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General Forum - Bloody lottery! Time for a re-think.... >:-( - Page 1
Elite
Right! I've just checked the lottery results and yet again have not won a carrot!! I've been doing the same 2 lines ever since it started in 1994 and must have won a tenner about 20 - 25 times and got 4 numbers once - a real life-changing sum of £22 !!??!?
Now , like anybody else Im too afraid to stop doing it or change my numbers just in case my numbers do indeed come up and I miss the opportunity to walk into work and p*** on my boss so I am indeed 'trapped' so to speak. Even when - horror of horror's I do win its a tenner but what can I do with that? Its wouldnt even pay for a night on the lash with the lads unless I bacame teatotal and did my drinking in the bogs thanks to the wash sinks!!?! The odd's of getting 3 numbers on any one line is about 33/1 so why do we only win a tenner? The same with the other amounts!!
I reckon you should get more money for 3 , 4 and 5 numbers and significantly less for 6 numbers. I mean even if you 'only' won £500,000 that's enough to change your life! It should be something like.....
3 Numbers £40
4 Numbers £150
5 Numbers £5000
6 Numbers £500,000 - or depending on sales/roll overs etc!
Lets start a revolution.... 
www.myspace.com/robbo72uk
Elite
yep robbo ur right.
thats why theres that new lottery.
www.playmonday.com
which gives more to charities and caps all jackpots at £100,000.
but ive not won a thing since it started either.
Myspace 
Funky Film Company
posted by TinnionA on Thursday, 27th July 2006, 06:57
Elite
Just think how much you would have "won" by not buying lottery tickets at all.
posted by sonylover on Thursday, 27th July 2006, 07:26
Elite
1 jackpot winner last night aswell over £11m, lucky so and so 
posted by alfie noakes on Thursday, 27th July 2006, 13:14
Elite
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3 Numbers £40
4 Numbers £150
5 Numbers £5000
6 Numbers £500,000 - or depending on sales/roll overs etc!
It works on probability. If, for instance, they had to pay out £40 on 3 million 3 number ticket winners one week, they'd go bust. 
posted by bowfer on Thursday, 27th July 2006, 13:37
Elite
I've been doing the Irish lottery for years.
For a £1 stake,you win approx £ 450 for three numbers.
You're free to lay as big a stake as you like though,as it is an odds based system.
The last time I won 3 numbers on the Camelot lottery,I got a poxy £67...
I have won the £ 450 prize several times.
My friend has won over £1600 in the last year,the swine.
I keep doing the odd Camelot line,for the 'big one',but that's all they get from me now.
This item was edited on Thursday, 27th July 2006, 13:39
posted by dkuk2000 on Thursday, 27th July 2006, 18:22
Elite
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The last time I won 3 numbers on the Camelot lottery,I got a poxy £67...
I thought it was only a tenner for 3 numbers with camelot 
(A.C.C Founder)
posted by bigfan on Thursday, 27th July 2006, 23:04
Elite
Generally, the lottery is a tax on those who are poor at maths 
What I'm listening to...
posted by badboybez on Thursday, 27th July 2006, 23:18
Elite
Quote:
Generally, the lottery is a tax on those who are poor at maths
posted by Hulk Smash! on Friday, 28th July 2006, 04:41
Elite
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Generally, the lottery is a tax on those who are poor at maths Lol! That's what I've always thgought... Still, "it" has to be someone...
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Just think how much you would have "won" by not buying lottery tickets at allYeah - really rub salt into the wound! Add up the approx. number of tickets you've bought in the last 12 years, then minus the £272 (approx.) you won. And get some tissues ready... 
This item was edited on Friday, 28th July 2006, 04:42
