That said I usually - but not always- play 2 bucks a week on the powerball. If I miss playing I don't freak out like some folks I know.
What I'm waiting for is the HUGE disappointment that will come when the gambilng in PA finally gets up and running. Everybody here has the >expected< revenues spent 5 times already, and the best part is it isn't gonna happen. NOBODY is going to come to places like Pittsburgh to play casino slots. The revenues will all come from the >already strained and meger< discretionary money the residents here have.
And they're the ones who are expecting to reap a windfall from state sponsored gambling via reduced taxes. When all is said and done they'll be worse off than before and lots of mom and pop places, local taverns and such , who support their business via illegal gambilng will be out of business.
The next few years are going to be very interesting in PA. It very well could spell the end of the rat and rino boys in Harrisburg, and pave the way for a conservative takeover.
prisoner6
I play only when the jackpot gets large -- I think Powerball is at $100M or so right now -- I might think about buying a ticket at $200M.
Why not play a couple of bucks a week? The year before last on a two dollar ticket I hit five grand. At that point it was a windfall. I put the money in my safe and saved some of it for Christmas, the rest I used for bills. I had the the store I bought my ticket at, save all the looser tickets for me and when tax time came, the entire pot was all mine. Feeling guilty? --- not at all. This past year by plaing six bucks a week, have collected two grand. Tax on stupid????? My daughter loves the bike I bought her. To play the way some people play......well... not me. I have been lucky, but not stupid.