Comments on: Stop Buying Crap #22 – Lottery Tickets as Christmas Gift

By: Sherry Martin

Sherry Martin — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:24:11 +0000

I got scratch offs as a Sneaky Santa present at work.Meanwhile my co-workers scored gift cards for Kohls, Panera Bread,and Starbucks (I gave a Starbucks card,myself). After I opened the box and revealed the lottery tickets there was an embarrassed silence and then everybody suddenly found somewhere else to look. Needless to say,no-one “stole” the tickets from me in the game.

Moral: Next year,I will be purchasing my Sneaky Santa present at the Dollar Store.:(

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 03:13:41 +0000

Lottery tickets are one of the worst, most insulting, lazy gifts a person can give.
It’s like saying

“Hey you’re worth spending two dollars on. Here’s a gift, that has a one in ten trillion chance of actually being a gift.

I hope you enjoy the few seconds of hope, followed by crushing depression of holding what could have been thoughtful.”

If you think the torture of this process is worth gifting. Hit yourself in the face as hard as you can.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:42:13 +0000

You guys are all idiots. Lottery tickets and scratchers are great gifts for people you don’t know intimately. They are not a useless trinket and there is an exciting opportunity to win some extra cash. what is wrong with you people? Get a life. Getting a free lotto ticket makes you mad? Geeeeeeze.

By: Horse Lover

Horse Lover — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 21:28:47 +0000

Oh jeez take it easy—whats the harm. We got these from a boss one year and it was actually kinda fun (I do nto normally take part in any kind of lottery). You are a grown adult, if you want something nicer buy it yourself! Just enjoy something once in awhile instead of complaining all the time about other peoples shortfalls–I am sure they are aware, they probably do not need you to point it out.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:27:52 +0000

I love the idea of giving lottery tickets! I have been giving them for years and so has my family.
One year while I was completly broke I gave 2 different lottery tickets to relatives and they both won $50 each. That made a perfect gift considering the circumstances.

By: Dana

Dana — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:46:09 +0000

Bran: I tend to carry a camera in my purse in case I see something interesting in the course of my day. I would imagine that’s pretty typical of dedicated shutterbugs. And once in a while I see something really screwed up in a grocery store and just have to shoot it, like the time I discovered microwave sushi kits. O_O (Minus the fish of course.)

As to the other, hm. I had an idea. We ought to find out where we can send mail to that guy who scammed Wall Street and half the non-profits nationwide… and send him lottery tickets for a late Christmas present. He likes to gamble? Let him gamble. And anything he wins gets taken away from him and donated to charity. And he has to fill them in and/or scratch them all himself.

By: bran

bran — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:41:48 +0000

here in texas, the only legal gambling is “state “sanctioned, but it still begs the question, why take a camera to the grocery?

By: Flexo

Flexo — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:08:58 +0000

Some of my co-workers love those scratch-off “lottery” games. Who am I to judge?

By: Bill M

Bill M — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:11:13 +0000

Mass State Lottery is advertising heavily on “give the gift of the lottery”. Buy a scratch ticket, blah blah. All this lottery is manipulated…

By: dandy rose

dandy rose — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:07:45 +0000

Oh, and another thought — lottery tickets are far better than an unwanted knick-knack! They’re clutter-free!

By: dandy rose

dandy rose — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:06:56 +0000

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with giving scratch-off lottery tickets as a gift, even as the only or primary gift for someone. Of course, if someone “expects” a better present, then they may be disappointed.

I have an elderly aunt who, for birthday presents, sends a card with a lottery ticket and the horoscope for the birthday. Considering she’s very broke, I find it to be a sweet gesture.

By: Cap

Cap — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:30:46 +0000

Oh I should have been more clear. I don’t think they’re anything wrong as a stocking stuffer along with other gifts or some sort of novelty gag gift that you throw in a card… but they shouldn’t be the only gift, as some has mentioned (especially year end Christmas gifts from work).

Thats what I meant when I said “why buy gift cards when you can buy lottery tickets.”

Then again, I guess if the person you’re gifting loves lottery product, why not?

By: Daz

Daz — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:18:20 +0000

Well done Cap! I’m chortling in my Capn Crunch at this one. For the last 3 years my boss hands us a couple of these for Christmas- lame! Rather have a Hershey bar. Want to thank you for a long ago heads up from you- am enjoying Yodlee very much- cant believe its still free! God bless Daz

By: Miss M

Miss M — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:40:52 +0000

My family has always put a few scratcher tickets in everyone’s stocking at christmas. I don’t see anything wrong with it, it’s only a few dollars. We never win anything, but we enjoy the excitement. It’s the only time of the year we ever buy lottery tickets and no one has turned into a lottery junkie as a result.

By: jim

jim — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:27:50 +0000

I think scratch offs might be fun for a stocking stuff (but you may be teaching the wrong lesson to kids) but that’s about it.

By: Stephanie PTY

Stephanie PTY — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 05:49:17 +0000

Hearty agreement here!

Although, some of the (New York) scratch-off games can be kinda fun. Might be a nice thing to slip in a card, if you know the person gets enjoyment just from playing the little game. I like the Bingo ones – I get one about once every…. two years.

By: robert

robert — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:29:18 +0000

Lottery Tickets as presents? ?!!!

HOW OBSCENE lazy ignorant can people get.?

At one job, we recieved lottery tickets as year end presents . The majority of us riped them up at the ‘party’. Most of those ‘majority’ no longer work there.

How insulting can some one get.