Mega Millions

[SaintsNSinners]

I bought my ticket

 

[tgallmey]

I am.

 

[canav844]

I'm in. What's $640Million gonna get me at the LGS?

 

[churchmouse]

I'm in. What's $640Million gonna get me at the LGS?

Everything..................

 

[JCDPA]

Hmmmmm. Odds of winning are 175million to 1? I'd say we all pitch in, buy all the possible ticket numbers, and split the $640million. Here's my $1 to get us started.

 

[miguel's sister]

I won 20.00 for a promo at work so I threw down 5.00 for some tickets.

 

[longbow]

Getting gas before the Iran strike on Sunday. I watched several people spending $100 on mega millions tickets. Honestly that could have been the down payment for the cars I watched them leave in.

 

[Bunnykid68]

If I win I am going to publish the book Longbow has been writing
Seriously, I am

 

[S8MS-01904]

When's the drawing and where / when can I have my money???

 

[fullauto 45]

Wife bought 20. I'm in at work, so there's 85 chances. Then I'm in a pool with 4 guys at work so there's 20 more!

 

[NavyVet]

I bought one... That's all it will take...

 

[GBuck]

I bought 10 and a scratch off. I won 21 on the scratch off so I bought 5 more and pocketed the rest.

 

[bluewraith]

I'm in. What's $640Million gonna get me at the LGS?

The deed?

 

[hoosierdoc]

If people love the lottery so much why don't we do a voter initiative to allow private ones?

 

[Bunnykid68]

If people love the lottery so much why don't we do a voter initiative to allow private ones?

I am all for that. or raffles

 

[jsharmon7]

Technically it's a good bet because it will pay about 2:1 on the odds. When it is at $30mil it pays like 1:10 against the odds and a terrible wager. Any gamblers want to refine and expand my comments?

The jackpot is $640M now, which is 7 to 2 in Vegas odds in relation to the 176M to 1 odds of winning. The scale is so large that it doesn't really matter, but it is a good bet. Let's say we wagered a dollar on the flip of a coin. If it comes up tails, you owe me $1. If it comes up heads though, I owe you $3.50. The actual odds of the coin coming up heads remain unchanged (heads is not any more likely to come up), but the amount you stand to gain has made this a good bet for you. After 100 flips, you should be significantly ahead of me in the cash department. Like I said though, you're only talking about 1 "flip" with the lottery and probabilities in the hundreds of millions so the odds of actually matching all the numbers are still insanely high. It's still a good bet for a buck.

I'm no math major, so I could be wrong. But, this is my understanding of gambling.

 

[Pyroponce]

I'm in.

I bought ten tickets Wednesday, and I joined a work pool; $2 x 20 is 40 chances. It is a tax on people who can't do math, but I can count the number of tickets I've bought in my life on one hand. Of course my odds aren't good, but I'm having fun so I figure "what the hell? "!

 

[GBuck]

Ok. I'm announcing this, partly out of generosity, partly hoping for good ju-ju. I will give every member that is logged in to INGO right NOW $10,000 if I win the Mega Millions jackpot tonight. I took a picture of the names that are currently logged on. Good luck! 37 minutes and counting!

 

[hooky]

Ok. I'm announcing this, partly out of generosity, partly hoping for good ju-ju. I will give every member that is logged in to INGO right NOW $10,000. I took a picture of the names that are currently logged on. Good luck! 37 minutes and counting!

Woo Hoo!!

We're up to 25 people and 250 picks in our office pool.

 

[Bunnykid68]

Ok. I'm announcing this, partly out of generosity, partly hoping for good ju-ju. I will give every member that is logged in to INGO right NOW $10,000. I took a picture of the names that are currently logged on. Good luck! 37 minutes and counting!

I like your attitude. Save that picture, it will be my criteria also, but you get $50,000 because it was your idea.