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Have you bought your Powerball ticket?
Why yes, how did you know??
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Not yet, but I will...
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I never win anything. Will this change that?
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Argh! The camera I want is more expensive than the jackpot!
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This much is certain. My REI dividend will be larger than the jackpot
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You failed to list my option. See my comments below.
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PostMon Jan 11, 2016 11:30 pm 
Have you bought your Powerball ticket?

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PostTue Jan 12, 2016 6:32 am 
Of course, harmless fun to have fantasy about "what I would do" I took the approach that people who win are always from places you never heard of , so on my way home from Eatonville I stopped and bought a ticket. Well that theory didn't work. I did win enough money to justify buying another ticket

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PostTue Jan 12, 2016 7:23 am 
If you buy a ticket, you are still more likely to die in the next year of a shark attack than win Powerball.

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PostTue Jan 12, 2016 7:40 am 
I bought a whole four dollars worth. You can't win if you don't buy tickets. Daydreaming about such things is amusing. I'd move to the Omak area and then figure things out.

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PostTue Jan 12, 2016 7:57 am 
yes, but the reality is that someone may die of a shark attack next year ( frown.gif ) just as someone might win the jackpot what is 2$ but a bit of harmless fun. I prefer to think of the upside rather than the down

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PostTue Jan 12, 2016 10:08 am 
RandyHiker wrote:
If you buy a ticket, you are still more likely to die in the next year of a shark attack than win Powerball.
what are the odds of buying a ticket, winning, and then dying of a shark attack while on your around the world celebration trip?

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PostTue Jan 12, 2016 10:53 am 
RandyHiker wrote:
If you buy a ticket, you are still more likely to die in the next year of a shark attack than win Powerball.
Or be struck by lightning. But it's a lot more fun to ponder winning Powerball. Cheap entertainment to do once in a while when the pot gets particularly big.

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PostTue Jan 12, 2016 11:42 am 
I haven't bought one yet, even though I'm itching to do so! The hope of winning has only ever overridden common sense once before, and only now with such an incredible amount of cash up for grabs am I tempted to do so again. Even though I know the chances of winning are astronomically slim, it's still fun to think of the incredible things you could do with the money. I'd use a big chunk of it to protect the High Lakes area near Mt. St. Helens.

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PostTue Jan 12, 2016 11:45 am 
You have better odds of flipping a coin 27 times in a row, getting heads or tails every time... but I bought my ticket dizzy.gif

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PostTue Jan 12, 2016 12:41 pm 
I had a ticket for Saturday. I guess I will stop for another one. I only buy one, I figure if lightning is seeking me, it will find me.

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PostTue Jan 12, 2016 12:46 pm 
The only way I'll win is if I find a winning ticket laying on the ground.

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PostTue Jan 12, 2016 2:23 pm 
I decided I would buy one right after the big pot is won by somebody. The wining amount goes way down but the odds go way up. And while I wouldn't mind being rich, I think I would absolutely hate being famous. And whoever wins this will be famous, at least for a while.

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PostTue Jan 12, 2016 6:07 pm 
A tax on the stupid.

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PostTue Jan 12, 2016 6:50 pm 
drm wrote:
The wining amount goes way down but the odds go way up.
The odds are the same for you to win regardless of the size of the pot. Odds are less that multiple people will win though with less players.

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PostTue Jan 12, 2016 6:54 pm 
mike wrote:
A tax on the stupid.
Not really, it is a tax on people who do not understand math, i.e. Not stupid just uneducated tongue.gif

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