Mega Millions now 640,000,000

[..]

Ticket buyers bought $6,600,000 worth of tickets here in Georgia just yesterday. Total population of GA is nearly 10 million. 

Crazy people. 

Such a shame so many will be buying more than one ticket with money they can ill afford in the crazy belief that the odds are reduced exponentially. 

[Cliff]

Ticket buyers bought $6,600,000 worth of tickets here in Georgia just yesterday. Total population of GA is nearly 10 million. 

Crazy people. 

Such a shame so many will be buying more than one ticket with money they can ill afford in the crazy belief that the odds are reduced exponentially. 

You mean they're not??      I bought one ticket,,, my chances are just as good as anyones.

[Reb]

Technically, you can't win if you don't play. I bought 5 this morning while getting gas, figured WTH its worth a shot.

[Bonzo]

All it takes is a dollar and a dream, You got to be in it to win it! LOL love those commercials! My Wive says her goal is to be carried out of Chester Elementary School by her co-workers when their pool has the winning ticket!

[BF]

One thing is true.......you can't win if you ain't in.  Somebody's gonna win and all it takes is one dollar.  Your odds are just as good as anyone else's. 

[Hook#3287]

Got my 5 bucks worth to dream with.  Might get some more later at the "Pub" after a couple.

[donaldcc]

Such a shame so many will be buying more than one ticket with money they can ill afford in the crazy belief that the odds are reduced exponentially.  

You mean they're not??     I bought one ticket,,, my chances are just as good as anyones.

  Poor odds for sure.  but . . .  if you buy multiple tickets there is a LINEAR REDUCTION in the odds.  so, i might get a few.  

[..]

Such a shame so many will be buying more than one ticket with money they can ill afford in the crazy belief that the odds are reduced exponentially. 

You mean they're not??      I bought one ticket,,, my chances are just as good as anyones.

  Poor odds for sure.  but . . .  if you buy multiple tickets there is a LINEAR REDUCTION in the odds.  so, i might get a few. 

Sure, if you buy 10 you will have 10 chances in 176,000,000. The odds do not change.

Unless you know something others don't.

[Jess Tolbirt]

Such a shame so many will be buying more than one ticket with money they can ill afford in the crazy belief that the odds are reduced exponentially. 

You mean they're not??      I bought one ticket,,, my chances are just as good as anyones.

  Poor odds for sure.  but . . .  if you buy multiple tickets there is a LINEAR REDUCTION in the odds.  so, i might get a few. 

Sure, if you buy 10 you will have 10 chances in 176,000,000. The odds do not change.

Unless you know something others don't.

and if i buy 20 then my chances increase by 10 more than 10,,right?

[PAVALKER]

Don't bother playing.... waste of your money....   I played it on Tuesday and won, turned my winnings around into more tickets for tonight.... and I got the winner.  Save your money.

[donaldcc]

  Poor odds for sure.  but . . .  if you buy multiple tickets there is a LINEAR REDUCTION in the odds.  so, i might get a few.  

Sure, if you buy 10 you will have 10 chances in 176,000,000. The odds do not change.

Unless you know something others don't.

   well with 10 tickets, you lose more.   but, your odds of winning are 1 in 17,600,000 which is better than 1 in 176,000,000 with a single ticket.    so . . . your ODDS of WINNING are better while odds of each individual number is the same.

  but maybe we are just mincing words, i'm going to get a few tickets.  

  Are the odds better if I ride the VALK to get the tickets or drive in the cage??

[ptgb]

Between the various pools I'm in just here at work (different departments)... I am in for about 120 chances (for $7 invested)  

But alas, if any of my pools win I will ONLY win about 15 million.... pppffffttt.  ???

It would be pretty funny if one specific pool wins; in that my town will not have a police department anymore... we will all be laying skid marks out of the parking lot right around midnight tonight!  

[..]

YOU DO NOT reduce the odds like that

Thatms the thinking the lotteries thrive on

So you reckon buying 1000 tickets reduces the odds to one in 176000
To be blunt fat chance

All you have done is bought 1000 chances to win at odds of 1 in 176000000

[ptgb]

Read an article about the odds. If you already have $176,000,000 you can play every number combination possible and are virtually guaranteed to win. Not bad, double your money.

But there is a problem. If another player hits as well, you would be $30,000,000 in the hole.

But the biggest problem... to fill in the little circles on the cards for every number combination possible would take 28 years.

[G-Man]

Such a shame so many will be buying more than one ticket with money they can ill afford in the crazy belief that the odds are reduced exponentially. 

You mean they're not??      I bought one ticket,,, my chances are just as good as anyones.

  Poor odds for sure.  but . . .  if you buy multiple tickets there is a LINEAR REDUCTION in the odds.  so, i might get a few. 

Sure, if you buy 10 you will have 10 chances in 176,000,000. The odds do not change.

Unless you know something others don't.

So, if Warren Buffet bought 176,000,000 tickets (I'm assuming this # accnts for every 3 combo possible), one of those tickets would be worth 640,000,000.  Sounds like an incredible investment to almost quadruple the layout....provided that nobody else wins.  Even if you have to share it with two other winners, you'd still make almost 30,000,000.

Who's in?   

[..]

Factor in the cost of empoying people to complete entrry cards and. The taxes you would pay on the 30000000

Not lot left

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

YOU DO NOT reduce the odds like that

Thatms the thinking the lotteries thrive on

So you reckon buying 1000 tickets reduces the odds to one in 176000
To be blunt fat chance

All you have done is bought 1000 chances to win at odds of 1 in 176000000

Thinking like that you could buy 176,000 tickets and win 640,000 not a bad investment,,,,Go for it 

[Reb]

YOU DO NOT reduce the odds like that

Thatms the thinking the lotteries thrive on

So you reckon buying 1000 tickets reduces the odds to one in 176000
To be blunt fat chance

All you have done is bought 1000 chances to win at odds of 1 in 176000000

Thinking like that you could buy 176,000 tickets and win 640,000 not a bad investment,,,,Go for it  

Don't worry Joe I got the winning ticket, You can stop your job tomorrow I got you covered man 

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

YOU DO NOT reduce the odds like that

Thatms the thinking the lotteries thrive on

So you reckon buying 1000 tickets reduces the odds to one in 176000
To be blunt fat chance

All you have done is bought 1000 chances to win at odds of 1 in 176000000

Thinking like that you could buy 176,000 tickets and win 640,000 not a bad investment,,,,Go for it  

Don't worry Joe I got the winning ticket, You can stop your job tomorrow I got you covered man 

Just pay my bills off Preston and we can ride out west and run after chunky chicks 

[The Anvil]

YOU DO NOT reduce the odds like that

Thatms the thinking the lotteries thrive on

So you reckon buying 1000 tickets reduces the odds to one in 176000
To be blunt fat chance

All you have done is bought 1000 chances to win at odds of 1 in 176000000

Thinking like that you could buy 176,000 tickets and win 640,000 not a bad investment,,,,Go for it  

Don't worry Joe I got the winning ticket, You can stop your job tomorrow I got you covered man 

Just pay my bills off Preston and we can ride out west and run after chunky chicks 

What? That's the best part of big girls. You don't have to run! 

[Gryphon Rider]

Assuming the odds of winning are about 1 in 176,000,000 as stated, here's how to think of the odds:

Somewhere on the most direct route between Los Angeles, CA and Philadelphia, PA, Someone has scraped away one inch of the paint of the fog line on the south side of the pavement, pounded a nail into the line, then repainted over top so the nail was invisible and you couldn't tell anything was done.  Bill Gates phones you up and says he'll meet you in LA, where you'll be given a one inch wide paint scraper and told to get on your Valk and aim for Philly.  You can choose one place to stop at the edge of the road, and scrape off only one inch of paint, the full width of the line, in an effort to find the nail.  If you find it, Bill will hand you half a billion dollars.

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

YOU DO NOT reduce the odds like that

Thatms the thinking the lotteries thrive on

So you reckon buying 1000 tickets reduces the odds to one in 176000
To be blunt fat chance

All you have done is bought 1000 chances to win at odds of 1 in 176000000

Thinking like that you could buy 176,000 tickets and win 640,000 not a bad investment,,,,Go for it  

Don't worry Joe I got the winning ticket, You can stop your job tomorrow I got you covered man 

Just pay my bills off Preston and we can ride out west and run after chunky chicks 

What? That's the best part of big girls. You don't have to run! 

It's seldom that I agree with you  ( its happened before    ) however I've got to give you this one 

[Reb]

YOU DO NOT reduce the odds like that

Thatms the thinking the lotteries thrive on

So you reckon buying 1000 tickets reduces the odds to one in 176000
To be blunt fat chance

All you have done is bought 1000 chances to win at odds of 1 in 176000000

Thinking like that you could buy 176,000 tickets and win 640,000 not a bad investment,,,,Go for it  

Don't worry Joe I got the winning ticket, You can stop your job tomorrow I got you covered man 

Just pay my bills off Preston and we can ride out west and run after chunky chicks 

What? That's the best part of big girls. You don't have to run! 

It's seldom that I agree with you  ( its happened before    ) however I've got to give you this one 

Either way, Don't threat me with a half billion dollar good time!

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

Assuming the odds of winning are about 1 in 176,000,000 as stated, here's how to think of the odds:

Somewhere on the most direct route between Los Angeles, CA and Philadelphia, PA, Someone has scraped away one inch of the paint of the fog line on the south side of the pavement, pounded a nail into the line, then repainted over top so the nail was invisible and you couldn't tell anything was done.  Bill Gates phones you up and says he'll meet you in LA, where you'll be given a one inch wide paint scraper and told to get on your Valk and aim for Philly.  You can choose one place to stop at the edge of the road, and scrape off only one inch of paint, the full width of the line, in an effort to find the nail.  If you find it, Bill will hand you half a billion dollars.

We had a 70 year old McDonald's  biscuit maker in my hometown win around 80 million in Kentucky before Tennessee had a lottery. He's dead now but his kids and grand-kids has pretty much pissed all his money away now....Someone will win and everything in that person(s) life will never be the same again.

[R J]

I felt lucky today, I caught myself when I went to fall, usually I'm on the ground in one of those situations, and need help back p on my feet.   

My grandson played Soccer today, was a makeup game from last week.   They won, 6-0.  So I feel real lucky.   Their record after this game is 6-0.   Winner I tell ya, I'm a winner.    If I am, then I'll split the $$ up with the kids and then tell them the $$$$ faucet has been terminated.

I came home with $5.00 worth and all over this one # says hey box, I is a winner tonight.

[BIG--T]

Assuming the odds of winning are about 1 in 176,000,000 as stated, here's how to think of the odds:

Somewhere on the most direct route between Los Angeles, CA and Philadelphia, PA, Someone has scraped away one inch of the paint of the fog line on the south side of the pavement, pounded a nail into the line, then repainted over top so the nail was invisible and you couldn't tell anything was done.  Bill Gates phones you up and says he'll meet you in LA, where you'll be given a one inch wide paint scraper and told to get on your Valk and aim for Philly.  You can choose one place to stop at the edge of the road, and scrape off only one inch of paint, the full width of the line, in an effort to find the nail.  If you find it, Bill will hand you half a billion dollars.

We had a 70 year old McDonald's  biscuit maker in my hometown win around 80 million in Kentucky before Tennessee had a lottery. He's dead now but his kids and grand-kids has pretty much pissed all his money away now....Someone will win and everything in that person(s) life will never be the same again.

Unfortunately that is so true, it can be a curse. Sometimes it will turn siblings against each other, parents and entire families hate each other. Then there are so called friends that knew you in 1st grade along with strangers giving their hard luck stories. I don't know if it still comes on but I have watched the curse of the lottery on A&E- it was true and interesting.

So when I win it I'll let ya'll know if I experience any of this! BTW, I bet it will be over $700,000,000 by 11:00PM!!!!

[Stars and Stripes]

Its a tax plain and simple. 

[Sergeant D]

Me:  Know what I could do with 640 million dollars?
Wife:  Have 640 million trips to the strip club.
Me:  Nope, just one really great one!

Stolen from Al on "Married With Children"

[..]

Assuming the odds of winning are about 1 in 176,000,000 as stated, here's how to think of the odds:

Somewhere on the most direct route between Los Angeles, CA and Philadelphia, PA, Someone has scraped away one inch of the paint of the fog line on the south side of the pavement, pounded a nail into the line, then repainted over top so the nail was invisible and you couldn't tell anything was done.  Bill Gates phones you up and says he'll meet you in LA, where you'll be given a one inch wide paint scraper and told to get on your Valk and aim for Philly.  You can choose one place to stop at the edge of the road, and scrape off only one inch of paint, the full width of the line, in an effort to find the nail.  If you find it, Bill will hand you half a billion dollars.

We had a 70 year old McDonald's  biscuit maker in my hometown win around 80 million in Kentucky before Tennessee had a lottery. He's dead now but his kids and grand-kids has pretty much pissed all his money away now....Someone will win and everything in that person(s) life will never be the same again.

If a single ticket is the winner then the 1/2 billion dollar plus winner will be hounded for the rest of their life around the world. The press would not give up until they found the winner.

One can only hope that they will get an accomplished team of experts around them who are going to be trustworthy.

http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-With-Winning-the-Lottery

[BIG--T]

Assuming the odds of winning are about 1 in 176,000,000 as stated, here's how to think of the odds:

Somewhere on the most direct route between Los Angeles, CA and Philadelphia, PA, Someone has scraped away one inch of the paint of the fog line on the south side of the pavement, pounded a nail into the line, then repainted over top so the nail was invisible and you couldn't tell anything was done.  Bill Gates phones you up and says he'll meet you in LA, where you'll be given a one inch wide paint scraper and told to get on your Valk and aim for Philly.  You can choose one place to stop at the edge of the road, and scrape off only one inch of paint, the full width of the line, in an effort to find the nail.  If you find it, Bill will hand you half a billion dollars.

We had a 70 year old McDonald's  biscuit maker in my hometown win around 80 million in Kentucky before Tennessee had a lottery. He's dead now but his kids and grand-kids has pretty much pissed all his money away now....Someone will win and everything in that person(s) life will never be the same again.

If a single ticket is the winner then the 1/2 billion dollar plus winner will be hounded for the rest of their life around the world. The press would not give up until they found the winner.

One can only hope that they will get an accomplished team of experts around them who are going to be trustworthy.

http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-With-Winning-the-Lottery

Thanks Britman, I need all the help I can get on this subject. 

[thumper]

I treat myself to five tickets every week.  My problem is they go in a drawer until I go check them out...I've kept tickets past their due date.

My motto is..."if you play, you won't win....if you don't play you CAN'T win"

Oh well....

[BIG--T]

I treat myself to five tickets every week.  My problem is they go in a drawer until I go check them out...I've kept tickets past their due date.

My motto is..."if you play, you won't win....if you don't play you CAN'T win"

Oh well....

 

[Jess from VA]

The lottery is a tax on the stupid.

However, once or twice a year when the pot is huge, I'm stupid for a couple bux. (not this time, no other valid reason to waste gas on a trip to the store)

[slider]

If I win reallly big goona buy all you a valk..that is if anybody would take another one

[The Anvil]

If I win I'm spending every single dime on hookers and blow.

But I'll tip very well.

[BIG--T]

Well I hate to hurt anyones feelings, but I've already won.  Sorry 

[YoungPUP]

I got my ticket from the driver of the Karma bus. A customer gave me a 3 draw ticket today after he says he hit 3 the other nite. "Just want to share the good luck."

[musclehead]

If I win I'm spending every single dime on hookers and blow.

But I'll tip very well.

spoken like a Charlie sheen wannabe 

I went completely off the reservation, bonkers, gonzo if you will and bought a WHOPPING ....

..........

......

wait for it.........

$15 dollars 

the lottery is for people that are bad at math

I failed algebra, I said Al who?

[gordorad]

 

If I win I'm spending every single dime on hookers and blow.

But I'll tip very well.

[Moonshot_1]

Can't lose if you don't play.

Virtual no Chance at $1/2 billion or gas money for the bike?

Gas money for the bike of course. Always a winner!