[wentscat]

It's a bigun'
I had a dream last night, a GSUS member will win it...and I think it's me.
My new forum name will be "Sugar Daddy" or "ShugDad" for short.
You're all invited to the party at the Strat!

[JMLot]

LoL you musta been dreaming about me then !!! First time I have bought tickets in 10 years !

I guess I will be the big WINNER!

[YTmWSOA5]

Can't get tickets in Florida

[vNQmO2BF]

buzzkill, here. lottery tickets are a tax on people who don't understand how math works.

[wentscat]

buzzkill, here. lottery tickets are a tax on people who don't understand how math works.

You sir, just got crossed off the party list! Nice going.
This lottery is the biggest longshot in the world with the biggest payoff. Surely a chance at a dream is worth a $10 bag of rice in your preps?

[fectsnanteemy]

buzzkill, here. lottery tickets are a tax on people who don't understand how math works.

That's what I told the dude @ AM/PM after waiting in line for 6 old ladies/messicans to waste my time buying lottery tickets.

He didn't get it.

[Pynctyncroast]

it's a suckers play, yeah, but you gotta be in it to win it, soo... i got 5 quick picks. hell might get 5 more. double down.

[wentscat]

You have zero chance of winning if you play, and less then zero if you don't.
Those are the odds...off I go now to by mine!

ShugDad

[hotelhyatt]

They say you are 50x more likely to be struck by lightning then hit the jackpot (based on 90 ppl/yr getting hit).
Buy 50 tickets and your odds come to 1:1. Feel like getting hit my lightning today? Its storming here now, so I guess its better then zero chance!

[MaigicyuNinia]

I bought my first ticket since my 18th birthday yesterday

The whole thing has a Zimbabwe feel to it. When I purchased the ticket yesterday my ticket said $540 million jackpot, but today the tickets will be reading $640 million jackpot

[fectsnanteemy]

Dude... that's the better part of a BILLION dollars. If you spent a billion at the rate of 100,000/day, it would take you 26 years to spend it.

Zimbabwe, indeed.

[Marat]

dude... That's the better part of a billion dollars. If you spent a billion at the rate of 100,000/day, it would take you 26 years to spend it.

Zimbabwe, indeed.

wow.

[Crazykz]

They say you are 50x more likely to be struck by lightning then hit the jackpot (based on 90 ppl/yr getting hit).
Buy 50 tickets and your odds come to 1:1. Feel like getting hit my lightning today? Its storming here now, so I guess its better then zero chance!

Zerohedge showed some of the math - approximately 280 people a year get struck by lightning in the US, so it is an approximate of 1 in a million chance for that to happen.

Lotto winning is estimated to be about 1 in 175 million, so it is more like 175 times more likely to get struck by lightning than win the lotto

I'll take my chances for 2 bucks!

Party on EE. Good luck!

[hotelhyatt]

I've never bought a "real" lotto ticket before (except for $1 scratch offs...I've bought 10 of those over my lifetime so far...yes I keep track...and I've won $26)
My wife wants me to buy 2 tickets...I'm still trying to decide what to do...

[rujeltaoser]

buzzkill, here. lottery tickets are a tax on people who don't understand how math works.

Wrong. I know how math works and I still buy them. Why? What is a couple dollars a week? Some people eat cookies for a couple dollars a week. I buy lotto tickets and workout. It's a trade off.

Lotto tickets are entertainment, and a lot less than a movie!

[Romarionsion]

If they sold em in Fl I'd throw $5 at it. A lot of good could be done with that kinda cash. Good luck to those of you who do play.

[erepsysoulpfbs]

Odds be damned... The $5 I spent... Gives me a finger in the pie.

As others said earlier... if you dont play you have 0% chance of winning.

Heck I would share that winning number with 100 people and still have more money converted to PM than I could reasonably spend.

I usually spend about 4 dollars a week on the lottery. I have never won a big jackpot... but over the years I have one over $10,000. I am still ahead of the game.

So maybe one day lightning will strike me. 8-)

If I do win the $549 million dollar prize... every one of you are invited to a party on board a ship for a week of adventure and fun in the Caribbean. All expenses paid... and a 1oz gold Eagle in your hand as you leave the ship to go home. 8-) I am not kidding!!! Now wouldnt that be a party?

[gettoblaster]

By not buying a lottery ticket I have the advantage of 100% chance of not losing.

That is, you say I cannot win if I do not play while I say I cannot lose if I do not play.

[NanoGordeno]

I should definitely get one. I think the math works out fine - jumping in at the end when people have already pumped it up is a little different.

[MaigicyuNinia]

Odds be damned... The $5 I spent... Gives me a finger in the pie.

Heck I would share that winning number with 100 people and still have more money converted to PM than I could reasonably spend.

Would give a whole new meaning to "backing up the truck"!