10 Signs You’re an Addicted Lottery Player at Heart!
If There Was a Country Named Lottery, You Would Be President!
“Maybe I’m addicted, I’m out of control, but you’re the drug that keeps me from dying…” that’s probably the one song I can think of right now when I see people getting so addicted to playing the lottery! It’s true, you might think otherwise, but some people live only to play the lottery; like for instance my pesky neighbor… she couldn’t care less what she was having for dinner or lunch, as long as she had enough time to go buy a lottery ticket. Sometimes I pity her, but of course I don’t show it to her, I keep encouraging her because she believes that maybe someday she will win the lottery… and I, for playing a Devil’s advocate, will receive a small gift of appreciation!
Okay, you might think I’m such a loser. Nope and I don’t encourage her to play so she’d give me a taste of what it’s like to win, I only encourage her because I want her to concentrate more on the lottery and less on my life! Ha-ha! Okay, so that’s not the point. There are tons of people who are totally addicted to playing the lottery, they eat, live, drink, sleep, dream and do everything else by thinking about the lottery. But because they don’t look different (they would if the lottery was a virus!) we can’t tell who’s a true lottery player at heart. So I came up with some tips to help you identify them, because, like infections, lottery is contagious!
1. Can’t Get the Lottery Outta Their Head
A mature lottery player knows when to stop playing because most of the time they’re just playing for fun, but when it comes to addicted lottery players, they can’t tell the difference between fun and compulsion! They must play the lottery no matter what the outcome is and eventually lottery takes control of their lives and they find themselves constantly buying lottery tickets. “Hey Paul, wanna grab some beers tonight for the football match?” and a typical addicted lottery player’s answer would be, “let’s grab a bunch of lottery tickets instead and watch the previous draws!” with an innocent smile.
2. Can’t Stop Playing Even If It’s Somebody Else’s Money!
When it comes to mature lottery players, they know how much to spend on lottery tickets, they don’t go overboard and each month they set aside some cash for their favorite game, but that’s not the case with addicted lottery players. Their motto: What’s Mine Is Mine, What’s Yours Is Mine! *Face-palm*
3. It’s Not Only about Entertainment, It’s About Anxiety
Mature gamblers can take a burn on lottery fields because they’re not really committed to playing the lottery, they’re just having fun, but an addicted lottery player is, like, married to lottery! If they’re trying to escape anxiety or depression, only one place you can find them – convenient stores!
4. Recovers Losses By Playing More!
An addicted lottery player has an un-crushable ego! They just can’t digest the fact that they’ve lost so they go into the lottery battlefield by betting more money! Now that’s not a solution to financial losses it is an act of throwing good money after bad! But oh well, they’ll continue playing until they win something, even if it’s just enough to buy a round of beer! LOL.
5. Enough Money Is Never Enough
They all start with $2 and then end up spending 200 times more than $2 just so they can have some odds in their favor in order to win the jackpot! It’s like diabetes, where even when the doctor tells you not to eat sugar, you say it’s okay to have because someone in your dream told you it could be lucky!
6. I Can Do Anything To Find Money For Lottery Tickets!
So you need to get some stuff done? If so, addicted lottery players are always at your service, so long as the work will PAY. Because addicted lottery players have tickets flowing through their veins instead of blood, they would to any extreme to make sure their lottery filled mind is fully hydrated with the flow of money. But this is not an idea to take advantage of them, but well if they agree to do something for you in return for some cash, you better be loyal – rubbing an addicted lottery player on the wrong side can be injurious to health!
7. Your Waters Broke? Hold On Just Two Minutes Darling, Forgot My Lottery Ticket!
Now I’m not saying addicted lottery players are the meanest creatures on the planet, but they can be mean if something interrupts them from their lottery rush! They don’t do it on purpose, of course, but because they’re so addicted, this habit takes priority over all other important things in their lives. They’re so addicted that their careers take the backseat and relationships take a hike at the expense of their habit.
8. I’m A Wall of Brick, My Heart Is a Stone
Addicted lottery players can experience emotional roller coaster rides. These emotions can include: feelings of guilt or sorrow, frustration or irritation for absolutely no reason, a decrease in ambition and an urge to celebrate just about anything by playing the lottery! “Oh, you made me breakfast? Let’s celebrate!” “Oh, you’re early from work? Let’s celebrate!”
9. Becoming a Liar for The Sake Of My Love
A lot of addicted lottery players start lying in order to escape daily routine chores to play the lottery. “Hey Boss, I’m sort of having some kind of fever, don’t think I’ll be able to come to the office today…” and as soon as they hang up, they wear a hoodie (in case their boss is outside :p) and head off to a nearby convenience store to buy some love i.e. lottery tickets!
10. Rob Peter to Pay Paul
Some addicted lottery players take a very ugly step to play their favorite game – they rob, steal and commit fraud. And they keep assuring themselves that once they win, they will secretly return the money… but the cycle keeps repeating and repeating… and finally it becomes an unbreakable habit.
So what do you think? Know of any lottery player who is addicted to playing the lottery? If so, show them this article and they’ll know which stage their personally in!
