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Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

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Mega Millions is around $650 million. The 4th largest jackpot in US history. If no one wins on Tuesday it's going to go way up with all the office pools and the like.

So, after you waste your $2, what are you going to do with the $$$ you aren't going to win?

Me: I'm going to buy a sponge factory and use it to drain the Atlantic ocean.

e: Also, powerball is around $350 million right now. Good for top 30 all time.

Waltzing Along fucked around with this message at 16:49 on Oct 15, 2018

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Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

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Kazak posted:

How do I pick random lotto numbers

Get a lotto sheet
Shove paint in your rear end
Fart the paint onto the sheet

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

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I'm gonna get 50 friends to pee in my pool.

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

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Burt Sexual posted:

You can do that today. Be the change you want.

Yep. The Bay Area is already full of idiot stoners. What's one more?

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

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No winner. Estimated at $868 on Friday. 2nd largest ever. I have a feeling it will go higher due to all the workplaces going crazy with pools. Three days of work of everyone talking about lotto jackpots will push it up even higher. Might hit a billion.

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

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No one won. Estimated 850 million+

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

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Good. More $$$ for me.

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

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1 billyun dollars!

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

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Looks like no winner. 1.6 Billion jackpot estimated for Tuesday.

Biggest ever

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

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Nobody won Powerball in a while, either. It's at 620 million. 5th largest jackpot ever.

So if no one wins that on Wednesday, it will jump to #3.

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

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Got his odds down to 1 in 180,000 or so. Not too bad.

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

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1st_Panzer_Div. posted:

I think this is the exact part that breaks people's brains.

2 tickets doubles your chances. 200% more likely. But normal situations where people weigh their odds are like 1/5 poo poo, like Mcdonalds trick r treat thing out now. 1/4 wins, you buy 4 items and you're pretty likely to win a free small fry or w/e.

But the size of the lottery numbers is not comprehensible. You literally can't rationally compare 1/180,000 vs 1/360,000,000. There's no rate of accidents, disease survival, sport team winning, etc that's even close.

But people drop $20 instead of $2 because they're 10x more likely! #smh

It's also total crap how much it pays out for small wins.

Mega # is $2
1 number plus mega is $4.

Odds are 1 in 37 and 1 in 89.

Think about that. You pay $2. 1 time in 37 you get that $2 back. That's stupid. 1 in 89 you get $4. That's even worse. $2 for $74 spent. $4 for $178 spent. Insanity. No wonder the jackpots grow so high so consistently now.

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

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Big Beef City posted:

My word!
Can you explain how coin flips work, too?!

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

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

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Kuato posted:

I’d start doing random poo poo like that. Not a bad idea. Slip homeless people a grand every now and then, depending on my mood at the time.

If you are even seeing homeless people, you are doing something wrong. I mean, maybe as your driver shuttles you from one location to another you'll see someone out the window.

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

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DrPossum posted:

what do you think old man lowtax would sell the forums for?

1 million dollars would do it. He'd be glad to be rid of it and able to do something else. That's just a guess, though.

He could have sold it for multiple millions of dollars 10 years ago.

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

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Lowtax is radium. Don't you get it?

Lowtax. Is. Radium.

Waltzing Along
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Icochet posted:

Buy the rights to Doctor Who.

Stop making episodes

FTFY

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

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Someone in South Carolina won. That rules out goons because you have to be able to read in order to post.

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

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Have a friend who got 5 of 6 numbers. 4/5 + the other #. Only won $9k.

That's nuts. He sounded sick after finding out.

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

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SC can claim privately?

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HAM ON THE BONE posted:

I’m curious if it would be possible to pay someone to claim the winnings for you. Honestly, with a jackpot that big, I’d be cool with giving some dude 50 million to deal with the cameras and attention so I don’t have to go into hiding. I’d guess that I’d need to do up a contract with a lawyer beforehand to make sure the guy didn’t run off with all the money or something like that.

Probably not.

I have a feeling that as time goes on, more and more states will allow anonymous claims. It's so bad for the winners to have to deal with all fallout from being publicized. There is no real gain for anyone for there to be a face to the winnings.

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