Same odds as winning the powerball - Fun thread

[Chew]

How do the odds change ? There is the same amount of combinations whether it’s a billion dollars or ten million . You have to pick the correct one .

Yeah...I guess so. I was really talking about the people I know that don't buy a texas lotto ticket because it's only 3 million or whatever. Their chances are much better to win that than the powerball (I think). But they go buy powerball tickets with steeper odds.

[duckmanep]

Yeah...I guess so. I was really talking about the people I know that don't buy a texas lotto ticket because it's only 3 million or whatever. Their chances are much better to win that than the powerball (I think). But they go buy powerball tickets with steeper odds.

The entertainment value of dreaming about a billion dollars worth of toys/ranches is much better than only a couple million dollars worth.

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[LWC]

The entertainment value of dreaming about a billion dollars worth of toys/ranches is much better than only a couple million dollars worth.

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Yep, I see it as paying $3 for a few minutes of dreaming (and having a very slight chance) of being super rich. Pretty cheap entertainment.

[Hydestik]

[QUOTE=Chew;13725448]Yeah...I guess so. I was really talking about the people I know that don't buy a texas lotto ticket because it's only 3 million or whatever. Their chances are much better to win that than the powerball (I think). But they go buy powerball tickets with steeper odds.[/QUOTE

Your right about that and most of the big lotteries are multi state jackpots .

[Antlers86]

Its funny the people who have no money and live paycheck to paycheck, who go load up on tickets

So how many did you buy?

[Hunting4fun]

A famous gambler once said "you should make a bet at least once a day because you might be walking around lucky and not know it".

I would gamble on that genius being broke right now.

[Royal21973]

I bet the person who wins it has never been hit by Lightning or been hit by any Rock.

[Mexico]

You have zero chance if you dont buy any. Might as well buy a few

[RiverRat1]

You have zero chance if you dont buy any. Might as well buy a few

Or every TBH member just give me the money they would have spent on powerball.

[ultrastealth]

One of the best bumper stickers that I've ever seen said, "The Lottery is for people who failed math." Just to illustrate the point, I told my receptionist last week to pick 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. She said, "that would be a waste of money, it would never come up like that." I told here that the odds were just a good as any other combination, and I think she grasped my point, but an awful lot of people don't understand how bad the odds really are.

[batmaninja]

The same percentage that Chief Big Lie (Liz Warren) is an actual native american Indian.

[DuckDogTrainer]

Same odds as killing a 250 inch free range net typical buck from 100 yards with a self bow in a 50 mile an hour wind and pouring down rain.

[meltingfeather]

Its funny the people who have no money and live paycheck to paycheck, who go load up on tickets

it's actually kind of sad

[manwitaplan]

Can you imagine trying to diversify 1.3 Billion at one time, and then keep up with it!

If you brought home 960,000,000 cash option and stuck 600,000,000 in the bank at 5% your monthly interest is $30,000,000!

[ultrastealth]

If you brought home 960,000,000 cash option and stuck 600,000,000 in the bank at 5% your monthly interest is $30,000,000!

Wow, I think I could eat out more on that.