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Anyone Else Stopping Playing?
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http:// www.bbc .co.uk/ news/bu siness- 3314810 9
I'm cancelling my dd today, I suppose I got caught up in the excitement back in 94 and I have been doing the same numbers ever since but now I have forgotten them and they are adding 10 more numbers making it even more difficult to win so I'm outa here.
I'm cancelling my dd today, I suppose I got caught up in the excitement back in 94 and I have been doing the same numbers ever since but now I have forgotten them and they are adding 10 more numbers making it even more difficult to win so I'm outa here.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I did it as part of an office syndicate and we constantly beat the law of averages - 50 tickets, so we should have won something every week, and we didn't even come close. About one three a month, one four a year and one five in eight or so years, which didn't produce a big enough prize to make up for all our losses. When the guy running the syndicate retired, I quit.
We did keep the same numbers throughout, but that makes no difference unless someone's fiddling the machines.
We did keep the same numbers throughout, but that makes no difference unless someone's fiddling the machines.
Had the sense always to use a random set of numbers, so no problem missing draws, especially when they decided it'd be more than just Saturday. But I've not played regularly ever since I won on 3 numbers and they refused to pay out, simply because I'd misplaced my ticket for a while (turned out I'd used it as a bookmark in a book I didn't go back to). Their stealing of my winnings lost them an awful lot more in stakes over the years. Now-a-days I only indulge is there is a double rollover, or better, and I happen to notice. If the good Lord is going to let me win may as well make it a good one.
I gave up a few years ago. The number of lines OH kept putting on was ridiculous. Every time a baby was born in the family, he'd start a new set of lines based on the baby's birthday along with its parents', and any other random number that he felt might be important.
I don't worry about any of our numbers coming up because I just don't look.
I don't worry about any of our numbers coming up because I just don't look.
:-) @ummmm
If large numbers of people guve it up, the economy might get a bit of a boost. Instead of creating 52+ multimillionaires per year, who might prefer to not upshift their lifestyle, that money will get spent on other goods/services.
Then again, if players all head to the bookies, the latter will be rubbing their hands with glee at this news.
Speaking of which, I still don't get why so many people make their once-a-year flutter the Grand National, where the odds are, essentially, 1 in however many horses are running. 40? 50? If we cant pick 1 from 40 correctly then why do people think picking 6 from 49 (now 59) is worth a punt every single week?
If large numbers of people guve it up, the economy might get a bit of a boost. Instead of creating 52+ multimillionaires per year, who might prefer to not upshift their lifestyle, that money will get spent on other goods/services.
Then again, if players all head to the bookies, the latter will be rubbing their hands with glee at this news.
Speaking of which, I still don't get why so many people make their once-a-year flutter the Grand National, where the odds are, essentially, 1 in however many horses are running. 40? 50? If we cant pick 1 from 40 correctly then why do people think picking 6 from 49 (now 59) is worth a punt every single week?