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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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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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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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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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08-22-2017, 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Dondilion
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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I don't know. Two doubles your cost, but only increases your chance of winning by 1/300,000,000th....
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08-22-2017, 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by mpholland
I already have a ticket and I still stand by my signature, which I had long before the election.
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It's a good sig.
You gonna hang around this little carnival some now?
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08-23-2017, 12:12 AM
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Bought tix in a Rising Fawn Ga truck stop during the the total eclipse motorcycle ride. 400 mile round daytrip destination ride of a lifetime to Sweetwater Tn.
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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....
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Buying two doubles the chance of winning. But 2x0=0.
That's why I buy a lot more.
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08-24-2017, 10:12 PM
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Wasted $2. Oh, well.
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08-24-2017, 10:23 PM
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But you had fun planning what to do with $700 million, right?
At least $2.00 worth of fun.
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