Comments on: The office lottery pool: To play or not to play, and other thoughts by yours truly

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:05:43 +0000

Lottery is a tax on the stupid. I wish they would lower my taxes and have lotteries for everything.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:20:09 +0000

See, that’s the problem with the lottery. The government taking your AFTER TAX dollars and giving you ridiculous odds to get it back. And your doing this voluntarily! I don’t enter the pools because I know the odds are against me, and if I’m the one guy that doesn’t win, who cares? Nothing in my life will have changed.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 19:51:57 +0000

Whoa, it’s two dollars, man. You’ve probably seen $2 in pennies on the ground in the last month. Throw it in. If you get some cash back, excellent. If you don’t, it’s $2. Don’t get Starbucks tomorrow morning. And, like you said, you won’t be the “one guy in the office that didn’t do it” – win or lose.

By: SomeCleverIdentity

SomeCleverIdentity — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 03:46:02 +0000

well, that’s a deal, then, bro! i need an excuse to try one of those spanish latte’s anyhow. even though it’s like 60 miles away…

By: Chris Tingom

Chris Tingom — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 06:23:16 +0000

Haha, Brian, now if they win you are going to have to buy me a cup of coffee.

By: SomeCleverIdentity

SomeCleverIdentity — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 06:08:40 +0000

of course, my dumb butt convinces you not to play then you’re hunting me down with a dull butter knife because you didn’t participate and they all won.

crap, dude… decisions…

I feel you, bro.

By: SomeCleverIdentity

SomeCleverIdentity — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 06:07:35 +0000

2 bucks? are you kidding??? that’s like pouring a perfectly good cup of well cooked espresso with nice, thick layer of caramelly colored creme down the drain.

no way, man… go to Orange and get another spanish latte

By: Tommy Chapin

Tommy Chapin — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 19:56:07 +0000

The lottery is a tax on people who aren’t good at math.

If someone handed you some dice with 20 sides and told you that if you gave him $5 and rolled a 16, he’d give you $10, would you do it?

Now, let’s use a dice that has 30 million sides.
You have one shot. One roll. For $2.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 19:46:47 +0000

I never play the lottery — unless there’s a pool. I think you should splurge on the $2. It’s just good, neighborly kharma. You probably won’t win the jackpot, but you’re not losing in the social aspect of the deal either.