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Lifer
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At one point they were raking in a million dollars an hour. Seems there is no shortage of stupids willing to pay the stupid tax.
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Yup, 1 in 195,000,000 for Powerball compared to 1 in 176,000,000 for Mega Millions.
Yet 2 people hit and not nearly 176 million played. probability is funny like that.
Hey, most of us aren't usually stupid. Cut us some slack.At work now, did not win any $$$.
LOL @ some of the comments such as limit on the number of tickets a person could buy, how to buy a ticket, tickets would be good again for the next drawing and so on. Read the FAQs from the Mega Million, guys/gals.
How do you know how many people played?
I don't think you can just take the current jackpot and subtract the previous jackpot to come up with that number. I know in MD, a portion of the ticket sales goes to the "Maryland Stadium Authority."
176 million people didn't play, but more than 176 million picks were sold ($229,421,186)Yet 2 people hit and not nearly 176 million played. probability is funny like that.
I don't know exactly, pretty safe to say much less than half of the country played considering age and geographical restrictions and those that just don't play.
Since a ticket is $1 and the jackpot was 355MM before the lastest round, more than 355M tickets were sold. So in effect, way more than 176 million plays were made even though there were less than 176 million players..Yet 2 people hit and not nearly 176 million played. probability is funny like that.
Um, no.. I already posted how many.. 229,421,186.Since a ticket is $1 and the jackpot was 355MM before the lastest round, more than 355M tickets were sold. So in effect, way more than 176 million plays were made even though there were less than 176 million players..
Yet 2 people hit and not nearly 176 million played. probability is funny like that.
I can't get to your link, but I'm sure that's just for this drawing, right? Obviously the total number of tickets sold for this jackpot is more than the jackpot itself, which is I think what he was saying.Um, no.. I already posted how many.. 229,421,186.
Since a ticket is $1 and the jackpot was 355MM before the lastest round, more than 355M tickets were sold. So in effect, way more than 176 million plays were made even though there were less than 176 million players..
It's not the number of people that counts but the number of tickets. It would be more interesting if the made the numbers exclusive, so that only one winner would be possible. Probably too many transactions happening simultaneously for them to implement it though.
I understand your logic, but I think you're forgetting that not everyone buys 1 ticket.
I can't get to your link, but I'm sure that's just for this drawing, right? Obviously the total number of tickets sold for this jackpot is more than the jackpot itself, which is I think what he was saying.
They all get $250k. That's part of why not all of the sales proceeds go into the jackpot.Curious. So 67 people got 5+0 right.
Does that mean they split the 250k prize between 67 people? Or do you just win that amount individually with the lesser prizes?
