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  • @losmismos
    @losmismos5 жыл бұрын

    So you’re telling me there’s a chance.

  • @fishyc150

    @fishyc150

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lloyd! lloyd! you can't triple stamp a double stamp!!!

  • @Yesyesyes121

    @Yesyesyes121

    5 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂 good one

  • @ismailabdelirada9531

    @ismailabdelirada9531

    5 жыл бұрын

    That depends on your definition of "chance."

  • @sanitycheck2375

    @sanitycheck2375

    5 жыл бұрын

    If the lottery was honest, they'd tell us that there are no jackpot winners and that they are only occasionally staged to keep the slaves believing in it.

  • @ismailabdelirada9531

    @ismailabdelirada9531

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@sanitycheck2375: Actually, I think the winners are real, as so often attested by their subsequent lives as winners of (part of) a large sum of money who had no idea of what it would entail. Overall, I would call the results tragicomic.

  • @jousemartinez1106
    @jousemartinez11065 жыл бұрын

    :spends 100 dollars :wins 10 dollars *OH YEAH I WON!*

  • @four-twenty4205

    @four-twenty4205

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jouse Martinez - I actually went into a bookies with my friend and he went in with 20 and came out with 560.... I was extremely jealous but he brought everybody's drinks so I don't care.

  • @MrManfly

    @MrManfly

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@four-twenty4205 i have known many people who have played thousands in a year and have won maybe 10% of it back. i don't like lotteries and don't play them !

  • @human6310

    @human6310

    4 жыл бұрын

    666 likes

  • @gigasigma8373

    @gigasigma8373

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@four-twenty4205 my dad won 6000$ with a 2$ lottery ticket. And later in the month won 1.5k$ i mean its not that much but its still something.

  • @imaginedying.

    @imaginedying.

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@gigasigma8373 stonks.

  • @OneofInfinity.
    @OneofInfinity.3 жыл бұрын

    Money may not buy me happiness but it sure makes my misery more bearable.

  • @zp944

    @zp944

    3 жыл бұрын

    "whoever said money doesn't solve your problems must not have had enough money to solve them" - Ariana Grande

  • @spencer7189

    @spencer7189

    3 жыл бұрын

    For some people, money may not buy happiness. However, the vast majority of the depression and anxiety I feel is caused by financial related problems. If I won the lottery, these problems would cease existing, therefore greatly increasing how happy I am.

  • @Beer-can_full_of_toes

    @Beer-can_full_of_toes

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@spencer7189 until you lose every friend and family member that suddenly finds a weakness to greed and mooches you into a cardboard box without you realizing you gave it away. They may even ironically have used some of your millions to buy more lottery tickets.

  • @eleminoupi5670

    @eleminoupi5670

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Beer-can_full_of_toes yeah family and friends will try to mooch if you just have a good career. So if I hit the lottery the friends and family were already lost with the "can I borrow a dollar" bs. And it doesn't matter how much money you have, if you can't say no to friends and family you will be broke as well in time. Never fails ✌

  • @Beer-can_full_of_toes

    @Beer-can_full_of_toes

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@eleminoupi5670 fair enough lol

  • @shayneb3540
    @shayneb35403 жыл бұрын

    "For the purposes of my industry, probability works however you think it does!" 😂😂😂 brilliant!

  • @artistsanomalous7369

    @artistsanomalous7369

    2 ай бұрын

    "I was one number off!" is just another type of gambler's fallacy. The numbers are only nominal. So if you pick the number 4 and then 5 is drawn, that actually doesn't mean you were any closer to a match. Each number just comes down to a binary question of whether it's a match or not.

  • @shayneb3540

    @shayneb3540

    2 ай бұрын

    @@artistsanomalous7369 👏 👏👏what you just said here needs to go in pamphlets and fact pages about gambling and gambling addiction everywhere.

  • @1ucasvb
    @1ucasvb7 жыл бұрын

    This actor is awesome! He really nails the grinning corporate asshole character.

  • @ladylegasus710

    @ladylegasus710

    7 жыл бұрын

    1ucasvb That's Roger

  • @walterdennisclark

    @walterdennisclark

    7 жыл бұрын

    Corporate? You do realize, lottery is a government operation...

  • @elixxon

    @elixxon

    7 жыл бұрын

    Well... isn't the government entirely ran by corporations nowadays?

  • @unclejoeoakland

    @unclejoeoakland

    7 жыл бұрын

    Walter Clark not quite- a lot of states sell the rights to operate the lottery to a corporation for revenues, royalties or lump sums...

  • @walterdennisclark

    @walterdennisclark

    7 жыл бұрын

    So you would blame the hired gun? But who is responsible for government owned gambling? If you were against the draft would you hold responsible for that wrong thing... the company that made the lottery machine that picked the draft number?

  • @joevignolor4u949
    @joevignolor4u9495 жыл бұрын

    Thomas Jefferson said, "Lotteries are a way to collect taxes from people who can't do math".

  • @jebaited2449

    @jebaited2449

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Jere Kärnä r/woooosh

  • @stervenmealey1097

    @stervenmealey1097

    5 жыл бұрын

    They aren't the only target, also drug addicts and poor people who have impulse control problems

  • @joshuanator9359

    @joshuanator9359

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Jere Kärnä Lotteries were a part of British settlements in American from the very beginning. In 1612, the Virginia Company of London held a lottery to fund ships bound for the JamestownColony. The prize was 4,000 crowns, a good amount of money in those days. ... Lotteries paid for public buildings, roads and canals.

  • @MrJoeybabe25

    @MrJoeybabe25

    5 жыл бұрын

    George Washington was the first purchaser of a lottery ticket to help fund the American Revolution.

  • @MrJoeybabe25

    @MrJoeybabe25

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@stervenmealey1097 I guess poor people should have their money in a trust so that we smarter people can be sure they won't blow it. I mean they must be stupid, right?

  • @Youtube-Censorship-Police
    @Youtube-Censorship-Police Жыл бұрын

    that's exactly the conversation i had with my mother multiple times. "why don't you stop playing this stupid gamble, the chance of winning a decent amount of money is barely existent" "yes but do you remember that i won $200 5 years ago?" "and how much have you spent over the years?" *silence* though i think most people somehow know they will never win, it's just that feeling you pay for, that little subconscious thrill you'll get for a few days or weeks.

  • @echognomecal6742

    @echognomecal6742

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep. It's damn expensive paying for that little rush...that pang of hope. Truly addictive behavior. I've also had that conversation multiple times w multiple people. They don't want to hear it. They don't want to comprehend it. They don't allow themselves to understand & absorb it. I've even said to some, "Put the money you'd spend in a jar until the end of the year: guaranteed win." That doesn't tend to go over well. "The odds of winning the lottery are so low that they're ILLEGAL to be that low in Vegas." *blank look....then denial. Those little "wins" they or their friends/relatives/whoever get...that's what keeps the deception working. Another reason our educational system doesn't improve: The government concerned they may lose income.

  • @Stupididiot67

    @Stupididiot67

    Жыл бұрын

    They remember the time they won $500 and forget the 1265 times they spent $5

  • @davidhenriksson285

    @davidhenriksson285

    Жыл бұрын

    It is a dream solution out of a bad situation A escapism mechanism. I buy a 3dollar lottery ticket once every 4 months and wait 2 months to scratch it. I know I wont win, but as long as I dont scratch it, I could be THE winner!

  • @SevenEllen

    @SevenEllen

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jeffreybankers3988 It's more than just disappointment though. It's a sneaky, cruel form of tax twisted into an addictive game. That's so sinister and cruel. They knew exactly what they were doing.

  • @Cow1337Saver

    @Cow1337Saver

    Жыл бұрын

    your mom could just pickup a hobby that makes her feel just the same as playing the lottery except she will enjoy it more.

  • @scribeofrebirth1431
    @scribeofrebirth14312 жыл бұрын

    Seeing stuff like this makes me glad that my parents raised me on the belief that the lottery is a scam.

  • @WorldWalker128

    @WorldWalker128

    2 жыл бұрын

    Any form of gambling that relies ENTIRELY of random chance is a scam. Is there a chance at winning? Yes. But like the video said you're more likely to get murdered than actually win.

  • @damianlopez7630

    @damianlopez7630

    Жыл бұрын

    It is a scam.

  • @bitlong4669

    @bitlong4669

    11 ай бұрын

    It’s not a scam. People just don’t understand the concept. Anyone whom you ask they will tell you they will be a,winner. Well guess what… only one of these people can be a winner. So that clearly shows how delusional people are, and how they don’t understand the concept and therefore once they are not winning they call it a scam.

  • @carlnallysimon3896

    @carlnallysimon3896

    11 ай бұрын

    not just a belief though

  • @santivsj

    @santivsj

    11 ай бұрын

    Well that's not a belief

  • @lanerose5243
    @lanerose52433 жыл бұрын

    I used to work at a gas station in a poor neighborhood. It was really sad when customers would spend a couple hundred bucks on lotto tickets and then complain about their financial issues.

  • @Randy-ry9ss

    @Randy-ry9ss

    3 жыл бұрын

    Did an old guy ever walk up to you and say 69 69 69 .............

  • @lanerose5243

    @lanerose5243

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Randy-ry9ss Surprisingly, no. But, there was an old guy that frequently made sexually suggestive remarks to me and the rest of the women employees.

  • @Randy-ry9ss

    @Randy-ry9ss

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lanerose5243 did you mace him?

  • @lanerose5243

    @lanerose5243

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Randy-ry9ss Against corporate policy lol

  • @jonahbarden6282

    @jonahbarden6282

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ironically, that's money they could easily use to get out of their crappy situation.

  • @3rdworldtraveler
    @3rdworldtraveler5 жыл бұрын

    i bought a $5.00 ticket 27 years ago and lost , still remember the crappy feeling of knowing i could have had a cold 6 pack of beer

  • @loveheals482

    @loveheals482

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lmao!!!!

  • @amineamraoui4397

    @amineamraoui4397

    5 жыл бұрын

    So basically you would've changed a crapy choice by even a crappier alternative?! So smart.....

  • @jakeshumway9487

    @jakeshumway9487

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@amineamraoui4397 6 beers isn't even enough to get you tipsy. Was your mom a nun?

  • @keysersoze6330

    @keysersoze6330

    5 жыл бұрын

    Beer ??? Spend that money on Crack !

  • @Gabriel.4190

    @Gabriel.4190

    5 жыл бұрын

    Same thing, either way the money would have been pissed away.

  • @codelyokofan1092
    @codelyokofan10923 жыл бұрын

    The only person who actually "wins the lottery" is the organizer.

  • @cheesebusiness

    @cheesebusiness

    3 жыл бұрын

    And the government

  • @eleminoupi5670

    @eleminoupi5670

    3 жыл бұрын

    Or the person that can "beat" the algorithm. Like counting cards at a casino

  • @lanmichaelmix2818

    @lanmichaelmix2818

    3 жыл бұрын

    lol this reminds me to the matrix

  • @lanmichaelmix2818

    @lanmichaelmix2818

    3 жыл бұрын

    i'm code lyoko fan too,from old days

  • @codelyokofan1092

    @codelyokofan1092

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lanmichaelmix2818 Yeh the old days, old as this acc I'm using😂

  • @bman6502
    @bman65022 жыл бұрын

    He forgot the most important line ever; “you can’t win if you don’t play”…

  • @maanvol

    @maanvol

    10 ай бұрын

    Wrong! The most important line:"You will not be robbed, when you do not offer yourself up to be robbed!"

  • @Wythaneye

    @Wythaneye

    10 ай бұрын

    Every time I hear this, I remind myself: "I can't lose if I don't play".

  • @klauslehrmann3906

    @klauslehrmann3906

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@WythaneyeThus winning if you don't play.

  • @player400_official

    @player400_official

    9 ай бұрын

    But you can’t win if you do play either.

  • @I_Hate_YouTube.

    @I_Hate_YouTube.

    4 ай бұрын

    As someone put it:"the only winning move is not to play"

  • @BigStupidFingers
    @BigStupidFingers4 жыл бұрын

    The lottery, a tax on people who don't understand math.

  • @pierosanchez2010

    @pierosanchez2010

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dave Ramsey has entered the chat:

  • @victormponcec

    @victormponcec

    4 жыл бұрын

    that s why is targeted to poor people

  • @thomasblue6064

    @thomasblue6064

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think that is what he said. Poor , uneducated ect. Thanks

  • @c3ntravaswani427

    @c3ntravaswani427

    4 жыл бұрын

    Odds are 185,000,000 to 1? Thats a BAJILLION dollars for me!

  • @Beanmachine91

    @Beanmachine91

    4 жыл бұрын

    to be a good gambler use math

  • @soapandwater20yearsago45
    @soapandwater20yearsago455 жыл бұрын

    Whoever says money can't buy happiness never got bailed out of jail!!

  • @bruceneu8588

    @bruceneu8588

    5 жыл бұрын

    LOL

  • @jeremylister704

    @jeremylister704

    5 жыл бұрын

    SOAP AND WATER .20 years ago. Still got to go to the hearing tho

  • @soapandwater20yearsago45

    @soapandwater20yearsago45

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@jeremylister704 yeah but if you have a lot of money you can make the case go away

  • @jeremylister704

    @jeremylister704

    5 жыл бұрын

    SOAP AND WATER .20 years ago. Tru

  • @servantprince

    @servantprince

    5 жыл бұрын

    what u are calling "money" isnt money ! hahaha u think ur so smart !

  • @happilyham6769
    @happilyham67692 жыл бұрын

    I worked with a guy that won 10 grand and immediately developed a gambling addiction trying to win big again. He'd spend hundreds on lottery tickets every payday. Sure sometimes he would win again, but he'd immediately blow it buying more tickets. He'd have been better off if he never won in the first place.

  • @datahigh

    @datahigh

    Жыл бұрын

    I stopped at a gas station and there were slot machines in it, there were like 6 black guys all sitting at them... it clearly looked like they hang out there every evening... I'm thinking like, we are in the middle of nowhere people... No one else uses these machines... this means all the money in those machines is coming from them themselves... you really just cannot fix stupid, obviously this gas station is making money off these blacks guys and not the other way around...

  • @BLGStudios
    @BLGStudios2 жыл бұрын

    It would have been funny mentioning having to mention something like: “ “Even if you get the money, you may be ostracized by your family to giving away your money to them, starting a familiar divide until you are guilt tripped into doing so or just outright abandon them!”

  • @sergiowinter5383

    @sergiowinter5383

    2 жыл бұрын

    1- lock it away in an investment 2- help your family with the dividends 3- you can help everyone for the rest of your life

  • @cedricc9010

    @cedricc9010

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sergiowinter5383 4 never tell your family you won but help them

  • @cdsnider9496
    @cdsnider94966 жыл бұрын

    Money doesn't make you happy, but the lack of money sure can make life miserable.

  • @top10intheworld56

    @top10intheworld56

    5 жыл бұрын

    @C W yuck... What's a life if you can't treat yourself to something nice? I agree most of the time you should buy needs and not wants, but sometimes you just have to get that little something!

  • @catsozen

    @catsozen

    5 жыл бұрын

    Money can open certain doors that lead to happiness. People are just severely uneducated/uncreative on 'how' they should be using their money instead of lamenting on not having enough.

  • @Feliciatanktop

    @Feliciatanktop

    5 жыл бұрын

    C W *wow you just solved worldwide poverty*

  • @reducecotwo

    @reducecotwo

    5 жыл бұрын

    I handout money to people all the time, trust me, it makes them happy.

  • @rubydawn9680

    @rubydawn9680

    5 жыл бұрын

    C W what if I don't make enough money to afford rent or don't have a jop

  • @BalboaBaggins
    @BalboaBaggins5 жыл бұрын

    dumbest thing is, people know this, and still buy them..

  • @TheZombieslayer2002

    @TheZombieslayer2002

    5 жыл бұрын

    why do people care so much, its not your money, fuck off.

  • @flaviolepri5539

    @flaviolepri5539

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's a psichological addiction. Very easy to pick up. It's like a thought you can never completely leave but socially accepted.

  • @ljubboyt

    @ljubboyt

    5 жыл бұрын

    ​@@TheZombieslayer2002 Actually, by not being addicted and spending your money in smarter and more useful ways, you'd be a better participant in economy, so, yes, it kinda affects me and my money.

  • @krettzy3540

    @krettzy3540

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@ljubboyt Still isn't your money mate

  • @promisnwekenta9703

    @promisnwekenta9703

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@krettzy3540 you have no morality it seems.

  • @practicalpen1990
    @practicalpen199010 ай бұрын

    Some 15 years ago I sat with my Mom to show her the math on how much she had spent in daily packs of cigarrettes, every-other-day bottles of Coca Cola, and weekly lottery tickets, from when she started working at age 18 up until that conversation (aroung 45 y/o). I said "you could have already bought at least a low-income house if you had saved this money instead of squandering it on useless things". Aaaand I almost got slapped.

  • @DonLee1980

    @DonLee1980

    7 ай бұрын

    truth hurts.

  • @jamesedwards3923

    @jamesedwards3923

    4 ай бұрын

    @@DonLee1980 😥

  • @amandac9894

    @amandac9894

    4 ай бұрын

    Same she almost kicked me out the house. She’s still wasting her money to this day lol.

  • @Skerboysweet

    @Skerboysweet

    4 ай бұрын

    @@amandac9894hey cutie you got Snapchat

  • @henrynoone3595

    @henrynoone3595

    3 ай бұрын

    It is a stupid old story. The question is mr non smoker, non lotto player and no. Coka cola drinker. Where is the house you bought from money you saved by non doing what you claim your mom did?

  • @Rapturnal
    @Rapturnal3 жыл бұрын

    The sad part is that even knowing all of this, people still pay out and hope for it.

  • @NoName-de1fn

    @NoName-de1fn

    3 жыл бұрын

    Desperation and lack of mathematical literacy are big contributers I suppose.

  • @nameless6923

    @nameless6923

    3 жыл бұрын

    i mean.. i'm poor, what you expect me to do?

  • @oanhienlong7264

    @oanhienlong7264

    3 жыл бұрын

    Saving those dollars for something you actually wants? Considering a ticket a day or even 2,3 (if you buy it daily) or any amount of money spend on tickets are considered donation to the lottery corp,like literally. Instead of that, save up , even some tickets can change something. Lottery ticket are a garunteed no-no and statistically against you heavily too.

  • @tothemoon4776

    @tothemoon4776

    2 жыл бұрын

    I worked in banking for years. Its a myth the poor don't save. They do...for years and years but....reality catches up to them eventually. Hospital bills, layoffs, divorce...economic recessions, something happens and in an instant it wipes out all their savings. So they try again...and it happens again. So..most just realize theres no winning (and most are right by the way) so they just live for the now and try to get happiness where they can.

  • @dertalexhien2077

    @dertalexhien2077

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh bro, just an addiction 😂

  • @yusufahmed2233
    @yusufahmed22335 жыл бұрын

    "The government is the profiter of your hopeless dreams" --- wow!

  • @parishj3

    @parishj3

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yusuf Ahmed favorite sentence of the video

  • @supernana7263

    @supernana7263

    5 жыл бұрын

    And that's why it stays legal

  • @joevignolor4u949

    @joevignolor4u949

    5 жыл бұрын

    The Mafia used to run illegal gambling. The government said it was a "vice" and had laws to try to put them out of business. That didn't work so they made it legal. Now the government is the Mafia.

  • @adnat2159

    @adnat2159

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@joevignolor4u949 100% accurate

  • @edgartheslayer3

    @edgartheslayer3

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@joevignolor4u949 this very very sad ...and true.

  • @Zetverse
    @Zetverse5 жыл бұрын

    Lie. I won a lottery, got my $5 back. After I spent 200

  • @tonymosley6951

    @tonymosley6951

    5 жыл бұрын

    We have a winner!!! No hard feelings though.

  • @rjante2236

    @rjante2236

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@joshdeveaux6936 Shouldn't you be in summer school?

  • @Black-zr6is

    @Black-zr6is

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@joshdeveaux6936 daaammmn mate!🤣

  • @joshdeveaux6936

    @joshdeveaux6936

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Black-zr6is you can't handle my steel it's real tastes like an eel you'll fall the seal of wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel

  • @Black-zr6is

    @Black-zr6is

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@joshdeveaux6936 ok great👍 imma go kick Thor's ass on fortnite again cya

  • @garybobst9107
    @garybobst9107 Жыл бұрын

    A voluntary tax on people who are no good at math...

  • @brianholland2916

    @brianholland2916

    Жыл бұрын

    Perfectly stated

  • @kevinjones2041

    @kevinjones2041

    Жыл бұрын

    If you don't play, you don't win.

  • @mdccxxvii

    @mdccxxvii

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@kevinjones2041 if you do play, you also don't win, but you will have more money.

  • @wvu05

    @wvu05

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@kevinjones2041 If you don't play, you don't lose.

  • @EdwardBrown77

    @EdwardBrown77

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@kevinjones2041Correct. Now, ask yourself this: how much money have you won via the lottery, and how much of your money has the lottery consumed?

  • @Commenter26
    @Commenter262 жыл бұрын

    If game shows were honest "Congratulations on your all expense paid trip to Hawaii! Unfortunately you still have to pay taxes otherwise we have to revoke that trip. But look on the bright people have to spend 10's of thousands and your only speeding a few thousand! What a lucky guy you are!"

  • @davetogo123
    @davetogo1234 жыл бұрын

    "It's called the American dream ....because you have to be asleep... to believe it". G Carlin

  • @Kashby281

    @Kashby281

    4 жыл бұрын

    Either that or because it's only a dream and will never actually come true. Americans have a worse chance at achieving the American dream than many other western countries...

  • @thanethanh6405

    @thanethanh6405

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Sovereign I miss him. I hope hes in a peril of forever darkness cause it's better than shit we are in right now.

  • @apexcrypto01

    @apexcrypto01

    4 жыл бұрын

    All glad he's gone!

  • @thanethanh6405

    @thanethanh6405

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@apexcrypto01 :D oke mate

  • @WolfbloodJakeWilliams

    @WolfbloodJakeWilliams

    4 жыл бұрын

    "You can buy shit you don't need with money you don't have."

  • @AlltimeConspiracies
    @AlltimeConspiracies7 жыл бұрын

    Depressingly accurate! Good job.

  • @neelj5155

    @neelj5155

    7 жыл бұрын

    hey guys!! love your channel....

  • @erika3016

    @erika3016

    7 жыл бұрын

    Alltime Conspiracies I'm a subscriber too

  • @urbz6712

    @urbz6712

    7 жыл бұрын

    No... if you didn't know most of these things you are the idiot who pays the idiot tax.

  • @djpuddingtime7905

    @djpuddingtime7905

    7 жыл бұрын

    Alltime Conspiracies Awesome are we gonna get a Is the Lottery rigged or how they rig it?

  • @0011peace

    @0011peace

    7 жыл бұрын

    Brandon Johnson at one time the PA lottery was rigged to pay off debts to organized crime

  • @walls_of_skulls6061
    @walls_of_skulls6061 Жыл бұрын

    “Just plop your paycheck into a shredder! It’ll have the same effect”

  • @edwardranno7119

    @edwardranno7119

    Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely 💯

  • @Wythaneye

    @Wythaneye

    10 ай бұрын

    I wish this weren't true, but I've seen it first hand.

  • @justinleemiller
    @justinleemiller Жыл бұрын

    Buying lottery tickets is buying the right to fantasize about the future. It’s a form of fiction you write about yourself in your mind.

  • @Praisethesunson

    @Praisethesunson

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep. My life is going to be so different when this thing that is statistically impossible to happen, finally happens to me.

  • @Ciasteczkowy

    @Ciasteczkowy

    Жыл бұрын

    But... You can fantasize about the future without buying those. You can imagine you do the bold move of starting a buisness and working hard. Odds of that happening and buisness being sucsess are still much higher even if you are poor.

  • @memyself898

    @memyself898

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Ciasteczkowy hard work with no guarantees at all and a small chance at moderate success vs buying a piece of paper with no virtually no chance at all but instant life changing money. Which sounds more appealing to day dream about?

  • @Ciasteczkowy

    @Ciasteczkowy

    Жыл бұрын

    @@memyself898 I day dream with my option, so I think you can easly guess which is more apealing to me

  • @keijijohnson9754

    @keijijohnson9754

    Жыл бұрын

    And lord knows I already do a lot of that for free nearly all day, every day. Though all that costs me is a lot of existential crisis and mental stress with a bit of depression tax and disappointment to put in that ever expanding tip jar of life.

  • @mr.badnewsreviere2005
    @mr.badnewsreviere20054 жыл бұрын

    My friend used to work at a gas station and he agreed that it is mostly poor people who buy lotto. He said it felt like he was a drug dealer offering an escape from reality and hated the sadness and desperation in their eyes. Same goes for the alcohol. He felt so bad about it he left to find what he considered an "honest job" in construction. He seems a lot happier now.

  • @wingmanalive
    @wingmanalive4 жыл бұрын

    Knew a guy who was so addicted to the lottery literally half his salary went into it. He'd always have a wad of tickets in his pocket. It made him feel like a winner when he won $150, even though he was dropping $1500/month to "win" it. It's a sickness.

  • @MargaritaMagdalena

    @MargaritaMagdalena

    2 жыл бұрын

    Gambling is just another addiction. The Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky had it too.

  • @sergiowinter5383

    @sergiowinter5383

    2 жыл бұрын

    That money on Bitcoin is a better lottery

  • @Lyle-xc9pg

    @Lyle-xc9pg

    2 жыл бұрын

    Its retardation

  • @cedricc9010

    @cedricc9010

    2 жыл бұрын

    addiction will raise sharply because there is microtransaction/gambling in kid's game. Studies seems to show it has has a huge impact on gambling's behaviors.

  • @Kattywagon29

    @Kattywagon29

    Жыл бұрын

    My stepfather wins the lottery all the time and get money off the scratch offs. We got our roof redone one time. However, he also losses a lot...like a lot. I've known him to just stand over a trash can doing scratch offs. He's addicted to it for sure and he never has any money. He's chronically broke and oftentimes when he wins, he just gives the money to my mom to cover for money that he owes her for bills and stuff to "catch up."

  • @kaneda956
    @kaneda9562 жыл бұрын

    bought a six pack at a gas station once.. bought a scratch off just for the hell of it.. won 20 bucks.. attendant asked if i wanted to buy another ticket... i was like "nah im getting another six pack.. and put the rest on pump 3." best thing to do if ya ever win a few bucks lol

  • @aaronjacobamadorsalazar1934
    @aaronjacobamadorsalazar19345 жыл бұрын

    Dare: If Mobile Game Ads Were Honest

  • @CZsWorld

    @CZsWorld

    5 жыл бұрын

    They did that already.

  • @aplus1080

    @aplus1080

    5 жыл бұрын

    My free game has taken $300 from me. 🤦‍♀️

  • @ollie2111

    @ollie2111

    5 жыл бұрын

    For real tho, and then those playable advertisements and the real game is NOTHING like them smh

  • @ceyx1201

    @ceyx1201

    5 жыл бұрын

    It lacks arguments, so it might be NO.

  • @nicholascowan1731

    @nicholascowan1731

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @senorwonderful
    @senorwonderful6 жыл бұрын

    He forgot to mention that if you actually won every person you know, including relatives you haven't heard from in years, will be asking you for money.

  • @AJ42K

    @AJ42K

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @mohammedtaoun6087

    @mohammedtaoun6087

    5 жыл бұрын

    @lazarus921 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @EmeraldView

    @EmeraldView

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's a GREAT way to hear from old High School chums you've not spoken to since you left High School.

  • @sarahsayshello9726

    @sarahsayshello9726

    5 жыл бұрын

    I have no love for most of them so i would enjoy it

  • @sarahsayshello9726

    @sarahsayshello9726

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@watersbey25 haha yea but they'll get no money from me, once i pay this month bills I'll have a whopping 200bucks yay.

  • @mistermacson8737
    @mistermacson87372 жыл бұрын

    He's right. The lottery is more or less a poor man's stock market. His humor is gold. We need tons more new videos.

  • @player400_official

    @player400_official

    9 ай бұрын

    It’s not. On stock market you actually have an edge. In a lottery organiser has the edge.

  • @Grey_Warden_Invasion
    @Grey_Warden_Invasion Жыл бұрын

    It really does seem to be addicting. If my mother had put that same amount of money into a piggy bank than buying a lottery ticket for it over the years she probably would have saved up enough money to buy a new car by now. But when I tell her she just sheepishly says, yeah, she knows I'm probably right - and then proceeds to buy another lottery ticket.

  • @steveballzack1409

    @steveballzack1409

    Жыл бұрын

    Mum's not playing for a new car. She's playing for the jackpot.

  • @Praisethesunson

    @Praisethesunson

    Жыл бұрын

    Gambling addiction is a nice life destroying vice

  • @IronLungKiefKing

    @IronLungKiefKing

    Жыл бұрын

    Unbearable to imagine your numbers hitting after you quit but it’s your only hope in recovering what you’ve already lost

  • @olivermharris_

    @olivermharris_

    Жыл бұрын

    @@IronLungKiefKing That's just the sunk cost / concorde fallacy.

  • @deonhargrove7846
    @deonhargrove78464 жыл бұрын

    This guy would make a great satan in a movie or show about someone selling their soul.

  • @Kaser

    @Kaser

    4 жыл бұрын

    This guy would have been great in "The Wolf of Wall Street"

  • @SPdanig

    @SPdanig

    4 жыл бұрын

    the good place

  • @damolaalabi8211

    @damolaalabi8211

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fr tho 😂

  • @kenjsr1

    @kenjsr1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Possibly on a new episode of......The Twilight Zone.

  • @marcustrelle4898

    @marcustrelle4898

    4 жыл бұрын

    He reminds me of Ray Wise in Reaper.

  • @rainbowbun8716
    @rainbowbun87163 жыл бұрын

    My godfather liked to play the lottery, and I told him that if he really wanted to win a lot of money in one day, he should just put $5 in a box every week, then 5 years later open it and keep the money. He didn’t seem so enthusiastic about that idea...

  • @Kentrc11

    @Kentrc11

    3 жыл бұрын

    $5/weeks×52weeks/year×5years=$1,300. Yeah...I'm with your godfather since that is not a lot of money, bun.

  • @steveamores9806

    @steveamores9806

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DragonQuest27 the world revolves around are the us dollar, money is now debt/fiat currency. Money is long gone and stuffing it in ur mattress is the worst idea ever. “Savers are losers” ~ Robert Kiyosaki

  • @justarandomtechpriest1578

    @justarandomtechpriest1578

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DragonQuest27 online Maybe from banks but mostly online Ask a rich person for better info

  • @justarandomtechpriest1578

    @justarandomtechpriest1578

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DragonQuest27 oh we also are having high inflation

  • @brendanmahoney3881

    @brendanmahoney3881

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Kentrc11 it’s better than -1,300

  • @SevenEllen
    @SevenEllen Жыл бұрын

    This is why I stopped gambling a year after starting it. I worked out how much I'd lost and knew it wasn't worth it. Plus, I didn't find it fun anymore.

  • @Praisethesunson

    @Praisethesunson

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol I got my ass beaten by a loan shark. That's what got me to quit.

  • @SevenEllen

    @SevenEllen

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Praisethesunson Whoa! Sorry to hear that. I hope your finances have recovered since.

  • @SevenEllen

    @SevenEllen

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Zzrdemon6633 That's cool. My mum once one £20,000 on the UK National lottery.

  • @YallaMiami

    @YallaMiami

    Жыл бұрын

    You need to play poker. Not those games

  • @kingofbunga
    @kingofbunga3 жыл бұрын

    Whenever the pot goes over $200 million, I pay like $4 just so I can dream house shop at work

  • @kristjantiido3174
    @kristjantiido31744 жыл бұрын

    At first i thought I had 2 siblings. When i won a lottery i discovered that i have 122...

  • @theaslam9758

    @theaslam9758

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kristjan Tiido underrated

  • @mashpotato1122

    @mashpotato1122

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ur likers is also 122.

  • @madmaddie1702

    @madmaddie1702

    3 жыл бұрын

    bruh

  • @MarySmith-lv3mo

    @MarySmith-lv3mo

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mashpotato1122 Now he has 222 "Siblings," 😉

  • @artigames3563
    @artigames35634 жыл бұрын

    Me : wins 122 million Dad: " comes back with the milk "

  • @pandaguzman664

    @pandaguzman664

    4 жыл бұрын

    18 year old expiration date

  • @QueenStylin

    @QueenStylin

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @JoelGifted720

    @JoelGifted720

    4 жыл бұрын

    Stolen comment

  • @Blaaxed

    @Blaaxed

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@JoelGifted720 Yup

  • @Dravis1995

    @Dravis1995

    4 жыл бұрын

    But I thought he went out to buy cigars?

  • @ggstylz
    @ggstylz2 жыл бұрын

    I’d like to cry in a mansion for once.

  • @ProjectOverseer
    @ProjectOverseer5 жыл бұрын

    When I was a kid my dad took me to the bank with him. There was an ad on the wall which stuck in my mind. It said: "Money doesn't buy happiness, but it has been known to put a smile on your face" ... Sounds good to me 👍

  • @randomguy8228

    @randomguy8228

    5 жыл бұрын

    It does make you happy tho

  • @tabbypappy

    @tabbypappy

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Chris Bishop Sounds like something the Joker would say before a heist

  • @andresperez7218

    @andresperez7218

    5 жыл бұрын

    Money cant buy happiness but it can buy things that give you happiness

  • @howtoremovealias

    @howtoremovealias

    5 жыл бұрын

    Money doesn't buy happiness,but it has been known to buy healthiness.

  • @neinneinnein379

    @neinneinnein379

    5 жыл бұрын

    If you dont think money can buy happienes then you dont know where to buy my friend

  • @jjryan1352
    @jjryan13527 жыл бұрын

    I was once that sad convenience store clerk. Some workers faithfully dump hundreds a week into it. Add State liquor stores in poor areas and you have a real cash cow.

  • @anthonybowman3423

    @anthonybowman3423

    7 жыл бұрын

    Actually, the Powerball changed their odds late last year and made it even harder to win. It's actually closer to 1 in 250 million now. They say that because people win less it lets the prize get higher and people enjoy the bigger numbers more. Totes not a scam.

  • @powerdog242

    @powerdog242

    6 жыл бұрын

    At least they add the disclaimer to “Please play responsibly”. That way it’s totally not their fault for exploiting the sense of hope that poor people have that their circumstances might change.

  • @alilweeb7684

    @alilweeb7684

    6 жыл бұрын

    im more of a wine guy

  • @ilfiore934

    @ilfiore934

    6 жыл бұрын

    JJ Ryan Yep. Makes you wonder why Governments allow this kind of things... Could it be because Governments don't care about us like *at all??* O_O

  • @davidc9862

    @davidc9862

    6 жыл бұрын

    It's a way to keep people slaves without officially going back to slavery.

  • @gregdark4099
    @gregdark40993 жыл бұрын

    I was told large winners lose half of what they win.... well the left over is still more then I have now lol

  • @tothemoon4776

    @tothemoon4776

    2 жыл бұрын

    Had a buddy whos Father passed and he inherited 350k, the long time GF wanted to sue. My buddy was like "Shit, let's just save the months in court and lawyers fees and we'll go splitsies". He never felt like he lost 175k oh no, homeboy GOT 175k.

  • @sergiowinter5383

    @sergiowinter5383

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tothemoon4776 Why would a girlfriend get anything if there is no contract imposing it like in marriage? Book a flight to the other side of the world was also a possibility

  • @tothemoon4776

    @tothemoon4776

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sergiowinter5383 common law. They lived together for like a decade.

  • @SonicEntertainment

    @SonicEntertainment

    Жыл бұрын

    @@tothemoon4776 Still wouldn't make any sense... he is inheriting money from HIS father, something that belongs to HIS family. What does the relationship have to do with it, ie: splitting the profits both built together. Anyway, so much for spending so much time with that person eh.

  • @TomMcMorrow
    @TomMcMorrow Жыл бұрын

    "You're not thinking about what playing the lottery for 20 years costs, right?" *looks up from polishing my degree in finance* Bet.

  • @timgarland8421
    @timgarland84215 жыл бұрын

    "It only stays legal because the government is the profiteer of your hopeless dreams".

  • @kungpaopizza2126

    @kungpaopizza2126

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tim Garland:Say that the day you win! I DOUBLE DARE YOU with 2 scoops of vanilla

  • @xanavirus3_524
    @xanavirus3_5244 жыл бұрын

    Citizen: *has winning ticket* US Government: *Soviet Union National Anthem intensifies*

  • @younusahmed8838

    @younusahmed8838

    4 жыл бұрын

    Our money

  • @boldizsarbajnoczi7586

    @boldizsarbajnoczi7586

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah there is really not much of a difference between the two.

  • @rightsareprivileges7103

    @rightsareprivileges7103

    4 жыл бұрын

    xaxa best comment

  • @greben2509

    @greben2509

    4 жыл бұрын

    he is not from Iran he is from Ouran

  • @stefancristi2493

    @stefancristi2493

    4 жыл бұрын

    Any* government, actually

  • @JasonRoggasch
    @JasonRoggasch2 жыл бұрын

    I love standing at a gas station trying to pay for my alcohol behind a person who wants several different themed lottery scratchies.....

  • @datahigh

    @datahigh

    Жыл бұрын

    Drinking's bad but yeah,. still better than being a scratch off person.

  • @baddriversofthenorcalarea500

    @baddriversofthenorcalarea500

    10 ай бұрын

    $20 poison is better than a $5 scratcher?

  • @datahigh

    @datahigh

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@baddriversofthenorcalarea500 I might assume scratchers to be at least alcoholics too. But no, there is little worse than drinking on its own... very little.

  • @AzulaAlwaysLies2461

    @AzulaAlwaysLies2461

    10 ай бұрын

    @@baddriversofthenorcalarea500 For real, ironic comment.

  • @pamelamays4186
    @pamelamays4186 Жыл бұрын

    Here in San Diego, on Wednesdays you can barely get a Slurpee at 7-11 because all the people holding up the line buying Lotto tickets.

  • @Colin12475

    @Colin12475

    Жыл бұрын

    Slurpees are a far better way to spend a few dollars as you're guaranteed to get something.

  • @awesomeguy2009
    @awesomeguy20094 жыл бұрын

    My Grandfather has been playing the lottery for 30 years. Most he's ever won on a single ticket was 1000 bucks. He won a ton of "Free Plays" a couple of bucks here and there, but the amount he spent over the years is astronomical.

  • @thecloneguyz

    @thecloneguyz

    4 жыл бұрын

    My buddy works at the ampm and I told him he should start pulling the tickets that people throw away out of the garbage and fill out the second chance drawing on the back and send them in and he's won four times now in the past 6 months

  • @jeremiahevans7752

    @jeremiahevans7752

    4 жыл бұрын

    Just imagine if he took that same money and pumped it into stocks or a savings account... Would be looking good right about now

  • @awesomeguy2009

    @awesomeguy2009

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jeremiahevans7752 My grandfather didn't really understand stocks, being an Italian immigrant who arrived shortly after WWII. Oh well, it is what it is.

  • @idolevin8795

    @idolevin8795

    4 жыл бұрын

    Phantom Drags And it’s absolutely impossible to change their mind and tell them to stop. My grandma is the same

  • @damyr

    @damyr

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@awesomeguy2009 That's because your grandfather didn't understand strategy. In those 30 years, it was almost impossible to win a jackpot, but if he played the lottery sporadically, it would still be almost impossible to win a jackpot, but at least he could save tons of money in the process.

  • @nikolaneberemed
    @nikolaneberemed7 жыл бұрын

    Lottery is just a tax on mathematical illiteracy.

  • @elchupacabra567

    @elchupacabra567

    7 жыл бұрын

    nikolaneberemed If only we had a place to teach math, one full of people just teaching things. We have to make sure that it's not run by the same people that make money from the lottery though. They might lower resources in poor neighborhoods to maintain that revenue.

  • @randomtwist

    @randomtwist

    7 жыл бұрын

    lol, the most smart ass thing I've read all week. xD I'm using this.

  • @CataM8

    @CataM8

    7 жыл бұрын

    and on stupidity

  • @juliogarcia8372

    @juliogarcia8372

    7 жыл бұрын

    Neil DeGrass Tyson said that, I believe. Or was it Bill Nye?

  • @andrewskeptic1072

    @andrewskeptic1072

    7 жыл бұрын

    Here's a good word for you, innumeracy.

  • @user-lu9oc7rb7w
    @user-lu9oc7rb7w Жыл бұрын

    "Your chance of winning the lottery is exactly the same, whether you buy a ticket or not." - Fran Liebowitz

  • @ericsimonson8540
    @ericsimonson8540 Жыл бұрын

    Government is the profiteer of your hopeless dreams. Spot on…😂

  • @devlinmorin7615
    @devlinmorin76154 жыл бұрын

    The lottery is a bad investment. Why do most people who win the lottery turn out to be bad with money. Because they are the kind of people who waste money on lottery tickets.

  • @TechnoMinarchist

    @TechnoMinarchist

    4 жыл бұрын

    Except most winners aren't. Only 30% are.

  • @rodrigooliveira1822

    @rodrigooliveira1822

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TechnoMinarchist Only 30 percent go bankrupt. No going bankrupt after winning millions of dollars doesn´t mean they are good with money. dumbass

  • @TechnoMinarchist

    @TechnoMinarchist

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@rodrigooliveira1822 It means that 70% don't go bankrupt.

  • @zenyros

    @zenyros

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TechnoMinarchist but that doesn't mean they're spending it wisely

  • @Br4dl37

    @Br4dl37

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jacen Solo you can be bad with money without going brankrupt. People have lost millions without going bankrupt

  • @JeffryGilbertBKK
    @JeffryGilbertBKK5 жыл бұрын

    Grandfather used to say that you have an equal chance of winning the lottery whether you buy a ticket or not.

  • @supernana7263

    @supernana7263

    5 жыл бұрын

    Your grandfather is a F*cking legend 😂

  • @FunkMasterRio

    @FunkMasterRio

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jeffry Gilbert makes scene though my grandfather had a better chance of making free money by robbing ppl

  • @FRN2013

    @FRN2013

    5 жыл бұрын

    The state lottery where I lived used to say, "You can't win if you don't play!" I'd reply, "You can't lose if you don't play...and you can't win if you do play."

  • @Johnny-cz2wv

    @Johnny-cz2wv

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thats why he dead

  • @marcsv0174

    @marcsv0174

    5 жыл бұрын

    Then you can double your chances with a ticket or triple them with two.

  • @peterskovrup
    @peterskovrup Жыл бұрын

    A friend of my mom said it quite well "What you buy is the right to dream". But it is nothing more than that.

  • @Guntherson220
    @Guntherson2203 жыл бұрын

    "The odds that you'll actually *win* the lottery are 185,000,000 to 1" Better odds than me realistically turning my life around.

  • @pianosenzanima1

    @pianosenzanima1

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think we're in the same boat

  • @medexamtoolsdotcom

    @medexamtoolsdotcom

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well, to put the number 185 million in perspective, if you bought 100 tickets every week, you could expect to win once every 36 thousand years. You know the pyramids in Egypt? They were built 5000 years ago.

  • @ph1thym1es92

    @ph1thym1es92

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the good laugh as I lay in bed at 6:22am this morning.

  • @Kevin-cf9nl

    @Kevin-cf9nl

    2 жыл бұрын

    Like he says at the end, they like to make sure its still the best option available to you. That and the Army, of course!

  • @sergiowinter5383

    @sergiowinter5383

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nah, Bitcoin and Ethereum will save me, and some alts perhaps

  • @JohnnyReckless
    @JohnnyReckless7 жыл бұрын

    Roger is an American icon

  • @0011peace

    @0011peace

    7 жыл бұрын

    John Pawl yeah if you like shills

  • @beanmeupscotty

    @beanmeupscotty

    7 жыл бұрын

    John Pawl not sure that's a good thing...

  • @RogersBase

    @RogersBase

    7 жыл бұрын

    You're damn right I am.

  • @Ntnt11

    @Ntnt11

    7 жыл бұрын

    @Rogersbase Lol . Amazed to see you here

  • @cooltallt

    @cooltallt

    7 жыл бұрын

    You wish LOL. :-p Surprised to see you here. Between this, One Piece Pocast, Gamexplain, and the Bitblock I can't seem to get away from you. lol

  • @TiocfaidharlaYmaoHyd
    @TiocfaidharlaYmaoHyd6 жыл бұрын

    Your odd's go up of getting Murdered if you do win the lotto.

  • @dajam9035

    @dajam9035

    6 жыл бұрын

    Exactly!

  • @TiocfaidharlaYmaoHyd

    @TiocfaidharlaYmaoHyd

    5 жыл бұрын

    Big Steve . Well he says your odd's are Higher of getting Murdered then winning the Lotto. But surely your odd's are more Higher of getting Murdered if you do win the Lotto haha 😂😁

  • @gargoyles9999

    @gargoyles9999

    5 жыл бұрын

    Rhydian Jones Your odds of going broke increase dramatically as well. In 2 years over half of Lotto Winners go broke

  • @maggiemm8867

    @maggiemm8867

    5 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂😂

  • @38dragoon38

    @38dragoon38

    5 жыл бұрын

    ... Or if you win the lotto and live in Detroit.

  • @wvu05
    @wvu05 Жыл бұрын

    A few years ago, when the lottery hit a billion dollars, someone at the office came around collecting money for a lottery pool at work. I said, "I'm sorry. My understanding of probability won't let me play." She then insisted that I'd be sorry wjhen everyone else retired and I'd still be here the next day. I just said that I'd take my chances. Once someone finally did win three or four drawings later, not only was everyone at work the next day, but out of the hundreds of dollars they spent, the winnings (they'd put in $12 each when combined [three each time] over four drawings) amounted to less than a quarter a person, so they put it back in the pool. That's almost more impressive than if they had actually won.

  • @Pokeball01

    @Pokeball01

    Жыл бұрын

    The Powerball would have to get over a billion dollars just to have break-even odds based on the price of a ticket and the odds of winning the jackpot. Yet people are buying tickets for it when it's under $100 million to start. It's crazy how people don't know probability.

  • @frankdobs

    @frankdobs

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Pokeball01 Yeah thats how i see it too

  • @ZWD2011
    @ZWD2011 Жыл бұрын

    The odds of winning a national lottery are about the same as being hit by lightning whilst being bitten by a shark in your front yard on a clear day.

  • @naterk9460
    @naterk94607 жыл бұрын

    Having worked at a grocery store that sold lottery tickets, I do remember that being the case. The successful businessman walks in and you'll never see him ask for it. But the guy who can't afford to make ends meet needs foodstamps to get by will be more than willing to get several tickets each time he's there, which is a lot.

  • @twoeightythreez

    @twoeightythreez

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yup they buy lottery tickets alomg with thier smokes

  • @stevensstones

    @stevensstones

    5 жыл бұрын

    You want to see the cars with the nicest rims and big, $1000 sound systems? Go to the hood. It's always the poor people with the $800 iPhone and $300 shoes.

  • @shirleykurtz

    @shirleykurtz

    5 жыл бұрын

    Most of that comes from selling drugs.

  • @machenka
    @machenka Жыл бұрын

    This is spot on! I always ask friends and relatives why they buy these lottery tickets instead of saving up the money, and it’s always the same answer ‘you don’t win if you don’t play’, but the fact is that you don’t win even if you play - at least the odds are so bad that it’s comparable to being guaranteed not to win. Unfortunately most people discard or do not understand probability and therefore continue to pour their hard earned money into these legal scams. Great vid!

  • @veganbutcherhackepeter
    @veganbutcherhackepeter Жыл бұрын

    There's a reason why there are all these stories about the "single mother of three" or the "struggling young man with a heavy burden of student loans on his shoulders" who "miraculously changed his life forever" by buying a $2 lottery ticket. These stories are circulated for a reason and they target the poor and the poorly educated, just as described here.

  • @coryd531
    @coryd531 Жыл бұрын

    “Probability works however you think it does.” Brilliant.

  • @danweese5750
    @danweese57505 жыл бұрын

    Government says Bitcoin is a SCAM. ......buy lottery lol

  • @im3phirebird81

    @im3phirebird81

    5 жыл бұрын

    But it IS a scam. It is the last step to make the money you own completely worthless, because it does not even have the worth o the paper it is printed on left. It s literally just a set of numbers. And if it gets too big the state will go ahead and take it in (as it was intended, because some secret agency had a plan putting out bitcoin in the first place), you will get ordered to have a chip. And if you ever disagree and are considered a very bad boy, you will get wiped, because you have NOTHING. A combination of numbers will be altered to ZERO by a few clicks and tips and the best thing is that having the chip will also make you trackable, so the NWO police force will have no issue obtaining you and locking you away without trial or excuse because you also thought that the state wanted to protect you from criminals passing their fancy anti-terrorism laws. You're welcome.

  • @im3phirebird81

    @im3phirebird81

    5 жыл бұрын

    @733Rafael If you can't understand what I stated above it already is, deadhead

  • @JesusOurKing

    @JesusOurKing

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@im3phirebird81 a complete Democrat trying his best to preserve the failing mistrusted fiat. Bitcoin's (store of value) along with blockchain technology /Cryptocurrency the greatest currency all of man will be utilizing globally, shortly.

  • @im3phirebird81

    @im3phirebird81

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@JesusOurKing You don't know me xD I don't even vote! I'm not even American, which you probably assumed because there is nothing but the USA, right??? Cryptocurrency is the peak of Fiat currency. When the World State takes i into their hands, you WILL HAVE NOTHING, and you will realize that after you sold your soul xD You can assume about me whatever you want, I won't fit into your neat little groups.

  • @matteosecco3119

    @matteosecco3119

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@im3phirebird81 sure

  • @nicoguerrero733
    @nicoguerrero7334 жыл бұрын

    Fact: one in three car accidents are because of phones Humans: No that will never happen to me Also humans: I think i can win the lottery

  • @mozart7074

    @mozart7074

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bruh

  • @dustycocane

    @dustycocane

    4 жыл бұрын

    you mean anericans

  • @patches_sc

    @patches_sc

    4 жыл бұрын

    AsteroidLynx543 Gaming lmao

  • @Arkayjiya

    @Arkayjiya

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@dustycocane While Americans are particularly bad at this because of the bullshit of the "American dream" that's been drilled in their head, all humans work like that regarding probability. Low probability bad events will never happen to them, but even lower probability good events, that they believe in. It's not just Americans.

  • @curiousfiend1169

    @curiousfiend1169

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Arkayjiya-somewhat agree with that except for "all humans work like that". Humans possess various levels of awareness combined with various levels of intellectual, emotional, and experiential tools with which can, if used effectively, easily see through covert manipulation and exploitative trickery. These are people who often appear "crazy" to the ingorant conformed majority bouncing up and down on the bandwagon. To the fool, the genius seems foolish.

  • @RevilHermes
    @RevilHermes3 жыл бұрын

    So true. My mother was spending our last money for lottery tickets instead of getting some food. I was trying to eat cardboard with hope to become a millionaire. What a life.

  • @billstmaxx
    @billstmaxx2 жыл бұрын

    it does happen though... Fella in my town won 22.5 million on the lotto here

  • @dreamchaser5758

    @dreamchaser5758

    2 жыл бұрын

    Does he now seem happy + fulfilled?

  • @Jaxomh

    @Jaxomh

    2 жыл бұрын

    Of course it happens. There was that guy who got struck by lightning 7 times. It just won’t happen to you - statistically speaking. Also people who win the lottery often end up broke anyways or they end up isolated from their friends, family, and community.

  • @ScaredDonut

    @ScaredDonut

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Jaxomh Don't really have friends, I don't talk to anyone from the community, I only got my father, sister and mother soooo I'll be fine.

  • @Steveman27

    @Steveman27

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, but it's rare, and hardly anyone does it. Is their money almost gone? Maybe they're down to their last $47,000 by now.

  • @areshera4039

    @areshera4039

    2 жыл бұрын

    Do you really think that if they don't cash out a little once every 140 million times people would still keep playing? You just fell for it bud

  • @Guy-lk3rw
    @Guy-lk3rw4 жыл бұрын

    Me: Wins lottery Government: I'm about to end this guy's career

  • @fork2309

    @fork2309

    4 жыл бұрын

    stop

  • @sonstopsimping2677

    @sonstopsimping2677

    4 жыл бұрын

    Paul Racine yeah but some is still some you imbecile

  • @sonstopsimping2677

    @sonstopsimping2677

    4 жыл бұрын

    Paul Racine and if you win 1mill the irs will take 250k so shut the your mouth

  • @ghostwolf400

    @ghostwolf400

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me: your KZread jokes suck You: "I'm an idiot sheep."

  • @tamil8108

    @tamil8108

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sonstopsimping2677 so you only get 750 k!? Fucking chump change, who could live off that?!

  • @medic8377
    @medic83776 жыл бұрын

    "Literally the only reason it stays legal is because the govt is the profiteer of your hopeless dreams!" Ding ding ding ding! There it is, ladies and gents! There it is. The exact same as, "what's the difference between legal and illegal gambling?" If the govt gets a cut, it's legal. Otherwise, not so much.

  • @RKBock

    @RKBock

    5 жыл бұрын

    how about the better explanation: it's legal if they can provide proof that they in fact can pay out what they promise and actually do it, while also not tricking you by telling you false odds.

  • @g000se99

    @g000se99

    5 жыл бұрын

    You needed a KZread vid to understand this?

  • @bullymaguire4457

    @bullymaguire4457

    5 жыл бұрын

    Same goes with prostitution, the only reason it’s illegal is because the government can’t put a tax on two people having sex.. If they could tax it and make money off of it, there’s no doubt it would be legal..

  • @RKBock

    @RKBock

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@bullymaguire4457 prostitution is legal and is taxed in germany. your argument just doesn't make sense. prostitution is mostly forbidden due to ethical reasons. (same as gay marriage was forbidden)

  • @bullymaguire4457

    @bullymaguire4457

    5 жыл бұрын

    RKBock What part of it doesn’t make sense? Ethical? you think the government gives a fuck about ethics? Oh and I wasn’t talking about Germany...

  • @donfisherjr.2404
    @donfisherjr.2404 Жыл бұрын

    So very true. Playing the lottery is a fool's bargain, at best.

  • @capthavic
    @capthavic Жыл бұрын

    From what ive seen most of the winners are usually people who either game the system to tip the odds in their favor, or those who spend almost as much as they win back. I do play occasionally for the hell of it but just breaking even is a win for me.

  • @drkstr611
    @drkstr6115 жыл бұрын

    Buys lottery tickets in California. Some guy wins in South Carolina.....

  • @666Kazekage666

    @666Kazekage666

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hey fuck that out of state guy.

  • @Trapster99

    @Trapster99

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@666Kazekage666 He could have been a Californian, who bought the ticket in South Carolina. Ya know?

  • @666Kazekage666

    @666Kazekage666

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Trapster99 fuck em anyway for winning lol

  • @noobcentral5532

    @noobcentral5532

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jiren? What are you doing here?

  • @90koskenkorva

    @90koskenkorva

    5 жыл бұрын

    Better that.. then your neighbor 😏

  • @xAlcoholicGamer
    @xAlcoholicGamer7 жыл бұрын

    "cant win if you dont play" I actually win but not playing, but hey, it's your paycheck.

  • @Wingo537

    @Wingo537

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ryan more like you don't lose by playing

  • @dufgbd21

    @dufgbd21

    6 жыл бұрын

    You cant lose if you dont play also :)

  • @consumerwatch7479

    @consumerwatch7479

    6 жыл бұрын

    Plus you'll save more money

  • @cody1212143

    @cody1212143

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ryan but they also take money away from your paycheck lol

  • @ASalfity
    @ASalfity2 жыл бұрын

    Plus if multiple people win the same lottery, which is likely given that people tend to bias the numbers they choose with things like birthdays so a winner is more likely to occur when the randomly selected winning numbers happen to fit those biases, you would have to split the jackpot.

  • @DarriusMichael
    @DarriusMichael Жыл бұрын

    "It's like gambling but worse" 4:18 Best line! 🤣

  • @MelodicQuest
    @MelodicQuest7 жыл бұрын

    The lottery is much worse than gambling. There's no skill involved, there's no thought process put into it, worst of all you can't even cheat at it.

  • @inwemeneldur2025

    @inwemeneldur2025

    7 жыл бұрын

    If you're smart enough there are ways to guess the numbers. I'm not smart enough. But there are people who've won a couple of times because they notice patterns in the numbers

  • @Trunks47r786

    @Trunks47r786

    7 жыл бұрын

    Inwe Meneldur Source please.

  • @wheatboi8255

    @wheatboi8255

    7 жыл бұрын

    And your odds of winning are astronomically less. Can you imagine if you went to a blackjack table where you had a 185 million to 1 chance of winning?

  • @Trunks47r786

    @Trunks47r786

    7 жыл бұрын

    Inwë Meneldur Interesting. A little bit to speculative for my taste.

  • @onemanshow4116

    @onemanshow4116

    7 жыл бұрын

    Actually, Mr Wheat, the odds of "winning" are much better than what you state. The game that is referenced in the video is the PowerBall, which is a lottery in the USA. The game is $2 to play, and you will win $4 if you guess the correct number out of 26 possibilities. Of course, nobody plays hoping to win $4 ...

  • @Rogdog692002
    @Rogdog6920024 жыл бұрын

    “50% of lottery winners report no improvement in overall happiness “.... probably true, but I would much rather be rich and miserable than poor and miserable!

  • @ReturnOfTheJ.D.

    @ReturnOfTheJ.D.

    4 жыл бұрын

    The main reason for that would be that the high they get from buying stuff would diminish over time. Eventually, they'd get almost no high off buying anything, or only once or twice a year. The more you do something the less exciting and rewarding it is. Most lottery winners would probably get more enjoyment after a few years of seeing people with nothing get something for once in their life (from them), in the form of a low interest loan say.

  • @justinpettit3432

    @justinpettit3432

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's needed for our basic needs If I could buy my own place and get as much food as I want without money then I could find happiness without it because I know that material items doesn't buy me happiness.

  • @ReturnOfTheJ.D.

    @ReturnOfTheJ.D.

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@justinpettit3432 It buys the temporary illusion of happiness, that wears off after a fairly short while.

  • @danieldaniels7571

    @danieldaniels7571

    3 жыл бұрын

    Justin Pettit ain’t welfare grand?

  • @stephans1990

    @stephans1990

    3 жыл бұрын

    The differences between getting rich by hard work and getting instantly rich from winning the lottery is that as a hard working individual your network is probably of comparable wealth as you. Where a lottery winner will suddenly find himself being the slumdog millionaire. Also; especially in the united states; people will instantly know you are millionaire and you didn't work hard for it. So people feel more entitled to ask you for something over someone who slowly became rich over time.

  • @douglashogg4848
    @douglashogg4848 Жыл бұрын

    If lotteries weren’t advantageous to states, they wouldn’t have them.

  • @wrekkingcru
    @wrekkingcru3 жыл бұрын

    Another great one :) The only significant area you left out was following the money. Where the Sam Hill does all of that money go? Who and how many people typically run a State Lottery? What is their overheard/payroll? How many Lottery employees make over $100k per year? How much is their pension we're all paying for? These are the kinds of simple, probing questions no news organization has ever asked or reported on. If we knew The Truth, we'd all likely be marching on our state capitol tomorrow to change this shadowy, nearly mafia-like underworld of State Lotteries.

  • @machiner6
    @machiner67 жыл бұрын

    Last week i found an unmarked scratch-off someone forgot to take out of a vending machine. Took it home, scratched out its parts, STILL didn't win.

  • @TheGamingSyndrom

    @TheGamingSyndrom

    7 жыл бұрын

    Machiner6 run charly run as fast as you can

  • @jamaicaguanzon6716
    @jamaicaguanzon67165 жыл бұрын

    My neighbor has been murdered 5 times and still plays lotto.

  • @SonnyGTA

    @SonnyGTA

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hahahahahah

  • @soggyrice02

    @soggyrice02

    5 жыл бұрын

    best comment ever

  • @rollshelbaker1271

    @rollshelbaker1271

    5 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂

  • @duewhit310

    @duewhit310

    5 жыл бұрын

    Is he a cat?

  • @agentsmith9858

    @agentsmith9858

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well 7995 times more and he could win

  • @ndbass09
    @ndbass09 Жыл бұрын

    I think you could have hit this zinger- "if you win, you're just profiting over the losses of poor people desperate for a better life. Enjoy."

  • @batsofthemans7698
    @batsofthemans76988 ай бұрын

    Doing gods work on this one. Epic vid my friend.

  • @claudionobrega5296
    @claudionobrega52963 жыл бұрын

    Here in Brasil the announced prize is what you actually get, they already advertise It with taxes deducted and they pay all at once

  • @danieldaniels7571

    @danieldaniels7571

    3 жыл бұрын

    Other countries do it that way too. The US is the land of falsely advertised bullshit.

  • @NeverTalkToCops1

    @NeverTalkToCops1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do you win the girl from Ipanema from lottery?

  • @cenowador

    @cenowador

    3 жыл бұрын

    still, in the Mega da Virada, the total collected money is like R$1,5 billion, but the prize itself is around R$200 million

  • @hil449

    @hil449

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@NeverTalkToCops1 with that amount if money you can get as many girls as you want lmao

  • @medexamtoolsdotcom

    @medexamtoolsdotcom

    2 жыл бұрын

    In "Brasil" they spell it with an s? Well hell, why is the rest of the world spelling it wrong then, the name should be what the actual country itself calls it. Though Japan is more ridiculous, they call themselves Nippon, wtf are we calling them Japan if their name for themselves is Nippon.

  • @talexander7217
    @talexander72177 жыл бұрын

    It's funny because it's true. On a side note, the company I work for got rid of bonuses this year and just gave everyone 3 scratch-offs.

  • @talexander7217

    @talexander7217

    7 жыл бұрын

    After 15 years working there, I don't have those dreams anymore. I did win a dollar, but that isn't even worth the effort to go redeem it.

  • @raramstad

    @raramstad

    7 жыл бұрын

    were* where is a place, were is a state of being. it's 2016 people!

  • @man_on_wheelz

    @man_on_wheelz

    7 жыл бұрын

    ahh that's some rip-off bullshit right there

  • @ajallen9674

    @ajallen9674

    7 жыл бұрын

    That sucks. I'm sorry.

  • @salmansengul

    @salmansengul

    7 жыл бұрын

    Tony Alexander WTF? Really?

  • @plomben
    @plomben11 ай бұрын

    Same shit here in Norway, but the government holds a monopoly on gambling, so the lotteries are all government owned. However, no taxes are paid on wins, and you actually get to keep the entire sum showed on the telly screen. Wins can be big or tiny, or something in between, depending on how many correct numbers you tick.

  • @wvu05
    @wvu053 жыл бұрын

    A few years ago when the lottery hit a billion dollars, someone came around collecting money for an office pool. I said, "I'm sorry, my understanding of probability won't let me do that." She then insisted that I'd be sorry when I was the only one in the office the day after because everyone else is rich. When that didn't happen, she just insisted that they would win even more money. Long story short, several hundred dollars of tickets later, and they won so little that it would have worked out to less than a quarter per person. That's almost more impressive than if they had somehow managed to win with the same chances as their names being in a giant hat with every American over the age of five and their name coming out.

  • @z3r070000
    @z3r0700007 жыл бұрын

    gambling, a way to get nothing out of something.

  • @spoada

    @spoada

    6 жыл бұрын

    Or to take your something and end up with nothing

  • @battlesheep2552

    @battlesheep2552

    6 жыл бұрын

    How to earn a million dollars gambling: Step 1: start with ten million dollars...

  • @nb-eq6rw

    @nb-eq6rw

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sitting Pyro Justin Trudeau - a way to get nothing out of something

  • @miksuwaaan7527

    @miksuwaaan7527

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sitting Pyro I once won like 300 euro :D which I know isn't much but let me have this

  • @woltersworld
    @woltersworld7 жыл бұрын

    This was the best Roger video yet! Great job

  • @toucan516

    @toucan516

    6 жыл бұрын

    Wolters World Fancy to see you here.

  • @Animaster89

    @Animaster89

    6 жыл бұрын

    Didnt expect you here

  • @theunnamedaccount4009
    @theunnamedaccount4009 Жыл бұрын

    My dad won 10k from a lottery when he was 20. I did some quick maths at one point, and figured out he's spent that much money in lottery tickets since

  • @Owen_loves_Butters
    @Owen_loves_Butters Жыл бұрын

    So long as you accept the fact that you're pretty much just throwing money away, and are ok with that, go ahead and play. My grandma justified why she plays the lottery in a pretty good way imo. "I don't play because I think I'll win. I play for the *hope* of winning. It's spending $2 for a dream, and I think that's worth it."

  • @alex.g7317

    @alex.g7317

    Жыл бұрын

    Kinda sad ngl

  • @Divine_4222

    @Divine_4222

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm tired of pretending...what does imo mean?

  • @Owen_loves_Butters

    @Owen_loves_Butters

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Divine_4222 In my opinion

  • @SuperiorPelican

    @SuperiorPelican

    Жыл бұрын

    imo means in my opinion

  • @WheelchairMania

    @WheelchairMania

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Divine_4222 Don't listen to the other people, imo means "intimately masturbating orangutan"

  • @destasilverthorn2992
    @destasilverthorn29927 жыл бұрын

    I already live a life of regret and isolation

  • @user-ds1yf1ge2o

    @user-ds1yf1ge2o

    5 жыл бұрын

    sory

  • @BudaFZ

    @BudaFZ

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ops.. It seems there are two of us!

  • @staceykersting705

    @staceykersting705

    5 жыл бұрын

    Oh, plz don't do THAT!

  • @doomdude69

    @doomdude69

    5 жыл бұрын

    Are your poor?

  • @johnied850914

    @johnied850914

    5 жыл бұрын

    Don’t we all

  • @maxinecox5373
    @maxinecox53733 жыл бұрын

    “If you don’t have enough money to rich gamble and play the stock market...” THANK YOU FOR SAYING IT.

  • @Post-MoMitch

    @Post-MoMitch

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Maxwell Boyne thank you! If a 20 year old puts away $95/month into a target fund that grows on average 7% per year, they’ll have $1 million by the time they reach 65. Even with a minimum wage job, that is completely feasible.

  • @corojohn42

    @corojohn42

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Post-MoMitch that sad asf

  • @MasterSanders

    @MasterSanders

    2 жыл бұрын

    The needy and the greedy are the most susceptible to get rich quick schemes.

  • @metaparalysis3441

    @metaparalysis3441

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@corojohn42stock market is only worth it with long term investments.

  • @sergiowinter5383

    @sergiowinter5383

    2 жыл бұрын

    I don't get it why people think that stocks is gambling? Having stocks of the biggest businesses of the world seems much less risky than holding money that will be worth less over time because of inflation, while the big stocks can 2x or 3x your money on 3-5 years

  • @russellpuff1996
    @russellpuff1996 Жыл бұрын

    Instead of spending $10 a week on the lottery for a grain of chance, just put that $10 into a Robinhood account. Even if it fell 50% over 20 years, at least you still have some of your money left.

  • @lm7bird680
    @lm7bird6807 жыл бұрын

    Another problem with the lottery is the "I'm rich forever" mentality I see so many lottery winners blow it all on cars and a giant house and they're bankrupt in no time. If I won I would quietly win pay off my debts get a modest house and put the rest into wall street.

  • @Gorilla_Jones

    @Gorilla_Jones

    7 жыл бұрын

    Matt McAvay I work on Wall St. Trust me, you're going to lose it quicker here. Just get a safe low risk mutual fund. The lottery isn't a scam. regardless of odds, someone wins. What you do with the money is up to the winner. You go broke, it's on you. Lottery sucks, but people do win.

  • @daiyousei3847

    @daiyousei3847

    7 жыл бұрын

    Part of the reason they were poor in the first place is their lack of ability in generating and maintaining wealth. Winning the lottery won't change that.

  • @vysearcadia522

    @vysearcadia522

    7 жыл бұрын

    Wall Street pfft worse investment. Do what Gorilla says or government bonds or any other equally low-risk investment options. And I'd also recommend to follow the principle of "Don't put all your eggs in one basket." It would save you in the long run.

  • @saintthomas2083

    @saintthomas2083

    7 жыл бұрын

    then wall street will take all your money

  • @carlosdanger9981

    @carlosdanger9981

    7 жыл бұрын

    How many people can say "I see so many lottery winners?"

  • @billiam6914
    @billiam69145 жыл бұрын

    playing the lottery is like paying taxes twice

  • @demetraeconomou6096

    @demetraeconomou6096

    4 жыл бұрын

    More like 1.5 in most countries

  • @BL3SSed-Bliss

    @BL3SSed-Bliss

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not for those who _never_ Pay to begin with. Simply, it allows them to pay for the first time. And yes… I know this firsthand.

  • @DD_MENEN

    @DD_MENEN

    4 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @ZanathKariashi

    @ZanathKariashi

    2 жыл бұрын

    more than twice. You have to LITERALLY pay taxes twice (once immediately on every distribution, once as part of your normal yearly income taxes)...plus the idiot tax for participating in the first place.

  • @asheep7797

    @asheep7797

    11 ай бұрын

    1. Tax on purchase 2. Tax on winning (?) 3. Tax on stupidity So more like... 2.000000007

  • @EdwardBrown77
    @EdwardBrown77 Жыл бұрын

    There are many things I wish for in my life. Winning the lottery is NOT one of those wishes. Excellent video.

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