Wrong-Direction
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You've got to be in it to win it..
[Misc] Same numbers on the Lottery for 30 years
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AmexRuislip
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Wrong-Direction
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Been twice, far too busy. Mucky weekender is now my go to festival, around 4 thousand people I can deal withGlastonbury
METALMICKY
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Picking the same numbers is just madness. Whilst statistically unlikely imagine those numbers coming up the one day you didn't play them? Lucky Dip all the way avoid the heartbreak.
And can people who bang on about the odds and proudly announce they never do it just feck off! As long as you don't spend too much what's wrong with a little dream?
And can people who bang on about the odds and proudly announce they never do it just feck off! As long as you don't spend too much what's wrong with a little dream?
That’s why you set up a direct debit. Set and forget.
Don’t need to remember to play or to check the results.
AmexRuislip
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We do the Jools Holland thing, no hint of mud, TARDIS bogs or the unclean
I had 5 numbers and the bonus the week I didn't do it, about 3 years after it started, but the prize for that was only about £150. That made me realize what a waste of time and money it was and haven't done it since....
One of my numbers was my son's age when I started doing it. 5. He's 38 now
One of my numbers was my son's age when I started doing it. 5. He's 38 now
Reminds me of all those holes in one on wordle when it first started.
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The odd lucky dip, never won more than a tenner. All a bit of a waste of time but I’ll probably still keep
doing it
doing it
Peacehaven Wild Kids
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This. It may well be a waste of money, it certainly isn’t a waste of time, I don’t use any.
Bob!
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I had 5 numbers and the bonus the week I didn't do it, about 3 years after it started, but the prize for that was only about £150. That made me realize what a waste of time and money it was and haven't done it since....
One of my numbers was my son's age when I started doing it. 5. He's 38 now
It's the 30th Anniversary of the lottery this week!
Birdie Boy
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Sorry, I call BSI had 5 numbers and the bonus the week I didn't do it, about 3 years after it started, but the prize for that was only about £150. That made me realize what a waste of time and money it was and haven't done it since....
One of my numbers was my son's age when I started doing it. 5. He's 38 now
. No way would 5 and the bonus be £150. I had 5 and it was £1100. Back then when it was 3 years old the jackpot was millions even on week 1, now it is about £1.5m the first week.
Birdie Boy
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My wife's relative won £1m on Christmas eve a number of years ago. They didn't particular need it but helped out family with paying for a family wedding etc. Unfortunately I don't think it helped them as they were borderline alcoholic anyway and they are both definitely very alcoholic now. Family has had to get involved with one side trying to take/steal the money and another trying for POA. The person that is going for POA doesn't need the money and is trying to do the right thing and stop them from killing themselves.
BrightonCottager
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Lucky I managed my expectations when I saw the "you've won a prize" email on Saturday morning. Dreams of a flat in Putney and a new bicycle evaporated when I discovered I'd won £2.90, not the £127m I'd hoped for.
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Mo Gosfield
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In the very early days of the lottery there were multiple winners of the jackpot one saturday night ( about 120 if I remember rightly ) They put it down to a line of popular numbers ( my arse ) They ensured that it has never been repeated.
Why? Because its rigged. The majority of the most popular drawn numbers are higher than 31. That's because most people's lucky numbers are birthdays or single digits. The percentage payout from six numbers down to five doesn't add up. Its in their interest to have an increasing large jackpot. It draws people in. They want rollovers. They don't want it won every week
It's even worse on Euromillions. A huge fiddle. The percentage discrepancies are even worse. They publish the odds on all the winning combinations. Work it out. It doesn't add up.
Why? Because its rigged. The majority of the most popular drawn numbers are higher than 31. That's because most people's lucky numbers are birthdays or single digits. The percentage payout from six numbers down to five doesn't add up. Its in their interest to have an increasing large jackpot. It draws people in. They want rollovers. They don't want it won every week
It's even worse on Euromillions. A huge fiddle. The percentage discrepancies are even worse. They publish the odds on all the winning combinations. Work it out. It doesn't add up.
Birdie Boy
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Yes, I always do high numbers. Plus I tend to wait for the lotto to get to the must be won stage. The euros, I wait until £100m plus, it is only occasionally won before this. I also use high numbers here.
The set for life is very rarely won.
You mean.....I missed out....on a massive win because one week I forgot to buy a ticket?Sorry, I call BS
(my recollection was the bonus ball 'counted' only if you got 6 numbers, and there were lots of people with 5 numbers that week.)
Numbers schmumbers.It's the 30th Anniversary of the lottery this week!
He was 9, not 5. So 29 years ago.
(Two of my numbers were 9 and 5; in my anecdote I mixed up his age and my birth month. You can guess the rest (of my numbers))
Peacehaven Wild Kids
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What have I done?You mean.....I missed out....on a massive win because one week I forgot to buy a ticket?
(my recollection was the bonus ball 'counted' only if you got 6 numbers, and there were lots of people with 5 numbers that week.)
Birdie Boy
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It's not normally like that but fair enough. Someone did mention there was a week that had a lot of winners.You mean.....I missed out....on a massive win because one week I forgot to buy a ticket?
(my recollection was the bonus ball 'counted' only if you got 6 numbers, and there were lots of people with 5 numbers that week.)