Dressing up a simple "tax on hope" with terms like "mechanics and probability" is the ultimate intellectual cope for a gambling habit. It’s a masterclass in how the over-educated rationalize their participation in a game rigged for their loss.
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Mixed Up Monday! . Scratch Cards UK National Lottery (Ep.29A)
Added:Hello, and a warm welcome to Scratch Card Corner. Today is mixed up Monday.
£17 of cards, seven cards. We got the fiver or the tenner, the 20X, Loaded Lines, and Deal or No Deal. So, not too many today.
There you go.
All right.
142. Let's see if we can get a fiver or a tenner, shall we?
No.
Nothing on that one.
I like the color of this card. I wish they'd do this in a £5 card. 143. You know, not fiver or tenner, but you know what I mean. The coloring.
A nice £5 in this color would be nice.
£5 card.
Nope. Nothing on that one.
All right. Let's try the 20X, shall we?
That's a bit Ooh.
Yep. There we go.
101. 101.
Yep. 101.
>> [panting] >> 15.
Let's see if we can find 15.
>> [panting] >> Nope.
Well, got it all round it, haven't we?
17, 19, 18.
13.
>> [panting] >> Let's get the right one in a minute.
>> [panting] >> No. Nothing on that one.
Let's turn it over and see.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mhm.
Not good, is it?
Results on that are not good.
102 >> [panting] >> 29 >> [panting and laughter] >> All right.
Closer. Not quite there.
>> [panting] >> No.
What you all doing this week? Anyone going on holiday?
Oh, where you going? I'll tell you what, tell me where you're going. That'd be good. I'd like to know where everyone is going.
All right. 030 Oh my goodness, look at this. Look What is going on here?
And it's torn at the corner there as well.
My neck. That's not good, is it?
Well, let's see if we can get the numbers the symbols through there.
Now, that's a present.
That's a voucher.
I don't I don't keep this card like This is how it was handed to me.
I've had this one a while, I think, as well.
Oops.
>> [panting] >> We haven't a win yet.
All right, let's see if we can get a win on one of these cards.
I've missed anything, have I? No, not yet.
Water of cash, that's there.
>> [panting] >> Airplane.
Next to the water cash. Oh, might get that one.
Car.
Island.
Airplane there.
I'll get that one.
Vault.
No.
Pound sign.
Ooh, there's a line.
Yay.
We've got a line.
Car keys.
Watch.
VIP.
>> [panting] >> Crown.
Any more? Right, so we have at least one line.
Make sure we haven't got any more.
I don't think we have. That's the only line we've got, isn't it?
So, it's this line here in the middle.
What we got?
£3.
Right, can we multiply that? Let's have a look.
No. [clears throat] £3 [snorts] it is then.
Never mind. It's £3.
Better than nothing.
Now, this is the next card. That This card's all right, isn't it?
Oh, there's a little bit of a tear there.
01 031 All right, let's see how we get on with this one.
>> [panting] >> Television. What's happening down there?
Vault.
Vault.
Or bank. I call it vault, but it's actually a bank, isn't it?
Wallet.
Another one there. Ooh, could get that one.
Car.
>> [panting] >> Sack.
What of cash?
I've got it in two places. Oh, no. I put it in the last one.
Right. Oh, record. Oh, that's another line.
Oh.
Well, that's good.
I got another line.
All right, present.
cup ring Last one, airplane.
Right, we got another line. I never got any other lines.
There seems to be a lot going on on this one.
I can't see anything else, but we got a line here. What have we got?
Oh, another £3.
Oh, okay. We might multiply it this time.
No, it's just another £3.
Oh dear, that's strange.
£3 on one following the other.
Right.
031 This is Deal or No Deal.
Not Beat the Chasers. It looks like Beat the Chasers, but it's not. It's Deal or No Deal.
Right, let's see if we can win £10.
No.
£20?
No.
What do you reckon? Not a chance.
No.
Right then, let's see if we can get the identicals or the 2x, 3x, or 10x.
Let's see how we get on, shall we?
Hopefully lots of scratching. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 Ooh, there's a win.
There's a win.
We've got a winner.
Yoohoo.
Can we get another one?
We got one at least.
Might get another one.
Oop, not yet. Oops. Pull you up a bit so you see what I'm doing.
>> [panting] [panting] >> Right, so we have got a win. Let's see what we've got, shall we?
Can we make it good?
Ooh, yeah, that's not too bad.
Ooh, well, I'll take that. £15, wow.
Ooh, that is good.
Right, so for our £17 we won £15 on this one.
£3 on this one.
There.
And another £3 on a loaded lines.
Down there somewhere.
So, that's 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.
21 playing with 17, we're £4 up.
It's not bad for the start of the week, isn't it? Is it?
Well, don't forget to like and subscribe and I'll see you on the later video.
Bye.
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