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[DrForester]

No way it doesn't that over 700m. This drawing tonight I thin started at 425m after the previous drawing. This one might hit 800m.

 

[sarcastor]

$675 million
http://www.powerball.com/pb_home.asp

Approximately $300 million take home!

Sucks that most states won't let you be anonymous when you collect your prize. I guess a blind trust is a good way to go if you did end up winning one of these things.

Couldnt you hire a law firm to cash it on for you ? Cause there's no way my family members will not be kidnapped if I go public.

 

[KimiNewt]

Hey, it's only about the same chances as getting 29 coin tosses right in a row!

 

[friskykillface]

Yeah i always hated that part about winning/winners, fuck that shit, im not showing my face if i won that much money, especially since i have families that live in different countries x states

they should just say the persons first name and last name first letter

i would also bring a portable razor and shave my hair and eyebrows if i have to take a pic, it'll grow back

 

[FtsH]

Time to jump in again...

 

[MIMIC]

$675 million
http://www.powerball.com/pb_home.asp

lol, it will be $800 million or more by Saturday.....$950 at most (and then no less than 4 people will win it, lol)

 

[Staccat0]

Well shit...
Better give my 2 weeks notice.

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

That will easily break 800M by Saturday. Even greater bullshit odds but still, wow...


I didn't buy a ticket tonight because I by the time I went down they told me the time had cutoff which I'm pretty sure it wasn't since I'm pretty sure it's still 9:45pm but whatever, probably should've bought one anyway. I'll probably end up buying a whole two tickets next time to make up for it, not like $4 is a huge deal anyway. The entertainment comes from the fantasy of winning even though you know you won't.


Are all the "odds suck, you're a sucker for playing", "lottery is a scam", "lottery loser" and all those repeated and obvious stories coming out yet?

 

[Hypron]

Still going lmao

 

[adj_noun]

Still going lmao

In the grim darkness of the far future there is only powerball.

 

[Omni]

I play all the time.

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

edit: I made $-3982

I made -3862

Looks like I win

 

[Soup Bar]

God damn it. It's going to be busy as hell on Saturday. I was really hoping somebody would win tonight.

 

[timetokill]

Hooooly shit at that jackpot

 

[Tekniqs]

God damn it. It's going to be busy as hell on Saturday. I was really hoping somebody would win tonight.

do I have to wait until Saturday to buy the lotto tickets? or can I just buy a couple tomorrow?

 

[SlickShoesRUCrazy]

Looks like I will be buying a couple of tickets today.

 

[Slayer-33]

Welp time to get in

 

[br0ken_shad0w]

Make sense; everyone just seems so excited. I've just worked how much I'll earn in the rest of my working days and it's less than 1 million GBP and the lottery is regularly above that (assuming inflation doesn't go crazy).

Yeah a lot of it is the social aspect. We only do office pools if the jackpot is a stupidly high amount. I participated because it's only $2.

My dad though does the weekly drawings. He did win a thousand dollars last month so I can't complain much.

 

[Mascot]

I didn't buy a ticket tonight because I by the time I went down they told me the time had cutoff which I'm pretty sure it wasn't since I'm pretty sure it's still 9:45pm but whatever, probably should've bought one anyway.

Aw man, you totally would have won too! That was your chance.

 

[MindGamingMantis]

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

Spoiler

Junior members are not eligible.

It'd be hilarious if you won. You'd be fucked.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

wait y'all need to know you only net something like 46% after taxes so the question isn't "what would i do with $500M?," the question is "what would i do with $230M?"

Where did you get 46%? My state only taxes 25% + 5%.

 

[Manoko]

I shouldn't, but I'm in for Saturday.
This is too much of a jackpot not to try !

 

[ColdPizza]

I'll buy 1 ticket on Saturday

 

[AtomskEater]

I'll try to remember to get a ticket. Even though I'm reading some scary stories about how lottery winners typically have sad fates.

 

[blakep267]

I'll buy a ticket or 2. I know I won't win, but it's not a heavy investment. Just some pocket change

 

[pelicansurf]

I left the Powerball Simulator running. It took me 46,000 years to hit the 1,000,000 win.

 

[I'm an expert]

I left the Powerball Simulator running. It took me 46,000 years to hit the 1,000,000 win.

And yet someone who hasn't bought a ticket in years will see this on the news, buy a ticket at 711 tomorrow, and will win the jackpot.

 

[krae_man]

I left the Powerball Simulator running. It took me 46,000 years to hit the 1,000,000 win.

I turned it on before I went to bed and tagged it to only stop at the jackpot. I won $1 million twice but still no jackpot. Even with those two $1 million wins, I was down like $5 mil :lol

Lets see what happens when I get home from work(it's still running).

 

[gdt]

I forgot to play yesterday and was kicking myself a bit but too lazy to go back out into the cold.

So now I get another chance! (To lose)

 

[InfiniteBento]

When is the next drawing? o__O

 

[Dedication Through Light]

When is the next drawing? o__O

Saturday.

 

[adj_noun]

And yet someone who hasn't bought a ticket in years will see this on the news, buy a ticket at 711 tomorrow, and will win the jackpot.

Inspired me to give it another century of play.

Apparently I am not that person.

 

[I'm an expert]

Inspired me to give it another century of play.

Apparently I am not that person.

Someone who will eventually be that person is right now saying 'I am not that person.'

 

[PureYeti]

My group of friends are now chipping in together for the next lottery together once they found out the pot was raised.

 

[SeanC]

Yeah i always hated that part about winning/winners, fuck that shit, im not showing my face if i won that much money, especially since i have families that live in different countries x states

they should just say the persons first name and last name first letter

i would also bring a portable razor and shave my hair and eyebrows if i have to take a pic, it'll grow back

See, I feel that would be the perfect time to tell them to fuck off. I would love that power. I'd give a ton of money to my parents and maybe an uncle or two, but that's it. Everyone else I'm sending bags of dicks.

It's fun and wishful thinking. I'm a realist, I know I ain't winning shit. But...just in case, I have a twenty in my pocket ready to go.

 

[Iorv3th]

Where did you get 46%? My state only taxes 25% + 5%.

Federal income tax.

 

[DrForester]

Yeah i always hated that part about winning/winners, fuck that shit, im not showing my face if i won that much money, especially since i have families that live in different countries x states

they should just say the persons first name and last name first letter

i would also bring a portable razor and shave my hair and eyebrows if i have to take a pic, it'll grow back

I'd go in a Johnny Manziel Vegas Disguise.

I would also change my last name ASAP after collecting the winnings.

 

[Audioboxer]

I left the Powerball Simulator running. It took me 46,000 years to hit the 1,000,000 win.

Sounds like a loot drop in WoW.

 

[SatansReverence]

I left the Powerball Simulator running. It took me 46,000 years to hit the 1,000,000 win.

Hit the mill after just 70 years with some picked numbers!

Now, lets see if I can ride that profit to the next big win haha.

 

[JustHadToJoin]

What do these states do with the money they gain from tickets?

 

[krae_man]

I'm winning $1 million prizes at an insane rate and I'm still down 4.5mil :lol

 

[Tripon]

$700 million. I want to win this.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

meh. ive spent 5 bucks in worse ways.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Federal income tax.

Cant it be lower if you dont take it all as a lump sum?

What do these states do with the money they gain from tickets?

In many states lottery goes toward education ("when you play we all win" and such slogans)

 

[backflip10019]

Bought a few tickets myself and threw into the office pool too. Why not? It's a few dollars to be part of a fun thing.

 

[milanbaros]

I'm winning $1 million prizes at an insane rate and I'm still down 4.5mil :lol

Is it an incorrect simulator because I have the same frequency 'errors' as you e.g my 1in706 is 1in509.

 

[SteveO409]

The winning numbers for the record $900 million Powerball jackpot are 32-16-19-57-34 and Powerball number 13.

 

[Patryn]

Sounds like nobody won.

Projected jackpot on Wednesday is $1.3 billion.

 

[Unbounded]

I play all the time.

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

edit: I made $-3982

Yknow, I like to think I understand just how damn impossible it is to win this shit, but this puts it even more in perspective.

 

[Bad_Boy]

nobody won? wtf.

who ever wins this next one could end poverty for a small country

 

[wanderingprostheyltite]

So is this a record powerball at this point?