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When I sell my house next month I'll have that much. L8r!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WINELEVIN @!!! PLKEniODUEnapwroibgpqre9ugqer9graflnxz, zxc/ eofj9t

I'd probably still post. This place is great entertainment that money can't buy.

You know what I'd do if I won? Try and get my ticket refunded after I collect. /Jewru

Your losses are tax deductible.

Astronomical odds aside, if you don't play, you don't win. That's the one statistic that will never change.

Not sure what that really means. Realistically, you don't win period. It doesn't matter if you play or not. If you get a kick out of the fun of playing and dreaming for a day or two, so be it. But acting like it's somehow "dumb" to not throw your money away is...well...not very logical.

Buying a ticket infinitely improves your odds versus not buying a ticket.

Heh. I read this as "I'd be off doing shit like playing golf or time traveling."

my posting slowed down a bit...

QT hot dogs are never "day-old" you sonuvabitch.

I would probably just give you the $500,000

This person I'm talking about is one of those that is way way way above doing menial labor. He's an arrogant bastard that thinks EVERYTHING is his way or not at all. No discussion. No reasoning. Nose stuck straight up in the air. **** him.

Yes, he's from KC. Came back at draft time to say hey and talk Chiefs draft. He has many posts on here. Not a lurker. Been here since 2000.
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We have drank beer together. Thats got to be worth at least $100K?

I'll buy two tickets when it gets over 300 million. So I'd say my money wasted on lottery tickets is less than $10 a year. If it was meant to be, its meant to be. No reason to buy $50 worth of tickets because the pot is up to $600 million. I'm sure it improves your odds but not worth it.

It's the poor that buy the majority of the tickets. But a middle class guy or gal buying $20 worth of lottery tickets every 3-4 months aint no big deal. Your on food stamps, welfare....WTF are you thinking?

Yeah, I think of the things I waste money on... Red Bull, Beer, eating out, etc. None them come with a chance of winning a million dollars. It's a small use of my disposable income.

Yep.

I don't blame people for doing it. Whatever makes you happy. My post is really just a reaction to the "you'd be pretty dumb to not at least try" comment earlier.

Your a stat guy. Whats the worse sounding stat that you have heard that shows how high the odds are that you will actually win the $600 million?

I'd do two chicks at the same time.

I think my favorite so far was being killed by a falling coconut.

It would be great winning it, but man would it suck paying those taxes. NOT WORTH IT. /Guru

For the stats guys, the expected value of a $2 ticket is up to $1.68 after taxes, and $2.51 before taxes. That means it's almost free to play. If no one wins it this time, we need to group together and buy $175 million worth of tickets and we'll guarantee a profit.

Unless there are multiple winners, which is ... probable? Improbable but still possible? I don't know how to phrase that it's possible that two or more people will get a 1:175,000,000 sequence of numbers, just due to the sheer number of tickets sold..

Hmm, good point. That might change the breakeven point.

I like that one.

I've always heard that if you won a powerball jackpot and took the lump sum, you end up with roughly 30% of the amount after all taxes are settled.

200 million-ish in my pocket would be ok with me.

Going to Hawaii NOW , going to stand under as many coconut trees as possible to improve my odds.

I gotta win this sucker.

Has any millionaires tried to win the lottery?

IIRC, the first person to win a powerball jackpot over 300 million was a millionaire businessman from somewhere back east (Carolinas?). His story was a disaster - one of his grandaughter's friends was found dead in his pool, and supposedly some people got access to his accounts and cleaned him out.

Again, IIRC.

Apparently a group of Australians bought $5 million of Virginia lottery tickets in 1992 and won: http://www.forbes.com/sites/joshbarr...-millions-win/

Yeah, the likelihood of multiple winners, which is exacerbated when casual players jump aboard when the jackpot is huge, assures that the expected value will always be < $2.

I think the stripper and her boyfriend robbed him. They also found the granddaughter dead hidden in the back of a truck
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The high tax figures and the way so many people go through the large amount of money within a couple of years are why, when I actually spend money on the lottery (very seldom), I ask for the annuity payout. You get more total and you are guaranteed a very large income for many years (probably the rest of my life at this point).

600 million paid over 25 years = 24 million per year before taxes. It might be a little rough but I think I can survive on that for a few years before needing to find a job again. ROFL

Yes, I would post from my yacht.

Keep in mind, the advertised jackpot doesn't actually exist. The cash they have on hand to pay the winner is the lump-sum payment. If you choose the $600MM option, you are basically telling them to hold your money for you, invest it in an annuity, and pay you from it each year. They calculated that with interest, you'll eventually get that higher number.

If you want an annuity, you could buy one yourself. The tax difference doesn't matter much (except maybe in CA where they have a million dollar bracket), you are way into the top bracket either way, and if you take the annuity, maybe they raise taxes in 10 years.

If the lottery winner is either dumb, a spendthrift, or weak-willed enough to be taken advantage of, they should do the annuity. If the winner is smart, they should take the cash.

Welp shit

Okay. I'm going to need a price.

This site is going to look great in orange and blue.

According to the Twitter... there was one winning ticket. Sold in Zephyrhills, FL.

Dammit. I had such grand dreams.

Drive to obscure towns and buy lottery tickets

Check those Powerball tickets, Florida residents: One of you is holding the winning ticket in the record $590.5 million jackpot.One ticket sold at a Publix Supermarket in Zephyrhills, Fla., has matched all six numbers, the Florida Lottery announced Sunday. The winning numbers were 10, 13, 14, 22, 52 and a Powerball of 11."This would be the sixth Florida Powerball winner and right now, it's the sole winner of the largest ever Powerball jackpot," Florida Lottery executive Cindy O'Connell told the Associated Press. "We're delighted right now that we have the sole winner."She said Florida has had more Powerball winners than any other state.The winner was not immediately identified publicly and O'Connell did not give any indication just hours after Saturday's drawing whether anyone had already stepped forward with that winning ticket.Estimates had earlier put Saturday's jackpot around $600 million, but Powerball's online site said Sunday that the jackpot had reached an estimated $590.5 million.The largest lottery prize ever was doled out in March 2012 to winners in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland for a $656 million Mega Millions top prize. Saturday's drawing doesn't top that jackpot, but it's the highest in Powerball history, surpassing that game's $587.5 million record set in November 2012.

****, I bought my tickets at a Publix. Just 10 miles from that one.:mad:

I am retired now and I check in almost daily. I don't post as many sarcastic rants as when I was working because I don't have the frustration of monkeys throwing poop at me (work) now.

If I had $100 million dollars I would help out my kids, travel more, and still do what I do.

I might just throw a big ass BBQ for CP members in the Arrowhead Parking lot before a game and buy some tickets off StubHub for those who dont have one.

So much for buying a 100 ft Yacht & stocking it with female porn stars

Somebody in Florida won? Chances are they'll be arrested for masturbating in public somewhere....

If I had won, I'd probably be masturbating in public too.

Yeah you could hire the best lawyers.
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Yep, bought mine at Publix too, but the one in Palm Harbor, Florida. I work at Publix, so waiting to hear if its a employee I might know. Most likely not though.

Another $600 million+ lottery pot tonight.

I'd buy CP and appoint fraz, patteu, Brock and Clay mods for a month.

I'd probably post more.

Could quit my job and run GIF'D UP! full time.

I live in one one of the few states that you don't have to tell the public who won.

I think I read last time around that your odds were like the odds of you getting struck by lightning twice and surviving

Unless you're that poor sap Roy Sullivan. :eek:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Sullivan

They even made a commercial about it. LMAO

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Buying Chiefsplanet would be funny. I could buy it and shut it down, so everyone had to go post at WPI

I told my wife and kids that I'd take 100k and donate the the millions.

They didn't like that idea.

It might be fun to donate 99% of it. The rest would be enough for to take care of you and your immediate family.

What are you trying to tell us?

I'm BUYING Chiefsplanet.