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cynatnite

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15. Odds are 1 in 176 million...so I considered buying 176 million tickets...

Fri Mar 30, 2012, 03:23 PM

Mar 2012

“First, if it takes five seconds to fill out each card, you’d need almost 28 years just to mark the bubbles on the game tickets. You’d also use up the national supply of special lottery paper and lottery-machine printing ink well before all your tickets could be printed out.” (Also, if just one other person picked the winning number, you’d end up losing $30 million all told.). So, that notion is out.

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Have you or will you buy a lottery ticket? [View all] cynatnite Mar 2012 OP

Yes Bluzmann57 Mar 2012 #1

Miscommunication nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #2

My grandpa has played with the same exact numbers for years now. He won't budge on them... cynatnite Mar 2012 #3

What is funny, the most I got was 87 bucks right as the lottery started nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #11

I sell them...day in, day out...to literally hundreds (today would be thousands but I'm off). ScreamingMeemie Mar 2012 #4

I usually wind up torn between a lottery ticket and a Mounds candy bar.... cynatnite Mar 2012 #8

Better question: DefenseLawyer Mar 2012 #5

If we do, you won't have that worry nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #9

I wouldn't if I won... brooklynite Mar 2012 #13

Someone without $640 million could probably use that job. DefenseLawyer Mar 2012 #17

Wouldn't it make more sense for me to just pay the other person? brooklynite Mar 2012 #47

I got my tickets meow2u3 Mar 2012 #6

I've Only Played Twice Xyzse Mar 2012 #7

I have, and will probably buy a few more today SteveABG Mar 2012 #10

I apply the couch-cushion principle... brooklynite Mar 2012 #12

Probably will Geoff R. Casavant Mar 2012 #14

Odds are 1 in 176 million...so I considered buying 176 million tickets... cynatnite Mar 2012 #15

I bought four. First time I've ever bought any. I guess $4 is a small K Gardner Mar 2012 #16

Yep Cirque du So-What Mar 2012 #18

I've never understood why $50 million is ho-hum, but $600 million starts the stampede Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #42

I will, after someone wins the 'big one' ... Myrina Mar 2012 #19

Never have, won't start now NoGOPZone Mar 2012 #20

I almost forgot about it, but I do intend to. Lone_Star_Dem Mar 2012 #21

I have $5 riding on that $540 million jackpot. If I don't win, no big loss. kestrel91316 Mar 2012 #22

Yes. truebrit71 Mar 2012 #23

I bought three kudzu22 Mar 2012 #24

Yes, I will probably buy a ticket on my way home tonight LibertyLover Mar 2012 #25

thinking about it tabbycat31 Mar 2012 #26

Money spent on lottery tickets is an ignorance tax Speck Tater Mar 2012 #27

Wow, 27 posts for this one joeglow3 Mar 2012 #28

Absolutely. Speck Tater Mar 2012 #37

I think most people are smart enough to know their chances are miniscule to a snowballs chance. n/t cynatnite Mar 2012 #31

Well Duh...... Burma Jones Mar 2012 #59

Yes - $5.00 leftynyc Mar 2012 #29

Nope. Never have, never will csziggy Mar 2012 #30

The odds aren't diluted... cynatnite Mar 2012 #33

Statistics was the only college course I ever flunked csziggy Mar 2012 #51

My husband usually buys $5.00 worth of tickets for both MegaMillions and Powerball mohinoaklawnillinois Mar 2012 #32

Never anything? Motown_Johnny Mar 2012 #44

No, Mr. Wonderful's not holding out on me. He never checks to see if he wins anything mohinoaklawnillinois Mar 2012 #60

Weird, I had two $3.00 winners last week Motown_Johnny Mar 2012 #62

Nope. Never. oldhippie Mar 2012 #34

Unemployed, but bought two tickets Digit Mar 2012 #35

Years ago. Now I just get irritated waiting in line to buy something mmonk Mar 2012 #36

1 or 2 once in awhile, for Dear Husband eShirl Mar 2012 #38

Yep. onenote Mar 2012 #39

No. I bought one when I turned 18, because I could. Denninmi Mar 2012 #40

Winning is like tossing an unbiased coin 27 times in a row Nye Bevan Mar 2012 #41

I spent ten bucks on mega millions Motown_Johnny Mar 2012 #43

Never bought a lottery ticket and never will. RebelOne Mar 2012 #45

I just bought one ticket. And if I win... Ian David Mar 2012 #46

I won't, but I would love it if a really poor and needy person won. CTyankee Mar 2012 #48

Can't buy 'em here. The corporate mobsters don't allow competition. Egalitarian Thug Mar 2012 #49

Once when I was 18 just because I could. MadrasT Mar 2012 #50

When I win, I'm starting an anti-Walker Super PAC Viking12 Mar 2012 #52

Lol... yes I did... and I usually do not fascisthunter Mar 2012 #53

Me, too. Planned Parenthood would be at the top of my list. n/t cynatnite Mar 2012 #54

Stood in line for like 20 minutes ecstatic Mar 2012 #55

Never have & never will nt Raine Mar 2012 #56

Yyyyyyep. I calculated that I have a 50/50 chance of winning. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2012 #57

I don't understand all the lotto jargon tammywammy Mar 2012 #58

I paid $2 of my "bad at math tax" ;) n/t. Extend a Hand Mar 2012 #61