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Aussie105

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18. Never seen lotteries as a good use of money.

Reply to lastlib (Reply #5)

Thu Dec 25, 2025, 07:32 PM

2 hrs ago

Mathematically the odds are horrible.

Morally for every winner there are thousands if not millions of disappointed losers.

Just wishful greed.

Anyhow congrats to the winner, and all their new friends.

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A Powerball player in Arkansas has won a $1.817 billion lottery jackpot [View all] Omaha Steve 15 hrs ago OP

Wasn't me LiberalArkie 15 hrs ago #1

Well.......I'll just go back to bed today............ IA8IT 15 hrs ago #2

I stand a better chance being hit by lightening in December, than winning the POWERBALL. ProudMNDemocrat 15 hrs ago #3

I don't play, because I've already been hit by lightning...... lastlib 13 hrs ago #5

It is only at Christmas time I buy Scratch-offs ProudMNDemocrat 13 hrs ago #8

All purchases are voluntary. If you choose to waste your $ its YOUR decision. Callie1979 13 hrs ago #9

I dabbled in the mathematical arts myself EYESORE 9001 11 hrs ago #11

Pretty simple then,don't buy any tickets. No one is forcing anyone Bengus81 10 hrs ago #14

You can't win if you don't play mdbl 6 hrs ago #16

Never seen lotteries as a good use of money. Aussie105 2 hrs ago #18

That happened to me and my sister also airplaneman 1 hr ago #20

I hope they aren't, you know, Republicaaan. twodogsbarking 13 hrs ago #4

Beyond a certain level they should cap the top prize and make more smaller winners bucolic_frolic 13 hrs ago #6

I think they should break it into 180 10 million dollar prizes. Callie1979 13 hrs ago #7

Do well; do good with your new found wealth... nt EarthFirst 13 hrs ago #10

Is somone's going to buy the whole state of Arkansas!? Ranting Randy 10 hrs ago #12

And most of Oklahoma! BOSSHOG 10 hrs ago #13

Arkansas, huh? Was it one of the Walmart spawn? Mawspam2 9 hrs ago #15

What gets me is the bigger it is the more people play? 40 or 50 million ain't enough eh? Describes America to a T! n/t Cheezoholic 2 hrs ago #17

That dashes the hopes and dreams of my coworkers. taxi 2 hrs ago #19

8 people won $1million RussBLib 12 min ago #21