Who's playing Powerball tonight

[PhillyFlyers]

Somebody is gonna win, if they had the thought that it's a waste, they never would have those millions. Gotta play to win baby and we all blow our money on dumb shit at times anyway.

This is true but let me bring up a hypothetical just to get you thinking.

Say you wanted to buy 500 Powerball tickets for tonight. That would cost you $1000 bucks.

The chances of you hitting it are so remote you have a better chance of being hit by lightning in a rainstorm.

Now, say you take $1000 and put it on a game tonight. Let's say you pick a dog and are getting 3 to 1 odds. Let's say you win.

Now, instead of wasting a grand of your money that went to someone else, you just put 3k in your own pocket.

I ask you, what makes more sense?

[Cuse0323]

This is true but let me bring up a hypothetical just to get you thinking.

Say you wanted to buy 500 Powerball tickets for tonight. That would cost you $1000 bucks.

The chances of you hitting it are so remote you have a better chance of being hit by lightning in a rainstorm.

Now, say you take $1000 and put it on a game tonight. Let's say you pick a dog and are getting 3 to 1 odds. Let's say you win.

Now, instead of wasting a grand of your money that went to someone else, you just put 3k in your own pocket.

I ask you, what makes more sense?

Spending $20 dollars on the lottery and winning a game tonight.

[PhillyFlyers]

Spending $20 dollars on the lottery and winning a game tonight.

^5

[mynameismud]

This is true but let me bring up a hypothetical just to get you thinking.

Say you wanted to buy 500 Powerball tickets for tonight. That would cost you $1000 bucks.

The chances of you hitting it are so remote you have a better chance of being hit by lightning in a rainstorm.

Now, say you take $1000 and put it on a game tonight. Let's say you pick a dog and are getting 3 to 1 odds. Let's say you win.

Now, instead of wasting a grand of your money that went to someone else, you just put 3k in your own pocket.

I ask you, what makes more sense?

actually statistically you have a better chance of getting struck by lightning 7 times on a sunny day before you hit the powerball. fukking astronomical but im still going to give it a shot.

[itchypickle]

10 from Texas and 10 on way back from Louisiana this morning. Pickle's already in the black since my $60 on scratch offs yielded me a $320 return. The universe is aligning for me to hit the big one boys.

[ttwarrior1]

buying 5 bucks of tickets and 5 scatchoffs.

I feel the #1 being hit

[BettingWizard]

gonna be at least 3 split winners tonight

[FuzzyDunlop]

I bought one set of white balls with every powerball number. $70 total to reduce my overall odds from 1:175,223,510 to 1:5,153,633 with a guaranteed $4 win and an extra $34M should I pull a win out of my ass.

[mynameismud]

I bought one set of white balls with every powerball number. $70 total to reduce my overall odds from 1:175,223,510 to 1:5,153,633 with a guaranteed $4 win and an extra $34M should I pull a win out of my ass.

you dont get "extra" money if you win the jackpot with the power play. its only for the 1 million dollar prize down to the $2 prize.

[Jerm3462]

I bought one.
$2 and a dream!

[FuzzyDunlop]

you dont get "extra" money if you win the jackpot with the power play. its only for the 1 million dollar prize down to the $2 prize.

If you were to hit the jackpot, you would have one play of 5 white balls + powerball and thirty four 5 white ball combinations each paying $1,000,000. No powerplay bought.

[mynameismud]

I bought one.
$2 and a dream!

thats what its all about. where else can you win half a billion for a few bucks. if you cant dream, whats the point of living.

[mynameismud]

If you were to hit the jackpot, you would have one play of 5 white balls + powerball and thirty four 5 white ball combinations each paying $1,000,000. No powerplay bought.

oh, i see, sorry. didnt realize you picked the same white balls 35 times. glgl

[FuzzyDunlop]

White Balls would be a great name for an interracial porno.

[CanuckG]

Cant wait til all you fukks are like aww man I was so close

[mynameismud]

Cant wait til all you fukks are like aww man I was so close

more like "fukk, i didnt even get 1 number"

[FindTheLock]

im buying a single ticket. A QP to boot. I read QP's comprise 70 percent of the winning tickets, and that more gas stations sell winners than grocery stores. I know there are a lot of variables that go into that( Like number of people playing QP, and buying at gas stations) but let's leave the math on the sidelines because I am winning the lottery in a gas station on a QP tonight.

[RMStanley]

I bought 10 tickets for $20. GL all...

[pulledclear]

I bought one set of white balls with every powerball number. $70 total to reduce my overall odds from 1:175,223,510 to 1:5,153,633 with a guaranteed $4 win and an extra $34M should I pull a win out of my ass.

Nice math skills!


You sir are an IDIOT.

[Deuce]

So if you buy $175,000,000 worth are you guaranteed to profit??????!

[mynameismud]

So if you buy $175,000,000 worth are you guaranteed to profit??????!

we've been through this before. if you bought every combination you would be guaranteed to win...but no guarantee to make a profit. if say 3 tickets win, you would lose a lot of money.

[pinnacle420]

lets get it lol

[FindTheLock]

we've been through this before. if you bought every combination you would be guaranteed to win...but no guarantee to make a profit. if say 3 tickets win, you would lose a lot of money.

not just sharing the money with other winners, but also you have to pay taxes on it. Plus filling out every combination for that many tickets would take forever.

[FuzzyDunlop]

Nice math skills!


You sir are an IDIOT.

I've eliminated the powerball from the equation, which is what exponentially increases the odds of a jackpot. I am only playing x/5/59, run it in any odds calculator.

[Vesuvius]

bought 1 ticket

[paco]

more like "fukk, i didnt even get 1 number"

[spankie]

buying 5 bucks of tickets and 5 scatchoffs.

I feel the #1 being hit

so you're buying 2.5 tickets?

ok pal.

[pulledclear]

IF you have EVERY POWER BALL #. the chances of picking 5 out of 59 is

5,006,386-1. Good luck you have a great chance!

[FuzzyDunlop]

Great retort, read my first post where I say the same thing.

[slambam]

I stopped and picked up $10 worth bout half hour ago. Line was 4-5 deep at each cashier and I didn't see anybody NOT get a ticket.

[Cuse0323]

Think I'm gonna pass, so I can say, damn I woulda won if I just bought a ticket. Even though I just don't feel like walking.

[Smoke]

Bought a hundo worth

Line was 10 deep

[CanuckG]

When do they announce or do this shit?

[mynameismud]

When do they announce or do this shit?

the drawing is at 10:59est

[ElCapitan]

So if you buy $175,000,000 worth are you guaranteed to profit??????!

Tickets are $2 each. It would cost you $350MM to buy all combinations.

Even at $500MM+ jackpot if you were the single winner, the lump sum payment and taxes would make you lose a ton.