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No winner yet, Powerball at $675 Million biggest in U.S History

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Aeriscloud

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Dennis said:
Lotteries are for born suckers.

That being said, remember good old Dennis from NeoGAF if you get the jackpot.
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RustyO

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Grym said:
- the following states allow anonymity: Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, North Dakota, Ohio and South Carolina from what I can find. Beyond that it gets complicated. I know there are other states where you can set up a trust to claim your prize thus remaining anonymous. Some other states require multi-state lottery winners name/locations to be published.

- yes lump sum vs. 29 year annuity (30 guaranteed payments over 29 years). The annuity option is the estimated prize value ($700 million paid over 29 years). If you take a lump sum, you get less than that since it is the amount they have currently rather than the amount they invest for you.

- yeah, for a pot this big, at the highest tax bracket I would think
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Cool, thank you for that. Much appreciated. That was my understanding, just a lot of info out there and getting a bit confusing with all the different state rules etc.
 
Mengy

Mengy

wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
XGRaViSmOrSX said:
might have to actually play the lottery for the first time.
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Your odds of getting killed on the way home tonight is far, far greater than winning this lottery. Still, you do have to play in order to have ANY chance, no matter how small, of winning.

Personally I'd rather put the $2 for the ticket into my Steam Wallet and buy some random crap at the next Steam sale. I'd still get more value out of my money for that.
 
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ACE 1991

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Mengy said:
Your odds of getting killed on the way home tonight is far, far greater than winning this lottery. Still, you do have to play in order to have ANY chance, no matter how small, of winning.

Personally I'd rather put the $2 for the ticket into my Steam Wallet and buy some random crap at the next Steam sale. I'd still get more value out of my money for that.
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With that attitude.

It's $2, I'm not worried about maximizing the amount of enjoyment I can get out of it. I'll burn it for the ever-so-slight chance that I become unbelievably wealthy.
 
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Quixzlizx

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Kadin said:
Right but according to that chart, all the rest are even worse odds. Like I said, it's making my brain hurt because apparently math is hard. I swear I'm not an idiot but I'm not grasping this for some reason... lol
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This is a simplification of probability depending on how a contest is structured, but:

If you have a 10% chance of winning one prize, a 5% chance of winning a second prize, and a 2% chance of winning a third prize, then you have a 17% chance of winning a prize, because your one ticket simultaneously has three separate chances of winning the three separate prizes.

Edit: In this case, there are two separate groups of prizes, one that requires you to have the powerball, and one that doesn't. So those are the two groups of prizes where you can add the probabilities together.

If you had to choose which prize you were trying to win, then your highest chance of winning would be the 10% prize if you chose that one.
 
Kadin

Kadin

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Quixzlizx said:
This is a simplification of probability depending on how a contest is structured, but:

If you have a 10% chance of winning one prize, a 5% chance of winning a second prize, and a 2% chance of winning a third prize, then you have a 17% chance of winning a prize, because your one ticket simultaneously has three separate chances of winning the three separate prizes.

If you had to choose which prize you were trying to win, then your highest chance of winning would be the 10% prize if you chose that one.
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Thanks. I just realized that I have to take into account that while one option has a set odds factor, you still have to add all the others into it to get a different number which in this case is a bit lower. The two aren't directly related which was throwing me off.
 
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eudaemonic

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So a group of friends have decided to buying tickets together so I'm gonna toss in a couple bucks that way. I hope they're okay with me not wanting us to hit the jackpot, but just to get enough that we can live a little more comfortably and be debt free.
 
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ViciousDS

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perfectchaos007 said:
Did the clerk selling you those tickets chuckle?
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Nah....really nice local store. Everyone knows each other. Let's just say come Saturday they have to enforce a line around the liquor store due to lotto sales. It's fucking insane. So we went tonight to make copies for everyone tomorrow so they can see the numbers.
 
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Daingurse

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Got an office lottery pool going on, so I joined in. Just thought, what the hell? Can't win if you don't play, and I got no issues sharing.
 
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mrklaw

MrArseFace
BlueTsunami said:
You win any appreciable sum of money, you have to go ghost. Move to the opposite coast, another country, whatever. I personally wouldn't mind being generous with money I've won but I can see why people who have earned money the hard way can be firm with it.
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U.K. Lottery is good for that. Anonymous winners are very common. Also you pay tax on the ticket you buy, so winnings are tax free. Always surprises me that you have to pay tax on winnings in the US. Especially when it is a physical prize like a car, you have to pay tax out of your own pocket if you want to keep it?
 
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NHL94

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Does anyone know if more winners picked their own numbers or got the computer to pick them?

I usually toss a fiver when the jackpot is stupid high, was just curious.
 
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ViciousDS

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NHL94 said:
Does anyone know if more winners picked their own numbers or got the computer to pick them?

I usually toss a fiver when the jackpot is stupid high, was just curious.
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Your odds of winning.....are the same no matter what You do.....it's all luck.
 
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timetokill

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NHL94 said:
Does anyone know if more winners picked their own numbers or got the computer to pick them?

I usually toss a fiver when the jackpot is stupid high, was just curious.
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I'll tell you this. EVERY single winner filled their numbers in from highest to lowest, not lowest to highest.
 
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BlueTsunami

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mrklaw said:
U.K. Lottery is good for that. Anonymous winners are very common. Also you pay tax on the ticket you buy, so winnings are tax free. Always surprises me that you have to pay tax on winnings in the US. Especially when it is a physical prize like a car, you have to pay tax out of your own pocket if you want to keep it?
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I believe so (with cars you won). You take a hit when you have to register the car (which is based on the value). Not sure about other non cash prizes though.
 
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ascii42

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ViciousDS said:
I'll let you know what combinations they are come Saturday night lol
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Hah, there you go.

What I mean is humans aren't random. Like, say you want to be cute and pick 1-2-3-4-5-6 (because hey, it's just as likely as anything else), you're probably not the only one. Same with other patterns like 1-2-4-8-16-32 and 1-2-3-5-8-13. Though choosing which number gets to be the powerball does mix things up a little.
 
nicoga3000

nicoga3000

Saint Nic
If I won, I'd tell very few people. I'd still go to work and still do what I do. I love working, ha. But I'd buy lots of cool toys, that's for sure.
 
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witchedwiz

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I would plunge a 20 eur just because (1 for each family member basically)'il they sold tickets abroad..
Unfortunately there is no online buy, so..
Oh well i' usually unlucky so that's that
 
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rezn0r

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nicoga3000 said:
If I won, I'd tell very few people. I'd still go to work and still do what I do. I love working, ha. But I'd buy lots of cool toys, that's for sure.
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I tell myself the same thing (about keeping quiet & going to work), but I'm sure it'd last a day or two. Maybe I'd start my own business though, and turn side work into full time work.
 
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ViciousDS

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ascii42 said:
Hah, there you go.

What I mean is humans aren't random. Like, say you want to be cute and pick 1-2-3-4-5-6 (because hey, it's just as likely as anything else), you're probably not the only one. Same with other patterns like 1-2-4-8-16-32 and 1-2-3-5-8-13. Though choosing which number gets to be the powerball does mix things up a little.
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Yes there was this older lady who did pick 3 and pick 4 a lot with the same numbers. She actually won quite a few times and it was weird because She always had a pattern for each day of the week for what numbers She wanted.

But that PB number alone can fuck things up.


So I know what you mean by patterns and possibly getting stuck sharing the pot. Either way you would still get a shit load of money.
 
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7DollarHagane

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Soka said:
Steps to claiming your big winnings if you're in a state that requires you to claim it under your legal name:

1) Tell no one you won.
2) Find a great lawyer to help you through the legal proceedings.
3) Move away from your current address to a different town.
4) When going to do the photo-op/press conference, make sure you've changed your appearance before you get up there (new hair style, dyed hair, shave/not shaved, different clothes, etc).
5) Legally change your name as soon as you can after being awarded your money.
6) Move again to a different location.
7) Still don't tell anyone that you've won (they'll know anyway because your name will be everywhere... your old name).
8) Split up the money into multiple locations; different banks, different savings/checking/retirement accounts, Vanguard/Fidelity/T. Rowe Price, etc.
9) Blow all the money in five years.
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Winning the lottery sounds like the biggest addition of stress anyone can have.

Fuck all that. Sounds like you are trying to get away with a crime.
 
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JeffZero

Purple Drazi
I went back and it was after midnight and I continued to be stupid because I put the $5 into the machine and then got told afterward that after midnight the lotto is inaccessible. I settled for scratch-offs because I would have had to wait an hour to get my money back and I won the $5 back.

So now I have this $5 again.

Tomorrow I will not be stupid.
 
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