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24. I had $14 in my wallet so I bought seven tickets.

Mon Oct 22, 2018, 09:13 PM

Oct 2018

I'm the last of the big spenders! And I have no idea what my odds are - slim to none?

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too many to be practical at140 Oct 2018 #1

No, you need to be a billionaire matt819 Oct 2018 #3

Yes, there have been mass lottery ticket buying operations jberryhill Oct 2018 #8

I would think to ensure a win California_Republic Oct 2018 #15

Demovictory9, Can you designate more than one number per ticket? Nitram Oct 2018 #17

Other people can win too. zipplewrath Oct 2018 #19

Yes jberryhill Oct 2018 #10

Why buy a 95% chance HappyBeing Oct 2018 #5

I am doing the following: Moostache Oct 2018 #6

An interesting take. CrispyQ Oct 2018 #14

Very unsavory risk. Not worth taking for anyone. WeekiWater Oct 2018 #7

This was actually done once berni_mccoy Oct 2018 #9

the price per ticket for this mega lottery is actually $2, not $1 trc Oct 2018 #11

First, Ms. Toad Oct 2018 #12

A chance? Or a guarantee? Wounded Bear Oct 2018 #13

A sucker's bet. You could buy up all the possible combinations, but then MineralMan Oct 2018 #16

But then that is placing a definition on "winning" that was not stipulated. LakeSuperiorView Oct 2018 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author TwistOneUp Oct 2018 #18

Wow, you're a little hostile Yavin4 Oct 2018 #20

I'm so "lucky" I could have a 99.99999% chance of winning, and still lose! Totally Tunsie Oct 2018 #21

I had $14 in my wallet so I bought seven tickets. SMC22307 Oct 2018 #24

50-50. cloudbase Oct 2018 #26

There are 3 kinds of people in the world. kwassa Oct 2018 #29

Ha, that's how I look at it. SMC22307 Oct 2018 #31

7/300,000,000 Yavin4 Oct 2018 #28

I don't know but I bought one for each of the big ones today. bluedigger Oct 2018 #27

I think that NCjack Oct 2018 #30

Ninety five percent of all tickets sold. McCamy Taylor Oct 2018 #32