I will give everybody on DU who doesn't annoy me $10000 and everybody else a $100 coupon to my soon to open Rent to own center .

So wish me luck.

If I win, I want lower taxes for people for that will benefit me. Anyone who supports government aid to Education, the environment, welfare are just leaches on the system who wants to STEAL my hard earned money I won in the lottery. Minorities have problems because they do not do as I do, work hard and win the lottery, and that failure to work hard is why they are poor, not the system is rigged against them. Given my then no found love of right wing causes, everyone on DU will annoy me so no one will get the Million dollars.

There I be an orphan without any blood relatives just money to spend on myself...Shut up I NEVER lived with any of you when I was growing up, I lived in a gutter by myself, pulled myself by my own hands, worked at night so I could buy clothes and school supplies, NOT in a home with you and YOUR parents (By the way, since I did not win the lottery what are we buying Mother for New Years day?).

Even if you DO win the Powerball on Saturday, you still won't be rich enough to be a Republican.

... and not just on satellite tv. Would do that and try to empower other organizations dedicated to working towards empowering the 99%.

Some people say it is stupid to buy these tickets. Yes, if you think you can somehow beat the odds by buying way too many tickets. It's a matter of if lightening strikes, then you take advantage of it, but don't throw away too much money you can't afford to.

Hoping for the first billion-dollar jackpot. Maybe this will be it.

Homeless shelters/mini-houses, Food Banks supplied, families sponsored after my own are secured...and more.

I think it should pay out 334 1 million dollar or even 668 half million dollar prizes.

Increase the number of people who win and increase the odds.

If 334 people pick the winning numbers.

How do you increase the number of people who win?

and distribute the prize money to more levels.

Right now, they are changing the rules. So you go to 1 in 292,201,338, up from 1 in 175,223,510. Now they claim they are increasing the odds of winning smaller amounts, but they are intentionally increasing the pots by reducing anyone's chances of hitting it.

You could see $500M jackpots under the new odds. But rest assured, the states will keep more than they are today, not less.

To make it easier to hit on the powerball but they added a lot of white numbers to increase the odds to what you posted.

I would not be surprised to see it hit one billion in the coming years.

You can find 333 other people and give them each a million dollars. There. Fixed.

I'm taking my lead from the Good Christian in Texas who prayed away a tornado.

I just went outside and commanded the lottery numbers to match the numbers on my lottery ticket and it will do exactly what I said to do because God game me the authority to do that.

So you all can just stay home!

But it would be much less. But i know that isn't the"American way"

and lower payouts. They just don't get much press.

I know it's a tax on the stupid, but when the pots get this big I buy some tix. Someone will win.

And heck, if it's me I'm not above using several mil of it to air some mischievous spots to poke fun at the crazies.....

..... a tax on stupidity, but, in as much as it us a stimulates creative and entertaining fantasies, I think it can be justified to some degree .

But I'd consider the stupid ones to be those that don't play (I am subject to periods of such stupidity, too.) That is, someone has to win. Otherwise it literally cannot be a lottery, and literally is a tax.

Now, how stupid is that?

I bought one on Wednesday night after the drawing, but since I suddenly seem to be in need of a spare few thousand bucks, why not?

Replace at least your car and clothing, and have some fun-money left over

the odds of winning are better if you DON'T buy a ticket than if you DO?

But I'd like to try.