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Powerball at $550 mill

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How much did you play?

10 quikpiks for $20

waste of 20
 
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is the lottery all luck? can you have the skill to win the powerball? 
 
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A friend of mine won the NYS lottery once for 1.2 million.After tax/bullshet he got about 700k.He plays the daily Pick4 (pick a 4 didgt #) every day and it comes out about 12noon. He tells me that he handicaps the pick4 and the crazy thing is he is ahead in the pick4.He also has fistfulls of powerball tix when it gets BIG because he goes in with groups.
 
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how and where do you get a ticket?

 
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Quote Originally Posted by searchwarrant:

how and where do you get a ticket?



https://www.powerball.com/pb_home.asp

Then click on your state...

And if you win... Remember who helped you... 
 
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Just got my ticket... Only buy one... If I am going to win, I figure I only need one ticket...
 
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Quote Originally Posted by searchwarrant:

how and where do you get a ticket?



Powerball just became available to us in Cali about a month ago or so.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Nut_Flopper:



Powerball just became available to us in Cali about a month ago or so.

I see on the map. Looks like mostly 711's. too far to drive for 550 mill.

 
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Quote Originally Posted by searchwarrant:

I see on the map. Looks like mostly 711's. too far to drive for 550 mill.



said no one ever!
 
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yeah i always play both megamillions and powerball. this drawing as of now is the 3rd largest in U.S. history
 
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Chevron station had ém. I bought 3.... 2 for the neigbors and one for me.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by otp:

How much did you play?

10 quikpiks for $20

waste of 20

Waste? Cant think of a better way to blow $20

 
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Quote Originally Posted by Randisist:

Just got my ticket... Only buy one... If I am going to win, I figure I only need one ticket...
The sad thing is people who think they're exponentially increasing their odds by buying 10 tickets instead of one. Each ticket still holds the same odds of about 1 in 175 million.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by searchwarrant:

I see on the map. Looks like mostly 711's. too far to drive for 550 mill.

 i'm holding out for a trillion.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Getty3:

The sad thing is people who think they're exponentially increasing their odds by buying 10 tickets instead of one. Each ticket still holds the same odds of about 1 in 175 million.

10 in 175 million is exponentially better than 1 in 175 million

 
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750 million to 1 lol fk that. go buy a slurpee
 
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 1 in 175,000,000 

I play 1 ticket $2. If its meant to be then i'll win. 
 
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I'm in a group of 40 with 100 numbers and another group of 8 with 40 numbers, plus the $20 worth I'll play on my own. I'm ready to retire 
 
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Good luck everyone.
 
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I'm going to wait for it to rollover, just don't think I can live off 262 million.

Per CNN, if there is no winner of the drawing on Saturday, the next jackpot is estimated to reach $925-million on Wednesday.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by hoopsvader:

I'm going to wait for it to rollover, just don't think I can live off 262 million.

Per CNN, if there is no winner of the drawing on Saturday, the next jackpot is estimated to reach $925-million on Wednesday.


the chances of that happening are worse than anyone in this thread winning.
 
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not sure what would be more stressful, winning this kind of loot or being broke.

 
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Quote Originally Posted by searchwarrant:

not sure what would be more stressful, winning this kind of loot or being broke.


Most who win these large jackpots always blow all the money and die immediately afterwards. I guess I would rather be a brokedik.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by searchwarrant:

not sure what would be more stressful, winning this kind of loot or being broke.

I'm sure you'd be willing to find out just how stressful it is....

 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by TRAIN69:

I'm sure you'd be willing to find out just how stressful it is....

 Hell yeah. Well I ran into 7 figures in my late 30's. Things got wierd real fast. I'll grab a lawyer and Warren Buffet's money manager and get that check the hell away from me.

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