Powerball is now at 1.5 billion dollars

• Belly35

  

  4cards;1774000 wrote:...belly, I figure if I'd hit the lotto, I'd buy a very nice golf course that would include a bed/breakfast and just enjoy working and playing at it. You and BRF would be welcome to play (at a reduced rate)

  I get the Veteran discount right, plus the standard reduce rate, over 65 rate, AAA discount and the local paper coupon discount.... that adds up to free balls
• 4cards

  

  Belly35;1774017 wrote:I get the Veteran discount right, plus the standard reduce rate, over 65 rate, AAA discount and the local paper coupon discount.... that adds up to free balls

  ...ok cheapo, just pay for the cart!
• FatHobbit

  

  hasbeen;1774001 wrote: Daughters diaper fund. Each diaper last for 12 hours right?

  The box claims it will hold up to 24 lbs
• Belly35

  

  4cards;1774026 wrote:...ok cheapo, just pay for the cart!

  Owning a golf course would be a fun idea.. but my friend in college dad owned a small course in Lima across the street from a public swimming pool can't remember the name of it. I had to help him after a storm to do some tree removal, golf course can be a lot of work..
• sleeper

  

  BoatShoes;1773948 wrote:Sleeper is treating the decision to buy a lottery ticket as if it were an investment when as you point out it is a consumption expenditure. Sleeper buys Bud Light bottles and fantasizes about beating the guts of d.c. bar chicks. Other people buy a lottery ticket and fantasize about buying stupid shit.

  I'm surprised a liberal is encouraging a regressive tax on the poor and stupid.
• Apple

  

  Belly35;1774040 wrote:Owning a golf course would be a fun idea.. but my friend in college dad owned a small course in Lima across the street from a public swimming pool can't remember the name of it. I had to help him after a storm to do some tree removal, golf course can be a lot of work..

  If I'd win the lottery I've thought about buying a golf course too, or buying land and designing a new one. …and the grounds crew would do all the work!
  
  (also...you've got a PM Belly)
• hasbeen

  

  FatHobbit;1774034 wrote:The box claims it will hold up to 24 lbs

  And if I feed her less, she'll use less diapers.
• ts1227

  

  $800M now
• BRF

  

  4cards;1774000 wrote:You and BRF would be welcome to play (at a reduced rate)

  I'm in for that! TY
• gut

  Apple;1774050 wrote:If I'd win the lottery I've thought about buying a golf course too, or buying land and designing a new one. …and the grounds crew would do all the work!
  
  (also...you've got a PM Belly)

  
  I wouldn't stop with the golf course - I'd want to do a whole planned community around it (not the houses, just the land/lots and development). Not the assembly line mediocre planned developments you see throughout the country, but one with incredible grounds and landscaping. Obviously Powerball wouldn't be enough money, though.
• gut

  sherm03;1773990 wrote:I always say I'm going to get a few tickets when the jackpot gets this high. Then I forget. We'll see if I actually buy a ticket or two by Saturday.

  What pisses me off is how rarely I hit ANY numbers. For the big ones like this, I usually buy $20 and it's not uncommon to get 3 numbers TOTAL on the 10 tickets. Powerball is even rarer - of course, it's like 1 in 60 or whatever then if I play half a dozen of these a year I might get one powerball!
  
  Of course, getting so few numbers is basically how these things get so big. Kind of puts the odds into perspective a little.
• Heretic

  

  gut;1774071 wrote:What pisses me off is how rarely I hit ANY numbers. For the big ones like this, I usually buy $20 and it's not uncommon to get 3 numbers TOTAL on the 10 tickets. Powerball is even rarer - of course, it's like 1 in 60 or whatever then if I play half a dozen of these a year I might get one powerball!
  
  Of course, getting so few numbers is basically how these things get so big. Kind of puts the odds into perspective a little.

  lol, yeah, I consider it a minor victory if I get one number.
• gut

  Heretic;1774073 wrote:lol, yeah, I consider it a minor victory if I get one number.

  The odds of getting at least one number is only 12.2%. So, yeah, 1 number on 10 tickets would be about average.
• Spock

  

  got about $10 worth
• Ironman92

  

  Told wife to buy about $10 worth so she bought $25.....seems about right
• GOONx19

  

  It's s $2 ticket. How do you buy "about" $10 worth?
• sleeper

  

  GOONx19;1774176 wrote:It's s $2 ticket. How do you buy "about" $10 worth?

  Buy 5 tickets?
• Lovejoy1984

  

  GOONx19;1774176 wrote:It's s $2 ticket. How do you buy "about" $10 worth?

  Between $8-$12. So 4-6 lines.
• cat_lover

  When I hit the jackpot I will give all 25 people who post on The OC $12 each.
• Ironman92

  

  GOONx19;1774176 wrote:It's s $2 ticket. How do you buy "about" $10 worth?

  Just meant a little leeway ($8-$12) and didn't know tickets were $2 ...so that stuff
• Ironman92

  

  cat_lover;1774186 wrote:When I hit the jackpot I will give all 25 people who post on The OC $12 each.

  You'll be able to afford $12 per post of each of us 25. [emoji3]
• cat_lover

  Yes. Yes I will. Then I will pull a Tiernan and say that some part of the deal wasn't met so I don't have to pay.
  Dance puppets Dance.
• gerb131

  

  Im buying 10 worth.
• Lovejoy1984

  

  It's now up to $900 Million.
• Ironman92

  

  How much will I need to buy the Bengals?