BFTD Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Tonight I bought a lottery ticket for the first time ever. How long does it normally take before you win? Three or four draws? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 3 hours ago, BFTD said: Tonight I bought a lottery ticket for the first time ever. How long does it normally take before you win? Three or four draws? If you are referring to the Jackpot then on average it is about 5 million years. HTH 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 3 hours ago, Fullerene said: If you are referring to the Jackpot then on average it is about 5 million years. HTH Hmm. If only I could afford to buy more tickets. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, BFTD said: Hmm. If only I could afford to buy more tickets. One can only dream. If you won the Jackpot you could buy as many tickets as you like. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 8 minutes ago, Fullerene said: One can only dream. If you won the Jackpot you could buy as many tickets as you like. I hadn't even thought of that! Fully intend to spread the wealth once I've racked up a few billion in winnings. Figure I'll be able to knock 10% off everybody's season tickets. You're welcome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 11 hours ago, BFTD said: Tonight I bought a lottery ticket for the first time ever. How long does it normally take before you win? Three or four draws? Given that this would be about six months for Alloa, that's about right. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I was messing on Google maps and Looking at Shuna, I noticed these in the sea. What are they?? Anyone know? these is about 6 or 7 groups of them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 36 minutes ago, GordonD said: Given that this would be about six months for Alloa, that's about right. You'll be laughing on the other side of your face when I've spent £6,000 a week to bring Kevin Kyle out of retirement. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 15 minutes ago, Busta Nut said: I was messing on Google maps and Looking at Shuna, I noticed these in the sea. What are they?? Anyone know? these is about 6 or 7 groups of them. Salmon farms: Bit disappointing. Was hoping for the annual convention of those giant Japanese jellyfish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 15 hours ago, BFTD said: Tonight I bought a lottery ticket for the first time ever. How long does it normally take before you win? Three or four draws? I prefer to play the "Set for Life" draw and the Euromillions. The Set for Life draw gives you £10K a month for the next 30 years, which I know is only £3 million quid but it really appeals to me - much less likely to piss your entire fortune up the wall when it's coming in £10K increments. The Euromillions I play for sheer ridiculousness (£80 million it was the other night). Not more likely to win either of these but I find them more exciting than your standard national lottery fare. You also get a "millionaire maker" code with your Euromillions ticket, so it's basically two chances at money for the price of one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, The Moonster said: I prefer to play the "Set for Life" draw and the Euromillions. The Set for Life draw gives you £10K a month for the next 30 years, which I know is only £3 million quid but it really appeals to me - much less likely to piss your entire fortune up the wall when it's coming in £10K increments. The Euromillions I play for sheer ridiculousness (£80 million it was the other night). Not more likely to win either of these but I find them more exciting than your standard national lottery fare. You also get a "millionaire maker" code with your Euromillions ticket, so it's basically two chances at money for the price of one. I went for Thunderball, as (I understand) you get a better chance of winning for a reduced top prize of only (only!) £500,000, and the second prize is also better. The main lottery draw seems very much all or nothing; considering how unlikely it would be to get five numbers, you'd hope for more than a little over a grand. All these terms I've heard but never knew anything about. I used to sell the tickets and scratchcards, FFS. Always a laugh when someone asked me for advice! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 The Euromillions draws 5 numbers and 2 stars. For 4 numbers and 2 stars you get about £900. I think I'd be too physically ill to bother claiming it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, Busta Nut said: I was messing on Google maps and Looking at Shuna, I noticed these in the sea. What are they?? Anyone know? these is about 6 or 7 groups of them. Fish pens/fish farming. Edited March 31, 2021 by 8MileBU 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 The change they made to the main lotto draw was fucking stupid. Pretty much goes weeks without anyone getting six numbers before going to that draw where they have to drip the money down through the levels. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Alert Mongoose said: The change they made to the main lotto draw was fucking stupid. Pretty much goes weeks without anyone getting six numbers before going to that draw where they have to drip the money down through the levels. You have to imagine that someone has worked out that it will actually cost them less in the long run than the previous system. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 minute ago, Mark Connolly said: You have to imagine that someone has worked out that it will actually cost them less in the long run than the previous system. I thought they had to pay out a set level of revenue though? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Just now, Alert Mongoose said: I thought they had to pay out a set level of revenue though? Possibly. There will be some shite money-grabbing reason though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 It was to get more rollovers. They generate bigger jackpots, and there are still people out there who think "I'm not buying a lottery ticket where you only win 6 million... but now the jackpot is 20 million, I'm getting three lucky dips." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 2 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: The Euromillions draws 5 numbers and 2 stars. For 4 numbers and 2 stars you get about £900. I think I'd be too physically ill to bother claiming it. I got 3 numbers and 2 stars and got £35. The odds of a return that good are still thousand to one I’m sure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 (edited) On two occasions since I've started doing Euromillions last year I've twice won less than the £2.50 price of the ticket (£2 and £2.30 respectively) and once won £3. I expect I'll win big soon and occasionally post on this cesspool of a site from my yacht in the Maldives Edited March 31, 2021 by Bert Raccoon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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