Did You Buy a Powerball Ticket?

[unregistered]

 

[JohnnySavage]

I play every drawing. Watch some noob swoop in and snatch my jackpot.

 

[unregistered]

 

[JohnnySavage]

If I win, I will require a personal assistant. She will have to have the proper skill set to manage my day to day activities. She would also have a generous clothing allowance and grooming stipend. I'm having a hard time thinking of a proper salary.

As if the opportunity to spend the day with the JAJ isn't compensation enough.

 

[Wings]

I did indeed. May my island dream be closer than I expect.

 

[unregistered]

 

[islandman]

I did indeed. May my island dream be closer than I expect.

Bless your heart, I've been right here all along!

On a more serious note, I purchased 5 tickets.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Exactly, but, you know as well as I. If you win a half a bill, they are going to want a salary.


Greedy Gretchens, the lot of them.

You know what?

I'd give it all away except for $2 million. I figure I have (at most) another 20 years left. So $2 million would give me $100,000 a year for the rest of my life and that's plenty. I'm a simple man.

Of course, I've always had a dream of opening a junk yard in Potomac. Just because that's the kind of neighbor I tend to be.

 

[MonaLittle]

I did indeed. May my island dream be closer than I expect.

Bless your heart, I've been right here all along!

On a more serious note, I purchased 5 tickets.

Get a Room!

 

[islandman]

Get a Room!

You mean "buy a hotel with your winnings!"

 

[unregistered]

 

[MonaLittle]

You mean "buy a hotel with your winnings!"

Precisely.

 

[trysail]

Lotteries have been (accurately) described as "A Tax On Stupid People."

That the jackpot is what it is should tell you something.

 

[islandman]

Precisely.

I do so love your brain.

*lick*

 

[unregistered]

 

[LoveNLaughter]

Lotteries have been (accurately) described as "A Tax On Stupid People."

That the jackpot is what it is should tell you something.

Agreed, but could not resist. I bought $20 worth. My whole day is planned, deciding how to spend my winnings.

My first order of business after I win can be summed up in two words.

Man Harem.

 

[trysail]

...the odds of winning it all are 175 million to one.

And that means it's more likely, at least judging from one sort-of-old but widely cited statistic, that you're more likely to be crushed to death by a vending machine as you try to shake loose a stubborn candy bar.

The supposed odds of such a death? About 1 in 112 million.

What's more, you're much more likely to die from a bite or blow inflicted by man's best friend than you are to have the winning ticket in tonight's Powerball drawing. The National Safety Council says the odds of dying from a dog bite or blow are 1 in 144,899...

Expected return for a $1.00 ticket:

$1.00 × 1/175,000,000 = $0.00000000571428

 

[koalabear]

Put $2 in Sat., won $7. I'm quitting while I'm ahead.

 

[blobfish]

Expected return for a $1.00 ticket:

$1.00 × 1/175,000,000 = $0.00000000571428

That's inaccurate, because there are smaller prizes that are easier to win.

 

[KRCummings]

Every week I buy one Powerball and one Lotto on Wednesday and Saturday. Six bucks a week and overall I've won maybe 50 bucks total.
I don't really expect to ever win but it's fun. Like putting a few bucks into the giant slot machine at the entrance to a casino. You know you're not gonna win the car but you do it anyway.

 

[islandman]

Lotteries have been (accurately) described as "A Tax On Stupid People."

That the jackpot is what it is should tell you something.

Stupid people tend to be the luckiest among us.

 

[bronzeage]

I am going to wait until next week when all the tickets bought this week make the jackpot even bigger.

 

[neci]

i never play, but am tempted to go pick up a ticket for fun. a nice piece of land in new mexico is calling my name.

 

[miles]

WTF....the odds may be crazy but someone has to win.

 

[VaticanAssassin]

i never play, but am tempted to go pick up a ticket for fun. a nice piece of land in new Mexico is calling my name.

I think I would have to go Wyoming...

Better hunting and no State taxes. 6 months there. 3 in Hawaii, and 3 in Europe.

Fuck...Now I have to go buy a ticket.