win!

Besides, fun to dream. If your Friday of a L_O_N_G work week is a little brightened by the dreams of "what if" I am CERTAIN you have wasted a single dollar bill and gotten worse!

[doss1]

Good point, Paka!

[The Black Irish]

As I was buying my weekend beers today the clerk became very pushy with me when I said I didn't want to buy a ticket. She kept telling me how much I could win etc... Geez this mass hysteria you'd think this country wasn't on the brink of another recession.

[WilGar]

$1 Wife's and my birthdays. Would have used the kids too, but they are at awkward ages, born in 70s. Guess I could have done grandchildren, but not going back.

[Hyp]

Originally Posted by doss1

I doubt it. You don't find millionaires playing this poor man's tax game. They are too busy starting new companies and/or investing in new ones. The three top ways for the average Joe to make a million dollars are:

1.) Start a small business
2.) real estate
3.) Stocks/Investments

Success rate of #1 is like 1 out of 7 tries. The more you fail, the more likely you are to succeed.

So if you were a millionaire, you wouldn't invest thousands to be a BILLIONAIRE!? I for damn sure would lol. They have the money to put in however much they want, so why not put in a couple dollars out of your bank account (thousands) and see if you can get more rich then you already are. If I was that rich already, you could rest assured I would still play. right now its $640 Million. That's a lot of loot

[Merovee]

I didn't play but the 'what if' excitement being generated from a couple of posts on this thread are intoxicating (:
GL guys!