1. 02-10-15 01:28 PM #36
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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    Can someone get me 50 tickets???
    I'll do it for $200
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  2. 02-10-15 01:47 PM #37
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    199.50 here
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  3. 02-10-15 01:49 PM #38
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    Is the Powerball Lottery a rigged sh#thole like SBR Poker?
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  4. 02-10-15 01:53 PM #39
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    Does anyone have John Morrison's lottery system?

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  5. 02-10-15 02:27 PM #40
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    Can't win if you don't play
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  6. 02-10-15 02:31 PM #41
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    Quote Originally Posted by DOM_Toretto View Post
    Grand prize odds are 1 in 175Million, so for a $2 powerball ticket, any jackpot over $350million is +EV. So at $400+ million currently, go buy a ticket!
    You might want to try doing the math again accounting for the potential of small things like multiply winners and taxes. Once you finish with that read up on Kelly criterion and you should realize that even if you find a +EV situation unless your net worth already contains 8 or 9 digits the correct amount of tickets to buy is still going to be zero...
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  7. 02-11-15 08:18 PM #42
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    Let's get fired up people. Countdown is on... 1 hour 41 minutes
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  8. 02-11-15 08:47 PM #43
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    Quote Originally Posted by LVHerbie View Post
    You might want to try doing the math again accounting for the potential of small things like multiply winners and taxes. Once you finish with that read up on Kelly criterion and you should realize that even if you find a +EV situation unless your net worth already contains 8 or 9 digits the correct amount of tickets to buy is still going to be zero...
    God help anyone who's roll can't sustain a $2 to win $500,000,000 wager. I don't buy a ticket every week but why not when the pots is so big.
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  9. 02-12-15 12:14 AM #44
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    Spent $8 hit the powerball and a white. Funny it only pays you for hitting the red. So I lost $4 total.

    For the people that don't play when the jackpot gets this big... it wouldn't hurt for 1 ticket. We all know the odds are dramatically stacked against you. But let a higher power decide if you should win or not. For the people that lay $20+ etc.... to each their own... do as you wish. Watched a guy run off $200 worth today. Hey... it is what it is...

    But the point is... give yourself a chance. What's $2? I never play when the jackpot is under 300 mil.
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  10. 02-12-15 12:27 AM #45
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    Money if you win, how many tanning salons will you open across America?
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  11. 02-12-15 12:49 AM #46
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    3 people won.
    So after taxes they each get about $50 million. Not so close to the good odds people are talking about
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  12. 02-12-15 01:14 AM #47
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    Quote Originally Posted by Russian Rocket View Post
    Money if you win, how many tanning salons will you open across America?
    I was thinking more like a Bunny Ranch in Nevada. Has to be the best gig of all time.
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