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On March 31 2012 05:10 spacemonkey4eve wrote:Show nested quote +On March 31 2012 05:06 mordek wrote: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)
After reading the article I knew a South Park reference was bound to happen. Only took 4 posts. Good times.
640 million is ridiculous.
On March 31 2012 08:19 CaucasianAsian wrote:
:O!
gonna buy some now
If I win, i'll be sponsoring OSL and proleague.
Not a bad idea. I will do that too and buy my own team.
Bringing back the Fingerboom.
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If I was old enough I'd buy a few just for fun. Like someone mentioned, if you think that spending a few bucks on it just for giggles is worth it... then it's worth it. Nothin' wrong with that!
Oh yeah, I'd totally donate a bunch to TL too. I'd finally have a way to give back!
Someone win and make the TSL4 prizepool insane! :D
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On March 31 2012 07:48 bebe01 wrote:
bought $10 quick pick, if i hit it everyone in this thread gets 10Gs
Word, I'll hold you to that. 
I didn't buy a ticket, but my parents did. There was a huge line at the store for the lottery ticket machine earlier. Sucks that probably none of them will win it...lol
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On March 31 2012 08:58 Thienan567 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 31 2012 07:48 bebe01 wrote:
bought $10 quick pick, if i hit it everyone in this thread gets 10Gs Word, I'll hold you to that. I didn't buy a ticket, but my parents did. There was a huge line at the store for the lottery ticket machine earlier. Sucks that probably none of them will win it...lol
Someone has to win at somepoint
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That is...a lot of money....
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if only i was old enough and i won... id donate at least 50 mil to TL, then save the rest.
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my SAT prep school teacher buys these every week. if he wins, he buys the entire class chinese food or sandwiches
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On March 31 2012 09:04 FlaShFTW wrote:
if only i was old enough and i won... id donate at least 50 mil to TL, then save the rest.
i dont know about that i would give tl something just not 50 million lol
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Friend gave me a few, getting pumped
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im in an office pool of 70 tickets. i get 14%. i paid the poor man's tax. =D
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I would fund NASL forever.
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Mmm that analysis on why buying lottery tickets is never a positive-EV decision was pretty interesting.
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Odds of winning jackpot are 176mill:1.
The payoff odds are 426mill:1.
So you get positive EV for up to 2 plays.
But then again I'm not taking into account the possiblity of multiple winners so EV is maybe less...
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bought my $5. Don't expect to win, but there's always a chance.
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I don't expect to win either.
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On March 31 2012 06:35 Enki wrote:My parents bought 5 tickets and my sisters work are pulling their tickets together. Was in town earlier and the gas stations were swamped with people. @_@ Show nested quote +On March 31 2012 05:42 Durak wrote:
I hate lotteries based on utilitarianism: they take money from many poor, stupid people and give it to one person. At least it's taxed. Alot of the revenue from ticket sales goes to state programs though. Here in Gerogia, the state lotterys here helps fund college scholarships. Yes, one person eventually gets a fuckload of money but I'm sure the money pulled in from all the ticket sales is worth it, before taxes even set in.
This is another reason why I didn't feel bad about buying lotto tickets when I lived in Georgia. The HOPE scholarship (the scholarship drawn from the lotto) paid for basically all my undergrad education. I didn't mind giving a few bucks back.
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On March 31 2012 11:33 HardlyNever wrote:Show nested quote +On March 31 2012 06:35 Enki wrote:My parents bought 5 tickets and my sisters work are pulling their tickets together. Was in town earlier and the gas stations were swamped with people. @_@ On March 31 2012 05:42 Durak wrote:
I hate lotteries based on utilitarianism: they take money from many poor, stupid people and give it to one person. At least it's taxed. Alot of the revenue from ticket sales goes to state programs though. Here in Gerogia, the state lotterys here helps fund college scholarships. Yes, one person eventually gets a fuckload of money but I'm sure the money pulled in from all the ticket sales is worth it, before taxes even set in. This is another reason why I didn't feel bad about buying lotto tickets when I lived in Georgia. The HOPE scholarship (the scholarship drawn from the lotto) paid for basically all my undergrad education. I didn't mind giving a few bucks back.
Yea. It's too bad the Hope scholarship is going away. They keep running out of money, and since they can't require the lotto to give more money (I'm not entirely sure why - they originally donated 29% of their profits, now it's something like 19%) they keep slashing funding. Won't last much longer since tuition and new students continue to rise.
But yea, I'm thankful for all the people in the world that don't understand probability. The uneducated funded my education. :O Not that there aren't a few swell guys out there like you buying a ticket to give back.
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If I won I would give 1 mil to Flash
All he would need to do in order to get that 1 mil is to switch to SC2
hehehehe
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I hope someone in this thread wins and sponsors an OSL.
Or even better, an MSL !
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where do i go to see the lottery draw?
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