Jarlaxle
Gold Member
I have a friend that hit a jackpot with a scratcher ticket...he gets $2500 a week...I think for life.....and he is only 49....and he still hasn't taken me out to lunch once....LOLWhat's laughable is anyone spending any of their hard earned money on lottery.In short, do you all have televised, "real" number draws for your lotteries, or is it done behind closed doors?
When I was a kid, we had a provincial Lottario draw every Thursday I believe, and at the end of a particular show they would set aside a minute and a half and the bouncing balls would drop and we'd all see the numbers. My mom would check her ticket right there as the numbers are drawn live. All legit and live for the country to see.
Now, we do NOT have this. Numbers are chosen randomly by a computer and we just trust that everything is on the "up and up". In a system which abuses and government power is excessive and unaccountable, this is of course, on it's face, a laughable and untrustworthy process.
It's an "idiot tax".
I don't spend on these, but I'd do so once in awhile just for the laughs. I know people who have won the jackpot, believe it or not, worth more than $2M.
We have a couple of those scratch types here, $1k a week for life.
I have seen $500, $1000, and I think $2500/week for life ($1, $2, and $5 respectively) in Massachusetts.