How much do you spend on the lottery/scratchards

Lotus-eater

BlondeHeadOn wrote: »

Well said!

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But you said you play the lottery just mainly to give money to good causes...

I think it's all fine and good that 28% of the money that goes into the lottery goes to charity and good causes, but you would be better off giving your money direct to charity and you'd get tax relief on it as well and not pay tax money to the government like you do now.

Li0nhead

Play irregularly as an impulse buy (never scratchcards). Probably works out at approx £1 per week.
Reckon i am slightly above the odds winning on average a tenner twice a year. I know had i simply put that £1 in a pot i would have £52 a year down the line not £20 playing the lottery. It is a tax on the stupid but your playing for the dream of the big one even though you know you should be more scared lightning than hoping for the lottery win.

Tropez

Li0nhead wrote: »

Play irregularly as an impulse buy (never scratchcards). Probably works out at approx £1 per week.
Reckon i am slightly above the odds winning on average a tenner twice a year. I know had i simply put that £1 in a pot i would have £52 a year down the line not £20 playing the lottery. It is a tax on the stupid but your playing for the dream of the big one even though you know you should be more scared lightning than hoping for the lottery win.

The whole "more chance of being hit by lightning" argument is statistically incorrect. People base it on the odds of being hit by lightning in a year versus the odds of winning the lottery for a single draw. If you actually take into account the odds of winning the lottery over the course of a year were one to play at least one National Lottery draw per week then the odds of winning the lottery become statistically higher than being hit by lightning over the same period of time.

funkycat06

normally just buy a ticket every sat for a £1

eyelinerprincess

I put a couple of lines on the Euromillions if it's a big jackpot, and the odd quid on the Saturday draw. Have had a scratchcard or two over the years, but can't remember the last time I got one.

z1a

£28 week on lotto, £8 week Euromillions, £4 week syndicate, & probably about a tenner a week on scratch cards. biggest win £200 on a "Monopoly" scratchcard. But I'm an optimistic sort & I can dream of buying my £10m yacht!

eyeinthesky

I used to do the lottery when it started, and a few scratchcards at the same time. This gave me a little dream of being lucky and being rich enough to retire. Of course, this was at a time when I had to watch what I spent, and paying the bills was a bit of a struggle at times. Now, I could retire tomorrow and still get by, (I'm 58), and my mortgage has about £182 left to pay, but I have enough to pay my bills, and a bit left over, so I don't need the dream of winning a fortune. I don't do the lottery or cards at all, but I still feel that I am very lucky to be in my situation.

MarilynMonroe_2

maybe £1 every month or so. I've kind of given up on it I must admit!

jamespir

only when theres a mega rollover and only £1 or£2 pounds if its the euro

NAR

claire16c wrote: »

See when I see that, I think right thats £1040 a year. So that would pay for me to go to Hawaii every year. So Id rather have a guaranteed holiday than a miniscule chance of winning something. Each to their own I guess.

I also spend £20 a week, but I can afford it. I have two main holidays a year, one of them being a Carribbean Cruise, so no I don't worry about what I spend on the lottery.