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[ColdPizza]

Our office of 20 people just chipped in $2 each...

Do you do an office pool? We have a sign up sheet and scan in all of the tickets so we know what the numbers are and then store them in a safe.

Does your office have any different procedures?

 

[perfectchaos007]

bought a ticket today. I only play when jackpots get over $400 million. Anything less isn't worth my time

 

[pje122]

When is the drawing?

 

[v1lla21]

No fuck my coworkers.

I don't play powerball nor any of the ticket ones just the scratchers. I might buy a ticket this time just for fun though.

 

[ColdPizza]

When is the drawing?

Tonight I believe

 

[adj_noun]

I play all the time.

Let's do 20 years. See how I do.

edit: I made $-3982

 

[spindashing]

Our office of 20 people just chipped in $2 each...

Do you do an office pool? We have a sign up sheet and scan in all of the tickets so we know what the numbers are and then store them in a safe.

Does your office have any different procedures?

Our office did just about the same thing.

 

[Yaboosh]

Office pools suck because you are forced to participate.

 

[ColdPizza]

No fuck my coworkers.

I don't play powerball nor any of the ticket ones just the scratchers. I might buy a ticket this time just for fun though.

We know we won't win, but so far the $2 price of entry for us has been worth the day dreaming of the "fuck you" we would give to our company if we won.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Play for me GAF. Take my $2. If you win, I'll take 2% of it. Thanks!

Seriously though, dibs on gaffer winnings.

 

[eddie4]

Tonight I believe

Yep, 7:59pm PST.

 

[Bay Maximus]

How much is 500 mil after the lump sum option and taxes though? Probably like $20.

 

[Ryaaan14]

15 person work pool @ $10 each

Nice knowin all u filthy poors

 

[Dragon]

bought a ticket today. I only play when jackpots get over $400 million. Anything less isn't worth my time

Yes the difference between being a 100 millionaire or 200 millionaire is ... something.

 

[MIMIC]

I miss the GAF pool

Fucking PayPal. lol

 

[bootsthecat]

I felt something special when I handed over my $6 this morning. I CAN FEEL IT

 

[ColdPizza]

Office pools suck because you are forced to participate.

This is true. You don't want to be the poor schlub that didn't chip in...just in case.

 

[Dishwalla]

If no one wins it tonight I'll go pick up a ticket for Saturday's drawing.

Although with a number that high it's probably being won tonight so eh.

Maybe I'll just pitch in to the lesser looked at(at least right now) Mega Millions Friday drawing which is sitting at a pretty respectable $165 million.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Yes the difference between being a 100 millionaire or 200 millionaire is ... something.

The difference of splitting your winnings with me!!

 

[br0ken_shad0w]

Where my GAF 52 at?

 

[eddie4]

How much is 500 mil after the lump sum option and taxes though? Probably like $20.

winners can generally expect to end up with about a third of the total cash jackpot

 

[vainglorious]

Thanks for the reminder! I need to grab 5 quick picks after work.

 

[pje122]

If I live in one state and am still in another state on holiday, can I still buy a ticket here (in the state I do not officially reside in) and play?

 

[ant1532]

I play all the time.

Let's do 20 years. See how I do.

edit: I made -$3982

holy shit. this site is amazingly depressing

 

[eddie4]

the lottery is just another optional tax

 

[jonjonaug]

I work for the gambling industry in a position where I evaluate the average return on a wager and I'm not buying a ticket.

I'd have to be pretty dumb to fall for my own thing.

 

[MIMIC]

If no one wins it tonight I'll go pick up a ticket for Saturday's drawing.

Although with a number that high it's probably being won tonight so eh.

I hope no one wins

Spoiler

unless it's me

. It's sure to be a record if it rolls and I love seeing the frenzy it sparks.

 

[bootsthecat]

If I live in one state and am still in another state on holiday, can I still buy a ticket here (in the state I do not officially reside in) and play?

They definitely do not care where you reside. Not certain about US citizenship though, but I'd wager that does not matter either.

 

[PlayALLtheGames]

We know we won't win.

Hey, all the previous winners or group of winners thought the same thing when they got their tickets.

I will buy a few tickets for this one.

 

[eddie4]

They definitely do not care where you reside. Not certain about US citizenship though, but I'd wager that does not matter either.

Wasn't there a guy outside of the US who bought a ticket through some service and ended up winning?

 

[Shabadoo69]

If I live in one state and am still in another state on holiday, can I still buy a ticket here (in the state I do not officially reside in) and play?

I live in Utah and we don't have the lottery. I have to get my tickets from Idaho if I want to play. If you win you have to claim the prize in the state where you win.

 

[georly]

I play all the time.

Let's do 20 years. See how I do.

edit: I made -$3982

Wish it let you buy more than one ticket per drawing, but still, depressing and why I don't play the lottery.

Only way to justify lottery is knowing the money is hopefully going back into schools/roads/etc.

 

[Anoregon]

I've been tossing my $2 into the office pool the past week or so. If we win I will make a post on gaf about how I didn't win so no one will know!

 

[eddie4]

Wasn't there a guy outside of the US who bought a ticket through some service and ended up winning?

Looks like they dont care, you just pay the highest tax rate.

"Should a non-US citizen win a lottery prize, they are subject to federal withholding taxes for non-US citizens, which is 30% of their winnings."

 

[v1lla21]

I already planned how I would use the money lol.

 

[Bay Maximus]

winners can generally expect to end up with about a third of the total cash jackpot

In that case, I'll take 2. I'll even slide you a cool million when I win for this info.

 

[MIMIC]

Wasn't there a guy outside of the US who bought a ticket through some service and ended up winning?

I was thinking the same thing. I think it's more about the publicity of the lottery, rather than who actually won it.

 

[JoseDFrog]

When I win I'll be able to afford an oculus rift.

 

[eddie4]

If I win I will give each GAF member $10,000.

Spoiler

Junior members are not eligible.

 

[dbztrk]

Someone in the middle of nowhere will win.

 

[aspiegamer]

If I win I will give each GAF member $10,000.

Spoiler

Junior members are not eligible.

Quoted.

 

[Yaboosh]

This is true. You don't want to be the poor schlub that didn't chip in...just in case.

Exactly. Can you even imagine? That would be the worst thing ever.

Same reason you should never ever have numbers that you play all the time. Imagine forgetting to play them one week and seeing them win. Quick pick all the way.

 

[Dishwalla]

Someone in the middle of nowhere will win.

Brb driving to Podunk, Virginia to pick up a ticket at the only gas station for 100 miles.

 

[MIMIC]

Imagine forgetting to play them one week and seeing them win.

INSTANT SUICIDE.

 

[dbztrk]

If I win I will give each GAF member $10,000.

Spoiler

Junior members are not eligible.

YES!

Spoiler

So glad I am not a Junior member.

 

[perfectchaos007]

I live in Utah and we don't have the lottery. I have to get my tickets from Idaho if I want to play. If you win you have to claim the prize in the state where you win.

It's not in Nevada either. There's a gas station on the border of Cali and Nevada that generally has an hour long line to buy lottery tickets when the jackpot is this high. It always gets national media attention which is what Powerball/Mega Millions loves

 

[Aureon]

at one in 175m to win a jackpot, it's actually statistically convenient (pre-tax) at 350m?
probably convenient post-tax post 500m.
Can't you buy 175m tickets?

 

[perfectchaos007]

I play all the time.

Let's do 20 years. See how I do.

edit: I made -$3982

Not bad! I've been playing for 726 years and have made $-138,845 in cold hard cash

at one in 175m to win a jackpot, it's actually statistically convenient (pre-tax) at 350m?
probably convenient post-tax post 500m.
Can't you buy 175m tickets?

Yes but you're still gambling because if there are multiple jackpot winners, it has to be split

 

[internetwolf]

my deadbeat co workers keep asking me to toss in money so they can get more tickets

smfh I could buy steam games with that $3

 

[ColdPizza]

at one in 175m to win a jackpot, it's actually statistically convenient (pre-tax) at 350m?
probably convenient post-tax post 500m.
Can't you buy 175m tickets?

I believe they added more numbers so the odds are even worse, 1 in 292 million