Lottery

[danielf]

We once had a function at work, and for a laugh we purchased a scatch card for every staff member. I believe we bought about 150 scratch cards and the total 'winnings' was about 40% of what we paid for the cards.

Now I know this is how it works, and as you buy larger quantities, the percentage of winnings is more likely to approximate the payout percentage, but it still was a bit of an eye opener. I stopped buying scratch cards after that...

[Julian]

Originally Posted by bb31

£3000 but had to split it 6 ways

not a sausage since

It's bad enough not winning the lottery... but " not a sausage since " that is bad news.

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by Julian

It's bad enough not winning the lottery... but " not a sausage since " that is bad news.

gutter award time methinks


i very rarely bother the most i have won was £40 , the most the works syndicate has won is £130 , there is eleven of us in it and we have 22 lines a week , was of time but you know what will happen if i drop out , i think i will keep on putting my £2 in a week

[Julian]

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

gutter award time methinks


i very rarely bother the most i have won was £40 , the most the works syndicate has won is £130 , there is eleven of us in it and we have 22 lines a week , was of time but you know what will happen if i drop out , i think i will keep on putting my £2 in a week

Exactly what happened to my wife when she left her works lottery ..... 3 weeks later they won £78000 between 7 people.

[lemarsh]

Use to run a big syndicate (90 people - was a pontoon group, that spent some money on the lottery).

We built up a substantial balance, so brought £600 odd worth of scratch cards (you should have seen the ldies face at the counter, and the moaning about to much money from the old lady behind me).

The most anyone won was 2 x £40.

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by Julian

Exactly what happened to my wife when she left her works lottery ..... 3 weeks later they won £78000 between 7 people.

awwwwww thats awful , thats just confirmed i will stay in mine

[Russ]

Originally Posted by pem

£131 for 4 numbers, and £67 on Littlewoods pools a few years back as well.

My dad won £90,000 on the pools back in 1988. I was so popular in school for a while.....

The lottery? Nah, it sucks.

[Atomic22]

we have a syndicate of 32 of us at work and we all pay £1 a week for saturday draws , we only have a go on wednesday if its a roll-over......
52 saturday draws plus about 8 rollovers = roughly 60 quid a year each....
32 x 60 = 1920 quid total
we pay out at christmas and the biggest amount ive ever had back is £15.... .
i would hate to pull out in case the rest of the lads won........
diabolical.....

[Stuart]

Well, I don't do the lottery anymore, but when I did it at home (played with my mum and sister), every few months, we won £10 on my line.

Last year, we had a syndicate at work, which I was also in. We kept winning £10 on my line as well (different numbers). Never won a bean on my own though.

My boss (not part of the work syndicate) won £2500 last year though. I think it went towards his new HiFi..