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Lottery never appealed to me. Way too boring. Plus it reeks of desperation. It would be embarrassing to me to purchase lottery tickets - especially scratch tickets. I always think about those people I see at the convenience store buying a strip of them and them rubbing them off on the dashboard of their idling cars in the parking lot. Once in a while you'll see them bounce back in to cash in a small prize (and perhaps buy more tickets) but more often than not, they will shift the car into reverse and slowly back out of their space with a "what am I going to tell the wife" look on their face. So sad.

I sometimes get these scratch cards around Christmastime as gifts. I can never make heads or tails out of them. They are complicated. I wonder if I threw away any prizes because I couldn't figure out if the ticket was a winner or not.

Anyway, when I'm in the mood for gambling, I'd much rather be at a casino sitting at a blackjack table. Getting free drinks and watching the people around me. I play pure basic strategy which only gives the House about a half point advantage. So with a couple hundred dollars, I can sit at a table for hours before it runs out. Sometimes I get on a hot streak and walk away a winner. Either way, it's a lot more fun than scratching cards in a cold parking lot.