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 Mar 6 2007, 01:07 AM
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It's up to $355 million. $212 cash option. even after taxes that's still over $150 million take home. pretty insane. biggest jackpot in the history of the mega millions
drawing tues & fri edit: $370 mil now, $220 cash option. |
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Mar 6 2007, 01:11 AM
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i remember the megamillions jackpot was up to 5 or 6 hundred million one time and 100 or so people at a company in the northeast who pooled their money together won it... so 355 is not the biggest in history
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Mar 6 2007, 01:44 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
tell that to them then...
http://www.megamillions.com/aboutus/press_....asp?artid=1845 you are probably thinking of powerball or something |
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Mar 6 2007, 10:36 AM
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 Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
Megamillions is not in the northeast...
-------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
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Mar 6 2007, 11:39 AM
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I was raised on the dairy, BITCH! Group: Members Posts: 3,080 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Cedar Park Member No.: 49 |
QUOTE (Dr. Gonzo @ Mar 6 2007, 10:36 AM)  Megamillions is not in the northeast... Yeah some states in the northeast are a part of it. -------------------- "Ah, y'know it's funny, these people they go to sleep, they think everything's fine, everything's good. They wake up the next day and they're on fire."
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Mar 6 2007, 01:06 PM
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I bought my first lottery ticket ever today.
fuck it. |
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Mar 6 2007, 01:46 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
true the mathematical chances are tiny, your chances are infinitely better if you buy a ticket
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Mar 6 2007, 01:48 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (pysex @ Mar 6 2007, 11:39 AM) Yeah some states in the northeast are a part of it. well you also don't have to live in the same state as the lotto you're playing. i bought a few multiple drawing powerball tickets last time i was in louisiana |
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Mar 6 2007, 02:49 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 1,795 Joined: 29-September 06 Member No.: 327 |
I threw away 3 bucks on the valet dude at lunch. and there was no slight statistical probablity he would give me several hundred million dollars.
fuck it. |
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Mar 6 2007, 02:50 PM
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Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
QUOTE (pysex @ Mar 6 2007, 11:39 AM) Yeah some states in the northeast are a part of it. I had no idea that new york and new jersey were in the mega millions interesting I play the lottery all the time, when I am going down the highway I throw five dollar out the window -------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
-Philip K. Dick |
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Mar 6 2007, 04:25 PM
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 From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
Lotteries: Taxes on people who don't understand math.
-------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM) Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Mar 6 2007, 05:16 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (pebkac @ Mar 6 2007, 04:25 PM) Lotteries: Taxes on people who don't understand math. how about this math $370,000,000 my chances of winning = 1 in 175,711,579 your chances of winning = 0 perhaps you'd miss the $1. or perhaps you could tell us where that $1 could be spent otherwise, that makes a large impact on your life. it doesn't really impact my financial success to blow $1 per week. especially considering the possible (however improbable) impact that $1 could have on me, and lots of my closest friends & family for the rest of their lives, and every generation that comes after all of those people. besides the fact that the $1 also goes into state funds for education. and besides the fact that every now and then, i win my $2-7 back from matching 3 numbers or the mega ball. the odds of winning $2 are 1 in 40, and on up from there. |
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Mar 6 2007, 05:22 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 5,275 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 2 |
QUOTE (pebkac @ Mar 6 2007, 04:25 PM) Lotteries: Taxes on people who don't understand math. i think i can afford to blow $1 on a mega millions lottery jackpot, especially if it's 300+ million |
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Mar 6 2007, 05:33 PM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 572 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 33 |
yeah, i already bought tickets
i think it is well worth the investment make sure your bonus ball # is 41 because that is a popular one |
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Mar 6 2007, 05:36 PM
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From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Mar 6 2007, 05:16 PM) how about this math $370,000,000 my chances of winning = 1 in 175,711,579 your chances of winning = 0 perhaps you'd miss the $1. or perhaps you could tell us where that $1 could be spent otherwise, that makes a large impact on your life. it doesn't really impact my financial success to blow $1 per week. especially considering the possible (however improbable) impact that $1 could have on me, and lots of my closest friends & family for the rest of their lives, and every generation that comes after all of those people. besides the fact that the $1 also goes into state funds for education. and besides the fact that every now and then, i win my $2-7 back from matching 3 numbers or the mega ball. the odds of winning $2 are 1 in 40, and on up from there. And that's one dollar I can use to spend on beer. -------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM) Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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