A Powerball player in Arkansas has won a $1.817 billion lottery jackpot

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5. I don't play, because I've already been hit by lightning......

(not directly, but within 20 feet of me---close enough to blow me off my feet.)

Well, the real reason I don't play is that being a math geek, I fully understand the probabilities involved, and I work too hard for the money to throw it away. I also regard lotteries as undemocratic, in that they prey on the lower class people who can least afford to be throwing away money, and reward a very few.