Have you ever won the lottery?

I've won on some scratch tickets, does that count? (better wording of answers may have helped this survey; like a list of types of lotteries that one might have won, raffles for example...)

I've won some things in raffles or contests, but nothing that significant. One odd superstitious thing I tend to believe is that you only get so much "luck", so you should only enter contests/lotteries where you actually WANT the prizes. Otherwise you may use up all your luck winning something you don't even want.

I don't play the lottery.

Nope. I don't play lotteries :)

My savings account in Sweden automatically enters you into a monthly drawing for various prizes; I've won SEK100 a couple of times. (SEK100 ~ USD12)

it was actually 3 dollars, but one is close enough. I don't buy lottery tickets, it was one of the freebees that used to come in the mail.

My only experience with the lottery was one ticket I got for x-mas. I won $5. Other than that, I considerate it just a tax for people who are bad at math.

But I've never collected.

You can't win if you don't play, and I don't.

A couple bucks here, a couple bucks there....no more than $20 total, though. I don't buy very many tickets anyways.

..why do you want to know?

I've won as much as $25. But I haven't played the lottery or gambled in any other way in many years.

I only play the free tickets they send you in the mail, and I've never won on one.

I've won $5 or $10 -- nothing special, but more than a buck. I've won as much as $100 at a time in casinos.

I'm only 17, but in 5 days i am able to play.

I never enter the lottery

I've won a little here and there....not more than $50 at one time and CERTAINLY not enough to make up for the money I've thrown away on tickets.

Never, but if I did, I'd have a blast...

Of course, since I've never played my chances were pretty small.

A dollar here and there. I enjoy the game. I've probably broken even somewhere around a hundred bucks over my lifetime.

several different times on scratch tickets for $500 each. I don't play them anymore since I don't work in a place that sells them.

Do those supermarket thingies count? I think I won $20 or so on one once.

I won $3 playing lotto in CT once. i've won $10 and $20 several times on scratch off tickets. since i never bought the scratch tickets (typically stocking gifts at christmas), i have definitely won more than i have paid out.