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Tramadol Junkie
Aug 30, 2015

by zen death robot
Lipstick Apathy
Can us Brits play???

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social vegan
Nov 7, 2014



Nooner posted:

ive got some powerful balls for ya right here OP :getin:

if u give me the mill I'll make sure nooner can only post thru one of those handicap straw keyboards :getin:

Sweaty IT Nerd
Jul 13, 2007

Do not play the lottery for investment purposes.

People need to be told this.

Black Baby Goku
Apr 2, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo
Someone will win. Why not me?

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Black Baby Goku posted:

Someone will win

not even necessarily true lol how do you think the jackpot got so big in the first place

Comfy Fleece Sweater
Apr 2, 2013

You see, but you do not observe.

The Sphinxster posted:

Do not play the lottery for investment purposes.

People need to be told this.

Nice try, idiot

Trying to keep the money for yourself ? Pshh

Black Baby Goku
Apr 2, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo

Moridin920 posted:

not even necessarily true lol how do you think the jackpot got so big in the first place

Someone will win, eventually. Why not me?

thathonkey
Jul 17, 2012
*steps up to the microphone*
*clears throat loudly*

gas thread, ban op

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

Tuxedo Gin
May 21, 2003

Classy.

Magnetic North posted:

The FAQ on the Powerball website is actually kinda funny. I guess I would be sarcastic too if I knew that every single person who emailed me is stupid because they are playing the lottery.


Anyway, I went to the website to look up the current odds. The odds to win Powerball are 1 in 292 million. Each ticket is 2 dollars. That means the expected value of a ticket is 1/584th of a millionth of a dollar. So, that means that if the jackpot is greater than 584 million dollars, then the expected value of a ticket is greater than its cost. So, what I'm saying is don't buy until it is over that value and then spend every cent you have because it is a sure thing :thumbsup:

the beauty of the system is that it will never get over that value because the bigger the jackpot, the more people who buy more tickets. so even if you win, the chances are you being the only winner are not great

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
your odds of winning have nothing to do with the amount of people who buy tickets

Black Baby Goku
Apr 2, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo

Moridin920 posted:

your odds of winning have nothing to do with the amount of people who buy tickets

The odds of there being multiple winners does though

henkman
Oct 8, 2008
You can't win if you don't play

Inzombiac
Mar 19, 2007

PARTY ALL NIGHT

EAT BRAINS ALL DAY


I spend more than 2 bux on dumb poo poo all the time. At least with the lottery I can have an insignificant chance on getting more money to spend frivolously.

VendaGoat
Nov 1, 2005
2 dollars for a head trip that lets me indulge in my opulence fantasies. Actually seems cheap compared to what some folks spend on it.


Investment vehicles anyone?

poverty goat
Feb 15, 2004



im going to win the lottery this time. i can feel it

thats why i just bought 200 tickets

Black Baby Goku
Apr 2, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo
I know I'm gonna win and it's an awesome feeling

Kosher Pickup Line
Jan 10, 2008

Hair Elf
there's a cool/depressing powerball simulator that made me never want to buy a ticket ever again. it's fun to see how much money you lose over 5 or 10 years by playing weekly.

http://powerball-simulator.com

henkman
Oct 8, 2008
These threads used to be filled with pages of posts of people saying what they'd do with the money, good feelings and good times. Now it's just full of the usual cynical bad gbs posters

Black Baby Goku
Apr 2, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo
That's nice but I only play once in awhile and have a lot of disposable income

VendaGoat
Nov 1, 2005

henkman posted:

These threads used to be filled with pages of posts of people saying what they'd do with the money, good feelings and good times. Now it's just full of the usual cynical bad gbs posters

Life experience of actually playing the powerball caught up with everyone.

Black Baby Goku
Apr 2, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo

henkman posted:

These threads used to be filled with pages of posts of people saying what they'd do with the money, good feelings and good times. Now it's just full of the usual cynical bad gbs posters

It's sad how much worse, if you can believe it, GBS is now

social vegan
Nov 7, 2014



Marvin Freeman posted:

there's a cool/depressing powerball simulator that made me never want to buy a ticket ever again. it's fun to see how much money you lose over 5 or 10 years by playing weekly.

http://powerball-simulator.com

lol whatever man i just won like 8 bux in a second this rules

City of Tampa
May 6, 2007

by zen death robot
that lady that won like $600m bought a house in Jacksonville

Jacksonville

Moltke
May 13, 2009
When I win the jackpot I'm gonna buy up the server farm hosting the forums and burn the building down

Magnetic North
Dec 15, 2008

Beware the Forest's Mushrooms

Marvin Freeman posted:

there's a cool/depressing powerball simulator that made me never want to buy a ticket ever again. it's fun to see how much money you lose over 5 or 10 years by playing weekly.

http://powerball-simulator.com

Bwa ha ha ha this loving rules.

Sweaty IT Nerd
Jul 13, 2007

City of Tampa posted:

Jacksonville

Settle down Tampa

Masturbasturd
Sep 1, 2014
I'd buy some congressmen and make water a scheduled substance, of which I own the patent.

Robo Reagan
Feb 12, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

Rambling Robot posted:

i hope lowtax wins and that he'll invite all of us to the best goonmeet ever with loads of balloons and cake.

i just want to pretend that i have friends for just a few hours

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless

henkman posted:

These threads used to be filled with pages of posts of people saying what they'd do with the money, good feelings and good times. Now it's just full of the usual cynical bad gbs posters

I believe they all moved to the stock market thread in BFC:

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3259986

"Lost half my life savings today"

"Ride it out, bro!"

MiracleWhale
Jun 30, 2015


Black Baby Goku posted:

It's sad how much worse, if you can believe it, GBS is now

lol, were you around for the sjw years? i prefer the current gbs

Black Baby Goku
Apr 2, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo

MiracleWhale posted:

lol, were you around for the sjw years? i prefer the current gbs

Earnest posting was better than this poo poo

Kuato
Feb 25, 2005

"I CAN'T BELIEVE I ATE THE WHOLE THING"
Buglord
I'm winning, and I'm buying everyone Kuato lives avatars and platinum when I do




















Not really, if I win I'll never post again

eSports Chaebol
Feb 22, 2005

Yeah, actually, gamers in the house forever,

The Sphinxster posted:

Do not play the lottery for investment purposes.

People need to be told this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRmc9IPGmiA

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/07/how-mit-students-scammed-the-massachusetts-lottery-for-8-million/

(To be fair I doubt any such lotteries exist today)

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless

Black Baby Goku posted:

Earnest posting was better than this poo poo

The Impotence of Being Earnest

XMNN
Apr 26, 2008
I am incredibly stupid

henkman posted:

These threads used to be filled with pages of posts of people saying what they'd do with the money, good feelings and good times. Now it's just full of the usual cynical bad gbs posters

sorry ur an innumerate :(

VendaGoat
Nov 1, 2005
How much is Alabama worth? Can I buy it?

Comfy Fleece Sweater
Apr 2, 2013

You see, but you do not observe.

VendaGoat posted:

How much is Alabama worth? Can I buy it?

Lol yeah but why would you

VendaGoat
Nov 1, 2005
Running the simulator right now.

.95 cent return on my 5500+ year investment :homebrew:

Leonard Ghostal
Apr 26, 2006
all your money won't a minute buyyyyyyyy

all we are is dust in the wind

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VendaGoat
Nov 1, 2005

Don Tacorleone posted:

Lol yeah but why would you

I want to consolidate every craft and micro brewery in one state and take on coors and budweiser.

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