Lottery winners/Maths - it's all lies :o)

[RemainAllHoof]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-123967...

Same numbers twice in 6 weeks. Brilliant. Why? Because it's completely random and can happen.

[Pesty]

Fantastic story

[Pork]

Good luck to them. Nice little pot of wedge, that.

[Amateurish]

Moral of the story: sod nappies, buy lottery tickets.

[nelly1]

Except the same numbers didn't come up twice in 6 weeks.

Their normal six numbers were on the regular Lottery.

Their win was on the Euromillions and was a lucky dip.

Still - good luck to them!

...which is a silly thing to say really - given they're quite lucky anyway...

[Corsair7]

RemainAllHoof said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-123967...

Same numbers twice in 6 weeks. Brilliant. Why? Because it's completely random and can happen.

Story has been reported incorrectly. In the papers, it makes it clear that these weren't the same numbers, and that the winnng ticket was created as a random 'lucky dip'.


Good luck to them though. I regularly dream that I have won the lottery, hasnt happened yet though.

[RemainAllHoof]

Oh. Bah. Lucky Dip is just as good, though.

[RemainAllHoof]

Well, someone bought me a scratch card the other day.

First row: £100,000 £5,000 £100,000

[Tiggsy]

£300 a week and she's doing the lotto - retarded.

[cazzer]

Tiggsy said:

£300 a week and she's doing the lotto - retarded.

And yet now shes got 4.6 million.
£300 a week or £299 a week, not a massive difference.

[Pork]

cazzer said:

And yet now shes got 4.6 million.
£300 a week or £298 a week, not a massive difference.

EFA - it was a Euromillions

[mybrainhurts]

What's a ducky lip...?

[Tiggsy]

TVR Moneypit said:

Maybe she doesn't smoke, go out drinking, buy crisps or chocolate, drive, etc, etc, and that £2 per week is her little vice?

No doubt....her vice is throwing money away. Dumb.

[Broccers]

Tiggsy said:

No doubt....her vice is throwing money away. Dumb.

A richer thick person than you.

[boredofmyoldname]

Those who are most in need of extra cash often chase the quick easy returns offered by things like the lottery.

You rarely see a high street bookies or provincial Bingo hall being frequented by wealthy business men and their trophy brides.

[Broccers]

Nothing wrong with a little flutter whatever the level.

[Tiggsy]

TVR Moneypit said:

Do you drive for pleasure? Drink liquer / beer? Buy Heinz instead of supermarket own brands? Buy brand new clothes instead of second hand from the charity shop? Put Robinsons dilute squash in your drink instead of having plain tap water? Ever put the fire on instead of putting another jumper on? Iron your clothes even? Buy newspapers or magazines? Go away on holiday? Have wallpaper on your walls when painted plaster would suffice?

None of the things you mention have a 1/14m chance of success. A point the poster who says "they are richer" has also missed.

I also dont live on £300 a week.

[RemainAllHoof]

trackdemon said:

Maybe a touch un-PC but this sentence grabbed me:

"....they had been living off just £300 a week for a long time, which was not enough to support them and their four children who lived at home with them...."

Er, if you can't afford kids don't bl00dy pro-create? Simple enough to do, right? Surely the pill, condoms, a vasectomy or whatever is cheaper than supporting a family....

It's her hymen rights.

[ewenm]

Why are people so keen to tell others what they should and shouldn't do? Why does anyone care if others play the lottery?

Stop being so sanctimonious about it, get off your high horse, and get on with living your life rather than worrying about what others do.

Personally, I'm glad of the lottery - it funds minority sports and interests. I don't play it, the OH does.

[Muzzer]

Tiggsy said:

TVR Moneypit said:

Do you drive for pleasure? Drink liquer / beer? Buy Heinz instead of supermarket own brands? Buy brand new clothes instead of second hand from the charity shop? Put Robinsons dilute squash in your drink instead of having plain tap water? Ever put the fire on instead of putting another jumper on? Iron your clothes even? Buy newspapers or magazines? Go away on holiday? Have wallpaper on your walls when painted plaster would suffice?

None of the things you mention have a 1/14m chance of success. A point the poster who says "they are richer" has also missed.

I also dont live on £300 a week.

It's £2 a week.

She's hardly sticking all the giro money on the 2.30 at Kempston....

As TVR suggests, perhaps her £2 lottery flutter is instead of a pint at the local or a copy of Woman's Own or something.

It may only be £300, but it's her £300.