# I Want To Win The Lottery!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-win-the-lottery/190672>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 24, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-win-the-lottery/190672 "2003-07-24T18:07:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-win-the-lottery/190672/41 "2003-07-27T23:33:05Z")

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**Fear Itself** , you’re sort of right. To buy insurance against losses that you could easily afford to cover (or to pay for warranties on something you could easily afford to replace) _is_ foolish. But to pay money you _can_ afford to insure against losses that you _couldn’t_ afford makes sense. That’s because money isn’t always “worth” the same; it depends on your circumstances and how badly you need it. (Otherwise, no one would ever borrow money at interest.)

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**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-win-the-lottery/190672/42 "2003-07-28T03:29:38Z")

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Sweet!

I was winning for the first 12 years or so. All I have to do is quit while I’m ahead.

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