Genie Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 18 minutes ago, sheepyvillian said: A pal of mine messaged me yesterday to say he felt lucky and was hitting the Euro lottery. He messaged me this morning with the wonderful news that he had won 3 pounds and 50 pence, he said, " Better than a kick up the arse." To which I replied, "Just about." I'm all for a little flutter, but I've never been tempted by the lottery. I've got a niece who buys loads of tickets but never wins a carrot. Talking of flutters, Villa 125/1 for the league, well worth an each - way shout. The Euro millions odds are insane too, 139m to 1 shot. You could win the UK lottery 3 times with shorter odds, plus it’s £2.50 a ticket. I occasionally have a go in the Uk lottery if they when a must win roll down, and/or guaranteed millionaire raffle thing. It’s ultimately money down the drain (apart from small percentage which goes to good causes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 You can still get the lottery thrill buying a single ticket every few months. Just remember to check before the expiration date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 55 minutes ago, Genie said: The Euro millions odds are insane too, 139m to 1 shot. You could win the UK lottery 3 times with shorter odds, plus it’s £2.50 a ticket. I occasionally have a go in the Uk lottery if they when a must win roll down, and/or guaranteed millionaire raffle thing. It’s ultimately money down the drain (apart from small percentage which goes to good causes). I'm always inwardly haunted by the phrase, "No luck for the wicked". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Me: bloody hell, look at this, this months google maps report is suggesting i visited the Days Inn, Tewkesbury, that sort of glitch could get some people in to a lot of trouble. mrs me: that is also Strensham Services, you’ve probably been to the services? Me: ah yeah, fair play I did have a quick shag at the services 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 8 minutes ago, Xann said: You can still get the lottery thrill buying a single ticket every few months. Just remember to check before the expiration date. Buy online and they email you if you win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted September 4 VT Supporter Share Posted September 4 Surely no one buys a lottery ticket THINKING they'll win. You buy knowing the odds are enormous, but you just never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 5 minutes ago, sidcow said: Surely no one buys a lottery ticket THINKING they'll win. You buy knowing the odds are enormous, but you just never know. My brother used to only buy a scratch card when he thought he’d win. But then, he worked in the shop, so he knew if he’d sold 10 and nobody had come back for their prize, then a winning card was imminent. Nobody adds that little stat in to the odds do they! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 (edited) 26 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: My brother used to only buy a scratch card when he thought he’d win. But then, he worked in the shop, so he knew if he’d sold 10 and nobody had come back for their prize, then a winning card was imminent. Nobody adds that little stat in to the odds do they! That’s the strategy that has bankrupted many a gambler “it HAS to start paying out soon…” No it doesn’t. Saying that, when I used to work in a pub many years ago those older style fruit machines could only hold a certain amount of money. Sometimes you could see that they were desperately trying to payout but the moron playing don’t realise and would mess it up. A few times I jumped on and claimed a big win right after a numpty had filled it up. Edited September 4 by Genie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 4 Moderator Share Posted September 4 25 minutes ago, Genie said: That’s the strategy that has bankrupted many a gambler “it HAS to start paying out soon…” No it doesn’t. Saying that, when I used to work in a pub many years ago those older style fruit machines could only hold a certain amount of money. Sometimes you could see that they were desperately trying to payout but the moron playing don’t realise and would mess it up. A few times I jumped on and claimed a big win right after a numpty had filled it up. Actually with scratch cards I believe it does have an element of 'it has to pay out soon'. It's not random like roulette. They are legally obliged to give out a certain amount of winners, and it's logical to think they'll be relatively evenly distributed in a pack, rather than having a ton of consecutive winners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted September 4 VT Supporter Share Posted September 4 1 hour ago, BOF said: Actually with scratch cards I believe it does have an element of 'it has to pay out soon'. It's not random like roulette. They are legally obliged to give out a certain amount of winners, and it's logical to think they'll be relatively evenly distributed in a pack, rather than having a ton of consecutive winners. But the shop next door might have the next winning ticket, not yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 3 hours ago, BOF said: Actually with scratch cards I believe it does have an element of 'it has to pay out soon'. It's not random like roulette. They are legally obliged to give out a certain amount of winners, and it's logical to think they'll be relatively evenly distributed in a pack, rather than having a ton of consecutive winners. yep, most are about 1:3.5 chance of some sort of prize (£5 cards are generally closer to 1:3, £1 cards closer to 1:4) . Doesn't mean you would actually win anything other than your money back but it does generally mean if you buy 5 consecutive of the same ticket at least one of them will generally have something on it. i know plento of youtubers have bought thousands of tickets before but i have been tempted a few times to buy a full strip of 100 on one of the new release £5 games as you tend to get a lot of £10 & £20 wins on them & by some rough reckoning you should be guaranteed at least 250-300 of your 500 back even if you get the worst batch of 100 possible and if you get lucky with a couple of the higher prizes you should make a small profit presuming you don't win one of the jackpots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 4 VT Supporter Share Posted September 4 Mug's game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted September 5 VT Supporter Share Posted September 5 10 hours ago, mjmooney said: Mug's game. "Poor man's tax." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted September 5 VT Supporter Share Posted September 5 One for the never have I ever thread, but I’m pretty confident I’ve never set foot in a betting shop before. Casino, a few times, my mates dragging me to one and drinking the complimentary tea at the end of the night. But not a bookies as far as I can recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 5 VT Supporter Share Posted September 5 24 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: One for the never have I ever thread, but I’m pretty confident I’ve never set foot in a betting shop before. Casino, a few times, my mates dragging me to one and drinking the complimentary tea at the end of the night. But not a bookies as far as I can recall. Other way round for me. I once stood around in a bookie's for a couple of minutes while a mate threw some money away. Never been in a casino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Been in lots of casinos, mainly abroad but been in a few around Leicester Square, also in my formative years used to bet on the dogs so spent some time in bookies. These days dont really do any of that, particularly the bookies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Scratch cards I used to do with my change, if I've got a fiver and I'm buying a meal deal then I'm more than likely getting one with the shrapnel, I grew out of it as I used my card more Bookies I used to do pretty much every Saturday morning for like £10 on bets and then go spend the afternoon watching Jeff in the pub with mates, if someone had an acca come in that was Saturday night paid for, never really in to horses, maybe a few bets here and there when waiting for a mate to finish his football acca Casinos I've done a bit years ago, normally on say a stag do to extend the night when the clubs are shit, go there for a beer or cocktail and carry on talking rather than garbage music, I don't like them The worst is going to a track, find it boring as **** which means I end up betting more and stupidly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 5 Moderator Share Posted September 5 Bookies, I've been in and placed bets, usually for the family on things like Eurovision and we used to do the Grand National but no longer do. Casinos, I've been in a few, mainly in Vegas but my gambling was limited to playing Keno sat at the bar and spending enough to qualify for free drinks. It probably worked out as little difference to buying the drinks and not playing Keno. In the UK I've been to one, in Glasgow as a company I was seconded to took me there as a thank-you, I came out with a profit from the roulette table I play the lottery extremely sporadically Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 19 hours ago, Genie said: Saying that, when I used to work in a pub many years ago those older style fruit machines could only hold a certain amount of money. Sometimes you could see that they were desperately trying to payout but the moron playing don’t realise and would mess it up. A few times I jumped on and claimed a big win right after a numpty had filled it up. Definitly a thing in the days of the prize hopper on the inside. You could hear if the coins were falling into the hopper or the cash box. One of my regulars used to be involved with the production / programming of fruities and we had/knew a few little tricks, usually regarding small but regular / guaranteed pay-outs. as fulltime staff though it would have been bad form to benefit myself but I bet i'm in the moral minority there. Ultimately, especially in a small community, If the guys creaming money into them don't benefit occasionally you're shooting yourself in the foot. The house always wins. And my self imposed ban didn't extend to other establishments. In NZ their pub fruit machines are all linked up to a big led counter and there's a communal prize. when it gets up to about $5k the place would get rammed with people setting up shop for a few hours . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 In the hotel where I worked, at end of shift with all guests gone, the fruit machine would have the front panel removed, so they could see around the drums and work out the best moves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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