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packman

(16,296 posts) Wed Jan 6, 2016, 02:07 PM Jan 2016

POWERBALL - 500 million- [View all]

When you win, don't forget your friends on DU.

Of course this HAS to be said:

"The odds are one in 292.2 million, which means you're really, really, really unlikely to win. For some comparison, your chance of being struck by lightning in a year is about one in 960,000. But as lottery officials often note, you have no chance of winning if you don't buy a ticket. "

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POWERBALL - 500 million- [View all] packman Jan 2016 OP

I read once your chances are better for having a fatal heart attack when you win, than they are. . . Journeyman Jan 2016 #1

I'm in DefenseLawyer Jan 2016 #2

God, me and the Lottery Joke packman Jan 2016 #3

Great one# Glamrock Jan 2016 #9

It also has to be said that NO ONE will actually realize $500 million A HERETIC I AM Jan 2016 #4

I'm willing to give it a try if I win. NightWatcher Jan 2016 #8

personally, I hate the big jackpots hfojvt Jan 2016 #5

You would have to forget about nearly everyone you ever knew. lpbk2713 Jan 2016 #6

So you're telling me there's a chance Johonny Jan 2016 #7

Additionaly, WHAT you win is likely to drop... brooklynite Jan 2016 #10

I'd consider buying a ticket if the spoils were widely divided with less noney question everything Jan 2016 #11