demosthenes
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How much is 500 mil after the lump sum option and taxes though? Probably like $20.
Probably 150 million.
How much is 500 mil after the lump sum option and taxes though? Probably like $20.
The odds are the exact same whether you do a random pick or a manual one, no matter how many times you play.
I think..
The odds are the same, they don't eliminate a combination when it wins.
Yeah, I just didn't know if the odds changed somehow based on the odds of the same numbers getting drawn twice over time. For some reason, in my head that feels like one of those things that might be true using higher math than I ever learned.
I believe they added more numbers so the odds are even worse, 1 in 292 million
I played most of my life! 50 years and now I'm retired. Every time I used my lucky numbers, the day my beautiful but bitchy wife Loise died. The Powerball number is the number of her severed limbs.
In the end I paid $9,699 of additional taxes. You're welcome.
I believe they added more numbers so the odds are even worse, 1 in 292 million
In a random drawing, no combination is any more or less likely than another, regardless of the combination's own history or randomness. Play the same numbers as the prior week's winner, or play some other set. Do this every drawing until the end of your natural life. You have the same odds either way, which is to say none at all.
I'm sorry but why in the world would any rational person pay $2 to daydream. I've daydreamed about what I'd spend a near infinite amount if money on in the past and guess what? I did so for free. If you want to daydream then go do so, it is free. If you want to become absurdly rich then go start a buissness, your chances are absurdly low but they are much better than the lottery.On a more serious note, I know there's always a lot of commentary on how lotteries are essentially an "idiot tax" and a laughable way to waste money. As a physical object, perhaps, but if for $1 or $2 someone can be a little happy daydreaming about what they'd do with the money to crawl out of their depressing life, I consider that worth the money. Hell, the average person can be happy daydreaming about winning a damn $100 prize.Exactly!
I'm sorry but why in the world would any rational persin pay $2 to daydream. I've daydreamed about what I'd spend a near infinite amount if money on in the past and guess what, I did for free.
Because this is the only situation where that daydream could actually become a reality?I'm sorry but why in the world would any rational persin pay $2 to daydream. I've daydreamed about what I'd spend a near infinite amount if money on in the past and guess what, I did for free.
There are probably numbers that you are more or less likely to share with other people though, which would suck.
With a 0.0000003% chance of winning, iit always amazes me when people are worried about sharing.
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1 in 292,000,000 is no chance. If you accounted for chances that low in everyday life then you would get nothing done.A chance, however remote it may be, versus no chance?
Dishwalla said:People waste 2 bucks on worse things, it's not that big of a deal.
Hey man, if you are talking lotto strategies there are only so many things that are relevant.
No it is not. The rational thing to do is to calculate the expected value of your investment and, if the expected value is greater than your investment then buy the ticket, else do not buy the ticket.Because this is the only situation where that daydream could actually become a reality?
It's actually the MOST rational time to daydream about spending $500 Million, because it's the only time when the vast majority of people would have the ability to get that kind of money.
What are you even talking about? It's not like people who buy lottery tickets sit in a chair all day daydreaming about money while never doing anything else with their time.1 in 292,000,000 is no chance. If you accounted for chances that low in everyday life then you would get nothing done.
None of what you're saying has anything to do with what I said. You were claiming that it's irrational to daydream about getting $500 Million during the only opportunity people have at ever getting that type of money.No it is not. The rational thing to do is to calculate the expected value of your investment and, if the expected value is greater than your investment then buy the ticket, else do not buy the ticket.
The expected value is lower therefore you should not buy the ticket.
There's actually just one! Keep your $2 (or whatever it costs). All other strategies are foolishness.
1 in 292,000,000 is no chance. If you accounted for chances that low in everyday life then you would get nothing done.
Yeah, but I got my coffee for free after making 15 purchases!.
Guarantee someone's on here sipping a Starbucks coffee going, "you guys are so stoopid with money hehe"
I don't think you understand. The chance of winning the lottery is so negligible that the $2 you spend is worth more than that chance that you win tge lottery therefore it is you that is wasting more value as you waste the majority of your $2 and the time spent daydreaming whereas my past self only wasted the time spend daydreaming.What are you even talking about? It's not like people who buy lottery tickets sit in a chair all day daydreaming about money while never doing anything else with their time.
I don't know about you, but I can multi task.
You're daydreaming about money you have a zero chance of getting while trying to put down people who daydream about money actually have a small chance of getting.
Yeah, but I got my coffee for free after making 15 purchases!
1 in 292,000,000 is no chance. If you accounted for chances that low in everyday life then you would get nothing done.
I'm sorry that your life is so bad that you can't spend $2 at what is possibly your only chance at winning millions upon millions of dollars.I don't think you understand. The chance of winning the lottery is so negligible that the $2 you spend is worth more than that chance that you win tge lottery therefore it is you that is wasting more value as you waste the majority of your $2 and the time spent daydreaming whereas my past self only wasted the time spend daydreaming.
Right?And at least you actually got the coffee!
1 in 292,000,000 is no chance. If you accounted for chances that low in everyday life then you would get nothing done.
I'm unsure why everyone has such a problem applying basic maths that the majority of lottery advocates know to the lottery but whatever it is only your loss and the state's win in the end.
I'm unsure why everyone has such a problem applying basic maths that the majority of lottery advocates know to the lottery but whatever it is only your loss and the state's win in the end.
I love it at work when people go on about the lottery being 50 million or something so they're getting tickets (for a quid or two) because why bother when it's only 5 million.
It is a way of easily restricting how often you play the nearly pointless game.
I do not daydream about having lots of money. I did so eight years ago. I agree that was irrational but I am saying that it would have been even more irrational to put down $2 for a negligible chance.What are you even talking about? It's not like people who buy lottery tickets sit in a chair all day daydreaming about money while never doing anything else with their time.
I don't know about you, but I can multi task.
You're daydreaming about money you have a zero chance of getting while trying to put down people who daydream about money actually have a small chance of getting.
None of what you're saying has anything to do with what I said. You were claiming that it's irrational to daydream about getting $500 Million during the only opportunity people have at ever getting that type of money.
I never said anything about the rationality of actually buying the ticket. You probably have pretty boring dreams if all you ever dream about are things that are completely rational.