Powerball jackpot at $400 million - Oops! $1.5 billion - $40 mil

[disappoint]

Lol forgot to buy a ticket. Guess it didn't matter, because nobody won.

Nobody won because you didn't buy a ticket. Had you bought one it would have been the sole winner for sure. I hope you like seafood.

 

[BeeBoop]

Lets do a group buy this time!!!!

 

[Mai72]

The $30 scratch offs are where it's at! Buy a full roll for $3,000 and watch the money flow into your bank account!

 

[allisolm]

I got 3 numbers

That's 2 more than I got. Ah, well, there's Saturday's drawing and a now $700 million ($428.4 lump sum) payout. I'm ready to flush another $2 down the drain. :thumbsup:

 

[FelixDeCat]

...

 

[RossMAN]

We really need to win this.

Purely hypothetically speaking (of course), if a group buy were to happen we'd need a minimum buy-in of $40 and at least 100+ to have a shot at winning.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Math experts when is it a "fair" bet? I know the current odds are about 1 in 300 million of winning, which makes a 575 million jackpot almost a fair bet ($2 ticket buy 300 million=win) however its complicated by the prospect of multiple winners. At what sum does the risk equal reward? I know this get more complicated by numbers people current tend to choose may have more winners than less popular number combinations but what is the total jackpot needed to assume multiple winners but its still a fair bet?

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Its never a fair bet, its just someone has to win. So its shitty and unfair, yet equal for all.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

That's 2 more than I got. Ah, well, there's Saturday's drawing and a now $700 million ($428.4 lump sum) payout. I'm ready to flush another $2 down the drain. :thumbsup:

I won $7 off of those 3 numbers. I'll add in another $3 and buy another 5 tickets

 

[TwiceOver]

Currently around $700M Probably in the high 800s by drawing. Wow. Someone is going to get lucky, won't be me.

 

[Eug]

What would you do if you won the lottery

 

[highland145]

What would you do if you won the lottery

lol I hope that guy wins if I don't.

 

[Schfifty Five]

Math experts when is it a "fair" bet? I know the current odds are about 1 in 300 million of winning, which makes a 575 million jackpot almost a fair bet ($2 ticket buy 300 million=win) however its complicated by the prospect of multiple winners. At what sum does the risk equal reward? I know this get more complicated by numbers people current tend to choose may have more winners than less popular number combinations but what is the total jackpot needed to assume multiple winners but its still a fair bet?

When you consider that there can always be multiple winners on any given drawing, it's impossible to have a true "fair bet".

 

[zinfamous]

What would you do if you won the lottery

:thumbsup:

I love how reporters have to stay in character for these moments.

 

[JEDI]

Now we need a powerball insider to setup a scam. This amount of money exceeds any price tag one's ethics may have set. I am virtually certain there is enough money in play to get the necessary powerball employee(s) to play ball. Rigging that stupid machine to spit out desired numbers shouldn't be hard and that could be done by one insider. We would need another to scan the submitted combinations so we know which (unique?) combination to pick.

the amount exceeded my ethics 2 zeros ago.

it exceeded the risk/reward jail time 1 zero ago.

if it reaches 9zeros, it'll exceed my risk/reward for the electric chair

 

[MustISO]

Might be alone on this but I think it's dumb that it gets so high. I'd much rather see hundreds of people win smaller amounts than one person take home 600 million. While they may do some good with that money, seeing hundreds of people have their lives changed would be better IMO.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Might be alone on this but I think it's dumb that it gets so high. I'd much rather see hundreds of people win smaller amounts than one person take home 600 million. While they may do some good with that money, seeing hundreds of people have their lives changed would be better IMO.

Me too, I would love to see 500 people get 1 million, vs 1 person get 500 mill.

 

[Bird222]

Might be alone on this but I think it's dumb that it gets so high. I'd much rather see hundreds of people win smaller amounts than one person take home 600 million. While they may do some good with that money, seeing hundreds of people have their lives changed would be better IMO.

Don't feel too bad. I can about guarantee there will be at least two winners Saturday.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

You heard it here first .... annuity payment will top $1 BILLION!!!!

I'd guess $875-$900 million. But a billion is not out of the question.

 

[eng2d2]

You heard it here first Marie Holmes will win the powerball.

 

[allisolm]

I won $7 off of those 3 numbers. I'll add in another $3 and buy another 5 tickets

Whoa! Got a BIG spender here. Go crazy! :thumbsup:

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Might be alone on this but I think it's dumb that it gets so high. I'd much rather see hundreds of people win smaller amounts than one person take home 600 million. While they may do some good with that money, seeing hundreds of people have their lives changed would be better IMO.

Me too, I would love to see 500 people get 1 million, vs 1 person get 500 mill.

I agree however you'd never see the jackpot get so high so it would almost never happen. Honestly if any normal person wins money like this they are going to give away a bunch to friends & family simply because you need someone to hang out with once you stop working. I know I'd pay down my friends houses, pay for my Nieces & Nephews schooling probably buy them a condo when they get their first grown up job. I'd pay down the mortgage of the woman at Church who is in trouble but not desperate, I'd probably even start some kind of business that isn't really designed to make money but more or less break even and help people out. I'd definitely employ some of my friends.

 

[JEDI]

if I won, I'd change my name to John Smith and hide in plain sight.
good luck in trying to find me you leeches!

 

[Svnla]

Newsflash - the jackpot is now $700 million USD. Largest ever jackpot in US history IIRC.

I think it will grow bigger by Saturday and what if no one wins? $1 billion USD? Whoohooo.

 

[JEDI]

Newsflash - the jackpot is now $700 million USD. Largest ever jackpot in US history IIRC.

I think it will grow bigger by Saturday and what if no one wins? $1 billion USD? Whoohooo.

I deserve to win that!

/entitlement