[QUOTE=“Bandage, post: 267866, member: 9”]I’m not a simpleton so that means I don’t do the lotto.
Seriously though, it’s gas whenever I’m down in Wexford in the old pair’s gaff.
Bandage Senior will be checking the lotto numbers on Aertel and then will come out with the line, ‘They’re really terrible numbers this week.’
Here, it’s a fucking lottery by definition, the numbers are random, and there’s no such thing as good or bad numbers.
Christ.[/QUOTE]
Chaps, I’ve been doing Irish Lottery and Euromillions quick picks on an intermittent basis lately. I never do the “plus” option though as winning a jackpot of €500k or thereabouts would be an inconvenience more than anything. I’m in it to win big. Does anybody else play the lotto?
Anyone know anyone that’s won the jackpot? A guy from my village won it in the early 90s. He was (and still is) a bachelor. Didn’t change him at all. He bought a Rolex and a Labrador hunting dog that had been trained. Bit boring really.
I knew an auld buck who spun the wheel back when everyone who got the 3 stars spun the wheel. Then they set up the gameshow, narrowed down the numbers who could make it that far. Think he “only” won 50K or so.
I know a lad from Wexford town that won it in the early years too. He was a trainee guard and living with his old pair. Think he bought a house for himself and not sure what else. I recall Bandage Senior saying he received lots of begging letters in the post and even had people knocking on the door telling him sob stories and looking for cash.
There’s a syndicate in work that I throw a tenner into every month. There was a detailed agreement that you had to sign on entry that covered grey areas around claims, not putting in money for a certain month.
I know a guy who won £3.3m - there was a bit iof debate about whether he should share with his mate who he bought tickets with but think he threw him a nice chunk in the end. Have heard he had pissed a lot of it away and was accused of racially abusing a taxi driver.