Sentences with phrase «playing lottery»

To compete in the mobile world without control of the hardware your software runs on is tantamount to playing a lottery.

You get better odds playing the lottery, not to mention Touch ID is apparently susceptible to hacking 1 in every 50,000 «random» unlock attempts.

You are sort of playing the lottery.

If investors treat their contributions as akin to betting on horses or playing the lottery, their expectations may be aligned with reality, he says.

In 1867, his great - grandfather won a fortune playing the lottery, and squandered it in short order on a life of luxury.

Without an art degree It was like playing the lottery.

Quite frankly, you'd almost get better odds playing the lottery than trying to pick up a great deal from the USTA.

It's sort of like playing the lottery, if you win every now and then, you'll soon become addicted to playing.

My parents don't trust the stock market («You'll have more luck playing the lottery»).

He says it's like playing the lottery or gambling.

While the idea behind the Givling app is compelling in theory, it's a bit like playing the lottery.

Most states, and even some credit card companies, have laws and rules in place when it comes to gambling and playing the lottery.

«Tax sales are a bit like playing the lottery,» says Rabinovitch.

Save to Win is a credit union innovation that combines the thrill of playing the lottery with the benefits of building a personal savings.

For example, assume that Susan has just won $ 50,000 by playing the lottery.

There are scientific studies that show that we condition ourselves to repeat self - destructive behavior like this for the allure of a large randomly distributed reward... playing the lottery comes to mind here... or going to the casino and hitting one nice sized jackpot and then spending countless hours and dollars trying to hit another.

There's just one small problem with playing the lottery.

Hey, would you feel like a winner if after years of playing the lottery you won $ 10,000?

Not by flipping real estate, not by playing the lottery and no, not by responding to one of those â $ œMake big $ $ $ at homeâ $ ads.

Playing the lottery and imaging how you'd spend the winning is fun, but it's not a sound strategy to achieve financial independence.

And while active investing may be something of a gamble, it's not as reckless as playing the lottery with your life savings.

Chances are MoneySense readers are divided on whether playing the lottery is a good idea.

When it comes down to it, playing the lottery — within reason — is a personal choice.

I see it as playing the lottery, so your best tactic is to keep your costs low (ebook self - pubbing) except for your time you put into writing and PR and marketing.

In spite of what Terri says, after 14 books (all fiction — I reserve my wisdom on writing for blog posts and comments), I don't consider that I'm an amateur, so I can say that if writing is in your blood, playing the lottery will be required to feed your passion.

It's sort of like playing the lottery when you order a tablet; you just hope that the manufacture has done its job and reduced your odds of getting a dud.

I am one of a group of authors writing books about systems for playing lottery games.

Everyone else was back in the pack somewhere playing the lottery.

Any writer submitting to traditional publishing is playing a lottery.

Even though unlimited tickets are being sold, your odds are bound to be much better than playing the lottery!

First dates are kind of like playing the lottery; but regardless if you are an introvert or an extrovert, http: / / would work for you!

Online dating is a bit like playing the lottery, except the odds are much more in your favor to find true love than win a half - billion dollars.

Lottoland is like playing the lottery, but instead of playing the lotteries themselves, you bet on the outcome of the lottery, which opens up your chances to play on lotteries across the world.

I need to start playing the lottery too;p I hope it's an amazing trip!

I've always felt like weight training, regardless of a persons goal in doing so, is like playing the lottery, «hit or miss».

«I think the next step for me might be playing the lottery and winning.

«It's sort of like playing the lottery where you're buying every ticket,» Glick says.

It is often said that more gambling (including playing the lottery) takes place during economic crises, but a study carried out by researchers at Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M) indicates that the opposite is true: in the last year, people have decreased the frequency of gambling activities, the number of gambling activities participated in and the amount of money gambled.

Finding things that he will eat is like playing the lottery.

People win playing the lottery, do you play every week because of those odds?

It may come as news to you that fixed odds lotto bets can in many cases give you a bigger return on investment than by playing the lottery game itself and are the perfect way to cash in on your favourite or lucky numbers.

When you are playing a lottery team without 5 STARTERS on a BACK TO BACK you should rest your stars.

Otherwise, it's... I mean, it's basically like playing the lottery, isn't it?

If playing the lottery also counts among your guilty pleasures, check out the online-lottery.com site and you will discover an entire universe under a trustworthy virtual rooftop.

Praying to a god and attending church are like playing the lottery: sometimes it goes your way and most times it doesn't, but it makes you feel better for trying.

Acting as if a single vote were consequential is equivalent to playing the lottery.

What abandoning belief in the divine DID do for many nonbelievers was to make them realize that we're all playing the lottery of life, that misfortune often comes down to the luck of the draw.

It's like playing the lottery.

The state lotteries and MUSL (the organization that runs Powerball) are all very firm in their assertion that playing the lottery in any manner over the Internet is illegal.

And a 2010 university study concluded that, the more money you win playing the lottery, the more likely you are to end up bankrupt.