It works like this. You go into a newsagent wanting to buy a newspapaer and a soft drink. You wait 5 minutes while the clueless arsehole in front of you tries to figure out if he wants a golden 5 or a lucky 10 or a treasure chest 12 and how much it costs and arrghhhhh:curse:

So you put your newspaper and soft drink back and walk out.

And you swear you'll never play the lotto.

I avoid newsagents that have all the lotto machines and scratches, cos they take forever to get served.

JTL

Or you add it too the rest that are gathering on the fridge door and forget to check them

Cheers

Ginny

I still dont get it, I think a trip down to carberry shop seems more likely now.

Now that was such useful tip, & I'm still no wiser.

'tis a bit far for me to travel to pick up my lotto tickets

Next saturday I'll go up to see the man & I'll let you know.

Yeah, well, then you'll be like all the other clueless people I get stuck behind in Newsagents

Just go in to your local newsagent, preferably when there is only one person serving, and have a 10 minute discussion with them about all the various lottos and scratchies available.

If you find the queue behind you hasn't grown long enough, you can then ask to sign up to one of the Lotto loyalty card schemes, which in themselves also seem designed to slow down every transaction. Make sure you get the details of the benefits of each and every card.

Once you have all the details, don't buy anything, just leave, and have a think about it. If still unsure, repeat the above.

Hope thats enough detail

JTL

I thought I should find out where your local news agent is & go ask how it works, just before you go in & get your paper.

Carberry has been kind enough, he is going to show me how it works, so hopefully I would win the Jackpot once I know what to do.

I was listening to a radio show a couple of weeks ago, where they had one of the Lotto marketing guys on. And they got him to admit that you had more chance of dying in a car crash driving 5 minutes to your local newsagents to buy a ticket, than actually winning the Lotto.

On the other hand, if you turn up with 10 tickets you know haven't won, and present them anyway to the newsagent to check them, and then ask for another 10 tickets, and then present your 'Lotto loyalty card' or whatever that card is they all use, you are 100% certain to piss off everyone behind you who just wants to buy a pint on milk or a newspaper.

Still no harm delaying people for 2 minutes while you play a pointless game is there? :curse:

Well except the problem is a couple of hundred thousand people play it, and delay probably 1 million people queueing behind them, and they just want a quick transaction at the newsagent instead of being stuck behind someone trying to work out which lotto to lose their money on, so thats 2 million minutes of wasted time.


JTL

Around where I live, most of the newsagents and Deli's that operate a Lotto counter, have them separate from the routine business they provide. So really the only hassle with someone unable to decide which scratchie to get, only prevents other scratchie or lotto ticket buyers a problem.

You really do hate these people dont you, you need to just chill out, it wont be so bad, you might enjoy queuing up behind these lottery buyers.

Nope, here there is one person serving in a newsagent and 100,000 clueless lotto players.

The only part I enjoy is knowing that they are wasting $10, or $20 or even $50 a week.

But then again, these are probably the same idiots who will retire penniless and expect the state to provide for them, cos they never won the lotto.

JTL

good luck to everyone tonight,it's only 50 mill,not sure what time it closes ,still have to get a ticket