The Lottery
When the lottery first started I thought it was only running for one week. My mum asked me if I was going to play and, when I found out it was going to happen every week, I said something like 'Yeah I might do. There's plenty of time though. Someone else can win this first one.'
Because it seems so easy, doesn't it? I mean, six numbers out of 49. Easy!! It can't be that hard - it won't be long till I win. Right? These days I even double my chances of winning by buying two lines. TWO! That's twelve numbers! I can't lose! Except I can. And always do.
That's my main problem with the lottery. It's too bloody hard to win it. I know - that's not exactly news.
The other problem I have with the lottery is the sharing of the prize fund. Ok, so I might not win the jackpot. But 5 numbers, for example. That's a bit more realistic, especially with my two lines (that's 12 numbers!). And five numbers is still alot of numbers, isn't it? It's only one less than six. So what do you win with five numbers? This week : £1,754. That's it! Not even two fucking grand! The winner - £5 million! Five million pounds! One number less - one thousand seven hundred! I'm not saying five numbers should also get millions, but seriously - spread it out a bit more, yeah?
Not that it matters anyway - I rarely get one number, which, considering I buy 12, is surely against the rules of probability, or something. Maybe not. I don't like to go into the details of the maths behind it really. I'd prefer to be ignorant and have the feeling that I *might* win rather than the reality that I probably won't.
Mind you - I wouldn't be surprised if I had won it and not realised, what with all the different draws they do now. It used to be simple - one draw, Saturday night, six numbers, match them up. Job done. The inclusion of the bonus ball was stretching it a bit, in my opinion, let alone Euromillions, Daily Play, Thunderball and whatever other shit they're doing now. But maybe that's what they want. Not only are they making more money by introducing new games and making people feel guilty about not giving themselves the chance to win them, they're also keeping more money by making it more difficult to work out whether you've actually won anything or not.
Thankfully I don't have a regular six numbers that I use, otherwise I would run the risk of 'winning' when I hadn't bought a ticket. I only use three numbers the same each time which means I only miss out on £10 if I don't do it. But I don't check the numbers if I don't buy a ticket so it's of no conscequence really anyway. Which reminds me - lucky dips. They're a fucking joke aswell. Randomly selected numbers? Randomly selected my ass. Not a week goes by without my 'lucky dip' containing at least two numbers the same as my own 'hand picked' numbers. And the other four in the lucky dip are useless aswell - they never win.
Because it seems so easy, doesn't it? I mean, six numbers out of 49. Easy!! It can't be that hard - it won't be long till I win. Right? These days I even double my chances of winning by buying two lines. TWO! That's twelve numbers! I can't lose! Except I can. And always do.
That's my main problem with the lottery. It's too bloody hard to win it. I know - that's not exactly news.
The other problem I have with the lottery is the sharing of the prize fund. Ok, so I might not win the jackpot. But 5 numbers, for example. That's a bit more realistic, especially with my two lines (that's 12 numbers!). And five numbers is still alot of numbers, isn't it? It's only one less than six. So what do you win with five numbers? This week : £1,754. That's it! Not even two fucking grand! The winner - £5 million! Five million pounds! One number less - one thousand seven hundred! I'm not saying five numbers should also get millions, but seriously - spread it out a bit more, yeah?
Not that it matters anyway - I rarely get one number, which, considering I buy 12, is surely against the rules of probability, or something. Maybe not. I don't like to go into the details of the maths behind it really. I'd prefer to be ignorant and have the feeling that I *might* win rather than the reality that I probably won't.
Mind you - I wouldn't be surprised if I had won it and not realised, what with all the different draws they do now. It used to be simple - one draw, Saturday night, six numbers, match them up. Job done. The inclusion of the bonus ball was stretching it a bit, in my opinion, let alone Euromillions, Daily Play, Thunderball and whatever other shit they're doing now. But maybe that's what they want. Not only are they making more money by introducing new games and making people feel guilty about not giving themselves the chance to win them, they're also keeping more money by making it more difficult to work out whether you've actually won anything or not.
Thankfully I don't have a regular six numbers that I use, otherwise I would run the risk of 'winning' when I hadn't bought a ticket. I only use three numbers the same each time which means I only miss out on £10 if I don't do it. But I don't check the numbers if I don't buy a ticket so it's of no conscequence really anyway. Which reminds me - lucky dips. They're a fucking joke aswell. Randomly selected numbers? Randomly selected my ass. Not a week goes by without my 'lucky dip' containing at least two numbers the same as my own 'hand picked' numbers. And the other four in the lucky dip are useless aswell - they never win.
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