Who bought a Powerball ticket?

[Sureshot324]

Originally posted by: everman
4 8 15 16 23 42 FTW

Don't do it, those numbers are bad luck!

 

[paulney]

CA is out
Maybe it's for the better.

 

[myusername]

Originally posted by: Modeps
I just paid my poor people tax and picked up 7 tickets. I think it would be hilarious if the Lost numbers hit.

In the other thread, there was mention of the Lost tickets, and how 5,000 some-odd people used them right after the episode came out. The article and all the officials speaking about it gave the impression that these people were fools, since if they had to split a 200mil pot 5,000 ways, they would only get 40k (which, after lump, after tax is only 10k)

No one mentioned that if the 5000 people had won the 100,000 (fixed) prize, the lottery comission would have been $300 million in the hole :Q

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: everman
4 8 15 16 23 42 FTW

lol... like the winning #'s that were on a fortune cookie.

there were like 1000 winners, each getting like only $5000. pwned

 

[DAGTA]

Originally posted by: JEDI

Originally posted by: everman
4 8 15 16 23 42 FTW

lol... like the winning #'s that were on a fortune cookie.

there were like 1000 winners, each getting like only $5000. pwned

$5000 return on a $1 investment is quite nice.

 

[Vegito]

I bought in on the last few PB in CT. The past 5 year.. no one from CT ever won the big one.. always some dude in mid west... I go with the company pot so it's usually 500-600 worth of tickets but never a winner..

 

[Taggart]

Nope, I don't like paying voluntary taxes.

 

[misle]

Well, I lost.

The numbers:
1 - 7 - 8 - 34 - 45 PB: 15

 

[BillGates]

I lost too.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Crap! I had 1 - 7 on 2 different tickets.

 

[IronWing]

I passed general statistics so I decline to buy tickets, but thanks to all you folks who did play!

 

[misle]

Oh come off it. You make it sound like a 1 in 145,000,000 chance is bad.

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: misle
Oh come off it. You make it sound like a 1 in 145,000,000 chance is bad.

Compare it to the odds if you don't play ==> 2:1. You take in two bucks and pay out one. Life is good.





To be honest, I think the lottery is bad for society but that is more a P&N issue.

 

[gotsmack]

when you guys do the copmpany pot how do you keep track of if you win or not and what happens is you win one of the smaller payouts, what is to keep the ticket holder from keeping it and saying that the office didn't win?

 

[anno]

we bought a ticket.. first one we've ever bought.

the lottery is contributing 11,700 dollars towards my kids college expenses this year, I figured I could afford to give a buck back.

if nobody wins tonight, I may give back another dollar monday.

anno

 

[randumb]

Originally posted by: everman
4 8 15 16 23 42 FTW

[Hurley]NOOOOOOOOOO!!![/Hurley]

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: JEDI
I won it. Thx

 

[Spydermag68]

JEDI did not win the powerball jackpot.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Originally posted by: Spydermag68
JEDI did not win the powerball jackpot.

Woah, San Cartier? That looks an awful lot like Sam Carter.

 

[desk]

wohoooooh!!! i won.

$4!!!!!!

 

[datdamkid]

Sweet no one won the powerball. Though if someone did and it was from one of our stores it would have been nice. But its good that no one did, brings out business up a hell of alot during these times doubles if not tripples at this point. Yesterday we sold over 5100 and normal is around 2400ish so its great for people that own businesses. Though i did wish i would have won the powerball I did play 10 dollars of it well thats all i have to say. 340 million is going to make this week very hectic....

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

The lottery pays me NOT to play.

I win the lottery every time I go to the DMV.

Yeah me!

 

[lrad50]

waste of work imo

 

[Modeps]

out of 7 random tickets, I got one with 2 numbers on it.

 

[Ornery]

So, if it's only 10 - 20 million, it's not worth the trouble to play, eh? :roll:

Let's see. I think the lottery started about 20 years ago, and I've never played it once. At $1.00 per week, that puts me ahead by $1,040.00, $5,200.00 at 5 per week. I know you screwballs spend more than that per week... oh, but only when the jackpot is over $50,000,000.00. :roll: