Powerball - Valentine's weekend edition

[WaTaGuMp]

Back up to $330 million, I bought 5 tickets. I am so fucked, my first number for all 5 tickets are repeats 4 out of the 5 numbers.

 

[DrPizza]

Back up to $330 million, I bought 5 tickets. I am so fucked, my first number for all 5 tickets are repeats 4 out of the 5 numbers.

I think you misunderstand statistics.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Wait, so you have 4 similar numbers on all 5 tickets? So if those 4 numbers all hit, you'll win $500 instead of $100. And that's slightly more likely than a jackpot.

 

[smackababy]

I'm in for one. What is it, like $190 million cash value? I'd take around $100 mil after taxes and be alright.

I am only in for $2 though. That gives me a 50/50 chance. I either win or lose.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I am only in for $2 though. That gives me a 50/50 chance. I either win or lose.

I had an ex-girlfriend who failed a statistics class because she insisted that the probability of everything was 50/50; it either happens or it doesn't. Quite frankly I prefer that version of statistics; it makes the math easier.

 

[videogames101]

I had an ex-girlfriend who failed a statistics class because she insisted that the probability of everything was 50/50; it either happens or it doesn't. Quite frankly I prefer that version of statistics; it makes the math easier.

i'm so glad that isn't how things work, how do you engineer for a 50% failure rate 😵

 

[smackababy]

I had an ex-girlfriend who failed a statistics class because she insisted that the probability of everything was 50/50; it either happens or it doesn't. Quite frankly I prefer that version of statistics; it makes the math easier.

Realistically though, I will either win or I won't. Seems 50/50 to me. =)

 

[Krazy4Real]

Realistically though, I will either win or I won't. Seems 50/50 to me. =)

Actually, it's 100% that you will lose. 🙁

 

[WaTaGuMp]

What the fuck, I didn't make this thread, I posted in the old thread.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Wait, so you have 4 similar numbers on all 5 tickets? So if those 4 numbers all hit, you'll win $500 instead of $100. And that's slightly more likely than a jackpot.

I don't have the ticket in front of me, but its something like.

03
11
03
14
14

For the very first number on each line.

 

[surfsatwerk]

What the fuck, I didn't make this thread, I posted in the old thread.

I sense witchcraft.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

I sense witchcraft.

Pretty damn good if it is. The other was 2 pages long and said it was over $400 million, that's where I posted it was over $300 million now.

 

[corwin]

Well I spent $160 on a sure thing today (my wife😛) so I guess another $10 won't kill me

 

[MustISO]

I have no tickets, but I do have the money I didn't spend.

 

[jagec]

I bought 5 tickets. I am so fucked

Abbreviated for accuracy.

That said, I spend a few bucks on the lottery each year, not because I think that I'll win, but because it is nice to dream.

As long as I spend less on lottery tickets than I do on coffee over the course of the year, I figure that I don't have a problem.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Abbreviated for accuracy.

That said, I spend a few bucks on the lottery each year, not because I think that I'll win, but because it is nice to dream.

As long as I spend less on lottery tickets than I do on coffee over the course of the year, I figure that I don't have a problem.

I don't drink coffee, so I guess I am good to go. $10 on Tuesday, $10 today on tickets.

 

[mikegg]

I had an ex-girlfriend who failed a statistics class because she insisted that the probability of everything was 50/50; it either happens or it doesn't. Quite frankly I prefer that version of statistics; it makes the math easier.

Sounds right to me. It either happens or it doesn't. Nothing wrong with that.

 

[mrrman]

got mine....

 

[WaTaGuMp]

No winner, $400 million at least.