Powerball hits $450 Million

[PopeyesPappy]

Probably but where's the fun in that? I'm sure that Stromboli couldn't afford to lose $20 he wouldn't buy a $20 ticket.

[Unbeliever]

http://www.infographicsarchive.com/interesting-facts/infographic-what-are-the-odds-of-winning-the-lottery/

[PopeyesPappy]

Your chart says 23 million to 1. The actual odds of winning the Powerball lottery with a single number are 1 in 292 million which is much worse that your link says. Despite the long odds someone wins it on a regular basis.

[Unbeliever]

Sure, but "someone" doesn't buy tickets, you or I or he or she does.

The fact that "someone" may win doesn't do you or I or he or she any good at all.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Don't play, guaranteed won't win.

Can't afford a ticket? Don't play, buy food.

Can afford a ticket? Skip the meth and go for celebrity OD status.

[Hydra009]

Don't play, guaranteed won't win.

Also a guaranteed won't lose.  I've seen a lot of people blow thousands of real dollars for millions of potential dollars.  Seems like a crummy deal.  The system seems designed to exploit people's greed and hope to clean out their wallets.  It's a step up from televangelism only in the sense that they actually pay out once in a while, though it's rarely more than the person put in.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Also a guaranteed won't lose.  I've seen a lot of people blow thousands of real dollars for millions of potential dollars.  Seems like a crummy deal.  The system seems designed to exploit people's greed and hope to clean out their wallets.  It's a step up from televangelism only in the sense that they actually pay out once in a while, though it's rarely more than the person put in.

I didn't suggest playing thousands by any means. But tell me who here hasn't spent $2 on some amazingly trivial shit that returned absolutely nothing of any real use.

[Youssuf Ramadan]

$150 million?  How much rum, weed, coke and whores does that amount to?   I probably wouldn't last very long, but I'd go out with a smile on my face...   :06:

[Shiranu]

Never tell me the odds.

[stromboli]

Probably but where's the fun in that? I'm sure that Stromboli couldn't afford to lose $20 he wouldn't buy a $20 ticket.

Lol. 5 hours later I'm clutching a $20 10 pick in my hot little hands...... Slightly less than half a tank of gas. Like the old timer said, there's no moss growing under my tires.  :13:

And yes, I can afford it.

And no I didn't go just for the ticket. My son lives North of me and we went to Idaho- another 40 miles- after visiting him.

[aitm]

Never tell me the odds.

me either, its like: Challenge accepted!

[aitm]

WTF is an "ex vet"?

yeah…odd that.

[josephpalazzo]

The exact odds are: one in 404,586,468. Good luck to all the players. You'll really going to need it!

[stromboli]

Hey its the crushing disappointment followed by the fit of rage when you tear the tickets to shreds and burst into tears. Refocuses you on just how pointless and futile life really is.

[PopeyesPappy]

The exact odds are: one in 404,586,468. Good luck to all the players. You'll really going to need it!

I haven't done the math, but that isn't what they say on the website. Are you using the current rules which are 69 white balls and 26 red balls?