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Mar 29, 2012 9:17 AM
sjmvsfscs08;1130534 wrote:Anyone who says the lottery is useless is an uptight fool. Who doesn't have a dollar of spare income to have some fun with? Just the trick my brain plays and the resulting smile that happens from imagining what I'd do (and who I'd do, for that matter) is well worth $1.
That "trick" your brain plays is ignorance.
Mar 29, 2012 9:17am
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Mar 29, 2012 9:18 AM
OSH;1130540 wrote:I'd rather spend a $1 on this lottery than a $1 at McDonald's.
I'd rather put it in the bank and still have a dollar earning more dollars than waste it on a game that you won't win.
Mar 29, 2012 9:18am
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Mar 29, 2012 9:23 AM
gorocks99;1130301 wrote:Odds of winning with one ticket: 1 in 175,711,536 (0.000000569115%)
Odds of winning with two unique tickets: 1 in 87,855,768 (0.000001138229%)
Odds of winning with three unique tickets: 1 in 58,570,512 (0.000001707344%)
Odds of winning with one thousand unique tickets: 1 in 175,712 (0.000569113%)
Odds of winning with 0 tickets: INVALID

Well, looks like I will be buying some tickets.
Mar 29, 2012 9:23am
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Mar 29, 2012 9:24 AM
Put it this way ... you have a 100% greater chance of winning if you buy two tickets instead of one ((0.000001138229%-0.000000569115%)/0.000000569115% = 1).

You have an infinitely greater chance of winning if you buy one ticket instead of zero ((0.000000569115%-0)/0 = error).

Edit: LJ beat me to it.
Mar 29, 2012 9:24am
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power i

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Mar 29, 2012 9:45 AM
My husband and I already got into an arguement about what we'd do with the money.
Mar 29, 2012 9:45am
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Mar 29, 2012 9:48 AM
gorocks99;1130732 wrote:Put it this way ... you have a 100% greater chance of winning if you buy two tickets instead of one ((0.000001138229%-0.000000569115%)/0.000000569115% = 1).

You have an infinitely greater chance of winning if you buy one ticket instead of zero ((0.000000569115%-0)/0 = error).

Edit: LJ beat me to it.
Actually you have a zero percent chance of winning anything and a 100% chance of losing at least $1.
Mar 29, 2012 9:48am
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Mar 29, 2012 9:50 AM
I remember when a group of people from Westerville won the Powerball years ago. They interviewed one woman who had won and asked her what she was going to do with the money. She said "I'm gonna buy me a Harley and some new boobs!"
Mar 29, 2012 9:50am
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Mar 29, 2012 9:50 AM
sleeper;1130748 wrote:Actually you have a zero percent chance of winning anything and a 100% chance of losing at least $1.
Wrong. Learn to math.
Mar 29, 2012 9:50am
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Mar 29, 2012 9:52 AM
sleeper;1130748 wrote:Actually you have a zero percent chance of winning anything and a 100% chance of losing at least $1.
You have a 0.000000569115% chance of winning the jackpot, and a 99.999943085% chance of not winning the jackpot, mathematically. Realistically, you have a 0% chance of winning and a 100% chance of not winning.

Obligatory:
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Mar 29, 2012 9:52am
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Mar 29, 2012 10:31 AM
gorocks99;1130756 wrote:You have a 0.000000569115% chance of winning the jackpot, and a 99.999943085% chance of not winning the jackpot, mathematically. Realistically, you have a 0% chance of winning and a 100% chance of not winning.
Silly rounding
Mar 29, 2012 10:31am
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Mar 29, 2012 10:38 AM
gorocks99;1130756 wrote:You have a 0.000000569115% chance of winning the jackpot, and a 99.999943085% chance of not winning the jackpot, mathematically. Realistically, you have a 0% chance of winning and a 100% chance of not winning.
I don't live on technicalities. .000000000000000000000000000034% is 0% in the real world.
Mar 29, 2012 10:38am
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Mar 29, 2012 10:40 AM
sleeper;1130789 wrote:I don't live on technicalities. .000000000000000000000000000034% is 0% in the real world.
But what is 0.000000569115%?
Mar 29, 2012 10:40am
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Mar 29, 2012 10:41 AM
justincredible;1130793 wrote:But what is 0.000000569115%?
Answer:

>0
Mar 29, 2012 10:41am
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Mar 29, 2012 10:41 AM
justincredible;1130793 wrote:But what is 0.000000569115%?
0%
Mar 29, 2012 10:41am
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Mar 29, 2012 10:45 AM
The fact is, I'll be a dollar richer than most of you come friday by simply placing it in my bank account.

The poor get poorer, the rich get richer, one lotto at a time.
Mar 29, 2012 10:45am
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Mar 29, 2012 10:46 AM
sleeper;1130796 wrote:0%
Tell that to people who have died in a plane crash, been struck by lightning etc...
Mar 29, 2012 10:46am
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Mar 29, 2012 10:46 AM
Oh boy a dollar!
Mar 29, 2012 10:46am
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Mar 29, 2012 10:46 AM
OneBuckeye;1130802 wrote:Tell that to people who have died in a plane crash, been struck by lightning etc...
Boom. Roasted.

Also, the people who are filthy rich from winning the lottery.
Mar 29, 2012 10:46am
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Mar 29, 2012 10:54 AM
OneBuckeye;1130802 wrote:Tell that to people who have died in a plane crash
Did, got no response.
Mar 29, 2012 10:54am
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MontyBrunswick

Mar 29, 2012 10:55 AM
But what if my dollar hits the Mega ball? I'd win $3 to your $1

Flawed logic
Mar 29, 2012 10:55am
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Mar 29, 2012 11:00 AM
queencitybuckeye;1130813 wrote:Did, got no response.
Too soon.
Mar 29, 2012 11:00am
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Mar 29, 2012 11:02 AM
queencitybuckeye;1130813 wrote:Did, got no response.
Mar 29, 2012 11:02am
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Mar 29, 2012 11:16 AM
OneBuckeye;1130802 wrote:Tell that to people who have died in a plane crash, been struck by lightning etc...
You have a better chance of getting struck by lightning, in a plane, then crashing into the Artic where you will obtain clogged arteries from a diet of Seal blubber; and die from heart disease.
Mar 29, 2012 11:16am
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sjmvsfscs08

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Mar 29, 2012 11:18 AM
dlazz;1130814 wrote:But what if my dollar hits the Mega ball? I'd win $3 to your $1

Flawed logic
This.
Mar 29, 2012 11:18am