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Powerball is now at 1.5 billion dollars

  • Automatik
    sleeper;1773851 wrote:$2 at 5% return(conservative), 40 years from now is worth ~$14. Now consider the cost it takes to get to the convenience store and the # of times you actually play the lottery and you can easily see why poor/stupid people play the lottery.
    I pass numerous corner stores on my daily commute....on foot. Zero cost. I also play <5 a year.

    Thanks for the breakdown though, that $14 could really come in handy when I'm 70!
  • Heretic
    Automatik;1773857 wrote:I pass numerous corner stores on my daily commute....on foot. Zero cost. I also play <5 a year.

    Thanks for the breakdown though, that $14 could really come in handy when I'm 70!
    Lol, yeah, I have a drive-thru and a gas station that I go directly past on my drive home from work. Wooo, I'd be really adding on the miles and wear on my car to get that ticket! I should just grab $2 and start an IRA with that money. I can already feel the pennies coming in!
  • Automatik
    By the time you're 95...fucking LOADED! $$$

    ENJOY!
  • sleeper
    Automatik;1773859 wrote:By the time you're 95...fucking LOADED! $$$

    ENJOY!
    I would already consider myself "loaded".

    Not nearly as much as I'd like, sure, but I'm also not delusional in thinking I'm going to make any remotely positive ROI by playing the freaking lottery. I'm more interested in optimally building wealth.
  • Automatik
    Fortunately for myself, I don't think about the ROI on $2 either. We both win!
  • friendfromlowry
    ITT: sleeper mad
  • DeyDurkie5
    It's 2$ a ticket. Who gives a shit.
  • ernest_t_bass
    Heretic;1773850 wrote:I was thinking about trying, but, man, now I'm scared that the loss of a couple dollars will magically make me less intelligent or, even worse, A POOR PERSON!!!!
    Yeah... I went ahead and sold my ticket back. Fuck those guys.
  • Automatik
    Good job.

    Your 88 year old self will thank you when you find yourself short $14!
  • power i
    I'm going to short my AEP bill 20 bucks to play. I hope they don't shut my electric off. But as soon as I win, I'll just buy AEP.
  • Heretic
    DeyDurkie5;1773865 wrote:It's 2$ a ticket. Who gives a shit.
    A poor person.
  • BR1986FB
    OSH;1773840 wrote:I'll buy. I have no issues in spending $10 on big money tickets like this a couple times a year.
    And this is the only time I play. Only when it's a ridiculous amount. Buy a few tickets and sit back & dream. Not going to win anyway but fun to think about.
  • ernest_t_bass
    DeyDurkie5;1773865 wrote:It's 2$ a ticket. Who gives a shit.
    *$2
  • sleeper
    friendfromlowry;1773864 wrote:ITT: sleeper mad
    Not mad. Just being the voice of reason in a sea of ignorance.
  • Heretic
    sleeper;1773877 wrote:Not mad. Just being the voice of reason in a sea of ignorance.
    /conalma'd
  • ZWICK 4 PREZ
    Heretic;1773878 wrote:/conalma'd
    No Con Alma would say...

    "Why would you think I'm mad? To be mad you would have to assume this would affect me personally, which it does not. I'm merely suggesting what I would consider to be reasonable for me. I would never assume what is reasonable for you. "
  • TBone14
    BR1986FB;1773828 wrote:LOL, he's right as you usually see some toothless hilljack winning it. With that being said, I'll probably waste $10.

    As far as office pools go, you pretty much have to throw some money in because you don't want to be the one left out when everyone comes in and quits.
    This. I'd be more upset if the whole office won and I missed out than if I saved the $5 or $10 we chip off when the jackpots get huge.
  • SportsAndLady
    Lol sleeper it's $2. Fuck off man
  • sleeper
    SportsAndLady;1773889 wrote:Lol sleeper it's $2. Fuck off man
    Okay JJ Huddle. It's just $12!
  • SportsAndLady
    sleeper;1773893 wrote:Okay JJ Huddle. It's just $12!
    JJhuddle= the lottery? Got it.
  • Heretic
    sleeper;1773893 wrote:Okay JJ Huddle. It's just $12!
    There's a bit of a difference between: (1) Waste $2 on a gambling deal where you have a .00000000000(infinitely more zeros)1% chance of winning more money than you'd know what to do with and (2) Waste $12 to chat on a dying message board where some dipshit is looking for a chance to ban anyone for anything because his undies are stuck too far up his overweight moron ass where you have no chance of winning anything unless they're still giving out free copies of that stupid magazine no one gave a fuck about.

    The cheaper money-wasting action at least gives a dream of success; the more expensive one can't even provide that.
  • ernest_t_bass
    Heretic;1773907 wrote:There's a bit of a difference between: (1) Waste $2 on a gambling deal where you have a .00000000000(infinitely more zeros)1% chance of winning more money than you'd know what to do with and (2) Waste $12 to chat on a dying message board where some dipshit is looking for a chance to ban anyone for anything because his undies are stuck too far up his overweight moron ass where you have no chance of winning anything unless they're still giving out free copies of that stupid magazine no one gave a fuck about.

    The cheaper money-wasting action at least gives a dream of success; the more expensive one can't even provide that.
    But it's only $1 per month.
  • MontyBrunswick
    Stunned that all of the millennials are buying tickets.... Not!
  • Automatik
    MontyBrunswick;1773910 wrote:Stunned that all of the millennials are buying tickets.... Not!
    But aren't you poor as fuck?
  • MontyBrunswick
    Automatik;1773912 wrote:But aren't you poor as fuck?
    wise investing and savings have made me very comfortable