Ive Won 90 million

[A Mum]

You've got to be in it to win it...
And I don't care what the odds are, if it's 90 million, I'm in it !!

(I only ever buy a ticket when its a big-ger prize)

Sooooo....
Wedgie and Dutchy there was no tickets in your house for the 90million dollar draw??

[Wedgie]

That's terrific. I'm extremely happy for you.

Cheers mate it is terrific as I'm very proud of her but I wasn't impressed that you generalised as you did as my daughter most definately isn't a regular gambler. I know you have taken offence before at generalisations so was most suprised you did the same yourself.

[Wedgie]

You've got to be in it to win it...
And I don't care what the odds are, if it's 90 million, I'm in it !!

(I only ever buy a ticket when its a big-ger prize)

Sooooo....
Wedgie and Dutchy there was no tickets in your house for the 90million dollar draw??

No, not that I was aware of.
As far as people outside my household
I think my Dad bought one though but he's always been shocking with money and is still working at the age of 68.
I think he regularly goes in lotto and plays keno, probably oneof the reasons he hasn't got a cent to his name.

Just on your point about only buying a ticket when the prize pool is bigger, Id recommend buying a ticket moreso when the prize is smaller as with exceptions like lst night Ive seen that the prize is actually larger a lot of the time as there's less winners.

[Ecky]

Sooooo....
Wedgie and Dutchy there was no tickets in your house for the 90million dollar draw??

None in my household.

I only bet when I am confident the odds are in my favour.
Lotteries are the form of gambling where the odds are the furthest from being in my favour so it is the last form of gambling I would consider betting on.
As I have shown above, there are many other ways in which you can turn small amounts of money into large amounts at much better odds, so there is no logical reason for people to put money into lotteries.

[Booney]

That's terrific. I'm extremely happy for you.

Cheers mate it is terrific as I'm very proud of her but I wasn't impressed that you generalised as you did as my daughter most definately isn't a regular gambler. I know you have taken offence before at generalisations so was most suprised you did the same yourself.

Who got out the wrong side of the bed?

[magpie in the 80's]

the winners from QLD said it was the 1st time they ever bought a ticket in tuesday's OZlotto draws.
what remarkable odds 45 odd million to one.
but like A MUM said if you aint in it you cant win

[Wedgie]

That's terrific. I'm extremely happy for you.

Cheers mate it is terrific as I'm very proud of her but I wasn't impressed that you generalised as you did as my daughter most definately isn't a regular gambler. I know you have taken offence before at generalisations so was most suprised you did the same yourself.

Who got out the wrong side of the bed?

I always gets narky if someone generalises one of my children as a regular gambler when the only thing they've done wrong is show some intelligence.
I would expect the same from any parent as Im sure you or smac would get narky if I referred to your kids as ferals when the opposite was true.

[MightyEagles]

SA Lotteries spokeswoman Rebekah Payne confirmed a winning ticket was purchased by a man identified only as being in his 40s and from the western suburbs.

He reportedly purchased a 14 game Ezi-Pick ticket costing $15.05 from Lizzy's Cafe at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Straight down the road, if I did get a ticket, I should have pushed in front of the guy.

[Wedgie]

Sooooo....
Wedgie and Dutchy there was no tickets in your house for the 90million dollar draw??

None in my household.

I only bet when I am confident the odds are in my favour.
Lotteries are the form of gambling where the odds are the furthest from being in my favour so it is the last form of gambling I would consider betting on.
As I have shown above, there are many other ways in which you can turn small amounts of money into large amounts at much better odds, so there is no logical reason for people to put money into lotteries.

Agreed fully about the logic but a lot of people would be ignorant of odds, etc and they might get a couple of hours of hope of being rich for the cost of a dollar or two.
Just like I can understand why people play the pokies for the entertainment factor.
Each to their own.

[A Mum]

Just on your point about only buying a ticket when the prize pool is bigger, Id recommend buying a ticket moreso when the prize is smaller as with exceptions like lst night Ive seen that the prize is actually larger a lot of the time as there's less winners.

Yeah, true, but I was prepared to spend $20 and not expect to win anything anyway.
Was just happy knowing I was in it

However, I don't like the idea of spending $20 every week and not winning anything

The upside to this record breaking lotto spend was all the money that went to the hospitals

[Wedgie]

The upside to this record breaking lotto spend was all the money that went to the hospitals

Can't disagree with you there, as I said in another thread if these people help keep my taxes down I'm all for it but only if they don't have to line up and get in the way of others.

[Booney]

I would expect the same from any parent as Im sure you or smac would get narky if I referred to your kids as ferals when the opposite was true.

If you referred to "my kids" as feral, thats not generalising though, thats specific.

"All kids are feral" is generalising. Then,because I know it isnt true in my kids case, I couldnt care less.

[Footy Chick]

"All kids are feral" is generalising. Then,because I know it isnt true in my kids case, I couldnt care less.

You should see their father though

[Dog_ger]

You've got to be in it to win it...
And I don't care what the odds are, if it's 90 million, I'm in it !!

I agree A Mum

I spent around the $18 mark.

2 x $5 shares in work syndicate.

1 x easypick.

The best I done was 2 numbers as usual....

I never gamble, but the chance to win $100M....

[The Dutchman]

I know the PR person from lotteries said at least $4M was going back into hospitals from last night's draw. I would like to see a document thats actually spells out exactly where this money is going.

I dont see many articles about new equipment being purchased courtesy of SA Lotteries, or a new scientific breakthough which was made due to the generous contribution from SA Lotteries.

The 'putting money back into public hospitals' line sounds a bit like the McDonalds 'healthy menu' i think.

[Dog_ger]

I have to scratch my head when I hear on the 5AA news that the winners were notified

at 10am Tuesday morning when the TV draw is at Tuesday night....

They said he won $50M...?

There could be 3 winners by this time...?

[magpie in the 80's]

Dog_ger all entries would be on their computers as do all states. So they would run a system to varify how many winners there were not long after the draw. In actual fact it says they rang him just hours after the draw

The local player had registered his winning entry on an Easiplay Club membership card, enabling SA Lotteries to contact him with the news just hours after the draw.

[Wedgie]

I would expect the same from any parent as Im sure you or smac would get narky if I referred to your kids as ferals when the opposite was true.

If you referred to "my kids" as feral, thats not generalising though, thats specific.

"All kids are feral" is generalising. Then,because I know it isnt true in my kids case, I couldnt care less.

No, you miss the point, I'm saying if I referred to all Port supporters as feral and your kids would be Port supporters you'd be narky, we'll I'd expect you to going referencing past reactions from yourself, I know smac would as he has been in the past even with generalisations not referring to his kids which was my point. Sorry mate, I'll remember to spell it out slowly for you, my fault for thinking it was obvious and I sincerely apologise for that.
PM me if you can't work any other posts today, it might be easier.

You've got to be in it to win it...
And I don't care what the odds are, if it's 90 million, I'm in it !!

I agree A Mum

I spent around the $18 mark.

2 x $5 shares in work syndicate.

1 x easypick.

The best I done was 2 numbers as usual....

I never gamble, but the chance to win $100M....

Umm dogger, you do realise that'd be like saying you don't drink just after admitting you downed a bottle of really cheap scotch?
As an example there's no lotto in Hong Kong because its gambling and all gambling except for Horse Racing and pari-mutue is illegal.

[overloaded]

40% the lotteries kept = 40 million..... maybe they felt guilty and gave $4 mill to the hospital....

you should not punt on lotteries they are rouges..... shame on you all

[Dutchy]

Thanks for the education fellas. The rest of the world is dumb except for those who gamble regularly. Got it.

Apologies for giving a different side to the arguement

Im pretty sure 90% of people who buy a ticket dont realise how bad the returns are, thought it was a worthsile discussion point

God knows how much $$$ some people has lost over the years, even is its $20 a week, add that up over 50 years, trying for that pie in the sky big win....from a return perspective you are better off at the pokies yet lotteries dont get the bad rap pokies do

Sooooo....
Wedgie and Dutchy there was no tickets in your house for the 90million dollar draw??

My wife bought a ticket against my wishes, thankfully we jagged 4 numbers and got out outlay back

Back in 1997 I chucked in $2 into a work syndicate for Oz lotto and we won 2nd div and got $1800 each, pure fluke - since then I can count on one hand how many tickets Ive since bought