James Lileks, journalist of Regrettable Foods fame, invented a way of inverting Powerball odds. He eats the ticket.
It’s much more interesting than just buying one and waiting to see if you win; now you hope, intensely, that you lose.
If you take down the numbers before you swallow it, you get relief the moment they announce the winning numbers. (Which should be called the losing numbers, since that’s what they are for millions of people.)
It’s much more interesting than just buying one and waiting to see if you win; now you hope, intensely, that you lose.
If you take down the numbers before you swallow it, you get relief the moment they announce the winning numbers. (Which should be called the losing numbers, since that’s what they are for millions of people.)
