Powerball $700 Million

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  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    SVRDhand13 said:

    ldent42 said:

    I guess I don't understand odds. I bought a $2 ticket from the grocery store (the cashiers had envelopes of pre printed tickets and we're offering to every customer as they paid. Fucking smart.

    Then I bought a $10 ticket a little later from another store.

    How do I have the same odds of winning as someone who only bought one ticket, if I have six? I mean I don't really care either way, I'm not expecting to win, but I would be happy if I hit $20 in the Powerball or something.

    You have better odds of winning after you spent the additional $10. But you still have extremely tiny chance of winning and in the grand scheme of things you helped yourself percentage wise, but you still won't win lol.
    I don't even want the whole 800 million. that just sounds like a headache. I'm aiming for:
    3 + Powerball $100 1 in 14,494.11


    Here's the whole table since I've bothered to look it up:

    Numbers Matched Prize Odds of Winning
    5 + Powerball Jackpot 1 in 292,201,338.00
    5 $1,000,000 1 in 11,688,053.52
    4 + Powerball $50,000 1 in 913,129.18
    4 $100 1 in 36,525.17
    3 + Powerball $100 1 in 14,494.11
    3 $7 1 in 579.76
    2 + Powerball $7 1 in 701.33
    1 + Powerball $4 1 in 91.98
    Powerball only $4 1 in 38.32
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,935
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvE84AGMWpE&feature=youtu.be
  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    wait - the powerball is national? That said CA lottery - as in California?
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  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    Powerball is in all states EXCEPT Nevada, Utah, Mississippi, Alabama, Alaska and Hawaii. And D.C.
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  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    RKCNDY said:

    Powerball is in all states EXCEPT Nevada, Utah, Mississippi, Alabama, Alaska and Hawaii. And D.C.

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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,902
    ldent42 said:

    wait - the powerball is national? That said CA lottery - as in California?

    yea it's been around before it came to NY
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  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    igotid88 said:

    ldent42 said:

    wait - the powerball is national? That said CA lottery - as in California?

    yea it's been around before it came to NY
    that's some bullshit.
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  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    SVRDhand13 said:

    ldent42 said:

    I guess I don't understand odds. I bought a $2 ticket from the grocery store (the cashiers had envelopes of pre printed tickets and we're offering to every customer as they paid. Fucking smart.

    Then I bought a $10 ticket a little later from another store.

    How do I have the same odds of winning as someone who only bought one ticket, if I have six? I mean I don't really care either way, I'm not expecting to win, but I would be happy if I hit $20 in the Powerball or something.

    You have better odds of winning after you spent the additional $10. But you still have extremely tiny chance of winning and in the grand scheme of things you helped yourself percentage wise, but you still won't win lol.
    no chance
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    JWPearl said:

    SVRDhand13 said:

    ldent42 said:

    I guess I don't understand odds. I bought a $2 ticket from the grocery store (the cashiers had envelopes of pre printed tickets and we're offering to every customer as they paid. Fucking smart.

    Then I bought a $10 ticket a little later from another store.

    How do I have the same odds of winning as someone who only bought one ticket, if I have six? I mean I don't really care either way, I'm not expecting to win, but I would be happy if I hit $20 in the Powerball or something.

    You have better odds of winning after you spent the additional $10. But you still have extremely tiny chance of winning and in the grand scheme of things you helped yourself percentage wise, but you still won't win lol.
    no chance
    No, you have 'no chance' if you don't buy a ticket.

    Obviously you have a better chance of getting squished by a falling vending machine than winning the jackpot, but you have a chance.
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  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    lol
  • Halifax2TheMax
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  • Sprunkn7
    Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    RKCNDY said:

    JWPearl said:

    SVRDhand13 said:

    ldent42 said:

    I guess I don't understand odds. I bought a $2 ticket from the grocery store (the cashiers had envelopes of pre printed tickets and we're offering to every customer as they paid. Fucking smart.

    Then I bought a $10 ticket a little later from another store.

    How do I have the same odds of winning as someone who only bought one ticket, if I have six? I mean I don't really care either way, I'm not expecting to win, but I would be happy if I hit $20 in the Powerball or something.

    You have better odds of winning after you spent the additional $10. But you still have extremely tiny chance of winning and in the grand scheme of things you helped yourself percentage wise, but you still won't win lol.
    no chance
    No, you have 'no chance' if you don't buy a ticket.

    Obviously you have a better chance of getting squished by a falling vending machine than winning the jackpot, but you have a chance.
    How about an ATM machine ala Breaking Bad...lol
    Thank you fellow 10 clubber for saving my ass....again!!!
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,221
    Well, I had to chip in $10 for the office pool. Looks like 30 of us got in. I really had no choice. There was NO WAY in hell I was going to be the only one who had to show up at work Monday!

    Hahaha
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    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    $900 million now...
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  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,227
    Dibs! I call dibs! The lottery commission can't argue with the awesome power of dibs, can they?
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,501
    We have 20 or so in our office pool. So roughly $35M each. But I'm trying to convince them all to give everyone that works there an even share of $875k and make the place go out of business.
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,902
    900
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  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    Not denying that it is a shitload of money but how come your american lottery company doesn't state what you will actually "win".
    You wont win 900mil, it is about half correct?
    Up here in Canada you win what the lottery says you will.
    If the lottery here is 900mil - you will receive 900mil.
  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,227
    The goddamn tax man.
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  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Not denying that it is a shitload of money but how come your american lottery company doesn't state what you will actually "win".
    You wont win 900mil, it is about half correct?
    Up here in Canada you win what the lottery says you will.
    If the lottery here is 900mil - you will receive 900mil.

    it has something to do with taxes, I'm sure.
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