Comments on: Lottery ticket sales

By: Cash Back Sites

Cash Back Sites — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:20:33 +0000

Graph is not that great.

By: meeeeee

meeeeee — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:44:08 +0000

Except when they can get cash back (which they can) and use the cash to buy the beer.

By: Vince

Vince — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:19:50 +0000

GAH I didn’t see this post when I made the post after yours! My bad…

By: Vince

Vince — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:19:15 +0000

Hobos have things that they would rather buy other than lottery tickets…like booze, or drugs, or food.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:25:09 +0000

Clearly, you don’t work anywhere with an actual lottery machine. It’s all gambling addicts and poor people. And MOST people believe they can win. And I don’t think I’ve ever seen a hobo waste money on lottery as opposed to food or even booze/drugs.

By: Allan

Allan — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:13:28 +0000

or 18 year old who want to do it just because they turned 18? haha i did it today and won 9 buck… downside is now im addicted to gambling

By: Ron

Ron — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:27:28 +0000

For major flaming xD

By: Willdog.wd

Willdog.wd — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:54:14 +0000

i noticed that too

By: philip

philip — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:56:53 +0000

According to the pie chart, hoboes don’t believe they can win the lottery.

By: lola

lola — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:56:05 +0000

Food stamps are generally kept on a debit card, which you may not purchase beer on.

By: lola

lola — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:54:43 +0000

I have a job, I help people to get going on welfare and get a job, I would just like to give you KABOOM a personal ****you. They are called homeless now, not hobos, you assrat.

By: Luka

Luka — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 06:56:18 +0000

Haha, crappy graph Ron

By: Luka

Luka — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 06:55:39 +0000

Lol, major fail Ron

By: Lita

Lita — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:44:12 +0000

Wow… GraphJam thought this one was worthwhile…. just wow……

By: Perry Neum

Perry Neum — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:02:15 +0000

Get a job doing what? And getting paid what, peanuts? Considering how the beloved “free market” has performed, betting on lottery payouts is hardly anymore a long shot bet than sucker working stiffs dishing out money to underwhelming 401(k) accounts.

Spare me the righteous indignation. Go vote for McCain again, see how that works out for ya.

By: KaBooM

KaBooM — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:09:36 +0000

Polish a turd… it’s still a turd.

By: .`

.` — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:41:41 +0000

Terrible, just terrible

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:24:31 +0000

Actually, people on welfare are some of the few people who *should* buy lottery tickets and other normally bad “investments.” Many government assistance programs have eligibility requirements such that saving up a bit of money will cause one to lose their benefits. If they win the jackpot, they won’t need welfare anymore. They just need to be sure to reinvest the small prizes in more tickets before the government realizes they have money. It’s the same logic that creates people who can afford to rent a TV for $30/wk and still keep their kids on medicaid, but if they saved $30/wk planning to pay cash for a TV in a few months, their plan would fail when the government noticed the bank account and told them they could afford to buy their own health coverage.

If you know people like these, don’t accuse them of being foolish with money. Accuse the government of creating a system that rewards big success, penalizes small success, and subsidizes failure.

By: observer

observer — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:55:47 +0000

Hey man, hobos are making a comeback.

By: ClickClick

ClickClick — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:21:51 +0000

Hey it worked for Hurley.

By: Marshall

Marshall — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:42:37 +0000

Hobos! Hilarious! Not.

By: N8Lewis

N8Lewis — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:38:22 +0000

The punch line should have said:
People try to win with the LOST numbers: 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42

By: penguin_man

penguin_man — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:28:28 +0000

What about the gift section?

By: devilwoman

devilwoman — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:28:27 +0000

horrible

By: missmeg426

missmeg426 — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:20:42 +0000

I concur. I also felt very punchy. I also concur that you, Aikidude, sort of win for this comment, and I am unanimous in that.

By: fail

fail — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:04:18 +0000

The red section should be “people who buy beer with food stamps”

By: Where's My Refund?

Where's My Refund? — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:48:44 +0000

Hobos? Seriously?

By: Aikidude

Aikidude — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:14:26 +0000

well the line about Hobos made me want to punch the graph maker, but I’m not sure that counts.

By: Dex

Dex — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:12:00 +0000

Ok? Not much of a punchline here.