Winning Cash: Worth the gamble?

Tonight, on my home, I felt a little lucky. I stopped at the local gas station where I always buy cigarettes and gas, and ask for three $2 scratch tickets. Low and behold, I won $400.

This is the first time I've won anything remotely substantial with the exception of a royal flush in a hand of poker at the casino.

I've spent enough money to actually EARN this money, to be honest. (Thats sad.)

So - do you gamble? If you do, whats your limit? Do you consider it a form of entertainment? Or are you afraid to become hopelessly addicted to the notion of winning money?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Lady Miyomi

It would be nice to win money like that, though.

I can tell you that I spent more over the past 6 months just playing. The $400 is a long time coming. There's no telling you how often I just broke even or walked away out of $20.

I think its a lot better to play games where you actually have mathematical control over the odds. Not that you're going to win, but at least you have a choice on how to proceed. =/

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by SuperNova

Sass, MA state scratch tickets really do pay out decently well though. I had a stretch for a while where I was really bad playing those, spending maybe $10 at lunch. I stopped that when money became a bigger issue than it was.

Yea, it comes and goes I notice. Depending on how fat the bank account is, I'll spend up to $50 a whack.

Its just really sucky winnings. I never really want to do the $10 or $5 tickets - I almost ALWAYS bite at the $2 ones.

For once, I won something reasonably substantial. And no one will cash my ticket. ;_;

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Besides, I play poker now. Things aren't as random in poker and there's the issue of what you can and can't control. I've made money on online poker, not a lot, but some. It's more than I can say for the scratch tickets.

Yea, see, I would play poker, but I have a feeling I would become a lot more ADDICTED to that because I know in the back of my head its not all a matter of chance. It gets a lot harder to walk away from.

How does that online poker shit work? How do they make money? Do they take a portion of your winnings or somethign? Is there a lot of money to be made? I'd consider checking it out if I knew more about it. Maybe you can help me out, Nova. ^_^

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.