640 effing million

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If I were to make a shitload of money (I don't play the lottery under any circumstance, so it won't be like that), I would not tell anyone except my mother and swear her to secrecy. I would continue working my current job, doing even the annoying parts of it, because at heart I know I really do like my job a lot, and, healthy or not as the industry crumbles, I define myself through my work in a lot of ways. I would continue driving my old (but comfortable) car and living in my one-bedroom (but spacious enough) apartment, but I'd pay that sucker off, fix the small dent in the side of the door and get better furniture and a nicer TV. I'd pay off my outstanding debts, pay off my mom's outstanding debts and take a nice vacation.

Letting people know seems to be a good way to destroy your life. I'm mostly happy with how things are going. If I stumbled on $10 million, say, I wouldn't want to change much. You can't hit reset when the knowledge of your windfall goes public. It's going to follow you.

I spring for the double cheeseburger. That extra piece of cheese makes all the difference when you're talking about that quality of meat. But yeah, that's my order at McDonald's every time. So maybe we can't dine on swine, but we can eat mystery meat (so long as it's not Mystery Meat II).

 

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AP story this morning broke it down. You are 50 times more likely to be struck by lightning; 8,000 times more likely to be murdered and 20,000 more likely to die in a car crash than win.

Amarillo Slim said lotteries are tax on people bad a math.

Still, me and my buddies pooled our money. Even after taxes and split eight ways, it's still a boat load of a payout.

 

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Just one?

 

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So the odds are 175.7 million to one ... which means that even with the lump sum, this thing either has gotten to or is getting extremely close to the point where you'd make money by buying every possible combination.

If it were physically possible, of course.

 

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A buddy tried to figure out how long it would take to fill out all 175 million tickets needed to cover all your bases. To do it, you needed to start in May of 1817.

Good luck!

 

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Surely you could just get, I dunno, 200 million Quick Picks?

Hate to be trying to pay for a soda behind that guy.

 

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Not if you want every possible combination.

 

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Good job Moddy... it's all about the Shoes!

I bought seven of my own tickets and am in two different pools...

I'll have a share of nearly 500 tickets.

And I'll take whatever I can get!

 

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Back in the day, they used to show the drawings on TV. Do they still do that? I have to imagine the news networks will break in for it, right?

 

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Bought one ticket today. Probably the first lottery ticket I've bought in 10 years or more.

I didn't realize you had to pay cash. I had to go to the ATM machine in the gas station and then return to the counter to pay.

 

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I learned that a few months ago. Stopped in for cigarettes and was going to buy a scratch-off, but no go.

We should have done a pool on here. If no one wins it tonight, maybe I'll look into that. Paypal or something.