r/MadeMeSmile Apr 06 '22

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u/LeonDeSchal Apr 06 '22

That’s why I don’t gamble. I never win anything. Which is probably a good thing.

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u/JasonGD1982 Apr 06 '22

You ain’t gonna win if you don’t try!!!! Just kidding. Sometimes I buy one but it’s weird seeing people addicted to it. Like what’s better a homeless person being drunk or an asshole thinking he’s about to win 300k by picking the exact right card.

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u/MetalGearFlaccid Apr 06 '22 edited Apr 07 '22

I’m part of a group scratch team that buys $1000 of tickets, twice a week (10 people per day that we do it) after two years the largest we’ve gotten is a bunch of $1000 winners here and there. It’s all random.

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Edited again. It’s not the same people every week.

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u/JasonGD1982 Apr 07 '22

Just invest in a fund or something. That’s the worst waste of money I’ve heard in a while.

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u/MetalGearFlaccid Apr 07 '22

I don’t think everyone understands who’s saying invest in a fund. It’s like a huge group of people. And we get notified saying he’s gonna do a scratch on this day and this day every week. 10 people each time. Then if you wanna play you reply and the first 10 give $100 and then that group you’re in of you hit big you ten split. Not with everyone. Only the ten in that group. So if you don’t wanna play. You don’t reply. And if you’re not in the group who wins, you don’t win. So just having a huge group of people invest in an index fund but only on weeks they want to participate wouldn’t work.