Nickname:           Budgeting Since: 19/05/2009 What am I doing to save my money: The most stupid thing I spend money on: Lottery tickets meatloafkend: Play free lotto games online  15/02/2010 04:16 JohnandLyssa: That's a tricky one because the idea of winning so much money to clear up all your other money problems is easy to give in to - Maybe cut back to one ticket a week or two a month  12/02/2010 07:42 VannJo: Do you ever win? IF not, that should tell you something.  06/02/2010 05:32 VannJo: That is $ you could have placed in the bank!  06/02/2010 05:15 Try a mutual fund at $50 month.  03/02/2010 05:46 Investor: Just budget yourself for how much you want to spend and stick to it.   31/01/2010 14:42 Budget: Call for help on gambling.  31/01/2010 01:55 nikki: Play only when it is more than 150 millions. If you are going to win it has to be big. limit yourself to one ticket per month.  24/01/2010 01:18 jonmicheal: don't buy  19/01/2010 02:34 ashgyrl30: Start a pros and cons. Write down every dollar spent and every dollar won. If you arent winning more than you spend, STOP!!! Start attending a support group and get help.  17/01/2010 01:55 robbie: Give your money to a needy cause. You will have just as much chance of winning plus you will be helping others. Odds are bad for lottery  14/01/2010 01:00 ROSLYN : don't purchase lottery tickets.  05/01/2010 14:23 Debbie: Now that is just stupid...you have a better chance getting hit by lightning than winnin the lotto...go take a statistic course, or buy the statistic book or get a free online statistic class and see what you are doing...you need to know something about statistics...like a lot.  05/01/2010 08:03 acidburn: eating outside  30/12/2009 04:48 Gloria1026: Avoid going to places that sell lottery tickets.  18/12/2009 01:55 leici: dont purchase lottery tickets.  14/12/2009 03:33 julie: i like buying lottery tickets as well but limit your self to one a week as it only takes one to win, and keep your mind busy else where.   06/12/2009 15:14 john: trips  30/11/2009 18:47 Samberly: If you run the numbers, you will find that it's a losing proposition. Go to sharebuilder.com to buy stocks for $4 a trade. Instead of buying $100 in lottery tickets, buy $100 in stock and watch your savings grow. Besides, the market is kind of like gambling, only it goes UP 70% of the time instead!!!  23/11/2009 21:28 my honest opinion is don't waste your money on lottery tickets! get your debt and finances taken care of.... if you have a bday or something as for lottery tickets if that's something you enjoy!!   17/11/2009 02:33 shilohrebecca: YOU WONT WIN GIVE UP  13/11/2009 00:20 Heather: gambling  10/11/2009 23:35 Tamaroo: Don't by them.  04/11/2009 00:14 Tamaroo: Don/t by them.  04/11/2009 00:14 kimba: have you won?  01/11/2009 10:42 Tomanda: it's fun to play, but you pay more then you win in the long run  26/10/2009 17:07 smate: dont go out to expensive places just go out to regular   26/10/2009 07:05 bassplucker: Increasing the odds by buying more is part of the gambling addiction. Get some counselling.   25/10/2009 21:02 Emily: It's a one in a million chance and you are that million.  23/10/2009 21:49 topdog: Stop buying them...cut it down one step at a time, like you would if you were trying to stop smoking. If you buy 7 a week, only buy 5 the next.  23/10/2009 17:34 Cindy: quit   30/09/2009 17:08 rary: work out honestly the average you spend weekly, times it by 52 week, then times by 5 years. Ask your self if you culd wait five years to win the lottery? if the answer is yes - put that money away in a no touch savings account each week for 5 years instead of on lottery tickets and i bet it would amount to a medium lottery win - ther you go, you've wone the lotto - five years from now!!!  26/09/2009 06:27 Melrose218: buy only one a week  20/09/2009 14:16 BJ: eating out  18/09/2009 14:24 operagurl: try to buy 1 a week until you can cut down to 1 a month  16/09/2009 07:06 jjfilkins3: give it up and save your money and use the mo nthly savings and invest it in the stock market and you will eventually have lots of cash. the lotto is a bad idea. im telling you from my past experience and you can buy a $1.00 ticket everyweek and if it's meant to be you have as good of a chance as someone who spends $100.00 a week on scratch tickets.try my suggestion and you will be amazed at how much money you can amass becoming an investor instead of a gambler. good luck.  16/09/2009 05:55 jjfilkins3: give it up and save your money and use the mo nthly savings and invest it in the stock market and you will eventually have lots of cash. the lotto is a bad idea. im telling you from my past experience and you can buy a $1.00 ticket everyweek and if it's meant to be you have as good of a chance as someone who spends $100.00 a week on scratch tickets.try my suggestion and you will be amazed at how much money you can amass becoming an investor instead of a gambler. good luck.  16/09/2009 05:55 Katie: Set a budget on how much to spend on lottery tickets.  11/09/2009 08:50 wafiyah: WHY WHY WHY you wont make your money back ever  10/09/2009 02:31 Helena: Get a calendar out and make a plan of the days you will buy tickets and the most you can spend on those days. Don't buy any outside of those listed.  09/09/2009 00:43 swineflu_cca: quit buying them  09/09/2009 00:24 Hallowheart: Save the money you do have before you spend it on money you probably WON'T have ever.  08/09/2009 18:57 Hallowheart: Rather then try and win money, save what money you have.  03/09/2009 18:46 NK: quit  06/08/2009 03:38 Paul: waste of money  03/08/2009 19:07 alishamarie: With as much as you spend on lottery tickets a year you could buy a new car or go on a vacation.  26/07/2009 07:55 Stacy: Dave Ramsey calls this a stupid tax. You have a better chance of being struck by lightening than winning. Give them up and pocket your own money.  14/07/2009 23:37 Unncessary things the family doesn't really need  30/06/2009 09:30 cazful: Put money into a jar for a period of time and see what you end up with.  29/06/2009 19:54 mlt61402: STOP!  27/06/2009 00:53 Quincy: Draft a budget of how much you spent last year on this and how much you won. If you are over, then use 10% of that as your allowable, If in the extreme negative, go to a gamblers anonymous site for assessment.  24/06/2009 22:11 Leser: You aren't going to win, so stop buying them. Also, it you fill like it is a problem, check out RU on the website. It is a great addiction program. Changed my life.  11/06/2009 16:19 More users are budgeting and saving money on gambling: Make my own lunch, Use a land line when I can, Eat out less, try to avoid the pokies Jeremy : don't gamble anymore Stop gambling Cut up 2 credit cards Stop gambling More budgeting tips: Saving money on gambling More users are budgeting and spending money on gambling: the pooks: cigarettes, matts gambling, going out palais: I spend money gambling miriyam: poker games! Lottery tickets, things just because they are on sale More bad spending habits: gambling, credit card, Cigarettes

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