On 12/01/2016 4:23 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 10:28:26 PM UTC-5, Cheryl wrote:
>
>> I think I'll buy a few more chances this week since no one won.
>
> Mathematically speaking, the difference between buying 1 ticket
> and 5 tickets is not worth the extra $8.
>
> (Of course, mathematically speaking, the ROI on even one ticket is
> so close to zero that no statistician would consider it worth buying
> even one.)
>
> But if it makes you happy, go ahead and buy more. My husband does.
>
> We don't buy tickets very often; just often enough to give our
> "what I'd do with the money" fantasies a little more immediacy.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
about 55 years ago, the UK government introduced "Premium Bonds" that
cost £1 each. Instead of earning interest, the interest went into a pot
and was split up as prizes.
I bought some with birthday money when I turned 21 and a few more some
years later. Yesterday I received my first ever prize in 50 years of
holding them!!
£25, about Can$25 or about US$35.
I'll use it to travel. It'll just pay for a fill-up of gas for my car:-)
Graham

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