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The Sonic Dreamer User ID: 19453308 United States 11/28/2012 12:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They cost $2 for one ticket. The prices went up sometime in the past year. I do not play regularly, as I feel that is not mathematically in my best interest. However, a $2 outlay, for a chance at approximately $150 million cash (assuming only 1 jackpot winner, lump sum, after taxes) is worth it, IMNTBHO. Currently working on: Bach: Invention No. 1 Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag Mendelssohn: Tarantella Op.102 no.3 Mendelssohn: Venetian Boat Song Op. 19 no. 6 (both from 'Songs Without Words') |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 10364007 Canada 11/28/2012 01:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | powerball tickets do not cost $1. Quoting: The Sonic Dreamer They cost $2 for one ticket. The prices went up sometime in the past year. I do not play regularly, as I feel that is not mathematically in my best interest. However, a $2 outlay, for a chance at approximately $150 million cash (assuming only 1 jackpot winner, lump sum, after taxes) is worth it, IMNTBHO. a extra $1 for power play! |
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Isis One User ID: 14343270 United States 11/28/2012 01:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Odds are 1 in 175 million, doesn't make a difference if machine picks or you pick. I just watched a little segment on it on nightline. Odds increase if you buy a lot more tickets, but not by as much as would make that much of difference. Lump sum would be about 320 million (est). Spread the word, change the collective conscious...... THERE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH OF EVERYTHING TO GO AROUND When you are undisciplined, the universe is extremely forgiving and when you are disciplined, the universe is extremely generous. Me One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore. Andre Gide [link to www.godlikeproductions.com] |
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Isis One User ID: 14343270 United States 11/28/2012 01:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The math guy on the Nightline segment, took the 58 balls and divided by 5 to get the odds (somehow, I'm not clear on the math) but I could see how all the numbers could get used. Ah hell, I'm going buy a ticket tomorrow!!! Spread the word, change the collective conscious...... THERE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH OF EVERYTHING TO GO AROUND When you are undisciplined, the universe is extremely forgiving and when you are disciplined, the universe is extremely generous. Me One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore. Andre Gide [link to www.godlikeproductions.com] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1447583 United States 11/28/2012 01:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So not one of you three would spend $6 on a rare occasion like this for a chance to win $500 million? Unless you're homeless, I can't see a few dollars/euros making that big of a difference in your life. As improbable as it is that you will win, someone has to win. But I'm guessing your posts have little to do with the actual math behind winning the lottery and more to do with the fact that you're all really insecure about yourselves and feel the need to come off as intellectually superior to boost your fragile egos. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 28623204 United States 11/28/2012 01:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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Isis One User ID: 14343270 United States 11/28/2012 02:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Typical American materialism and greed. Why not give your lottery dollar to some homeless guy on the street? Turds. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28623054 and he'll go and buy a lottery ticket, lol Spread the word, change the collective conscious...... THERE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH OF EVERYTHING TO GO AROUND When you are undisciplined, the universe is extremely forgiving and when you are disciplined, the universe is extremely generous. Me One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore. Andre Gide [link to www.godlikeproductions.com] |
Travis Bickle Vigilantes need love too.... User ID: 26788702 United States 11/28/2012 02:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 4914062 United States 11/28/2012 02:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The winner will either be a rich businessman/woman, or a scumbag criminal just recently released from prison. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28622847 I was thinking a 90 year old man would win. How much you wanna bet that its some "inner city" (Black) mooch that gas never worked a day in their life? To make matters even more fucked up...the money she/he used to by the ticket...was taxpayer money....Happens all the time. ITS FUCKED UP! |
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_____tard User ID: 27876141 United States 11/28/2012 02:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Lol at all the people scoffing at those who buy a lottery ticket. Yeah of course there are dumbshits out there who spend 50$ a month on it but there are many more people who just buy one occasionally. I play maybe 5-6 times a year when I am at the register and have a few crumpled singles or too much change in my pocket. Will I win? Almost certainly not. If I did would I be stoked? Fuck yah. Can you imagine how many tomato plants I could buy with that cash? Hell I could have a doom detecting robot to automatically bring them into the bunker! |
PokerStar User ID: 1549066 United States 11/28/2012 02:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | All these idiots buying $100 worth of lottery tickets at horrible odds is great, yet if I want to play a $5 online poker tournament for entertainment from the comfort of my couch on a Saturday night, it's a moral hazard and illegal. This country is filled with idiots, and at the head of the line are 535 politicians. |
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