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re: Cashier at store told me one guy has spent $4000 on Powerball
Posted on 1/12/16 at 7:40 pm to TheArrogantCorndog
Posted on 1/12/16 at 7:40 pm to TheArrogantCorndog
Btw i hope it was all QP numbers... RandomxRandom equals sure thing!!
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Posted on 1/12/16 at 7:40 pm to jefffan
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The idiocy in this thread is limitless, isn't it?
Some of these incorrect posts are almost getting enough up votes to make me question my original math.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 7:41 pm to BRgetthenet
I usually would just buy one, but the Misses said to get 5, whatever.
It's the third time I've bought tickets in a decade so I'm not sweating it. The other time it was a year or two ago when it was like 750mil I think. I don't drive the ten mins to TN for under half a billion boss. Anything less than that isn't worth my time.
It's the third time I've bought tickets in a decade so I'm not sweating it. The other time it was a year or two ago when it was like 750mil I think. I don't drive the ten mins to TN for under half a billion boss. Anything less than that isn't worth my time.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 7:42 pm to TheIndulger
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He probably bought tickets for a lot of people who pooled their money together. Move along folks
Sure, but even if everyone at your office put up $20 it would still take 200 employees to buy that many tickets. That is a pretty damn big pool.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 7:45 pm to Red Stick Tigress
You sure like to correct grammar errors
Posted on 1/12/16 at 7:46 pm to GRTiger
Posted on 1/12/16 at 7:47 pm to Walt OReilly
Posted on 1/12/16 at 7:47 pm to slackster
The ROI on the lottery, a loss of 95 cents for every dollar invested, makes my .05% checking account look like a 30 year T-note
Posted on 1/12/16 at 7:47 pm to tigerskin
That purchase is an office pool purchase.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 7:55 pm to LaBornNRaised
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Your odds dont jump that much. Its not as simple as fractions.
You're such an idiot.
Spending roughly $600M would guarantee a win by 'his' odds.
Moron
Posted on 1/12/16 at 8:03 pm to joshnorris14
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Spending roughly $600M would guarantee a win by 'his' odds. Moron
Explain how 600 thousand will guarantee a win, Hawking
Posted on 1/12/16 at 8:09 pm to jefforize
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The ROI on the lottery, a loss of 95 cents for every dollar invested, makes my .05% checking account look like a 30 year T-note
That is actually false when the jackpot is this high. Obviously you should factor in multiple winners, but with the jackpot this large and a single winner the expected value, after accounting for taxes, is approximately $.09.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 8:10 pm to tigerskin
2000 tickets has no significant statistical advantage over buying one.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 8:12 pm to TheIndulger
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Explain how 600 thousand will guarantee a win, Hawking
M is a perfectly acceptable and common abbreviation for million. I'm going to assume you're being genuine and not simply trying to troll.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 8:14 pm to slackster
M is 1000
MM is 1000000
carry on
MM is 1000000
carry on
Posted on 1/12/16 at 8:15 pm to Walking the Earth
If I bought every number combination possible, I'd be guaranteed to win. I'm pretty good at math.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 8:19 pm to TheIndulger
Exactly. Our office all threw in $20 and the boss dropped $500. We bought $2,000 worth. We're all in finance, so we know the odds. It's just fun and has been great for moral.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 8:22 pm to cgrand
Posted on 1/12/16 at 8:22 pm to burdman
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If I bought every number combination possible, I'd be guaranteed to win. I'm pretty good at math.
If you bought every combination possible, it would take you 1.5 years non-stop to fill out all the forms.
Carpel tunnel, baby...
Posted on 1/12/16 at 8:25 pm to BayouSizzle
nm
This post was edited on 1/12/16 at 8:26 pm
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