How to Win a Lottery

How to win a lottery or win at lottery type games. Particularly at scratch games.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. To Win at Lottery...
   First you need to understand the difference in who the real winners are... and who the losers are...
   The real winner is someone who walks away with more money than they put into the game.
   The real loser is someone who continually pays money into the system with no significant return.

2. The Best way to stay ahead of the game is to cut your losses and save your money.
   I know that doesnt sound like much fun... But do you want to "really be a winner"?

3. I have won more money as a "Non-Lottery ticket buyer" than I ever won as a person buying the tickets...
   
   Seriously.
   
   Whenever I go through a convenience store, Gas station or pass an ashtray that usually has a string of "Scratch tickets", I look at them.
   It all started with me looking and saying "not again... your not getting any more of my money!!!" But as I glanced at them... I occasionaly saw winning tickets... Discared!!!
   
   Then I figured something out... many people who play the lottery are so used to loosing their money... that they dont even read the tickets properly.
   Also they are so anxious for thier next "Fix" that they arent paying close enough attention... They are litterally allready dreaming of what may be on the next ticket!!!

4. Combine this with the every changing styles of "Scratch tickets" and all of the new bells and wistles...
   For example: Things that don't match but add value ... like two gold bars and a $ sign on a $20 line... It could mean you won nothing... or it could mean $120 depending on the value of the "Symbols" and how they are played.

5. Many people who play the scratch tickets don't even know how to tell if they have won.
   They buy a bunch of tickets and scratch them like mad.... and toss them aside... sometimes not even scratching off all of the spots!!!
   Did you know that some tickets only require two of a kind to win?

6. I don't gamble anymore... I quit over 10 years ago.
   Since that time however, I have actually found more money in "lost" or "Discarded" tickets than I can remember... some of the highlights were $50 and $80 scratches found in ashtrays outside convenient stores, in Truck stops.... Or laying on the ground at the gas pump.
   Well thank you!!! Here's a free tank of Gas!!!

7. Truthfully... The real winner at the Lottery is the person who doesn't Pay to play.
   
   Think on that.

Tips & Warnings

• If you have a Gambling problem... Understand that it is an addiction and treat it as one.
• Abstinence is the only way you will overcome it.
• God Loves you and he will help you... if you ask him.
• God will not help you win the Lottery however:-) That is Foolishness and God is nowhere near that "Name it and claim it" junk.
• Gambling is an addiction that can not only ruin your life, It can ruin any future that you would otherwise have in time... By robbing you of your income, Credit, Credit Rating, Reputation.
• It is also a leading cause of Alcohol Abuse, Child abuse and Divorce.
• Is it really worth it? Talk to someone who cares about you... and confide in them...
• There is help available at your local Church...

Resources

• http://www.responsiblegambling.org/en/index.cfm

[amisteree]

on 7/24/2009 what a revelation! (sarcasm intended)

[creshanda]

on 6/22/2009 Great tips and now i will be looking at the discarded scratch offs, lol, 5*

[waters]

on 5/14/2009 Good article on how to win the lottery 5* and recommended.

[leaper]

on 4/9/2009 Amen. The best way to win the lottery is not to play.

[gerrie5044]

on 4/2/2009 Great article..5*