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Powerball

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Chef2, Jan 7, 2016.

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  1. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    The Doctorquant Center For Data Science In Sport at Clemson University.
     
    LongTimeListener, Jan 8, 2016
    #97
  2. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    I would just officiate full-time. Buy a bus to take us to the games........have a bar in it that's fully stocked.........I'd let the school administrators know to take my game check, split it among the other guys.
     
    Chef2, Jan 8, 2016
    #98
  3. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    One thing I'm not sure I'd do is buy up houses like it was Monopoly. Instead a lot of Ritz-Carltons would soon know me very well, and just for giggles I'd sign up for their points program so I could get free rooms. Old habits die hard.

    I went to a private middle/high school that is way over the top with fundraising and bombards me with solicitations. I appreciate the education I got so I'd write them a big check, but with the caveat that they never come back asking for more.
     
    playthrough, Jan 8, 2016
    #99
  4. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Yeah, I have thought about that ... but I might be tempted to go "in your eye puddin' pie" on those. Like endowing a Milton Friedman Professorship at Oberlin ... or a Hayek Center at Amherst or Swarthmore.
     
    doctorquant, Jan 8, 2016
    #100
  5. linotype

    linotype Well-Known Member

    Indeed. I love math, so I did some calculations. The odds of winning are listed at 1 in 175,000,000.

    You have the same chance of winning the Powerball as you do guessing the exact time a dog will sneeze (provided the dog sneezes only once) between now and July 2021. (There are 31.5 million seconds in a year, so 175 million seconds equals about 5 1/2 years.)
     
    linotype, Jan 8, 2016
    #101
  6. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    The Elijah Muhammed Endowed Chair of Religious Studies at Wheaton College.
     
    Dick Whitman, Jan 8, 2016
    #102
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  7. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    The Robert Reich Chair at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business ...
     
    doctorquant, Jan 8, 2016
    #103
  8. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

     
    YankeeFan, Jan 8, 2016
    #104
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  9. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    I mean, if a mere $1 million was enough for "two chicks at the same time" in Office Space, you're really going to have to stretch if you win this.
     
    LongTimeListener, Jan 8, 2016
    #105
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  10. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    I'd buy my entire high school and bulldoze it to the ground.
     
    MisterCreosote, Jan 8, 2016
    #106
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  11. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    This is excellent.
     
    JC, Jan 8, 2016
    #107
  12. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Making up for yesterday one post at a time.
     
    YankeeFan, Jan 8, 2016
    #108
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