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Mega Millions Lottery $640 million jackpot

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spacemonkey4eve
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States267 Posts
March 30 2012 19:55 GMT
#1
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gxTOl06A9JYaGRQwI4C58QOFw4KA?docId=378e1c446e1842e1b5d927923f194474

So normally I don't buy lottery tickets, but come on, who doesn't want to take a 1 in 180 million chance to get into the record books and become the winner of the world's largest lottery jackpot?
Reportedly to be $350 million AFTER taxes. Although I know it's nearly impossible to win, it's good fun and is sure as hell a lot cheaper than going to the tables at a casino.

Anyone here bought tickets for it? I bought 5 tickets

NeoIllusions
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States37500 Posts
March 30 2012 20:06 GMT
#2
I'll probably buy 10 tickets later today.
glglgl
ModeratorFor the Glory that is TeamLiquid (-9 | 155) | Discord: NeoIllusions#1984
TheToast
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4808 Posts
March 30 2012 20:06 GMT
#3
Well, if you get $1 worth of fun out of it, go for it?

But you're not going to win.
I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly's a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.
mordek
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States12704 Posts
March 30 2012 20:06 GMT
#4
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."

I like Tebow, I share his views, but this quote had me cracking up hahaha
It is vanity to love what passes quickly and not to look ahead where eternal joy abides. Tiberius77 | Mordek #1881 "I took a mint!"
spacemonkey4eve
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States267 Posts
March 30 2012 20:10 GMT
#5
On March 31 2012 05:06 mordek wrote:
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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."

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


personally i'll be faith hilling cause tebowing is soooo 2011 (south park reference)
tw!tch
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States563 Posts
March 30 2012 20:13 GMT
#6
ahhh my whole office bought tickets today! a few guys and myself didn't chip in though. is it wrong to be nervous?
Recognizable
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Netherlands1552 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-30 20:18:14
March 30 2012 20:14 GMT
#7
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?


No, it's a perfectly normal human response and also don't worry, the odds are in your favor.

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.


They definitely needed a mathematician for this.
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16071 Posts
March 30 2012 20:15 GMT
#8
ive got my 5 tickets
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
mizU
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States12125 Posts
March 30 2012 20:17 GMT
#9
When do they release the numbers?
if happy ever afters did exist <3 @watamizu_
EtherealDeath
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States8366 Posts
March 30 2012 20:18 GMT
#10
On March 31 2012 05:06 NeoIllusions wrote:
I'll probably buy 10 tickets later today.
glglgl


My magic is woven. Victory you will have. I demand 1% of your winnings or $1 million, whichever is lower.
TheToast
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4808 Posts
March 30 2012 20:18 GMT
#11
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.
I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly's a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.
spacemonkey4eve
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States267 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-30 20:26:23
March 30 2012 20:19 GMT
#12
On March 31 2012 05:17 mizU wrote:
When do they release the numbers?


11pm EST tonight.

edit: there was a news article stating that yes, you can buy all 180 million combinations and be guaranteed to win and make like $100 million profit, but it's physically impossible to print all those tickets in time (it would take weeks), there's not enough lotto paper for it, and it would take years to go through each one.
Recognizable
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Netherlands1552 Posts
March 30 2012 20:21 GMT
#13
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.


If you buy 178 million tickets, that doesn't mean you will have a 100 percent chance of winning, right?
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24691 Posts
March 30 2012 20:23 GMT
#14
On March 31 2012 05:21 Recognizable wrote:
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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.


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

Right.

People in my office bought some tickets so I put in a dollar. I don't do it because I am a lotto player... just to be included with everyone else lol. If I win I will donate one million dollars to teamliquid.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
mizU
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States12125 Posts
March 30 2012 20:28 GMT
#15
Only a million? So greedy.
I'd put like 100 million into TL and eSports yo
if happy ever afters did exist <3 @watamizu_
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24691 Posts
March 30 2012 20:29 GMT
#16
On March 31 2012 05:28 mizU wrote:
Only a million? So greedy.
I'd put like 100 million into TL and eSports yo

I won't be getting the full jackpot. We will split it up among the ~10 of us who are in.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
blabber
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4448 Posts
March 30 2012 20:29 GMT
#17
bought 2
first time doing lotto!
blabberrrrr
Kojak21
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada1104 Posts
March 30 2012 20:30 GMT
#18
If i win i will donate all the money too team liquid. shame i wont be buying a ticket
¯\_(☺)_/¯
mizU
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States12125 Posts
March 30 2012 20:31 GMT
#19
On March 31 2012 05:29 micronesia wrote:
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On March 31 2012 05:28 mizU wrote:
Only a million? So greedy.
I'd put like 100 million into TL and eSports yo

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


you'd still get like 35 million...
if happy ever afters did exist <3 @watamizu_
MtlGuitarist97
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States1539 Posts
March 30 2012 20:32 GMT
#20
If I was old enough to claim the money I'd probably buy a SCII team or invest into eSports.
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