"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On 1/12/2016 10:01 AM, Cheri wrote:
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>> Nobody that buys a ticket cares about all the math and statistics, if
>> you play you have a chance at a dream, if you don't...
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>> Cheri
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> Yep, it is a cheap fantasy.
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> When I was in the 5th grade I was at my friend Jimmy's house and we were
> playing cards. His father came home from work and said he would teach us
> to play better. He showed us the hands but he also inter weaved the odds
> and how the house always wins and you don't. It was a great lesson that
> stuck with me. I may spend $20 for the entertainment value, but I never
> had the urge to play to think I'd win big.
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> I can afford to spend $2 for the fun of it. You'll never see me buying
> the $10 rub-offs though.

Same here, though I did spend 20.00 for two scratch off tickets for a
stocking stuffer for dh at Christmas, and he won 40.00 which would probably
not happen again. I don't play Power Ball as a rule, but will tomorrow,
10.00 worth, that's it.

Cheri