Lottery Quotes

“She reaches in, digs her hand deep into the ball, and pulls out a slip of paper. The crowd draws in a collective breath, and then you can hear a pin drop, and I'm feeling nauseous and so desperately hoping that it's not me, that it's not me, that it's not me.

Effie Trinket crosses back to the podium, smoothes the slip of paper, and reads out the name in a clear voice. And it's not me.

It's Primrose Everdeen.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“The Lottery, with its weekly pay-out of enormous prizes, was the one public event to which the proles paid serious attention. It was probable that there were some millions of proles for whom the Lottery was the principal if not the only reason for remaining alive. It was their delight, their folly, their anodyne, their intellectual stimulant. Where the Lottery was concerned, even people who could barely read and write seemed capable of intricate calculations and staggering feats of memory. There was a whole tribe of men who made their living simply by selling systems, forecasts, and lucky amulets. Winston had nothing to do with the Lottery, which was managed by the Ministry of Plenty, but he was aware (indeed everyone in the party was aware) that the prizes were largely imaginary. Only small sums were actually paid out, the winners of the big prizes being nonexistent persons.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“Luck is not as random as you think.

Before that lottery ticket won the jackpot, someone had to buy it.”
― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

“I guess I think of lotteries as a tax on the mathematically challenged.”
― Roger Jones

“You can never have too much money.”
― Jess C. Scott, Poor Little Rich Dude

“They say the lottery is a tax on people who can’t do the math. I would say arguing on the internet is a tax on people who don’t value their time.”
― Sean Kernan

“People who treat stocks like lottery tickets generally have similar odds of winning.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Why bother taking a DNA Test to discover your genealogy? Just go buy a lottery ticket, and if you win, all your distant relatives will find you.”
― Jarod Kintz, 94,000 Wasps in a Trench Coat

“Most people who win the lottery are exactly as they were prior within a few years if they are not worse off. The fiscal management skills that lead one to give over daily money for scratch-offs will also cause the new money to vanish.”
― Thomm Quackenbush, Holidays with Bigfoot

“They say getting sober in AA is simple, but not easy. Just like winning the lottery, I guess.”
― Dmitry Dyatlov

“Happiness isn't something you win in the lottery. Happiness is a state of being, a conscious choice, just like getting dressed in the morning. You must consciously choose to wear it.”
― Sahara Brouwer

“...if anyone asks me, the best thing about winning the lottery is that you really know who your friends are.”
― Penelope Bush, Diary of a Lottery Winner's Daughter

“I live in a different time zone than you, which means I am a Man of The Future, and I can tell you strange and wonderful things. (Ask me about The Council of Ducks of 2244.) But don’t query me for winning lottery ticket numbers, because you don’t really want to meet all your extended family, do you?”
― Jarod Kintz, Music is fluid, and my saxophone overflows when my ducks slosh in the sounds I make in elevators.

“Even most of those whose wealth was not inherited or won often lose sleep over losing their wealth.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The COVID-19 lottery is in full swing...are you feeling lucky?”
― Steven Magee

“23 Lottery Winners Who Lost Millions
Andrew Lisa/Yahoo Finance:

Mickey Carroll was only 19 years old when he won a British jackpot that sent him into early adulthood with the equivalent of $11.8 million. The media dubbed him the “Lotto Lout” as the young winner tore through his newfound fortune with astonishing speed. Much of it went to drug-fueled partying, with the rest wasted on jewelry, cars and other materialistic excesses. As of 2016, he was earning a few hundred dollars a week working in a slaughterhouse.”
― Andrew Lisa

“Investments are not a lottery; if it feels like the lottery, stay away from it.”
― Naved Abdali

“Although he didn’t believe in the lottery, he did believe in miracles.”
― Dean Koontz , False Memory

“As far as he was concerned, a kid who’d won life’s lottery because of his genes and not his own hard work wasn’t worth the trash in the gutter. He wasn’t about to address as equals those who had no interest in knowing the difference.”
― Rieko Yoshihara, Ai no Kusabi Vol. 4: Suggestion

“It was the same sky as on that day.
It spread as infinitely as our desires, deep into the unknown.”
― Tomi Farrell, The Lucky Winner

“The corporate government disability system is like a lottery that really comes down to which judge you have been assigned to, regardless of how many medically diagnosed disabling health conditions you have.”
― Steven Magee

“The valuable prediction test on how you will spend $100 million dollars if you happen to win a lottery is to look on how you spent your last month's salary! With 100% precision the two expenditures will have the same proportions.”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Saipov studied accounting in Uzbekistan. Then he got a U.S. green card and his life fell apart.”
― The Wall Street Journal

“We generally outlive premature success and inherited riches.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Playing the lottery is foolish, until you win more than you have ever spent on lottery tickets; and wise, as soon as you win the jackpot.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“You have more chance of winning the lottery than a Nobel Prize.”
― Steven Magee

“Calling 911 has turned into a dangerous form of the lottery, as there is so much variability in police officers.”
― Steven Magee

“Konohatoto78 adalah sebuah website lottery dan slot online terbesar dan terpercaya di Asia.”
― Uzumaki Naruto

“With the odds of winning the lottery standing at 1 in 292 million, it’s astonishing to think that nearly 70% of those winners lose their fortunes within a few years. Yet, the odds of being born—a staggering 1 in 400 trillion—make your life the greatest lottery win of all. Unlike those who squander their winnings, don’t waste this once-in-a-universe chance. Embrace every moment, cherish every opportunity, and live fully, because while the odds of dying someday are 100% , the true magic lies in how we choose to spend the time in between.”
― Alex Haditaghi

“It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth once they inherit it.”
― Kin Hubbard