600+ million powerball

[Kithelle]

Even I'm tempted to buy a few tickets....but I'm trying to resist it. My Mom spent thousands upon thousands and never got shit to show for it....but right now I'm unemployed, can't find a job to save my life, and I have a few dollars I can spare.

[Daedius]

No harm buying a few lines for large sums. Just don't make it a habit

[Sunseeker]

No harm buying a few lines for large sums. Just don't make it a habit

Yeah I mean basically this.

Even if you're 1/100 winners that's still oodles of cash. (30M after taxes)

[Forgettable]

Welcome to: "How to throw away money 101"

[Usernameforforums]

I been playing ff14 for the past 6 months or so and I play the cactpot lotto game every week and have never won once. It’s a 1/10000 chance, much more forgiving than irl lotto. There have been a few months that no one won. I have won the minicatpot a few times but it’s more like a 1/72 chance if I did the math right 8(possible combinations)*9(numbers)

If I can’t win a 1/10000 chance game, why should I play a 1/1m. I would just wait for another 1b payout tbh.

[Kithelle]

Can’t find a job or are unwilling to take certain bitch-work jobs? Beggars can’t be choosers, you know.

Well I just applied for several jobs at various grocery stores near by....that answer your question

Not like I'm being picky...

[McFuu]

Even I'm tempted to buy a few tickets....but I'm trying to resist it. My Mom spent thousands upon thousands and never got shit to show for it....but right now I'm unemployed, can't find a job to save my life, and I have a few dollars I can spare.

Statistically (pretty much) just as likely to win if you buy one ticket vs 100. So go grab a bottle of water and buy a ticket.

[Zan15]

Basically they made lotto super retarded.
adding numbers and making billion dollar jackpots instead of increasing 2-5th place prizes just makes it even more foolish to support giving all that money to one person

[Maudib]

Even I'm tempted to buy a few tickets....but I'm trying to resist it. My Mom spent thousands upon thousands and never got shit to show for it....but right now I'm unemployed, can't find a job to save my life, and I have a few dollars I can spare.

This is why it's called a tax on the stupid.

[Tasttey]

When it gets this stupidly high I'll typically buy a single line ticket. Just sitting around with friends/co-workers talking about what we would do if we actually won that ridiculous amount of money is enough entertainment for me to justify the meager investment.

[Temp name]

Lotteries make money because people overestimate their chances of winning. If you want money, don't buy tickets.

That said, go nuts man. it's called Stupidity tax for a reason though

[Kithelle]

This is why it's called a tax on the stupid.

Says the person who thinks classic from the start will have more subs than live and never lose any...you aren't a great judge of logic.

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Lotteries make money because people overestimate their chances of winning. If you want money, don't buy tickets.

That said, go nuts man. it's called Stupidity tax for a reason though

Never said I'll spend every dime I have...but fuck what is 2 dollars for a tiny chance to win almost half a billion.

I'm sorry you probably blew lots of money and never got anything....but I'm not going to blow all my limited funds on it.

[Nightstalker]

Run for president if you win.

[AeneasBK]

Can’t find a job or are unwilling to take certain bitch-work jobs?

I mean, doesn't that pretty concisely explain why people are too good for these jobs? OR did I misunderstand "bitch-work"...

[Kithelle]

Run for president if you win.

LOL

Even if I wanted to enter a shitstorm like that, I couldn't run till the 2024 election

[Deletedaccount1]

Basically they made lotto super retarded.
adding numbers and making billion dollar jackpots instead of increasing 2-5th place prizes just makes it even more foolish to support giving all that money to one person

I don't think it's dumb. There's one good reason people buy lottery tickets: it's fun. It's fun to imagine winning all that money and the higher that number goes, the more fun it is to play. It would be stupid to buy tickets as a desperate way of getting rich but there's no harm in buying a cheap ticket if you get a small thrill out of it.

[Draco-Onis]

Even I'm tempted to buy a few tickets....but I'm trying to resist it. My Mom spent thousands upon thousands and never got shit to show for it....but right now I'm unemployed, can't find a job to save my life, and I have a few dollars I can spare.

1 in 292,201,338 that ought to throw a cold shower on that, you have better odds of getting hit by lightning or becoming a celebrity overnight.

[God Save The King]

Well the odds are incredibly stacked against you. But I usually throw my hat in the ring everytime it grows like this. It's less about actually winning, and more of the entertainment fantasizing about winning millions!!

[Maudib]

1 in 292,201,338 that ought to throw a cold shower on that, you have better odds of getting hit by lightning or becoming a celebrity overnight.

Yep... a much better chance of reinvesting those few bucks into something and reselling it for profit, rinse and repeat until you have 600 million.

But that takes.. you know... work.

[Zan15]

I don't think it's dumb. There's one good reason people buy lottery tickets: it's fun. It's fun to imagine winning all that money and the higher that number goes, the more fun it is to play. It would be stupid to buy tickets as a desperate way of getting rich but there's no harm in buying a cheap ticket if you get a small thrill out of it.

Ya but instead of jackpot being 1 billion
it could be 800 million and they could have added to the other prizes.....and draw just as many people
and it would be just as fun