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Mega Millions $640 Million

  • sleeper
    dwccrew;1131157 wrote:You work in the finance sector? Your math is horrible.
    I know the math. Sorry I don't round up .000000000000000000000000045% to 100% like all of you.
  • justincredible
    sleeper;1131208 wrote:I know the math. Sorry I don't round up .000000000000000000000000045% to 100% like all of you.

    Hyperbole.
  • Devils Advocate
    The best part about this, is the number of people that will not buy any tickets when the pot is a paltry 150 million.

    Then it gets over 400 million and there are lines of people that are throwing money at this. Like, I am too good to play this shit when all I can get is a lump sum of 75 million. Then the pot gets above 200 million and they are like FUCK YEAH!!! I'M IN!
  • OneBuckeye
    Illinois lottery officials expect sales to hit $1 million an hour today in the brick-and-mortar lottery outlets.
    http://www.sj-r.com/top-stories/x760609976/Sales-building-for-Mega-Millions

    Dang... That is just in Illinois.
  • Raw Dawgin' it
    bought my losing ticket this morning with change i found in my car - I'm so poor now!
  • OneBuckeye
    Raw Dawgin' it;1131659 wrote:bought my losing ticket this morning with change i found in my car - I'm so poor now!
    That dollar could have been worth 100k by the time you retire. SMH

    /sleeper'd
  • SportsAndLady
    I dropped a $20 spot on some tickets...fuck it why not
  • Raw Dawgin' it
    OneBuckeye;1131665 wrote:That dollar could have been worth 100k by the time you retire. SMH

    /sleeper'd
    ugh shoot me now, what have i done!
  • Raw Dawgin' it
    SportsAndLady;1131674 wrote:I dropped a $20 spot on some tickets...fuck it why not
    because 20 bucks is a few beers at a bar or dinner - $1 doesn't get you anything anymore except a lotto ticket.
  • said_aouita
    Devils Advocate;1131635 wrote:The best part about this, is the number of people that will not buy any tickets when the pot is a paltry 150 million.

    Then it gets over 400 million and there are lines of people that are throwing money at this. Like, I am too good to play this shit when all I can get is a lump sum of 75 million. Then the pot gets above 200 million and they are like FUCK YEAH!!! I'M IN!
    Probably most people don't think about the lotto until it's in the news.
  • Glory Days
    i heard there have been billions of tickets sold.
  • justincredible
    We'll be throwing $5 at it tonight. God we're so poor.
  • Raw Dawgin' it
    justincredible;1131720 wrote:We'll be throwing $5 at it tonight. God we're so poor.
    Expect an eviction notice and repo men at your home.
  • j_crazy
    Glory Days;1131709 wrote:i heard there have been billions of tickets sold.

    Yep. Had drudge not had it on page 1, I'd never had remembered to pick one up. Its not that I'm too good for lesser jackpots. But i don't think about lottery until it makes news.
  • justincredible
    Raw Dawgin' it;1131724 wrote:Expect an eviction notice and repo men at your home.
    We're squatters anyway so we expect it every time we go home.
  • Raw Dawgin' it
    justincredible;1131727 wrote:We're squatters anyway so we expect it every time we go home.
    Well, since your odds of winning are so high with 5 tickets you should be fine by tonight.
  • oberhaus
    justincredible;1131720 wrote:We'll be throwing $5 at it tonight. God we're so poor.

    I spent 5
  • LJ
    We spent $10.

    Sadly this means if we don't win, we will never be able to retire.
  • thavoice
    NBA player bought 10,000 dollars worth.

    I heard the odds are better to becoming President of the US...dont know if that is true or not...but if so taht is pretty depressing!
  • TBone14
    thavoice;1131767 wrote:NBA player bought 10,000 dollars worth.

    I heard the odds are better to becoming President of the US...dont know if that is true or not...but if so taht is pretty depressing!
    Somebody becomes President once every 4 or 8 years. People win the lottery all the time.
  • Automatik
    I saw this on another thread when the lump sum would have been approximately $250 million.

    You can have a 100k/week budget and that will last 48 years.

    BALLIN.
  • sleeper
    Every time someone on this thread buys a lotto ticket, sleeper dies a little on the inside.
  • justincredible
    sleeper;1131775 wrote:Every time someone on this thread buys a lotto ticket, sleeper dies a little on the inside.
    Quick. Everyone buy $10 more.
  • queencitybuckeye
    TBone14;1131771 wrote:Somebody becomes President once every 4 or 8 years. People win the lottery all the time.
    Please tell me that you're kidding, or don't do anything for a living that involves math. :)
  • Iliketurtles
    I just bought 100 bucks in lottos tickets! And I probably won't win shit and you can take that to the bank!