Powerball Lottery

BuzzerBee · 2016-01-08 01:01:17

If you don't know the powerball jackpot is almost at $700m, making it the largest prize in history.

I bought two tickets because why not.

Did anyone else?

JadElClemens · 2016-01-08 01:03:57

I have personally never bought that sort of lottery ticket before, though I've been meaning to branch out.

The chances of my winning are still practically nonexistent, so I don't see why the grand prize amount would motivate me to buy one particularly.

BuzzerBee · 2016-01-08 01:10:47

There's a 1/26 chance to win $4 so that's motivation enough.
Nah but I just did it for fun

mrjawapa · 2016-01-08 02:00:23

The government is the real winners when someone hits the jackpot.

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tak4n · 2016-01-08 02:40:29

JaWapa wrote:

The government is the real winners when someone hits the jackpot.

Getting dem mad tax money

BuzzerBee · 2016-01-08 12:24:04

JaWapa wrote:

The government is the real winners when someone hits the jackpot.

I'm pretty sure a couple hundred million dollars makes no difference to the government calm down

hummerz5

Abelysk · 2016-01-08 12:37:21

The biggest issue from winning the lottery is making yourself publicized. Only six states allow anonymity (Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, North Dakota, Ohio and South Carolina). You will only become publicized if you claim the prize.

Lottery winners say they get a ton of mail from strangers. Some people are robbed, and rarely, murdered. Remaining anonymous is the best option. If you're going to cast a ticket, move to the six states listed above.

hummerz5

Onjit · 2016-01-08 13:15:13

Kefka wrote:

The biggest issue from winning the lottery is making yourself publicized. Only six states allow anonymity (Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, North Dakota, Ohio and South Carolina). You will only become publicized if you claim the prize.
Lottery winners say they get a ton of mail from strangers. Some people are robbed, and rarely, murdered. Remaining anonymous is the best option. If you're going to cast a ticket, move to the six states listed above.

I foundthis on reddit ages ago, pretty good read on the subject.

Napakeun, some woman, BuzzerBee, Null

Zoey2070 · 2016-01-08 16:02:35

Onjit wrote:

Kefka wrote:
The biggest issue from winning the lottery is making yourself publicized. Only six states allow anonymity (Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, North Dakota, Ohio and South Carolina). You will only become publicized if you claim the prize.
Lottery winners say they get a ton of mail from strangers. Some people are robbed, and rarely, murdered. Remaining anonymous is the best option. If you're going to cast a ticket, move to the six states listed above.
I found this on reddit ages ago, pretty good read on the subject.

kek
i wrote like, half a post saying "my dad bought powerball tickets, we didn't win, but i read a decent post on reddit" and got distracted. by reddit. trying to find that specific post, and ended up not posting it.

Onjit

Muftwin · 2016-01-08 21:56:32

Thats not enough money to be worth trying for.

mrjawapa · 2016-01-08 22:08:27

BuzzerBee wrote:

JaWapa wrote:
The government is the real winners when someone hits the jackpot.
I'm pretty sure a couple hundred million dollars makes no difference to the government calm down

I'm not even not calm.

And if it doesn't make a difference to them, why are they taking it?

JadElClemens

Muftwin · 2016-01-08 22:53:58

JaWapa wrote:

BuzzerBee wrote:
JaWapa wrote:
The government is the real winners when someone hits the jackpot.
I'm pretty sure a couple hundred million dollars makes no difference to the government calm down
I'm not even not calm.
And if it doesn't make a difference to them, why are they taking it?

Did you even think before you posted that? Do you realise how stupid you sound when you ask that?

Insanity · 2016-01-09 15:36:36

You have a better chance of getting struck my lightning in broad daylight then you do winning the lottery

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Abelysk · 2016-01-09 22:43:43

$900 million. That's almost a billion. The odds are getting more and more difficult... If nobody wins again, the prize could exceed 1 billion...

BuzzerBee · 2016-01-10 16:34:20

Kefka wrote:

$900 million. That's almost a billion. The odds are getting more and more difficult... If nobody wins again, the prize could exceed 1 billion...

The chances remain the same no matter how high the jackpot goes

In other news, I only matched one number and it wasn't the powerball

Onjit · 2016-01-10 16:51:40

Apparently no-one won, and the jackpot was increased to 1.3bil

RIP anyone that wins the jackpot

Abelysk · 2016-01-10 16:57:26

My mom got three numbers correct!

Tako

Falk · 2016-01-10 17:38:26

Insanity wrote:

You have a better chance of getting struck my lightning in broad daylight then you do winning the lottery

You have a better chance of getting struck by lightning in broad daylight then getting hit by a crashing plane.

Also all the people on board also won the lottery at the same time.

And the pilot is an unicorn. (No wonder they crashed. Get it? Wonder? No? Okay.)

Creature · 2016-01-10 17:40:06

You have a better chance of winning this lottery than getting a magic brick in EE.

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Anch · 2016-01-10 17:54:57

Oh boy it's over 1 billion!

Koto · 2016-01-10 22:16:59

Went in on a pool with a ton of people from work, to maximize odds. I need this money, lol

hummerz5 · 2016-01-11 00:09:01

While we're discussing odds... say I just want $1,000... and the jackpot is 1,300,000,000... I could get
1,300,000 people to buy tickets (or wahtever this is) with me. What are my odds then? Any better?

The Party Animal · 2016-01-11 01:12:16

The odds of winning are one in 292.2 million, but the odds of winning without buying a ticket are zero. So here are some strategies to have the right five white balls and red Powerball pop up for you come Saturday

got this from

http://www.today.com/money/how-improve- … all-t65916

mrjawapa · 2016-01-11 06:26:03

Or you can buy all possible numbers, like this totally legit newspaper said Trump done/did/done did it/**** grammar: http://stubhillnews.com/2016/01/09/trum … n-lottery/

Pyromaniac · 2016-01-11 13:37:25

JaWapa wrote:

said Trump done/did/done did it/bimps grammar:

This was like a grammatical seizure dang

Ontopic- I didn't buy any tickets so I think my chances are pretty good

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