Powerball jackpot jumps to 3rd largest ever!

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by cabmandone

When I'm the sole winner, I'm not gonna remember any of ya.

I promise to share all of my winnings with Pelicans...

I think everyone else should too

[ramonesfreak]

Originally Posted by WSH

The Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math

A good friend of my family won the NY lottery TWICE. Both on $1 million for life scratch offs.

[Crowbob]

Nobody would notice if I won.

Until poof! Gone.

[pwd72s]

Let the fantasies begin. Buying a ticket makes 'em more legit. Hmmmm, sure would upset the tax men if somebody handed the unclaimed winner to Tunnels to Towers, eh?

[A930Rocket]

Myself and two track buddies, have for years said that if one of us wins, it’s Porsche cup cars, toter homes, etc. for everybody, so we track them all year.

[john70t]

Originally Posted by Baz

The Powerball jackpot sits at an estimated $1.7 billion with a $770.3 million cash value,

If I could get only $1, per day, from every American, I'd be satisfied.

[Rick Lee]

I'm pretty sure everyone in this thread is good enough at math to know their chances of winning are extremely low. The people who are bad at math - I call them the willfully poor - are those who view buying lottery tix as a source of income because they win just often enough with the scratch offs that they then keep buying for the big jackpots, while they can barely afford their cigarettes, and don't think of a way to pull themselves out of poverty other than to play the lottery. And there are many millions of those folks.

[Arizona_928]

I don’t think it’s the lotto that is doing those people in. The sports betting apps on the cell phones would be my educated guess.

[oldE]

I don't think I have bought lottery tickets since I left a job which had lost all sense of fulfillment. I don't seem to have any needs or wishes which I can't reach through ordinary means.

[red 928]

The lottery is nothing more than a tax on idiocy.

[berettafan]

I can swing $2 to be in the game. odds don't matter to me honestly.

do agree the sports betting nonsense is massively out of control. though I do see those scratch off addicts every time I grab a 24 at the gas station. need to check the 'hierarchy of deplorables' chart but I think grabbing a 24oz beverage comes in slightly above the 'I'll take two of those $10 scratch offs' so I'm secure in my social standing.

[cabmandone]

Well, I still know y'all.