[mattau]

As we enter another new year - 2012, I am now also finding myself being a little tight on money! and sometimes being under stress financially (and it seems many other people are too).

I only recognised how crabby I was getting due to the money woes a few days ago, until I woke up to myself (after the missus had a chat to me).
Just a warning to you all out there. Be aware of your money. Try and get on top of it, but make sure that it doesn't enslave you!

[urchin]

mattau, on 21 January 2012 - 01:33 PM, said:

As we enter another new year - 2012, I am now also finding myself being a little tight on money! and sometimes being under stress financially (and it seems many other people are too).

I only recognised how crabby I was getting due to the money woes a few days ago, until I woke up to myself (after the missus had a chat to me).
Just a warning to you all out there. Be aware of your money. Try and get on top of it, but make sure that it doesn't enslave you!

maybe looking for potential property investments is not really the thing for you right now?

[savagegoose]

i started 2012 with a plan to write down all my gambling expenditure. and came to a shocking realization

2012 lotto profit and [loss]


mon/ lotto [11.25]
tue/oz lotto [3.60]
wed/ lotto [16.55] 11.75
thur/ power ball[36.40]
sat/ lotto [11.60]
sat /pools [3.25]
keno [34] 8
scratchers [5] 15

i need to start winning more.

[sydney3000]

savagegoose, on 24 January 2012 - 04:05 PM, said:

i started 2012 with a plan to write down all my gambling expenditure. and came to a shocking realization

2012 lotto profit and [loss]


mon/ lotto [11.25]
tue/oz lotto [3.60]
wed/ lotto [16.55] 11.75
thur/ power ball[36.40]
sat/ lotto [11.60]
sat /pools [3.25]
keno [34] 8
scratchers [5] 15

i need to start winning more.

It is easy to see where you are going wrong. Diversification is overrated. You need to take your disposable income and place it on the winning numbers just once.

[savagegoose]

i thought you where going to say take my monthly budget , and bet it all on 1 game, covering as many combos as possible.

you know , $1 on heads and $1 on tails cover every combo. either way i get my $2 back, %100 return, the best bet a gambler can ever make
because $1 on heads only could result in losing $1.

yeah i know a lot of gambling theory. i just tend to have my own, i think the most dangerous opinion i have at the mo is that i can win my losses back.

[tux]

Savagegoose, do you think you will ever die in a fiery airplane crash?

[savagegoose]

everytime one flies overhead yeah. sure wont as a passenger, cant afford a ticket lol

actually thats rather a lot of gambling money, and i dont usually bet that much , but its the 1st time i wrote down every penny spent for the month. and even broke it down into the different games. yeah do know the return is something like %60, worse than pokies! at 85%. and a bank account is 106% , but it aint 106% everytime you put a dollar thru.
that might actually be fun. its a year to cycle that 06%

anyhow the point wasnt really my gambling is bad, or gambling a bad bet, it was actually counting a months worth of gambling bets, makes me see where money can be saved. oh and the end of jan numbers where...

jan [loss] / profit [170.0] 49.25
mon/ lotto [14.75]
tue/oz lotto [6.00]
wed/ lotto [18.30] 11.75
thur/ power ball[51.90] 6.50
sat/ lotto [11.60]
sat /pools [4.35]
keno [60] 16
scratchers [5] 15

feb should be much better, there's less days to lose money on.

This post has been edited by savagegoose: 05 February 2012 - 12:51 PM

[mattau]

I like to stay away from lotto altoghter. saves me money, and I feel that the odds are against me playing lotto

[Solomon]

mattau, on 08 February 2012 - 09:04 AM, said:

I like to stay away from lotto altoghter. saves me money, and I feel that the odds are against me playing lotto

Fess up.
You've done the maths haven't you?