Is up to 363 Million now
Will ya buy a ticket fer the Long shot of winning?
Sure the odds are 170Mil to ONE , But some ones gonna win it eventually .
Im thinking about it But aint decided yet
Is up to 363 Million now
Will ya buy a ticket fer the Long shot of winning?
Sure the odds are 170Mil to ONE , But some ones gonna win it eventually .
Im thinking about it But aint decided yet
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No winner tonight. On Friday the jackpot will be worth more than 450 million dollars.
BOOMER ......... SOONER!
AGGIES ......... SUCK!
... and the home, of the, SOONERS!
THUNDER THE F&*K UP!
Yeah, i don't usually play, but when the jackpot is worth more than the actual odds of winning, it's worth throwing a few bucks at.
No winner again last night, so it is now officially the largest US jackpot ever, $476MM. Said there were something like 50 tickets last night that had all 5 numbers, but no one hit the correct Mega Millions number of 24.
Someone actually tried that once but they couldn't process the tickets. I don't know if that's actually true or not but that's how the story goes...
Also, you're almost guaranteeing that you'll be splitting the prize. Usually when it gets up past $300 million, there's at least one winner as so many people are playing. If you bought every combination that would mean there's probably at least two winners. You could end up losing a lot of money even with a winner.
Edit: Just noticed there wasn't a winner so it would have paid off. I don't like the odds though. Most likely you would spend $170 million on tickets and end up splitting the prize 2 or 3 ways. Just watch, I bet there are at least 2 winners on the next drawing (which means you would be splitting it 3 ways if you bought every combination).
Oh, and I don't think you get to deduct the $170 million you put into tickets. That means even with just two winners after taxes you're coming out way behind.
The cash option now is $341 million. You take out about 40% in taxes and you're still barely coming out ahead with just one winner.
One other thing to consider, you're much more likely dying in a car accident today than winning the lottery the next round. That being said, I might have to buy a ticket and hope my luck is on the lottery side rather than the dying in a fiery crash side.
Einstein Theory. Your odds of winning are lower if you don't purchase a ticket than if you buy 1 ticket but they aren't much higher if you buy 1000 tickets. I think it was something like that. So go toss a buck on a lightning strike.
$300 million wasn't enough but now that it is over $400 million I will contribute . . . and if any SF's do win, the next tailgate is on you!
I may throw a buck at it now. I figure I'm only gonna win it once, might as well win a big one!
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...and if I win I'll throw the bestest tailgate ever!
...but mind the Ferrari will you?
Behold the pale horse. The man who sat on him was death, and Hell followed with him.
Olevet Posse Pistolero
Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2015.
I think most of us Know its a Loser to play. But the simple fact of it being so High now has most of us tempted.
Why not go ahead and Play when its say only 20 Mil er so.
Thats still a **** pot of money for very little investment
I think Ive bought maybe 3 or 4 tickets in my life..
When the Lotto 1st started here I let em talk me into buying I think 5 of those 1 dollar scratch things Lost on every one and at that time I think every other one was a winner
Said To hell with it. Was at my shop one day and saw one on the ground, Picked it up and it hadnt been scratched out so I checked it
20 buck Winner so I cashed it and quit while i was a head
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If God wanted Men to look women in the eyes, He wouldnt have gave em Boobs !
Behold the pale horse. The man who sat on him was death, and Hell followed with him.
Olevet Posse Pistolero
Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2015.
I'm thinking your idea of playing once its at 300 or 400 million is flawed if you think it's worth it now. I don't know for sure but it seems to make sense that is the number of people playing goes up when the money goes up, the lower your odds are? Thus your theory of it being worth it only really adds to it only being a lot more dough for who does win.
Buying lottery tickets is a fun thing to do. You can day dream for a few days that you might actually win it.
Since most players have the computer pick the numbers and more players are playing the
chances improve that the winning numbers are picked. If the odds are 170m to 1 and you
get closer to 170m sets being picked it seems logical to assume that someone is gonna get
REALLY lucky. This makes sense in my head but not sure it does on paper
I hate standing in line behind a lotto junkie at the quick trip.