|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
Posts: 48,514
|
A BILLION dollars
Anybody else here throw money away? I spent $2 for a brief fantasy.
__________________
"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent." -Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.) |
||
10-31-2022, 10:48 AM
|
|
|
Registered
|
I'm all in.
__________________
Matthew - drove Nurburgring with wipers on and no rain 1969 911E SOLD  2002 996 Cabrio 1995 993 Carrera 4 SOLD 2004 Land Rover Discovery II G4 Edition (Sold )
|
||
|
10-31-2022, 10:48 AM
|
|
|
Registered
|
Assuming you’re talking about the lottery.
In my case, it’s a sort of insurance policy. I throw in to the office pool. Insurance that if they win - I’m not stuck here working for another ? Years, and they all get to walk away. That’s the only way I can justify that. Oh, and exactly that scenario happened to one of my co-workers spouse. He was away, and the group did not cover him. Would’ve been worth over $1mil. And no - they did not grandfather him. In the end, people are jerks. |
||
|
10-31-2022, 11:08 AM
|
|
|
Get off my lawn!
|
Nope, I know how to do math and the odds are just staggering. I see no point in donating more to the billion dollar fund.
You have a higher chance of winning is 1 in 292,201,338. You have a better chance to become the next POTUS. Really!
__________________
Glen 49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America 1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan 1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood! |
||
|
10-31-2022, 11:17 AM
|
|
|
Back in the saddle again
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
Posts: 55,882
|
Quote:
I also don't gamble or bet.
__________________
Steve '08 Boxster RS60 Spyder #0099/1960 - never named a car before, but this is Charlotte. '88 targa SOLD 2004 - gone but not forgotten
|
||
|
10-31-2022, 11:20 AM
|
|
|
The Unsettler
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lantanna TX
Posts: 23,885
|
I'll play when they get big like this.
Are the odds of winning ridiculous? Yes. But someone always wins eventually and I have the same crap odds as everyone else so why not me? I only play one ticket. My odds don't really improve if I play $10.00 vs $1.00 and you can only win on one ticket anyway.
__________________
"I want my two dollars" "Goodbye and thanks for the fish" "Proud Member and Supporter of the YWL" "Brandon Won" |
||
|
10-31-2022, 11:22 AM
|
|
|
|
?
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 30,430
|
Quote:
|
||
|
10-31-2022, 11:26 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: bottom left corner of the world
Posts: 22,723
|
A billion dollars. That equates to a LOT of pool cues Paul.
|
||
|
10-31-2022, 11:27 AM
|
|
|
Registered
|
The last one over a billion not long ago sold a couple miles from me. Safe to say, this one won't.
__________________
-Mark B. Hardware Store Engineer 1988 911 - 3.6 1999 SL500 - Gone 1995 M3 - LS2 - Gone 1993 RS America - Gone |
||
|
10-31-2022, 11:42 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
Posts: 48,514
|
Ahhh, but the fantasies. Hey, maybe even a Southwest Cue.
__________________
"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent." -Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.) |
||
|
10-31-2022, 11:48 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Winter Haven, FL usa
Posts: 921
|
I figure the chances of winning if I do not buy a ticket are 0.
If I do buy one ticket, my odds go up astronomically. A billion times higher than 0. So I buy one. gary |
||
|
10-31-2022, 11:57 AM
|
|
|
My friends call me, Top
|
I will buy about 3-4 tickets over the course of a year on the big buck lottery tickets. Maybe 10-12 instant per year. Ya cant win if ya dont play, but everyone has there own limits.
__________________
Matt '87 924S |
||
|
10-31-2022, 05:05 PM
|
|
|
|
Evil Genius
|
As Dad used to say "Boy, you can't catch a fish if your line isn't in the water........"
__________________
Life is a big ocean to swim in. Wag more, bark less. 
|
||
|
10-31-2022, 07:02 PM
|
|
|
Almost Banned Once
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Adelaide South Australia
Posts: 38,323
|
A BILLION dollar lottery win would come with its own special set of problems.
- EVERYBODY you've ever know would be at your front door thinking they deserve some of it. And there's no way you could keep something like this private. I'd like to have these new problems but I'd probably end up moving to a new city were nobody knows me.
__________________
- Peter |
||
|
10-31-2022, 07:13 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: bottom left corner of the world
Posts: 22,723
|
Quote:
|
||
|
10-31-2022, 08:10 PM
|
|
|
Registered
|
In AZ you can remain anonymous if you win. I would remain anonymous to everyone and no one who knows me would ever hear about my winnings. No good could ever come of it.
__________________
2022 BMW 530i 2021 MB GLA250 2020 BMW R1250GS |
||
|
10-31-2022, 08:12 PM
|
|
|
Almost Banned Once
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Adelaide South Australia
Posts: 38,323
|
Quote:
(As if the Māori's would let me  )
__________________
- Peter |
||
|
10-31-2022, 08:28 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: bottom left corner of the world
Posts: 22,723
|
Quote:
And have change left. Oh the Maoris would sell alright. All they want is easy cash. |
||
|
10-31-2022, 08:45 PM
|
|
|
Almost Banned Once
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Adelaide South Australia
Posts: 38,323
|
__________________
- Peter |
||
|
10-31-2022, 08:51 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: bottom left corner of the world
Posts: 22,723
|
Yes, that's the actor guy Sam Neill's one.
|
||
|
10-31-2022, 08:56 PM
|
|
Nutmeg Brown Carrera
Subaru #3
Carrera
M3/LS2/T56/3.38
Rudolf
Blue Max
Pearl
1982 Porsche 911SC 3.0L warmed over
Only Porsche
Only bike
