Re: The Lottery

by **tTy** Wed 13 Jan 2016 - 1:30

CORNER BLITZ wrote:Mark Cuban’s tips for eventual winner of the $1.4 billion (or more) Powerball jackpot
-Hire a tax attorney first.
-Don’t take the lump sum. You don’t want to blow it all in one spot.
-If you weren’t happy yesterday you won’t be happy tomorrow. It’s money. It’s not happiness.
-If you were happy yesterday, you are going to be a lot happier tomorrow. It’s money. Life gets easier when you don’t have to worry about the bills.
-Tell all your friends and relatives no. They will ask. Tell them no. If you are close to them, you already know who needs help and what they need. Feel free to help SOME, but talk to your accountant before you do anything and remember this, no one needs 1m dollars for anything. No one needs 100k for anything. Anyone who asks is not your friend.
-You don’t become a smart investor when you win the lottery. Don’t make investments. You can put it in the bank and live comfortably. Forever. You will sleep a lot better knowing you won’t lose money.

Fuck Mark Cuban.

by **CORNER BLITZ** Wed 13 Jan 2016 - 1:37

#1 - yes
#2 - shit no
#3 -
#4 - of course
#5 - mostly no, some yesses
#6 - make it rain baby

by **Giant Moose** Wed 13 Jan 2016 - 14:27

@ABC7NYNewsDesk
85.8% of #Powerball number combinations have been sold for tonight's drawing. If nobody hits, Saturday's drawing will be $2 billion.

by Guest Thu 14 Jan 2016 - 4:25

3 way jackpot split Tenn. fla. Cali. 81 million$ winners.

https://www.usamega.com/

by **DWags** Thu 14 Jan 2016 - 9:02

27 year old hedge fund manager wins

http://unitedmediapublishing.com/27-year-old-hedge-fund-manager-wins-powerball-jackpot/

by Guest Thu 14 Jan 2016 - 9:17

2:17 am – Powerball Jackpot Winner! There were 3 jackpot winners in the Wednesday, January 13, 2016 Powerball drawing: 1 from California, 1 from Florida, and 1 from Tennessee. The winners will equally share the $1.5864 billion jackpot prize. More details to follow after the winners come forward to claim their prizes.
Also, 81 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize: 4 from Arizona (1 with Power Play), 12 from California, 3 from Connecticut, 12 from Florida (1 with Power Play), 2 from Georgia, 2 from Illinois, 1 from Indiana, 1 from Iowa (with Power Play), 2 from Kansas, 3 from Kentucky, 1 from Louisiana, 3 from Maryland, 2 from Massachusetts, 5 from Michigan, 2 from New Jersey (1 with Power Play), 5 from New York, 2 from North Carolina (both with Power Play), 3 from Ohio, 1 from Oklahoma, 3 from Pennsylvania, 2 from Rhode Island, 1 from Tennessee (with Power Play), 4 from Texas (1 with Power Play), 2 from Virginia, 2 from Washington, and 1 from West Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, the drawing video, and all other data about this drawing, see the Powerball Drawing Detail page.

by **Robert J Sakimano** Thu 14 Jan 2016 - 9:18

if it weren't for Delaney, ESPN, the Blue Wall and the AP voters, I'd be relaxing in Costa Rica right now..

by Guest Thu 18 Feb 2016 - 13:44

Pantry? WBH?

Michigan man wins $2 million on $20 instant game from Michigan Lottery

The man, who chose to remain anonymous, is from Oakland County. He bought the winning $2 million Ultimate Millions instant game at the 7-Eleven at 4623 Crooks Road in Royal Oak.

by **Watch Out Pylon!** Thu 18 Feb 2016 - 13:48

LooseGoose wrote:Pantry? WBH?

Michigan man wins $2 million on $20 instant game from Michigan Lottery

The man, who chose to remain anonymous, is from Oakland County. He bought the winning $2 million Ultimate Millions instant game at the 7-Eleven at 4623 Crooks Road in Royal Oak.

I thought the max winnings for instant tickets was something like $10,000. Dang.

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** Thu 18 Feb 2016 - 13:54

Nope.

by **The Pantry** Sun 9 May 2021 - 10:10

Fantasy 5 was over $400K Friday so bought 10 sets of numbers on separate tickets. Looked at them this morning and discovered the guy gave me 10 sets of numbers for Classic 47 instead. One hit 4 numbers for $100. Just cashed it in and got 20 sets of numbers for Fantasy 5 which is up to $645K for tonight's drawing.

by **Jake from State Farm** Sun 9 May 2021 - 15:36

The Pantry wrote:Fantasy 5 was over $400K Friday so bought 10 sets of numbers on separate tickets. Looked at them this morning and discovered the guy gave me 10 sets of numbers for Classic 47 instead. One hit 4 numbers for $100. Just cashed it in and got 20 sets of numbers for Fantasy 5 which is up to $645K for tonight's drawing.

They draw two sets of numbers for Fantasy Five. You have to pay $1 extra for that. I won $200 last weekend, got the first four numbers and missed the last number. The second set of numbers the prizes are doubled, except for the grand prize.

by **The Pantry** Sun 9 May 2021 - 15:44

Jake from State Farm wrote:
The Pantry wrote:Fantasy 5 was over $400K Friday so bought 10 sets of numbers on separate tickets. Looked at them this morning and discovered the guy gave me 10 sets of numbers for Classic 47 instead. One hit 4 numbers for $100. Just cashed it in and got 20 sets of numbers for Fantasy 5 which is up to $645K for tonight's drawing.

They draw two sets of numbers for Fantasy Five. You have to pay $1 extra for that. I won $200 last weekend, got the first four numbers and missed the last number. The second set of numbers the prizes are doubled, except for the grand prize.

The extra buck isn't worth it IMO.

by **Jake from State Farm** Sun 9 May 2021 - 22:23

No winner, it's up to $767,000

by **The Pantry** Sun 9 May 2021 - 23:42

Jake from State Farm wrote:No winner, it's up to $767,000

Very rarely gets that high. Odds only 1:600,000

by aualum06 Sun 9 May 2021 - 23:51

Good messed up short story

by **Motown Spartan** Mon 10 May 2021 - 6:59

For the Fantasy 5 am I better off with more tickets or more drawings?

by AvgMSUJoe Mon 10 May 2021 - 7:21

Motown Spartan wrote:For the Fantasy 5 am I better off with more tickets or more drawings?

anyone remember their advanced statistics class?

I didn't understand it when I took it. Somehow got a 2.5.

by **The Pantry** Mon 10 May 2021 - 8:04

Motown Spartan wrote:For the Fantasy 5 am I better off with more tickets or more drawings?

More tickets. Six hundred thousand of them.

by **Motown Spartan** Mon 10 May 2021 - 8:16

The Pantry wrote:
Motown Spartan wrote:For the Fantasy 5 am I better off with more tickets or more drawings?
More tickets. Six hundred thousand of them.

What happens with multiple winners?

by **The Pantry** Mon 10 May 2021 - 8:21

They split whatever the pot is.

by **Jake from State Farm** Mon 10 May 2021 - 8:49

Motown Spartan wrote:
The Pantry wrote:More tickets. Six hundred thousand of them.

What happens with multiple winners?

You get to split the prize. The government also takes their cut before you get yours.

by **Motown Spartan** Mon 10 May 2021 - 9:44

The Pantry wrote:They split whatever the pot is.

So it's probably not worth buying 600,000 tickets...

by **DWags** Mon 10 May 2021 - 9:59

Motown Spartan wrote:
The Pantry wrote:They split whatever the pot is.

So it's probably not worth buying 600,000 tickets...

Saw a documentary on this guy. He’s amazing. He figured it out and drove to various states. Later M.I.T. Kids also used a program to figure it out and joined him.

This guy made 26 million.
Knowing how many tickets to buy vs outcome.

by **Motown Spartan** Mon 10 May 2021 - 10:06

DWags wrote:
Motown Spartan wrote:

So it's probably not worth buying 600,000 tickets...

Saw a documentary on this guy. He’s amazing. He figured it out and drove to various states. Later M.I.T. Kids also used a program to figure it out and joined him.

This guy made 26 million.
Knowing how many tickets to buy vs outcome.

That was my real dad, tGreenway.

by **tGreenWay** Mon 10 May 2021 - 11:04

Motown Spartan wrote:
DWags wrote:

Saw a documentary on this guy. He’s amazing. He figured it out and drove to various states. Later M.I.T. Kids also used a program to figure it out and joined him.

This guy made 26 million.
Knowing how many tickets to buy vs outcome.

That was my real dad, tGreenway.

I’m still using you for the write off, kid.

by **Dendrobates** Mon 10 May 2021 - 14:32

Lotto 47 is pretty high right now too

by **Motown Spartan** Mon 10 May 2021 - 14:35

tGreenWay wrote:
Motown Spartan wrote:

That was my real dad, tGreenway.

I’m still using you for the write off, kid.

I want my stimulus money then!

by **The Pantry** Mon 10 May 2021 - 18:59

Won $12 on yesterdays tickets so of course "reinvested" in more for tonight. Decided to throw another $14 away for more chances to win.

by **Jake from State Farm** Mon 10 May 2021 - 20:21

In my statistics class my professor explained winning the lottery like this. Figure out the odds of winning, in this case 1 in 575,000. Divide that by the capacity of Spartan Stadium: 75,000. So you end up with roughly 8 Spartan Stadiums. Now line them all up and fill them to capacity. Now pick one person out of all 8 filled to capacity stadiums to win the top prize. That's what your odds of winning looks like.

by **tGreenWay** Mon 10 May 2021 - 20:37

Motown Spartan wrote:
tGreenWay wrote:

I’m still using you for the write off, kid.

I want my stimulus money then!

The check is in the mail.

by **tGreenWay** Mon 10 May 2021 - 20:39

Jake from State Farm wrote:In my statistics class my professor explained winning the lottery like this. Figure out the odds of winning, in this case 1 in 575,000. Divide that by the capacity of Spartan Stadium: 75,000. So you end up with roughly 8 Spartan Stadiums. Now line them all up and fill them to capacity. Now pick one person out of all 8 filled to capacity stadiums to win the top prize. That's what your odds of winning looks like.

Will that person be making a substantial contribution to the giant Spartan statue fund?

by **The Pantry** Mon 10 May 2021 - 21:25

Jake from State Farm wrote:In my statistics class my professor explained winning the lottery like this. Figure out the odds of winning, in this case 1 in 575,000. Divide that by the capacity of Spartan Stadium: 75,000. So you end up with roughly 8 Spartan Stadiums. Now line them all up and fill them to capacity. Now pick one person out of all 8 filled to capacity stadiums to win the top prize. That's what your odds of winning looks like.

Yep. But still better odds than winning any other draw game.

by **Jake from State Farm** Mon 10 May 2021 - 21:54

The Pantry wrote:
Jake from State Farm wrote:In my statistics class my professor explained winning the lottery like this. Figure out the odds of winning, in this case 1 in 575,000. Divide that by the capacity of Spartan Stadium: 75,000. So you end up with roughly 8 Spartan Stadiums. Now line them all up and fill them to capacity. Now pick one person out of all 8 filled to capacity stadiums to win the top prize. That's what your odds of winning looks like.
Yep. But still better odds than winning any other draw game.

Right, it's the only one I do play. The odds are just too astronomical on the other ones. I win back about 1/3 of the money I do play. Not good, but better than nothing.

by **DWags** Mon 10 May 2021 - 21:59

Jake from State Farm wrote:
The Pantry wrote:
Yep. But still better odds than winning any other draw game.

Right, it's the only one I do play. The odds are just too astronomical on the other ones. I win back about 1/3 of the money I do play. Not good, but better than nothing.

It's kind of like Golf isn't it? I mean you go for months with a dry spell, shooting shitty shots, game sucks. Then, one day you actually make two birdies and only lose 3 balls on the course. You score alright. So, you were ready to just stop, throw away your clubs and say fuck it. Just like this lottery. You know the odds suck, you're on a dry spell, then you hit that 80 dollar payoff, or in one case 500 and some and you say, shit, I'll keep throwing money in.

In my Kroger, they put the self serve machine right past the checkouts. So, when I pay with cash, (probably 70% of the time) I take the 5 or 6 folding dollars and keep them in my right hand and just stop at the self serve and get the tickets. I pay the two bucks because I like to get back to the car and look and see if I matched any numbers.

by **tGreenWay** Mon 10 May 2021 - 22:22

DWags wrote:
Jake from State Farm wrote:

Right, it's the only one I do play. The odds are just too astronomical on the other ones. I win back about 1/3 of the money I do play. Not good, but better than nothing.

It's kind of like Golf isn't it? I mean you go for months with a dry spell, shooting shitty shots, game sucks. Then, one day you actually make two birdies and only lose 3 balls on the course. You score alright. So, you were ready to just stop, throw away your clubs and say fuck it. Just like this lottery. You know the odds suck, you're on a dry spell, then you hit that 80 dollar payoff, or in one case 500 and some and you say, shit, I'll keep throwing money in.

In my Kroger, they put the self serve machine right past the checkouts. So, when I pay with cash, (probably 70% of the time) I take the 5 or 6 folding dollars and keep them in my right hand and just stop at the self serve and get the tickets. I pay the two bucks because I like to get back to the car and look and see if I matched any numbers.

Golf should be renamed, “Aww, fuck.”

by **Dendrobates** Mon 10 May 2021 - 22:38

Crap, I didn't win fantasy 5

by **DWags** Mon 10 May 2021 - 22:47

tGreenWay wrote:
DWags wrote:

It's kind of like Golf isn't it? I mean you go for months with a dry spell, shooting shitty shots, game sucks. Then, one day you actually make two birdies and only lose 3 balls on the course. You score alright. So, you were ready to just stop, throw away your clubs and say fuck it. Just like this lottery. You know the odds suck, you're on a dry spell, then you hit that 80 dollar payoff, or in one case 500 and some and you say, shit, I'll keep throwing money in.

In my Kroger, they put the self serve machine right past the checkouts. So, when I pay with cash, (probably 70% of the time) I take the 5 or 6 folding dollars and keep them in my right hand and just stop at the self serve and get the tickets. I pay the two bucks because I like to get back to the car and look and see if I matched any numbers.

Golf should be renamed, “Aww, fuck.”

Some of the most beautiful scenery I’ve seen on a golf course. Hell in manistee an eagle was flying 40 yards over us. It’s so peaceful. And yet I’ve left so frustrated so many times.

by **The Pantry** Mon 10 May 2021 - 22:52

Dendrobates wrote:Crap, I didn't win fantasy 5

Why I only threw in 14 bucks for F5. One Mega Millions for tomorrow, and one Powerball and two Classic 47 for Wednesday. Yeah, it's all pipe dreams but
WTF

by **The Pantry** Mon 10 May 2021 - 22:55

tGreenWay wrote:
DWags wrote:

It's kind of like Golf isn't it? I mean you go for months with a dry spell, shooting shitty shots, game sucks. Then, one day you actually make two birdies and only lose 3 balls on the course. You score alright. So, you were ready to just stop, throw away your clubs and say fuck it. Just like this lottery. You know the odds suck, you're on a dry spell, then you hit that 80 dollar payoff, or in one case 500 and some and you say, shit, I'll keep throwing money in.

In my Kroger, they put the self serve machine right past the checkouts. So, when I pay with cash, (probably 70% of the time) I take the 5 or 6 folding dollars and keep them in my right hand and just stop at the self serve and get the tickets. I pay the two bucks because I like to get back to the car and look and see if I matched any numbers.

Golf should be renamed, “Aww, fuck.”

Golf "is not pretty". Bowling "sucks".

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