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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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touron Member
Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 10293 | TRs | Pics Location: Plymouth Rock |
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Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:30 pm
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Have you bought your Powerball ticket?
Touron is a nougat of Arabic origin made with almonds and honey or sugar, without which it would just not be Christmas in Spain.
Touron is a nougat of Arabic origin made with almonds and honey or sugar, without which it would just not be Christmas in Spain.
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meandering Wa Member
Joined: 25 Jun 2010 Posts: 1516 | TRs | Pics Location: Redmond |
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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Randito Snarky Member
Joined: 27 Jul 2008 Posts: 9513 | TRs | Pics Location: Bellevue at the moment. |
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Tue Jan 12, 2016 7:23 am
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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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treeswarper Alleged Sockpuppet!
Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 11279 | TRs | Pics Location: Don't move here |
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Tue Jan 12, 2016 7:40 am
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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.
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
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meandering Wa Member
Joined: 25 Jun 2010 Posts: 1516 | TRs | Pics Location: Redmond |
yes, but the reality is that someone may die of a shark attack next year ( ) 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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lostintheforest Member
Joined: 31 Oct 2013 Posts: 80 | TRs | Pics
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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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joker seeker
Joined: 12 Aug 2006 Posts: 7953 | TRs | Pics Location: state of confusion |
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Tue Jan 12, 2016 10:53 am
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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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NacMacFeegle Member
Joined: 16 Jan 2014 Posts: 2653 | TRs | Pics Location: United States |
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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Tomlike Member
Joined: 22 Jun 2010 Posts: 407 | TRs | Pics
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Tue Jan 12, 2016 11:45 am
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You have better odds of flipping a coin 27 times in a row, getting heads or tails every time...
but I bought my ticket
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Slugman It’s a Slugfest!
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Tue Jan 12, 2016 12:41 pm
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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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AlpineRose Member
Joined: 08 May 2012 Posts: 1953 | TRs | Pics
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The only way I'll win is if I find a winning ticket laying on the ground.
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drm Member
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 1376 | TRs | Pics Location: The Dalles, OR |
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Tue Jan 12, 2016 2:23 pm
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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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mike Member
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Tue Jan 12, 2016 6:07 pm
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JPH Member
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Tue Jan 12, 2016 6:50 pm
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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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Malachai Constant Member
Joined: 13 Jan 2002 Posts: 16097 | TRs | Pics Location: Back Again Like A Bad Penny |
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
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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