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Powerball is now at 1.5 billion dollars

  • FatHobbit
    Tiernan;1774685 wrote: I'll probably even piss myself
    How is that different from every other night?
  • Tiernan
    cat_lover;1774716 wrote:When I went to claim the prize I would wear a blond wig and fake mustache and go by the name "Billy".
    now THAT's funny....
  • GOONx19
    Rotinaj;1774729 wrote:Does this make sense to anyone? Payouts.
    5 numbers without powerball= $1million
    4 numbers with powerball= $50,000
    4 numbers no powerball=$100
    What's wrong with it?
  • BRF
    How about this one:

    Powerball only - $4
    Powerball and one number - $4
  • ernest_t_bass
    BRF;1774780 wrote:How about this one:

    Powerball only - $4
    Powerball and one number - $4
    Yeah, I scratched my head at that one.
  • Rotinaj
    GOONx19;1774768 wrote:What's wrong with it?
    Seems low when looking at other games prizes with similar odds.
    https://www.ohiolottery.com/Games/Index
  • Mulva
    It's up to 1.4
  • Spock
    there will be dozens if not a hundred winners on this one. Some large group of pooled numbers will win it.
  • Lovejoy1984
    Spock;1774823 wrote:there will be dozens if not a hundred winners on this one. Some large group of pooled numbers will win it.
    Not even remotely close to happening.
  • DeyDurkie5
    Spock;1774823 wrote:there will be dozens if not a hundred winners on this one. Some large group of pooled numbers will win it.
    Dodgeball and statistics don't mix
  • Lovejoy1984
    Would be around a 1 in 2.4B chance of there being 12 winners.
  • Mulva
    HighRoller74;1774866 wrote:Would be around a 1 in 2.4B chance of there being 12 winners.
    I don't believe there is enough data available to do that math.
  • Lovejoy1984
    Mulva;1774870 wrote:I don't believe there is enough data available to do that math.
    Probably right, I just took the odds of 1 person winning and multiplied it by 12
  • Spock
    HighRoller74;1774874 wrote:Probably right, I just took the odds of 1 person winning and multiplied it by 12
    your doing it wrong
  • Fab4Runner
    Spock;1774968 wrote:your doing it wrong
    ..............
  • sleeper
    HighRoller74;1774874 wrote:Probably right, I just took the odds of 1 person winning and multiplied it by 12
    Solid math.
  • OSH
    Crazy that 28 people almost won on Saturday. They all missed the Powerball (13).

    That'd be somewhat irritating.
  • sherm03
    OSH;1775048 wrote:Crazy that 28 people almost won on Saturday. They all missed the Powerball (13).

    That'd be somewhat irritating.
    As much as that would suck, if it happened to me, I'd feel better after I realized I still won $1 million.
  • hilliardfan
    Now up to $1,500,000,000. $930,000,000 lump sum. Eventually this could become serious money.
  • Iliketurtles
    OSH;1775048 wrote:Crazy that 28 people almost won on Saturday. They all missed the Powerball (13).

    That'd be somewhat irritating.
    I just find it really interesting that none of them had 13 as the powerball number. Maybe the majority of the 28 did autopick because I feel like 13 is a top 5 number chosen for powerball.

    But yeah I'm with sherm... it would suck at first knowing you missed that but I'd still be pretty happy about 1 or 2 million (depending on if you did the powerplay).
  • Ironman92
    Spent $19 on the 14 seconds of joy checking to see if I hit
  • ernest_t_bass
    Solid read here on Reddit:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2uw95a/youve_just_won_the_lottery_for_100_million_whats/cocbuvl

    https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2uw95a/youve_just_won_the_lottery_for_100_million_whats/cocbvni

    https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2uw95a/youve_just_won_the_lottery_for_100_million_whats/cocbvni
  • gut
    OSH;1775048 wrote:Crazy that 28 people almost won on Saturday. They all missed the Powerball (13).

    That'd be somewhat irritating.
    That is pretty surprising, considering there's only 26 powerballs - 67% chance at least 1 would have hit.

    I couldn't be too upset winning $1M, but that would be awfully disappointing to come that close to being uber-rich. If anyone actually watches live, the excitement and then crushing disappointment on that last ball....wow.

    And I'd have to take the $1M because it's too much to risk, but think about those game shows - almost a 4% chance of winning $450M pre-tax or whatever, so would you let the $1M "ride" given that choice?
  • ernest_t_bass
    gut;1775255 wrote: so would you let the $1M "ride" given that choice?
    Not a chance in hell. $1mm would allow me to be out of debt and live life the way I want. That's all I really need.
  • Raw Dawgin' it
    ernest_t_bass;1775266 wrote:Not a chance in hell. $1mm would allow me to be out of debt and live life the way I want. That's all I really need.
    What he said.