B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for June 08, 2021

Wondering where he keeps his money…those things aren’t free, you know!

Lottery ticket?

Bah!

You’d be better off throwing your clams in the ocean.

My daughter has won Fantasy Five twice. The second time was two weeks before her wedding. Enough to cover all the wedding costs, the very expensive reception, and a longer honeymoon. Also put a chunk in savings. Nice way to start out a marriage. Yes, they are still married, twenty years now.

So you think that you saw your lucky star?

I think he’s just used a lifetime of good luck.

There’s a flip side. One of my favorite stories is about a guy (from Australia I think) who twice narrowly missed getting hit by meteorites. As he explained, “It’s getting difficult to find people who want to golf with me.”

I always believed that after getting out of catastrophic situations by luck is the last time you want to play lotto; you’ve used up all of your luck. ;-)

Biggest lotto problem is….it’s always won by someone else.

Not likely it’ll win, but if it does, spend it fast. There’s another one on the way.

Too late. You just used up all of your luck. Should have bought one before. (Of course, in order to be able to win the lottery, the comets would have hit, and you still wouldn’t have won. It’s a vicious cycle.)

All I could think about was what Israel has to go through living next to Hamas.

Do ya feel lucky, punk?

Could be a good sign. Definitely worth spending a dollar…..

I’m a terrible fuddy duddy and a data driven guy. I once decided I would break down and buy a lottery ticket – what the hey, I say. Waiting behind one person at the counter, I saw a discarded lottery ticket on the counter. I picked it up and read through the odds on the back. Short form: the one dollar ticket was worth about 50 cents on average if I figured I had any chance of winning the jackpot, or 25 cents if I was being realistic. No lottery ticket for me.

When Arizona opened their first lottery my wife bought five tickets for the $3 million jackpot. I gave her a hard time – $5 was a lot of money to us back then – but she said I wouldn’t give her a hard time if she won the jackpot. I replied, “Yes, I would… for buying four losing lottery tickets.”

Lotteries are a government tax on the innumerate and the gullible.

No such luck on the next asteroid.

Well, it’s a sign if I ever saw one. No, pal, it’s dinosaur poop.

Better yet- open up a new line of credit.

I’ll post this on a cartoon where there are lots of viewers (By the way: what is the most read cartoon on GoComics?) anyone else noticing the new message that is popping up if you try to post more than 2 comments per minute? Never seen that before! Maybe it is because of what is happening at places like Big Nate?

Played the lottery regularly for 20 years? What does that add up to?

<<< Enough to cover all the wedding costs, the very expensive reception, and a longer honeymoon. >>>Heck…that’s nuthin’. I won enough one time to take my wife out to dinner. ONCE!

I figure all the good luck was used up.

I won the pick six lotto once. But just 5 out of 6 numbers, got about 1200 out of it. Picked up my lotto winnings at the lotto office, went to leave, put the car in reverse and BAM the transmission went out. Cost of repair: $1200.

what a lucky day

Smart move.

In WWII a wise drill sergeant told his recruits that they only have a given number of chances in the field, and after they’re used up to lie low if possible.

Reagan’s “Star Wars” missile defense system?

I quit playing the lottery since I’ve decided I pretty much have terrible luck. I was in the habit of playing the powerball, for close to a year straight, I always played the same numbers. Once tho after paying at the gas station i said to the cashier “darn I forgot i was gonna get a powerball ticket!” She said “do you want 1? It’ll just take a second.” “Nah” I replied, “i should quit wasting money on those!” Next draw they drew my numbers. I missed out on over 300 million (before taxes ofc) and I’ve never played again!