Wish me luck, people. I'm about to check my powerball tickets.

[Rain Man]

Hold your breath. I'll be back soon.

[|Zach|]

A buddy of mine won 10k off a freakin scratchers ticket a few weeks ago.

[Rain Man]

Dang.

[Rain Man]

Start breathing again. Nothing to see here.

[beavis]

You should just start writing a check to me for $1 every week. You've got about the same odds of becoming a millionaire either way.

[Rain Man]

Stop kicking me when I'm down.

[ptlyon]

Could have told you that you didn't win if you just asked.

I checked mine earlier and saw nobody won.

[Skip Towne]

Start breathing again. Nothing to see here.
P T Barnum was right!

[JimNasium]

You should just start writing a check to me for $1 every week. You've got about the same odds of becoming a millionaire either way.
How do you know he's not already a millionaire?

[|Zach|]

I think there a lot more millionaires around than that compairson gives credit for.

[mikey23545]

What is it I'm supposed to check my powerbaows for?

[beavis]

How do you know he's not already a millionaire?
If he is, then he should be writing me a check for $20 a week.

[Rain Man]

Is that $20 per million? Or just $20 if it's over a million?

[beavis]

Is that $20 per million? Or just $20 if it's over a million?
Just $20 if it's over a million. I'm not greedy or anything. :)

[Rain Man]

Cool. That makes a big difference.

[Braincase]

To win Powerball, your odds are roughly 120 billion to one. Those odds suck, but compared to not buying a Powerball ticket, not bad. Remember, one in 120 billion is infinitely better than none in 120 billion.

[beavis]

To win Powerball, your odds are roughly 120 billion to one. Those odds suck, but compared to not buying a Powerball ticket, not bad. Remember, one in 120 billion is infinitely better than none in 120 billion.
Are they really that high? That's even worse than I thought.

[beavis]

120 million to one.

Powerball odds (http://www.powerball.com/powerball/pb_prizes.asp)

[Rain Man]

To win Powerball, your odds are roughly 120 billion to one. Those odds suck, but compared to not buying a Powerball ticket, not bad. Remember, one in 120 billion is infinitely better than none in 120 billion.

All I have to do is win once. One time, that's all I ask.

[cdcox]

I call the lottery a tax on people who are bad at math.

Rainman, maybe you should add a question to your employment exam:

21. Do you play the lottery?

[mlyonsd]

120 million to one.

Powerball odds (http://www.powerball.com/powerball/pb_prizes.asp)

Cool, it's getting easier all the time.

[ChiefsOne]

All I have to do is win once. One time, that's all I ask.


Hey I ask first, stay the hell away from my odds. I actually won $5000 back in 93, was just one number away from 33mil or one number out of order for 100k.

Damn I was close.

[Rain Man]

I call the lottery a tax on people who are bad at math.

Rainman, maybe you should add a question to your employment exam:

21. Do you play the lottery?


Good idea. I like a person who thinks big. And I've already added another question this week anyway. "Do you plan to continue interviewing with other employers after you've accepted a job offer from us?"

[Braincase]

120 million to one.

Powerball odds (http://www.powerball.com/powerball/pb_prizes.asp)

I gave it a quick glance, didn't see that they were going to 2 decimal places.

[PastorMikH]

Good luck!



Oh, wait, sorry, I'm too late.

[Fat Elvis]

$7 biotches!

[Pants]

I call the lottery a tax on people who are bad at math.

Rainman, maybe you should add a question to your employment exam:

21. Do you play the lottery?

Tell that to the dude who won $200,000,000.

[cdcox]

Tell that to the dude who won $200,000,000.

He may be rich, but he's still bad at math.

[Rain Man]

He may be rich, but he's still bad at math.


All in all, that's not a bad tradeoff.