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CosmicShadows
02/24/24 2:06:13 PM
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In random lottery tickets of any price. I.E, 2,3,5 ect..

TBh I'd take the lottery tickets. Something in that pile would be bound to hit. Also the random tickets will come from random stores.
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SwayM
02/24/24 2:07:43 PM
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Let it ride baby

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archizzy
02/24/24 2:10:00 PM
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The money. Every time easy decision.

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Paragon21XX
02/24/24 2:12:04 PM
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archizzy posted...
The money. Every time easy decision.
Not so fast, archizzy. A grand's a grand, but the lottery tickets could be anything. It could even be a grand.

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aarrgus
02/24/24 2:19:06 PM
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Wouldn't a better question be $2000 in lottery tickets vs $1000 in cash?

After all, the lottery is designed for you to lose money over time. Offering you less in lottery tickets makes it a simple choice.

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LightningThief
02/24/24 2:21:43 PM
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1k guaranteed cash vs possibly nothing.

I'll take the former.
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Mussurana
02/24/24 2:22:37 PM
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LightningThief posted...
1k guaranteed cash vs possibly nothing.

I'll take the former.
You mean probably nothing, lotteries have long odds.

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Euripides
02/24/24 2:24:19 PM
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Give me the cash.

I don't p(l)ay the Idiot Tax

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Eat_More_Beef
02/24/24 2:57:25 PM
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I'd take the tickets.

A G isn't life changing money cause my wife and I are financially decent. The tickets would add some fun and suspense. If I lose, whatever, it's not like I paid for 'em. If I win, sweet!

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CosmicShadows
02/24/24 2:58:25 PM
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Eat_More_Beef posted...
I'd take the tickets.

A G isn't life changing money cause my wife and I are financially decent. The tickets would add some fun and suspense. If I lose, whatever, it's not like I paid for 'em. If I win, sweet!


Glad you actually see it the right way.

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Ratchetrockon
02/24/24 2:58:38 PM
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Tickets please

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LeoRavus
02/24/24 3:00:44 PM
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CosmicShadows posted...


TBh I'd take the lottery tickets. Something in that pile would be bound to hit.

Not really. The odds are stacked way against you. The lottery isn't designed for the participants to profit.

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nocturnal_traveler
02/24/24 3:02:41 PM
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This is a topic in which the right answer really depends on the persons financial well being.

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CosmicShadows
02/24/24 3:03:37 PM
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LeoRavus posted...


Not really. The odds are stacked way against you. The lottery isn't designed for the participants to profit.


Just recently near my town someone hit nearly 1 million on a $5 ticket. So its not impossible.

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Sephiroth_C_Ryu
02/24/24 3:03:48 PM
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Eat_More_Beef posted...
I'd take the tickets.

A G isn't life changing money cause my wife and I are financially decent. The tickets would add some fun and suspense. If I lose, whatever, it's not like I paid for 'em. If I win, sweet!

Basically this. I have never gambled in real life so it might be amusing.


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LeoRavus
02/24/24 3:07:19 PM
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CosmicShadows posted...
Just recently near my town someone hit nearly 1 million on a $5 ticket. So its not impossible.

No impossible, but not likely you'll so much as break even on $500 worth of tickets. It's a good deal if you like gambling and don't need an extra $1000.

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DirkDiggles
02/24/24 3:08:16 PM
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You guys don't have very much experience with lotto tickets, do you?

I'll take the money. LOL

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yunalenne10
02/24/24 3:09:12 PM
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Tickets. I usually get 70% return anyway, so having a chance for a jackpot is better to me.
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Naysaspace
02/24/24 3:12:23 PM
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CosmicShadows posted...
Something in that pile would be bound to hit.
Lol

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Naysaspace
02/24/24 3:12:42 PM
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yunalenne10 posted...
I usually get 70% return anyway
Lol

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Mistere_Man
02/24/24 3:14:08 PM
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With the $1,000 just buy $500 in tickets and you still have $500 if you win nothing.

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DirkDiggles
02/24/24 3:15:42 PM
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yunalenne10 posted...
Tickets. I usually get 70% return anyway, so having a chance for a jackpot is better to me.

If you usually get 70% of your return, why are you a mod on GameFAQs and not in the Caribbean somewhere with a drink with an umbrella in it?

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LeCh0nk
02/24/24 3:39:12 PM
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Cash, and I'll spend the lot of it on lottery tickets.

Double win.

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ClayGuida
02/24/24 3:48:22 PM
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Probably the lottery tickets. If it's $20 tickets, you should win a few hundred easily without anything special happening. After that, who knows, maybe a $500 ticket or two.

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Mussurana
02/24/24 3:50:44 PM
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Mistere_Man posted...
With the $1,000 just buy $500 in tickets and you still have $500 if you win nothing.
Congratulations on being the CE poster with basic numeracy skills.

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The_Eko
02/24/24 3:51:45 PM
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This is a stupid question because you can just take the cash and buy $1000 worth of tickets with it if you really want lottery tickets. Or $500 worth of tickets and keep the other $500

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Xenogears15
02/24/24 3:53:25 PM
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I'm well off enough where $1,000 isn't that much (if it's a one time expense, of course). Hell, we were able to save almost 2.5 times that much this month. The tickets can give me the chance at winning much more money than $1,000. And $500-worth of tickets is a lot of tickets. So in my particular case, the tickets is actually the better option.

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Mussurana
02/24/24 3:54:08 PM
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Xenogears15 posted...
I'm well off enough where $1,000 isn't that much (if it's a one time expense). The tickets can give me the chance at winning much more money than $1,000. And $500-worth of tickets is a lot. So in my particular case, the tickets is actually the better option.
And yet you still can't do basic arithmetic.

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Xenogears15
02/24/24 3:55:31 PM
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Mussurana posted...
And yet you still can't do basic arithmetic.

I see it now. Use the $1,000 to go buy the lottery tickets, huh? I was operating under the assumption that that wasn't an option.

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Mussurana
02/24/24 3:57:40 PM
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Xenogears15 posted...
I see it now. Use the $1,000 to go buy the lottery tickets, huh? I was operating under the assumption that that wasn't an option.
Right, that or buy buy the tickets and still have 500 dollars.

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ClayGuida
02/24/24 3:57:46 PM
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Xenogears15 posted...
I see it now. Use the $1,000 to go buy the lottery tickets, huh? I was operating under the assumption that that wasn't an option.
I just take these as an either or situation. This idea that you can game the system basically ruins any of these questions when you 'well actually' it.

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IfGodCouldDie
02/24/24 4:00:27 PM
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Eat_More_Beef posted...
I'd take the tickets.

A G isn't life changing money cause my wife and I are financially decent. The tickets would add some fun and suspense. If I lose, whatever, it's not like I paid for 'em. If I win, sweet!
So why not take the 1k and buy $500 worth of tickets? You get a guaranteed $500 and the same amount in lotto tickets, for someone that claims to be financially well off, it doesn't sound like you're that way because you're good with money lol.

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IfGodCouldDie
02/24/24 4:01:51 PM
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LeoRavus posted...
No impossible, but not likely you'll so much as break even on $500 worth of tickets. It's a good deal if you like gambling and don't need an extra $1000.
Not it isn't, you could just get the 1000, spend 500 on the lotto tickets and keep 500 as a sure thing.

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Philip027
02/24/24 4:07:32 PM
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If you really wanted $500 in lottery tickets, why wouldn't you just take the $1k and buy $500 in lottery tickets so you still have $500? Kind of a silly scenario.

Wouldn't a better question be $2000 in lottery tickets vs $1000 in cash?

Yes, it would be, and I'll pretend this was the proposed scenario instead.

I'd still take the cash so that I wouldn't have to bother going to go out somewhere to redeem the tickets for the likely trash amount of prize money I'd get, even if statistically speaking it probably would still be a bit more than $1k.
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LightningThief
02/24/24 5:20:20 PM
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IfGodCouldDie posted...
Not it isn't, you could just get the 1000, spend 500 on the lotto tickets and keep 500 as a sure thing.
Or I can take the 1k, amd spend none of it on lotto tickets.
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Nemu
02/24/24 5:26:43 PM
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If it was $2000 vs $1000, I'd take the scratch off tickets, assuming that's what OP means by lottery tickets. Those have a much better chance of a return than actual lottery tickets, though still far from guaranteed.
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KajeI
02/24/24 5:28:12 PM
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Philip027 posted...
If you really wanted $500 in lottery tickets, why wouldn't you just take the $1k and buy $500 in lottery tickets so you still have $500? Kind of a silly scenario.
^.

Yeah sure, I'll take 500 in cash and 500 dollars worth of lottery tickets, fuck it.

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MrResetti
02/24/24 5:34:12 PM
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All $50 scratchers please thanks
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Eat_More_Beef
02/24/24 5:59:36 PM
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IfGodCouldDie posted...
So why not take the 1k and buy $500 worth of tickets? You get a guaranteed $500 and the same amount in lotto tickets, for someone that claims to be financially well off, it doesn't sound like you're that way because you're good with money lol.

Cause I don't want to physically go buy the tickets myself. If they're given to me for free, it's chill. Going and buying them from different vendors takes time and effort and I ain't about that for gambling purposes.

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Nemu
02/24/24 6:04:07 PM
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Eat_More_Beef posted...
Cause I don't want to physically go buy the tickets myself. If they're given to me for free, it's chill. Going and buying them from different vendors takes time and effort and I ain't about that for gambling purposes.
Why would you need to go to more than one place? It'd take like 5-10 minutes at any random gas station.
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luigi33
02/24/24 6:07:55 PM
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Tickets

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The_Korey
02/24/24 6:09:52 PM
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CosmicShadows posted...
TBh I'd take the lottery tickets. Something in that pile would be bound to hit.

Bound? You kould easily have $10,000 worth of tickets and still not win squat.

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Eat_More_Beef
02/24/24 7:07:06 PM
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Nemu posted...
Why would you need to go to more than one place? It'd take like 5-10 minutes at any random gas station.

Cause it's mentioned in the OP, so I was just assuming I had to follow those rules.

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CosmicShadows
02/24/24 7:28:25 PM
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Eat_More_Beef posted...


Cause it's mentioned in the OP, so I was just assuming I had to follow those rules.


Pretty much. You know how these kind of topics roll.

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Azn_Psycho
02/24/24 7:31:47 PM
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Money easily. Even if it were $500 cash vs $1,000 in scratchers.

Even the best scratcher odds pay out like a third for every dollar.

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Mechu
02/24/24 7:50:15 PM
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just give money w/e

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Bass
02/24/24 7:51:11 PM
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archizzy posted...
The money. Every time easy decision.


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Agonized_rufous
02/24/24 7:51:17 PM
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Take the money and buy $1000 in tickets?

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itachi15243
02/24/24 7:52:40 PM
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Money.

Don't have enough money to gamble away a thousand dollars right now.

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