Poll: Luck

Reply #41

Delta Draw — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:59:17 GMT

Curse your bad luck!

I was on the beach at the time this was posted and neither I or the three ladies I was with were playing with electronics. It was a truly wonderful beach; the sun was good , the water was warm and we were having an awesome time.

DD

Reply #40

dr65 — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:43:03 GMT

Ah, thank you Coin Toss.

and I still like the post time 322.

Reply #39

psykomo — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:12:46 GMT

like ,,,,,,,,,,,,......... LIGHTNING !!!!!!!!!

it will knock U off UR feet

Reply #38

Coin Toss — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:29:06 GMT

Anytime someone votes in a poll it brings it back up in Active Topics.

They don't have to make any comments or replies, just vote.

Reply #37

dr65 — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:32:44 GMT

Ah so a good way to keep it going without saying anything that is recorded then, huh?

I didn't bring it up to the front but now realize it'll live on.

Not a bad topic but just wondered who was the ghost poster.

Reply #36

RJOh — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:24:23 GMT

How does this thread get dug up?? From the 8th of June??

It would have been locked and allowed to die had you not post before the 8th of July.

Reply #35

dr65 — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:58:47 GMT

Post/Delete??

How does this thread get dug up?? From the 8th of June??

Have at it....

I sure do like the post TIME though - 322

Reply #34

Delta Draw — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:22:29 GMT

Hey SNIPER,

https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/205642/1673099

Part of this week's entertainment will be those in the Institute with superior math skills explaining how they wound up in the institute and why those superior math skills haven't produced any jackpots.

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It looks like we'll have to put the entertainment on hold for a couplde of nights as one of the residents of the Institute has apparently got out and is on the loose.... [ More ]

Reply #33

Delta Draw — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:48:09 GMT

I think peddeling superstition as a model to live by is shytering (with a bit of the green)

Sniper? Your first post to MTT's last thread was:

So, what would say or think of those the crack the code of the Matrix?

I would say:

No, you haven't.

Put your ego in park.

Picking three of five in the top matrix and not even posting a Mega number is no big deal, and has been pointed out is worth $7.

A room awaits you at the ILS.

(How'd you get out?)

You sound like some clod w... [ More ]

Reply #32

victorl3ichiban — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:28:40 GMT

if luck do exist, it has to strike me this year to win either CA Super Lotto or Mega Million jackpot.

Reply #31

tiggs95 — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:18:03 GMT

Keep thinking ridge..Make that 3rd grade education pay off..You can do it..

Reply #30

rdgrnr — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:03:26 GMT

I'm working on a system that will tell me when I'm going to be lucky.

I haven't had too much luck with it so far.

Reply #29

RJOh — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:36:08 GMT

Luck is just a word to describe the fortunes or circumstances of players after a drawing, it doesn't describe the drawings or the process of winning and is only used if someone has the good fortune of winning.

Reply #28

Coin Toss — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:09:33 GMT

RJOh,

And if those chosen numbers within those chosen parameters are drawn it's still luck.

Reply #27

RJOh — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:42:05 GMT

The fact that no one has ever proved they help players win more than players buying QP doesn't mean systems don't exit. Wheeling and playing a group of numbers, over due, hot or other wise are systems. The fact that there are shysters selling them is proof that players are looking for easy short cuts for winning a lot of money and are willing to pay for them even though common sense should tell them if they worked that way they wouldn't be for sale. Systems can allow players to cover only the nu... [ More ]

Reply #26

tiggs95 — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:14:31 GMT

tiggs has said this many many times but you put it into words so we can understand it..tiggs seconds this post...

Reply #25

Coin Toss — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:21:39 GMT

There are no true systems for lottery jackpots, only shysters who try to convince people they have one, and peddle it, trying to raise funds to play more.

As for all your personal attacks, that's only proof you have no real points to make and are taking stabs in the dark with your examples.

Most people who win a jackpot played a QP. Those numbers are drawn. Thus they win millions. Luck, nothing else.

If it's not a QP the fact that the selected numbers are drawn is still luck.

I reall... [ More ]

Reply #24

Delta Draw — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:07:01 GMT

Cointoss,

True Systems are not a belief but action based on whatever information one uses to make decisions. Not a whim, not a wish and based on facts like statistics which BTW is from the science of event observation. The Greeks used observation found in our modern scientific method do describe nature and events. They filled in the unknown with stories and superstition. So Mr. Modern man, why be subject to old wives tales and fables? You talk in absolutes about the topic yet it is purely BS.... [ More ]

Reply #23

Coin Toss — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 04:36:29 GMT

DD

....consistent results from their belief fail them.

OK, I'll say the same thing about lottery systems for jackpot games.

By the way, those who truly understand luck know that there is not a thing you can do to improve it, you have it or you don't.

Reply #22

Delta Draw — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:56:51 GMT

Luck is for people who never understand cause and effect that is often not perceived, but rather hidden.

It is a unharnessable power to it s subscribers and though they follow acts to improve their luck, consistent results from their belief fail them. Most observations are after the fact and luck is attributed as the unseen, uncontrollable whim of fate. It is not unlike a Greek myth in trying to explain events to goat hearders by the unlearned. It is one of those things you take on faith but

Reply #21

GASMETERGUY — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:09:29 GMT

Gates, IMHO, did steal the Windows idea (if ideas could be copyrighted) but he did not steal the DOS. That was all his own. He was smart enough to ask for a royalty rather than a one time payment. IBM figured they would sell about 400 units a year. Gates figured that once the public discovered the computer, there would be a whole lot more sold than IBM thought. Gates was right. IBM was wrong.

I firmly believe if IBM knew how popular the Personel Computer would be, they would have used proprie... [ More ]

Reply #20

grave — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:28:52 GMT

Reply #19

game — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 07:01:20 GMT

no i believe in skills and hard work

Reply #18

victorl3ichiban — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 05:07:12 GMT

If Luck do really exist, I want to feel how luck feels like.

Reply #17

THRUST — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 01:36:15 GMT

^

At the end of the day you just have greedy people being greedy...some say greed is good...guess it is if you are Bill Gates Steve Jobs.

Reply #16

joker17 — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 01:33:23 GMT

You seem well versed on this subject.

Interesting, after all that, the statue of limitations won the day. I never knew about that part.

So was Bill lucky, or he just happened to use his wits and be in the right place?

Good thread...

Reply #15

joker17 — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 01:28:14 GMT

I don't believe in luck. There have been good times and bad times in my life, mostly bad in the early stages. Now as I grow older, other problems may rear their ugly heads. It never ends....

The people you read about winning multiple times are just caught in the stats that represent unique wins. You can divide the stats department into many ways, but there are 3 major groups you can classify them into. At one end of the spectrum, you have losers who couldn't win If they tried. Then you have a... [ More ]

Reply #14

THRUST — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 01:26:44 GMT

http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=A_Rich_Neighbor_Named_Xerox.txt

You're ripping us off! , Steve shouted, raising his voice even higher. I trusted you, and now you're stealing from us!

But Bill Gates just stood there coolly, looking Steve directly in the eye, before starting to speak in his squeaky voice.

Well, Steve, I think there's more than one way of looking at it. I think it's more like we both had this rich neighbor named Xerox and I broke into his house to st... [ More ]

Reply #13

joker17 — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 01:04:23 GMT

Bill gates actually stole the idea from Xerox when he was at a computer fair in the 80s I believe, maybe late 70s, I forget.

Xerox had a monitor display showing a raw version of Windows, little cubicle Icons.

I get this info from a movie made years ago, which I watched, about his life. Whether it's true to the fact, I don't know, but I believe it was true. Every other aspect of his life portrayed in the movie was pretty close.

Reply #12

tiggs95 — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:41:47 GMT

Don't be scared ridge but tiggs agrees with your post 100%..YIKES!!!...

Reply #11

Dollar419 — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:34:47 GMT

Yes, I believe in luck as well as positive thinking; although lately, I've been put to the test when it comes to playing the lottery, especially with the CA Lottery. It's all about timing and being in the right place, at the exact right time and I know my time is coming very soon to win the big jackpot

Reply #10

CutlassBob — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 20:01:01 GMT

Luck Happens: Ya it's Called Instinct, No Definition Needed.

CutlassBob

Reply #9

GASMETERGUY — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:21:47 GMT

I agree. Luck and being prepared or educated seem to go hand in hand.

Bill Gates had both. He was lucky in that IBM asked him if they could use his operating system for their PC Junior line. He was prepared because he had an operating system that he was using on his personal computer.

Usually we say That man was in the right place at the right time! and let the matter go. What we don't consider is the fact he (whoever he might be) put himself there, had the education to see the potential... [ More ]

Reply #8

jrosina — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:57:31 GMT

The Harder I Pray and work, the more Blessed and Highly Favored I Get, some call that Luck If it works for them ok.

So as for me, do I rely on, or believe Luck ??? No! No! NO!!! I have SOMEONE that is GREATER than Luck

Reply #7

Raven62 — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 14:49:07 GMT

Luck: Good or Bad Fortune in life caused by chance, and happens beyond a person's control.

Luck Happens: Whether One Believies in Luck or Not

Reply #6

THRUST — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 14:02:02 GMT

I have seen things that make me say yes.

I read you can make your own luck by changing your routine, reading books you normally wouldn't, going with your gut instinct and just making yourself available for opportunities.

Reply #5

CutlassBob — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:45:07 GMT

I don't believe in luck, i do believe lucky folks are just in the right place at the right time. Something to do with that whole space-time continuum thingy.

CutlassBob

Reply #4

rdgrnr — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:28:43 GMT

There are people who seem to be born with a horseshoe stuck where the sun don't shine. I have known a few of them and the funny thing is that these people don't seem that interested in taking advantage of that trait. Another trait they seem to share is frugality. The ones I have known have ranged from frugal to outright miserly.

For the rest of us I believe luck comes sporadically. The trick is to be there and receptive of it and available to it's bestowal on its timing which takes no heed of... [ More ]

Reply #3

Raven62 — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:14:50 GMT

Luck: Favors the Prepared Mind

Reply #2

ThatScaryChick — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 06:03:38 GMT

Yes, I do. I also think that some people are luckier then others.

Reply #1

tiggs95 — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 05:12:45 GMT

Let tiggs think about this one..Does tiggs believe in luck...aaaaaaaahhhh YES!..Lottery is nothing but luck be it good or bad..Next question...

Poll: Luck

Coin Toss — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 04:53:33 GMT

Do you believe in luck