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It's been a while since we've had a big jackpot. I suspect we are about to get inundated with lotto fever because of the size of the jackpots. Mega Millions is estimated to be at $750 million for tomorrows draw. Powerball is at $640 for Saturday. If those numbers hold then MM is the #5 jackpot of all time while PB is #9. If no one wins either then MM will shoot up to #3 behind the two 1.5 billion draws we had a couple years back. PB will likely shoot up to top 6. It's funny, a few years back, if the jackpot topped $300 million, people would freak out. But then we had that first 1.5 billion and it became ho hum, just 300 million? Yawn. Also, the lotto odds getting skyrocketed has caused more big jackpots. Oddly, this is not the biggest they have ever been concurrently. One of the 1.5 billions had the other over 500 million around the same time. This is the first time both have been over $600, though. So what are you doing with your lotto winnings? I'm going to buy more lotto tickets.
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Jan 14, 2021 23:31
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Bitcoin babbyyyyy and Mickey manalo baseball cards
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Jan 14, 2021 23:35
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i dont play those little 50 million jackpots. if i win i need it to be a life-changing amount
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Jan 14, 2021 23:39
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gary oldmans diary posted:i dont play those little 50 million jackpots. if i win i need it to be a life-changing amount  My stupid theory is that you only gotta win once so if it's not gently caress-you money then I'll wait. Winning only $10 million means I'd have to be relatively careful with my permanent vacation.
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Jan 14, 2021 23:40
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I used to never play but now that I'm not "toast sandwich for dinner" poor, I'll play sporadically once it gets above 300 or so. Obviously no way I'd win but my mental health is poo poo and the small serotonin boost is worth the $2.
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Jan 14, 2021 23:45
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Waltzing Along posted:
yeah but if you had 10 mil imagine how many more lotto tickets you could buy
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Jan 14, 2021 23:45
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Mozi posted:yeah but if you had 10 mil imagine how many more lotto tickets you could buy 
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Jan 14, 2021 23:47
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I bought a ticket for the last powerball drawing and had three numbers, and that's probably the closest I'll ever get to becoming a millionaire.
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Jan 14, 2021 23:50
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I don't live in the US, can someone spot me a ticket??
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Jan 14, 2021 23:54
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I'll show you some POWERBALLS OP.
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Jan 14, 2021 23:56
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Derpies posted:I'll show you some POWERBALLS OP. Shove them in the powerballdo and change your life, son.
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Jan 14, 2021 23:58
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I wonder if when a person won, they could display the ticket in a public space in a virtually unbreakable container. Then set up some legal distinction so that whomever finally gets the ticket is financially liable to pay for the damages caused in attempting to retrieve it.
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Jan 14, 2021 23:58
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Has anyone ever stolen the jackpot? It's gotta be somewhere right, just take it
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Jan 15, 2021 00:04
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please give me money number gods
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Jan 15, 2021 00:19
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When is the cutoff to buy? I might give it a shot so I can buy this website
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Jan 15, 2021 02:12
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Milo and POTUS posted:When is the cutoff to buy? I might give it a shot so I can buy this website You're too late! (Buying the website I mean)
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Jan 15, 2021 02:15
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Whoever wins buy me something nice, please.
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Jan 15, 2021 02:20
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we live in a country where, for the most part, the government holds a monopoly on gambling
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Jan 15, 2021 02:40
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last billion jackpot was won in a state where winners can be completely anonymous and the winner took months to collect there's no way that can't be arranged again
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Jan 15, 2021 02:50
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Outside of scratchers I have no idea how to buy lottery tickets. I remember my first job at a grocery store there was this old dude who worked there and my only memory of him was him chain smoking and buying like stacks of lottery tickets. Like several inches thick books of them. I can only imagine how much money he spent on those.
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Jan 15, 2021 04:40
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here in Canada a "big" jackpot is like 50-60 mil. and that's CAD lol. tho we get to actually take the full amount and without taxes or any of that poo poo
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Jan 15, 2021 05:09
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SPACs are the new lotto
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Jan 15, 2021 05:43
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"Surely I will be the person to win the jackport this time!! " (spends $40 on lottery tickets) (drawing night comes and none of them were close at all, goes and buys another $40 in tickets) "I can't wait for Saturday's drawing, it can't come fast enough!"
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Jan 15, 2021 05:45
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Professor Latency posted:Outside of scratchers I have no idea how to buy lottery tickets. I remember my first job at a grocery store there was this old dude who worked there and my only memory of him was him chain smoking and buying like stacks of lottery tickets. Like several inches thick books of them. You mark your numbers on a little card like you're taking the SAT. Hand it to the cashier and hold up the line with your incoherent rambling. I thank my lucky stars my old convenience store manager never bothered to train me on the lotto machine. Pekinduck fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Jan 15, 2021 |
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Jan 15, 2021 22:10
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I'd buy some really premium dog food for my nearly 13 year old great dane and then do nothing but hold her and snuggle her and fund everything off the cash until she passes. Because then I can go back to working my rear end off like I usually do, but every day all day would be about her and making her happy  but it already is. Things are just a little more budget-restrained.
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Jan 16, 2021 02:08
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I work for lottery operations in one of the states so I can't play, but it is always fun to see the massive spike it sales once the jackpot breaks a threshold amount and you start hearing about it in the media reminding people about it.
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Jan 16, 2021 02:14
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I’m gonna get the rest of our house remodeling projects done and also expand our fenced area in the back yard so the dogs have more room to romp. Donate a bunch to homeless shelters, soup kitchens, animal rescues, and progressive causes. Maybe get a nice bottle of something.
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Jan 16, 2021 02:21
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I would Brewster's Millions someone I hate but make the consequences deadly.
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Jan 16, 2021 03:50
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BluPotato posted:I work for lottery operations in one of the states so I can't play, but it is always fun to see the massive spike it sales once the jackpot breaks a threshold amount and you start hearing about it in the media reminding people about it. That's fun for you? Do you not have a Netflix account or something?
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Jan 16, 2021 03:54
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i stopped playing the lottery jan 1, i tore up my ticket so I couldnt ever check to see if my numbers won. I'm putting the 40 per month into a house savings fund!
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Jan 16, 2021 04:08
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i forgot to buy what would have surely been the winning ticket 
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Jan 16, 2021 04:19
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If you give me your money instead, I will give you half of it back.
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Jan 16, 2021 04:22
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BluPotato posted:I work for lottery operations in one of the states so I can't play, but it is always fun to see the massive spike it sales once the jackpot breaks a threshold amount and you start hearing about it in the media reminding people about it. Have you noticed a higher threshold for people losing their poo poo? I remember it being 300 million or so and people would go nuts. But ever since the first 1.5 billion the only other time is when it hit 1.5 billion the second time. Really, that was the end result of people freaking out when it got over 1 billion or so. Tonights is the biggest jackpot since and no one seems to care. I'm sure if no one wins tonight it will attract a lot of attention.
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Jan 16, 2021 04:33
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Waltzing Along posted:Have you noticed a higher threshold for people losing their poo poo? Years ago when the powerball was still $1, a high jackpot was considered to be anything over $200 mil, and you would see places running out of ticket stock quickly from that alone. They doubled the price of the ticket to so that they could get higher jackpots and that worked for a while, but ever since those $1 billion plus draws you don't see people really start to buy up absurd levels of tickets until like $500+ mil.
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Jan 16, 2021 04:47
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Any jackpot less than $300 mil is simply unworthy of me tbh.
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Jan 16, 2021 04:55
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I play the lotto right after the big jackpots hit. Lots better chances to win with less people playing.
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Jan 16, 2021 05:12
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Isn't there an amount where it's possible to buy up every single possible combination and still make a profit off it? Just checked, there's over 302 million different possible combination so you only need about $605 million to guarantee that you get a jackpot for sure. NeonPunk fucked around with this message at 05:21 on Jan 16, 2021 |
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Jan 16, 2021 05:18
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Is it wise to take out a 2nd mortgage and buy lotto tickets with it?
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Jan 16, 2021 05:33
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NeonPunk posted:Isn't there an amount where it's possible to buy up every single possible combination and still make a profit off it? Something similar to this has been done but keep in mind the risk is p significant in that once it goes over the price where the estimated return on a ticket is greater than the cost is around the same time when everyone is buying them so if you go all in on this strat and there’s a not bad chance you’ll end up splitting the jackpot and losing money regardless.
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NeonPunk posted:Isn't there an amount where it's possible to buy up every single possible combination and still make a profit off it? I want to be the rear end in a top hat holding up the 7-11 line buying 300 million tickets.
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