Mega Millions will be 267 (or is it 276?) million on Friday. Do you play? And what would you do with that much money? After taxes, of course.
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Mega Millions will be 267 (or is it 276?) million on Friday. Do you play? And what would you do with that much money? After taxes, of course.
Here's how a mathematician friend of mine describes the lottery (lotto, to be more exact): "Your chances of winning are the same, whether you purchase a ticket or not."
I don't play the lottery, mainly for the same reason. And I don't go to casinos either, but I have thrown a handful of twenty dollar bills off the Suspension Bridge, which was probably just about as much fun.
I play about 5 or 6 times a year, cause that is about as often as I can remember to buy a ticket.
Down the road about two miles there is a nice house that sits up on a hill. It was built by a local family who won 16 mil a few years ago. So real people do win. Sometimes.
We go to a casino every couple years. My limit it $40. Yeah, I'm a big spender. Once I won $600. And a few months ago I went while on a business trip. I spent $20 and walked out 45 minutes later with $300.
If I ever won the lottery I would share with my family, then give some friends some money, then buy four Diamond seats every season between now and when I die.
My office does a lotto pool when it gets up around $150M-ish. I can't not chip in on the off-chance we hit. I'd kill myself if I was that one guy who didn't join the pot as they all quit their jobs.
I used to buy about $5 worth of tickets for the Super Lotto whenever it got to $20M or more. I figure if I'm going to win, it ought to be a significant amount. Don't want to waste my winning on a $1M ticket :)
But I haven't played in a couple years now. I'm not sure why. I'm not even sure where to buy Mega Millions tickets.
The way I looked at it, I was paying $5 for the entertainment value of that one 5-10 seconds moment when I looked up the winning numbers and thought "you never know".
I figured $5 for that 5-10 second rush was better than smoking crack.
I play every now and then. I always buy one ticket.
I figure that the only way I'll win is with God's intervention. And that should only take one ticket. Buying more would be an insult.
That's kinda my theory, too, RFS62.:beerme:
Nope. I think of all that money I have saved since it's inception.
And since studies have shown you have a better chance of getting hit by lightning then winning the lotto, I'm not taking any chances. :mooner:
Your odds wouldn't be much different if you'd never been born.
I play when it gets high(thanks for reminding me, I'll have to get a ticket later lol).
Spending a buck or two here and there for the chance to win millions is worth it to me.
If I won, RedsZone would probably get its largest ever donation.
Megamillions jackpot on Fri night: $267 million.
http://www.megamillions.com/
If you take the cash option - which you always should - and assume you clear 40%, that's about $107 million.
That would be a pretty sweet return on a $1 ticket.
I'd buy an island ..... and a boat. I'd never see anyone again.
$107 million - id be buying some properties around the U.S. primarily in warm climate areas, along with some nice cars and by nice I mean ferrari/lamborghini.
Nope, waste of money.
My father calls the lottery, and I quote, "a tax on stupidity."
No offense intended. I don't play, myself. That's beer money.