Mega Millions Lottery $640 million jackpot

Everett Eahmer, 80, of St. Paul, Minn., said he's been playing the lottery "since the beginning."

"If I win, the first thing I'm going to do is buy a (Tim) Tebow football shirt, and I'm going to do the Tebow pose," said Eahmer, who bought five tickets Thursday. "I'm with him in honoring a higher power."

On March 31 2012 05:06 mordek wrote:

I like Tebow, I share his views, but this quote had me cracking up hahaha

On March 31 2012 05:13 tw!tch wrote:
ahhh my whole office bought tickets today! a few guys and myself didn't chip in though. is it wrong to be nervous?

Mike Catalano, chairman of the mathematics department at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, S.D., concedes the math is clear: The more tickets you buy, the better chances you have of winning. Better long-shot chances, of course.

On March 31 2012 05:06 NeoIllusions wrote:
I'll probably buy 10 tickets later today.
glglgl

On March 31 2012 05:17 mizU wrote:
When do they release the numbers?

On March 31 2012 05:18 TheToast wrote:
Hmm the odds are 1 in 178 million, payout is 640 million even if it were split between several winners.... hey, does anyone have $178 million dollars I could borrow? I'll pay you back tomorrow.

On March 31 2012 05:21 Recognizable wrote:


If you buy 178 million tickets, that doesn't mean you will have a 100 percent chance of winning, right?

On March 31 2012 05:28 mizU wrote:
Only a million? So greedy.
I'd put like 100 million into TL and eSports yo

On March 31 2012 05:29 micronesia wrote:

I won't be getting the full jackpot. We will split it up among the ~10 of us who are in.