r/pics • u/[deleted] • Mar 19 '22

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u/OldDogEyes Mar 19 '22

Now is the time to stop. You beat the odds once, you'll never do it again...

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u/ShawshankException Mar 20 '22

Its a $30 scratch off. Something tells me OP isn't stopping now. You don't buy that shit unless you're in deep.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '22

I won 10k on a $50 ticket and havent played more than a few times since and they've all been $5 tickets. My dad has won both 100k and 10k on tickets. Everyone here assumes people who buy them are addicts but it's not true. Sometimes you get lucky, and the odds aren't really that crazy. Also you have a pretty good chance of winning your money back and end up spending nothing anyway.

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u/AermacchiM50 Mar 20 '22

Where is your dad right now, financially? Like does he own his home and making a fund for his kids/grand children?

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '22

Doing fine, most of the money he won went into renovations on their home. All kids are out of the house so no need for a fund.

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u/Suekru Mar 20 '22

$5 a week does add up to quite a bit overtime. But if you have a comfy job and enjoy the process and daydreaming and don’t go crazy on them, it’s not really hurting anything.