$1.5 billion Mega millions tonite

[JustinCharge 2,397]

I just bought in for $2.  After i win im gonna fock some biitches. 
 

my numbers are 1,14,31,30,60,61.  Will tell mega later. 

[dain11279 963]

Stupid person tax

[posty 2,612]

Considering today is Tuesday and Mega Millions drawing for $1.55b is tonight, you might want to buy tickets for it as well...

[Strike 5,186]

We are on vacation and were at a convenience store earlier and dropped $20 on tix.  WINNING!!!!

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,835]

2 minutes ago, Strike said:

We are on vacation and were at a convenience store earlier and dropped $20 on tix.  WINNING!!!!

Sorry, I dropped $21 dollars.  

Advantage: EternalShinyAndChrome

[Pimpadeaux 2,404]

15 minutes ago, JustinCharge said:

I just bought in for $2.  After i win im gonna fock some biitches. 
 

my numbers are 1,14,31,30,60,61.  Will tell mega later. 

It's Megamillions tonight.

 

[jerryskids 6,567]

18 minutes ago, JustinCharge said:

I just bought in for $2.  After i win im gonna fock some biitches. 
 

my numbers are 1,14,31,30,60,61.  Will tell mega later. 

 

3 minutes ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

Sorry, I dropped $21 dollars.  

Advantage: EternalShinyAndChrome

Oh yeah? I'm going to Price-Is-Right Justin and pick one number higher. 

[MLCKAA 541]

20 minutes ago, JustinCharge said:

I just bought in for $2.  After i win im gonna fock some biitches. 
 

my numbers are 1,14,31,30,60,61.  Will tell mega later. 

Ha!  I’m going to play the same numbers so you have to split with me!!  Hahahahha!  Evil incarnate!!

[Strike 5,186]

6 minutes ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

Sorry, I dropped $21 dollars.  

Advantage: EternalShinyAndChrome

Yeah, apparently there is a "multiplier" you can buy for an extra buck.  So you got 7 tix @ $3 and we got 10 tix @ $2.  You might win a little more but we got like .0000000000000000001% better odds than you.  

[jerryskids 6,567]

Hey @JustinCharge, in case anyone just sees the header and buys tickets, can you fix it to say Mega Millions? 

 

[BeenHereBefore 1,466]

Just played and had to get protein powder anyhow that was on sale.

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,835]

2 hours ago, Strike said:

Yeah, apparently there is a "multiplier" you can buy for an extra buck.  So you got 7 tix @ $3 and we got 10 tix @ $2.  You might win a little more but we got like .0000000000000000001% better odds than you.  

You son of a....

[Cruzer 1,995]

3 hours ago, posty said:

Considering today is Tuesday and Mega Millions drawing for $1.55b is tonight, you might want to buy tickets for it as well...

Ha, this is gold. 

[Blue Horseshoe 348]

3 hours ago, dain11279 said:

Stupid person tax

 

For anyone with an extensive math background, the default is buying a ticket is the exact same thing as not buying a ticket. Once you encapsulate it like that, it's easier to help people to understand. 

And, yes, it's rigged. 

[Cruzer 1,995]

Everyone and their dog is buying up Mega tix.............all of the sudden $1.5B and the lottery isn't a tax on the poor. 

[Gepetto 1,288]

3 minutes ago, Blue Horseshoe said:

 

For anyone with an extensive math background, the default is buying a ticket is the exact same thing as not buying a ticket. Once you encapsulate it like that, it's easier to help people to understand. 

And, yes, it's rigged. 

I've looked at the math. I don't buy powerball, megamillions, or scratch offs for that matter.

Even when the numbers get so high that some people think it's worth it, it's not by statistics because most often at that point the pot is split with multiple winners.

[TommyGavin 790]

1 minute ago, Gepetto said:

I've looked at the math. I don't buy powerball, megamillions, or scratch offs for that matter.

Even when the numbers get so high that some people think it's worth it, it's not by statistics because most often at that point the pot is split with multiple winners.

I was a stoopid player for 30 years. Yeah I won my 2 grand here and there or $540 but I quit it years ago. I played my numbers tonight for 2 bucks. Why not. It’s 2 bucks. 

[Cruzer 1,995]

8 minutes ago, Gepetto said:

Even when the numbers get so high that some people think it's worth it, it's not by statistics because most often at that point the pot is split with multiple winners.

9 of the 10 largest lottery jackpots {to date} were won by a single ticket. 

[Gepetto 1,288]

4 minutes ago, TommyGavin said:

I was a stoopid player for 30 years. Yeah I won my 2 grand here and there or $540 but I quit it years ago. I played my numbers tonight for 2 bucks. Why not. It’s 2 bucks. 

Yea, I get it, I think it's worth it for the fun just buying one $2 ticket when it reaches this high.

[Gepetto 1,288]

Just now, Cruzer said:

9 of the 10 largest lottery jackpots {to date} were won by a single ticket. 

Interesting, I didn't know that. I know the last big Powerball was one person in the Los Angeles area. My cousin and her husband live there, he didn't win.

[TommyGavin 790]

1 minute ago, Gepetto said:

Yea, I get it, I think it's worth it for the fun just buying one $2 ticket when it reaches this high.

Yes

[Cruzer 1,995]

Just now, Gepetto said:

Interesting, I didn't know that. I know the last big Powerball was one person in the Los Angeles area. My cousin and her husband live there, he didn't win.

Yea it's not as common as most think, def happens though.... Of the top 25 largest jackpots, single tickets claimed 18 of them. 

[Pimpadeaux 2,404]

TONIGHT'S NUMBERS:

 1,14,31,30,60,61 - 2

[BeenHereBefore 1,466]

24 minutes ago, Pimpadeaux said:

TONIGHT'S NUMBERS:

 1,14,31,30,60,61 - 2

I had one #60

[Pimpadeaux 2,404]

4 minutes ago, BeenHereBefore said:

I had one #60

You've won $568,098. You need to put that into a fixed annuity.

[dain11279 963]

One assh0le in Florida won it all

[TommyGavin 790]

Wow. That sucks. 

[listen2me 23 1,825]

I know the winners get a fraction of prize.  

But it always cracks me up when I hear someone say its up to X billion.  Better get your ticket! As if winning when it is 600 mill isn't worth the trip.  

I don't play lotto though.   I don't believe I have ever bought a ticket.  

[WhiteWonder 2,675]

8 hours ago, Cruzer said:

Everyone and their dog is buying up Mega tix.............all of the sudden $1.5B and the lottery isn't a tax on the poor. 

And yet your chances of winning are the same as whatever the lowest amount jackpot could be

[Thornton Melon 605]

2 hours ago, dain11279 said:

One assh0le in Florida won it all

Or, one group of assh0les 

[Alias Detective 1,389]

The payout for 1.5 billion is the annuity value.  The internal rate of return on the annuity is high due to higher interest rates making the total payout value 1.5 Billion.  I don’t believe the cash payout is an all time high tho.

[Alias Detective 1,389]

8 hours ago, Pimpadeaux said:

You've won $568,098. You need to put that into a fixed annuity.

I hope you did your due diligence before making a recommendation. 

[shadrap 220]

14 hours ago, JustinCharge said:

I just bought in for $2.  After i win im gonna fock some biitches. 
 

my numbers are 1,14,31,30,60,61.  Will tell mega later. 

if I win I'm going to pay all the bills I can & tell the rest they are just going to have to wait.

[Pimpadeaux 2,404]

2 hours ago, Alias Detective said:

I hope you did your due diligence before making a recommendation. 

I'm a fa-dooshiary.

[Pimpadeaux 2,404]

2 hours ago, Alias Detective said:

The payout for 1.5 billion is the annuity value.  The internal rate of return on the annuity is high due to higher interest rates making the total payout value 1.5 Billion.  I don’t believe the cash payout is an all time high tho.

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The winning ticket holder can choose between receiving the $1.58 billion record payout spread over 30 annual installments or a lump sum amount of $783.3 million—often the more popular choice. The lump sum payment will first face a mandatory federal tax withholding of 24%, leaving the winner with $595.3 million.

 

[Voltaire 5,198]

16 hours ago, JustinCharge said:

I just bought in for $2.  After i win im gonna fock some biitches. 
 

my numbers are 1,14,31,30,60,61.  Will tell mega later. 

I didn't buy any tickets but have just as much a chance of winning as you do.

[posty 2,612]

5 hours ago, dain11279 said:

One assh0le in Florida won it all

Probably because they bought tickets for the correct drawing...

[Pimpadeaux 2,404]

I'd probably take the lump sum, invest a chunk it in my own company and wind up being Advisor of the Year.

Then the usual stuff of paying off the house and vehicles, renovating the house, traveling and having homes elsewhere.

I'd also build a cat paradise elsewhere on the property to get all but one or two out of the house.

Then just hang on to the rest and ensure that future generations never run out of money.

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,835]

Needless to say, I didn't win.

[BeenHereBefore 1,466]

2 hours ago, Voltaire said:

I didn't buy any tickets but have just as much a chance of winning as you do.

So your not the Ahole in Florida that won ?