I started playing the Lotto game back in 1984. My boss followed the Fifth Rule of Plumbing and I was looking to speed up my retirement, and the Illinois Lottery Authority was putting in player-activated terminals (or as I call them, no-arm bandits) and dealers all over. When CDOT moved us to 30 N. Lasalle, the newsstand in the lobby was already a dealer.
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Ok, I’ve heard all the arguments, and guess what? I agree with them.
So save your breath on that count. Winning a lottery grand prize jackpot is a fantasy, but someone wins every now and then. If they didn’t, the Lottery Authority would have to close up shop.
So, how hard is it to win a lottery drawing? I came across an article online from the New York Times a few years ago that claimed you had a very good chance at a grand prize win if you got 100,000 picks in the Lotto (pick 6).
Think about that. Ten thousand mark-sense cards with 10 unique pick patterns, spending $100,000. Which is the minimum before-tax jackpot for the Lucky Day Lotto here in Illinois. If I had $100K in hand, legally, I wouldn’t bother to play, but rather buy a new electric vehicle for Calamity Jean.
But someone has to win, and I seldom spend any money on the larger games, unless the jackpot is a multiple of 13. Not a contra-superstition, but a way to limit my playing, as the Illinois authority pays out on a 26-year annuity. I play the Lucky Day Lotto with more modest goals, like winning an after-tax jackpot that would be equal to what our crumbling bungalow would fetch if it were in much better shape, so we could accept any offer from someone who would demolish it and build a new house.
My FP?
No grand-prize winner, yet.
What’s your’s?