[Kryptid]

Speaking of predictions, I've got one: based on past patterns of behavior, I'm willing to bet that each time Thebox posts that he's going to have to leave the forums for financial (or whatever) reasons, he'll conveniently always find a way around the source of the problem at the last minute and stick around. It's looking more and more like an attention-seeking ploy.

[guest39538]

Speaking of predictions, I've got one: based on past patterns of behavior, I'm willing to bet that each time Thebox posts that he's going to have to leave the forums for financial (or whatever) reasons, he'll conveniently always find a way around the source of the problem at the last minute and stick around. It's looking more and more like an attention-seeking ploy.

More like the person I care for had her main benefit stopped so I have chipped in what I get to help out. I have to live by the day dude , it is not easy , I had to sell some fishing bits to cover the internet bill this time.  I would hate to just vanish without saying bye to you all. So lots of byes and lots of returns lol. You haven't lived unless you been on benefits and experienced life other than work and money.  Being skint isn't all bad but it would be nice to have more.

[The Spoon]

Speaking of predictions, I've got one: based on past patterns of behavior, I'm willing to bet that each time Thebox posts that he's going to have to leave the forums for financial (or whatever) reasons, he'll conveniently always find a way around the source of the problem at the last minute and stick around. It's looking more and more like an attention-seeking ploy.

More like the person I care for had her main benefit stopped so I have chipped in what I get to help out. I have to live by the day dude , it is not easy , I had to sell some fishing bits to cover the internet bill this time.  I would hate to just vanish without saying bye to you all. So lots of byes and lots of returns lol. You haven't lived unless you been on benefits and experienced life other than work and money.  Being skint isn't all bad but it would be nice to have more.

So you claim to be supporting somebody who has had their benefit stopped and you spunk away your money on lottery and piss about on here instead of seeking employment. Pathetic.

[guest39538]

So you claim to be supporting somebody who has had their benefit stopped and you spunk away your money on lottery and piss about on here instead of seeking employment. Pathetic.

I have searched for employment on here working from home, but nobody will hire me because I am a drama queen   

I will agree I am pathetic and then that gives you no argument to give back.   

[Bored chemist]

Speaking of predictions, I've got one: based on past patterns of behavior, I'm willing to bet that each time Thebox posts that he's going to have to leave the forums for financial (or whatever) reasons, he'll conveniently always find a way around the source of the problem at the last minute and stick around. It's looking more and more like an attention-seeking ploy.

Now we wait.

[syhprum]

I used to have a small TV rental business 30 years ago before TV,s got much cheaper and long lasting but no one wants to rent today.
Professional investors spend lots of money on high speed fibre optic cables to remote places like Iceland to save milliseconds you cant compete with that .
Before the days of ultra scans doctors used to tell mothers to be that they would have a boy but write in their notes that she was expecting a girl and quote the notes if need be.
I would never waste money on lottery tickets and would never write down any possible ones just in case they came up.

[guest39538]

I would never waste money on lottery tickets and would never write down any possible ones just in case they came up.

Well I have my tickets , I could not write the numbers down and not buy a ticket just in case.  A gamble here and there never hurts anybody, I shrug my shoulders when I lose.  I would rather waste a bit of money on gambling rather than getting drunk for an example.

[Bored chemist]

I would rather waste a bit of money on gambling rather than getting drunk for an example.

They are both acceptable options - but only if you have spare money.
Since you have not, your assertion  that "A gamble here and there never hurts anybody, " is plainly wrong.

[guest39538]

I would rather waste a bit of money on gambling rather than getting drunk for an example.

They are both acceptable options - but only if you have spare money.
Since you have not, your assertion  that "A gamble here and there never hurts anybody, " is plainly wrong.

True, but when your chips are down, sometimes you just have to go , all-in. I have two American lotto tickets for tonight, I really need some luck if I am honest.  I will probably cry if I can't take my kids anywhere this holiday term.  Life is chite.

I know why people believe in God now.....

[guest39538]

Well so far I am still about even monetary wise, with my lotto system. Each week I get disappointed, because I am not getting the spike my system predicts. 
I need to adjust my system slightly, it took me a while in poker to perfect the system,  something is niggling me about Gorillas out performing humans , maybe the answer is being completely random, maybe I should get a Gorilla to pick my numbers. How can the human mind become completely random like the Gorilla?
The human mind tries to associate numbers and tries to link things together, making something of nothing.  How do we get rid of this association ?   How do I find and devise pure random thinking and stop association numbers that have no relevance to the randomness of the numbers outcome?
Its not quite the same as poker or roulette for sure....Lotto is like one go in amount of time , discrete time compared to the constant turns and continuous time of a roulette wheel. 

Added- Hey Lotto people if anybody is listening, can you please make a quick fire lotto game ? 

Make it like 0.25p a turn ?

A bit like a new game crossed between bingo and roulette and lotto!

Added- Yes that would be cool, the lotto running all day long 24/7 with different times for the draws.

Added- Even better , how about a National lottery, National treasure hunt, where treasures are hidden throughout the UK to find .  You have to buy a ticket to compete and it could be based on clues like the series treasure hunt or something similar.

Can you hear the Saturday night  announcer ,

It's that time again, it'ssssssss treasure hunting time ................

Added- It would also make prime time viewing , people would watch for clues. 

[guest39538]

I have thought about this more, imagine lets say 5 million in prizes divided by all the counties, in each  county is several ''carriers'',  these ''carriers'' hold a golden ticket to whoever finds them  at locations in each county given by clues. 


I want to play this game now, some one invent it, it sounds proper fun .

No opinions ?

Any investors ?  I will create the game , I am good at creative . 

Do any of you even remember treasure hunt ?

[alancalverd]

Gambling bores me, and gamblers even more so. I once attended Epsom races and predicted seven winners, but I had no money to bet with. One of my buddies drew a horse in the office Grand National sweepstake. Knowing his bad luck he asked a bookie for the odds that his horse would fall at the first fence. He bet £5 at 20/1 and won. There is an excellent short story and radio play about a girl who raffled her wages every week and took home 5 times her salary, tax free. That is all I know or care about gambling.

[guest39538]

Gambling bores me, and gamblers even more so. I once attended Epsom races and predicted seven winners, but I had no money to bet with. One of my buddies drew a horse in the office Grand National sweepstake. Knowing his bad luck he asked a bookie for the odds that his horse would fall at the first fence. He bet £5 at 20/1 and won. There is an excellent short story and radio play about a girl who raffled her wages every week and took home 5 times her salary, tax free. That is all I know or care about gambling.

I need to give up on gambling, I have lost my confidence to read the odds now.

Added - Well perhaps I might have another gamble, the rewards are huge , have you seen the american lotto for example and the euro one.  I think though I am just going get the person I care for pick my next numbers for me with my luck.  I did cash in my ticket but I am skint until tomorrow had to spend that , so I might have a last go tomorrow, either do the euro or the Saturday lotto.  It is good I cashed in one ticket, was that ticket worth a gamble ?

[PmbPhy]

Would it be illegal to produce an app that could predict results to a degree of accuracy whether it be the stock market or some types of gambling ?

Its not illegal at all. However there are already texts out there to predict the market. If you get caught using the gambling techniques in an gambling establishment you'll be banned from there. People at MIT used a form of card counting, made a lot of money but are now banned from all casinos in Las Vegas.

[Bored chemist]

Well so far I am still about even monetary wise, with my lotto system.

No, you are not.
However, you remember the times you won, but forget the times you lost
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

[guest39538]

Well so far I am still about even monetary wise, with my lotto system.

No, you are not.
However, you remember the times you won, but forget the times you lost
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

Well, I have changed my strategy so hopefully I may produce a win.  Just hope I can guess some correct numbers tonight...I have a few ''favorites'' I have wrote down . 

[Bored chemist]

Well, I have changed my strategy so hopefully I may produce a win.  Just hope I can guess some correct numbers tonight...I have a few ''favorites'' I have wrote down . 

Don't waste your money.
It's impossible to beat the lottery unless you are an "insider".
You can not afford to throw money away

[guest39538]

Well, I have changed my strategy so hopefully I may produce a win.  Just hope I can guess some correct numbers tonight...I have a few ''favorites'' I have wrote down . 

Don't waste your money.
It's impossible to beat the lottery unless you are an "insider".
You can not afford to throw money away

Well , I have got about £25, £25 does not buy much this day and age, so I am going to gamble it on the lottery . Not going bother though until later on. 

[Bored chemist]

It's true that £25 won't get you much, but it's also true that buying lottery tickets will get you even less.

[guest39538]

It's true that £25 won't get you much, but it's also true that buying lottery tickets will get you even less.

Well that puts me off having a gamble, but if i don't take a gamble, then £25 will not be enough to do much at all, where if my gamble pays off, I might double it or triple it even. I might just lose though too, but I have to try something, I don't know what else to do.