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Old 08-22-2017, 06:39 PM
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Powerball

OK, I never play the lottery, the odds just don't make it a sensible thing to do. But, for just the second time in my life, I went ahead and put $2 on the Powerball. Silly, 1 in about 300 million odds of winning what, $700 million? Hey, if a completely incompetent fool could get elected president, I suppose I can win the lottery, lol.
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Old 08-22-2017, 06:44 PM
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You have achieved an incalculable % increase in your odds of winning!

It's a good bet. If you take every such bet that comes along, you'll eventually make a few bucks....
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Old 08-22-2017, 06:57 PM
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I already have a ticket and I still stand by my signature, which I had long before the election.
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Old 08-22-2017, 08:18 PM
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I knew two persons who won different lotteries...therefore my odds are good.

However, for the the first guy disharmony consumed his family after winning and the second person left NY for some corner of the earth where he was not known...Geez! Imagined being paranoid for life.

I usually buy two tickets. I guess two are better than one.
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Old 08-22-2017, 11:12 PM
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I knew two persons who won different lotteries...therefore my odds are good.

However, for the the first guy disharmony consumed his family after winning and the second person left NY for some corner of the earth where he was not known...Geez! Imagined being paranoid for life.

I usually buy two tickets. I guess two are better than one.
I don't know. Two doubles your cost, but only increases your chance of winning by 1/300,000,000th....
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Old 08-24-2017, 07:01 PM
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I don't know. Two doubles your cost, but only increases your chance of winning by 1/300,000,000th....
Buying two doubles the chance of winning. But 2x0=0.

That's why I buy a lot more.
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Old 08-22-2017, 11:14 PM
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I already have a ticket and I still stand by my signature, which I had long before the election.
It's a good sig.

You gonna hang around this little carnival some now?
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Old 08-25-2017, 09:47 PM
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It's a good sig.

You gonna hang around this little carnival some now?
I still pop in quite often. The country has just gone to crap so bad I can't seem to find much to comment on. The election was hard for me. I hated Hilary and Trump both. I really think the Democrats dropped the ball when they went against Sanders. I think he could have won. He may not have been able to get much of his agenda pushed through, but I think he would have at least been fighting the good fight and not embarrassing himself or the country. Now I'm just biding my time hoping the people get tired enough of this crap to swing the senate in 18. I don't see anything acceptable coming in the future until that happens. The sad part is I am still pretty anti-democrat. Guess I'm just more anti-republican now, if they can still call themselves that.
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Old 08-23-2017, 12:12 AM
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Old 08-24-2017, 10:12 PM
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Wasted $2. Oh, well.
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