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saspro
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Location: location, location
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I shall remember that when looking at what island to buy 
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm
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Location: behind the sofa
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I don't really approve of gambling, so no. Never.
My Mum spends a pound a week and has been for years. That's hundreds of pounds just given to a money making machine. It's not even fun, and syndicates have often been the source of much bitterness.
_________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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bish
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:45 am
Posts: 732
Location: 'sup mah science bitchezz!?
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You can't really call it gambling. Euro millions this big, happens once in a blue moon to be fair. The only time I ever do it. _________________ I make full use of this action, while at x404.
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Location: behind the sofa
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That would be "very occasional gambling" then. You can't really call it "not gambling"  _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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bish
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:45 am
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Location: 'sup mah science bitchezz!?
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Personally I'd calling it, "Chucking a fiver into a pot of chance every few years" _________________ I make full use of this action, while at x404.
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ChurchCat
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:57 am
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I make a point of NOT betting £25 each week on the lottery. So I am always £25 better off when I don't win. I would not put more on each week but I can't afford it.  _________________A Mac user 
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PaulKey
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 8:18 am
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If you'd only manage to squeeze a few extra pound to not put on.... you could not be a millionaire so much faster 
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Zippy
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:20 pm
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Location: Here Abouts
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I haven't played a lottery, of any kind, since the first year the National Lottery began. I figured out how much money I'd have if I put my £1 a week into savings and it seemed like a better return to me.... Of course I haven't I've invested one a week in BEER instead and it's a much better use of my money  I know people who have played the lottery faithfully with the same numbers for years and not won more than a tenner, that's just bonkers. _________________The Official "Saucy Minx" This above all: To Thine Own Self Be True "Red sky at night, Shepherds Delight"..Which is a bit like Shepherds Pie, but with whipped topping instead of mashed potato.
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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm
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Location: Newcastle
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It's (in a very simplified term) a complex form of roulette, you pick 6 balls, 7 balls used, you get paid depending on how accurate you are. Except no matter how much you bet the payout is the same whether you buy one ticket or 100. I'll stick to my reliable betting system which does make me money (£100 a month or so) (stupid people dont understand it, so it's a tax in that regard ) _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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veato
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:17 am
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Location: Nottingham
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I know what you're saying and tbh I dont play normally but when its a massive amount its worth a one-off punt. Someone is going to win. My best friends uncle won the UK lottery (about 7m). _________________Twitter Blogflickr
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm
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I have a friend who bought his first car and stereo installation with the £5k he won.
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stuartpengs
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:00 pm
Posts: 300
Location: In the night garden.
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I've never bought a lottery ticket in my life. Why? I can do maths.
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trigen_killer
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:37 pm
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Location: North Wales UK
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Chances of winning £110,000,000 tonight with TWO lines of numbers- as near to nothing as makes no odds.
Chances of winning £110,000,000 tonight with no tickets- no chance whatsoever.
You've got to be in it to win it.
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm
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Location: Manchester
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If you spent £1,000 on lottery tickets every week you would have to play for 274 years before it was likely you'd win once and you would probably spend more buying the tickets than you would get as a prize. It will take over 250,000 years if you just spend £1 a week. Chances are that no one in this thread is ever going to ever win the lottery ever.
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm
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Sure, the odds are [LIFTED]. But it's only £1, so I'd rather take my chances.
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