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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAnyone buying a lotto ticket for the $540 million power ball?
Not me. Better chance of getting hit by lightning a few times.
hlthe2b
(102,343 posts)Buying a single ticket "for fun" doesn't strike me as so horrible, unless of course that $1 (or is it $2, now?) is needed elsewhere.
But, yes, certainly, the odds are so astronomical as to be laughable.
Chan790
(20,176 posts)I figure I'm due some luck. I'm getting my money's worth in escapism and fantasy.
Tom_Foolery
(4,691 posts)I have to waste my money somewhere.
Edit: Oh yeah, it's 640 million now.
guitar man
(15,996 posts)I know the odds, but wth, somebody is going to win it.
If I did hit that long shot... Abbey Road Studios.... mine!
siligut
(12,272 posts)So I will buy a ticket when I go to the market. When I volunteered at a soup kitchen while in college, I mentioned to a guy I was dating that all of the people who came to eat seemed so polite and considerate. He told me it was because they were poor and if any of them ever had any money they would be huge assholes. I quit dating him soon after that, but it has stuck with me.
So, I am going to buy a ticket and dream of revenge for all of the inconsequential and trivial things anyone has ever done to me, so forgive me now while I try to remember and think up schemes to ruin them after winning millions of dollars.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)just to fire the dickhead that pissed me off...
It's probably just as well I never won anything...I'm sure I couldn't be very responsible with that much money.
siligut
(12,272 posts)Dad owned a car dealership and he was a business major and he treated service people poorly. I don't think you could be the sort of asshole he was, even if you had a lot of money. So you did buy a ticket? Good, take a chance and prove you won't really be a vindictive shithead
Phentex
(16,334 posts)back into the park they replaced.
One can dream...
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Better a miniscule chance than none at all. And besides, I've already spent it all in my daydreams. It's been fun
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)I think it's worth a few bucks to have some fun.
charlie and algernon
(13,447 posts)If we win, we each should get around $20-25 million. I could live off of that for awhile.
AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)charlie and algernon
(13,447 posts)You could buy a couple presidential elections for that kinda cash.
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)But I agree with you on the odds. That said, I chipped into the work pot for it.
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)I don't usually except on rare whims, but figured what the hell, I can't win if I don't play.
I'll spread the wealth to DUers too, if I win.
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)I think everyone realizes that the odds are beyond tiny. If they didn't hopefully you set them straight.
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)On with my numbers, one quick pick. I am planning on buying a couple of politicians.
benld74
(9,909 posts)oneshooter
(8,614 posts)and not buy a ticket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No, I bought one. Figure that the odds of winning are the same, maybe a little lower.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)yankeepants
(1,979 posts)that people who would never think to buy a lottery ticket when the take is a measly 5 or 6m will decide that 540m is worth the buck.
Really?
It is my personal opinion that a state such as mine NY would be really kicking some economic ass if the pots were 20-50k and hundreds or thousands of people won them each week. think on the $$$ pouring into the state's economy. People paying big bills, buying cars, hiring contractors, paying off mortgages. Who needs 540m???????? Seriously.
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)0 is better than -1. Right?
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)alphafemale
(18,497 posts)They are really, really bad at math.
whistler162
(11,155 posts)this is our week!
yeah right!
EastTennesseeDem
(2,675 posts)If that.
What can a person do with that?
Moondog
(4,833 posts)sell Mega Millions in this state.
IcyPeas
(21,901 posts)bought all the staff and associates a ticket today. It's fun, we are all busy fantasizing all day what we would do.
cliffordu
(30,994 posts)And crush some fucking republicans.
If I have any left over, I'm gonna buy me a congress critter.
And some beer.
Baitball Blogger
(46,756 posts)Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)At work, they were all in a poll to buy tickets----and I will be damned if I am the only one who has to show up Monday morning!
I know----I just wiped my ass with the money. But then again, there WILL be a winner sooner or later, and you just never know who it will be. It won't be us, but my luck would have it be my coworkers if I didn't participate. Screw that.
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)Gotcha.
Giantsfootball10
(74 posts)Florida does not have this.
happy1950
(1 post)you cant win unless you buy so you have to try at least you never know.
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)SwampG8r
(10,287 posts)At Sat Mar 31, 2012, 01:37 AM an alert was sent on the following post:
Epic First Post!
REASON FOR ALERT:
This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate. (See <a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=aboutus#communitystandards" target="_blank">Community Standards</a>.)
ALERTER'S COMMENTS:
Unnecessary rudeness to a brand new member.
You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Sat Mar 31, 2012, 01:49 AM, and the Jury voted 0-6 to LEAVE IT.
Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: if this new poster has alerted on this i wish him/her a thicker skin as ellisonz's comments are without malice.
if this has been alerted by someone else....sheesh c'mon now <verdict by swampg8r>
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: Alerter go to bed. You must have missed your nap today.
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
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Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: This is a ridiculous use of the "alert system."
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: Come on.
Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)...since we are all now policing each other we all now develop malice toward each other. I think today I managed to piss off the pro-lottery lobby, the anti-US Senate human rights resolution information lobby, and of course my continuing feud with the gun nuts. I was even attacked today for welcoming another DUer (something I generally do after a few posts to show its not a troll).
I just really did believe it's an "epic first post" - play the lotto. yeah, I guess it's a no snark zone now. I'm going to hide now.
Welcome to DU happy1950!
Orrex
(63,220 posts)hay rick
(7,636 posts)I moved down to FL a couple months ago and they don't have Mega Millions. I called a friend in NJ and asked her to put down $20 for me if the line isn't too long. So we'll see. She had already put in $1 for me in the office pool where I used to work.
emilyg
(22,742 posts)Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)If I win, my plan is to not only say I only bought one ticket, but to also claim it is the one and only time I have ever bought a lottery ticket. That should piss everyone off.
unkachuck
(6,295 posts)....in over forty years, I've yet to buy my first lottery ticket....I feel there is no need to subscribe to a voluntary tax....
....however, if someday I get an overwhelming urge, like a ferocious shit in the middle of bumper-to-bumper traffic, I will probably let my guard down and buy one....