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michelle
01-04-2011, 04:36 PM
Did you buy a ticket? If so, how many?
noeggs4u
01-04-2011, 04:39 PM
Have a pool going at work and spent 5 dollars of my own.
ThatWhiteCivic
01-04-2011, 04:45 PM
$2 ticket pretty much doubles your chances of winning
Prince Valiant
01-04-2011, 04:50 PM
it only takes one to win...
Car Guy
01-04-2011, 04:55 PM
$20, early retirement here I come...!!! :dance
Car Guy
01-04-2011, 05:02 PM
I was curious what the odds are......:eek:
Mega Millions Odds of Winning
5+Mega Ball Grand Prize 1 in 175,711,536
5 $175,000 1 in 3,904,701
4+Mega Ball $5,000 1 in 689,065
4 $150 1 in 15,313
3+Mega Ball $150 1 in 13,781
2+Mega Ball $10 1 in 844
3 $7 1 in 306
1+Mega Ball $3 1 in 141
Mega Ball $2 1 in 75
The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 40.
The odds presented here are based on a $1 play and are rounded to the nearest whole number.
Exitspeed
01-04-2011, 05:11 PM
Buying $5 after work.
i can see it now...:crazyeyes
jamestown478
01-04-2011, 05:13 PM
have a pool going at work.
OxmanWI
01-04-2011, 05:13 PM
Everyone on my shift bought 20 some tickets, richest firefighters coming up!
Feature Pony
01-04-2011, 05:14 PM
office pool of 10 people at $1 a crack. I will buy $2 worth after work.
michelle
01-04-2011, 05:26 PM
I went with lucky #7 ($7 worth).
Slow5oh
01-04-2011, 07:08 PM
I haven't bought a lottery ticket in my life. Maybe I should....
xxsn0blindxx
01-04-2011, 07:17 PM
Lottery, a self imposed tax on the mathematically challenged.
97z2801ss
01-04-2011, 07:27 PM
I grabbed 4 I only spend the singles in my wallet, like they say you cant win if you dont play.
moels
01-04-2011, 07:30 PM
I just grabbed $5 worth due to seeing this thread. If I win, I will buy every member of BCM a soda. :)
Bobby "Big Daddy" Flay
01-04-2011, 08:13 PM
I just grabbed $5 worth due to seeing this thread. If I win, I will buy every member of BCM a soda. :)
Thank god Wayne, i'm thirsty!
TransAm12sec
01-04-2011, 08:20 PM
Lottery, a self imposed tax on the mathematically challenged.
haha!
Actually you can scratch one zero off the poll, my parents asked me to pick one up for them.
Flicktitty
01-04-2011, 08:25 PM
yeah, i had to run to the gas station....so i bought one.
fivonut
01-04-2011, 08:37 PM
I figure my odds are 50/50.....either I win or I don't...so I bought two tickets....
Actually I had a bunch of singles in my pocket so I bought 6.
Some poor single mom won't be able to buy her kids a happy meal now.....
03Seville
01-04-2011, 08:39 PM
yup... had to run to the gas station so grabbed $5 worth right away too
michelle
01-04-2011, 08:47 PM
Lottery, a self imposed tax on the mathematically challenged.
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lefsxcQzPx1qf8yek.gif
Car Guy
01-04-2011, 10:30 PM
*drum roll*
4, 8, 15, 25, 47
Mega Ball is 42
cheap80Z28
01-04-2011, 10:36 PM
bought $5 and only got 1 number right
Flicktitty
01-04-2011, 10:40 PM
well i'm still on BCM
in other words i didn't win.
michelle
01-04-2011, 10:41 PM
$2 - yes!
05caddyext
01-04-2011, 11:13 PM
Know whats crazy????? 4 of those numbers are the numbers from LOST.
Numbers from LOST - 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42
How many people you think play those numbers because they were lost Junkies. What did they win with those 4 numbers? Crazy.
wheelsofsteel
01-05-2011, 08:10 AM
I purchased $5 worth on the way home last night.
On one of the lines I scored 1 + Mega getting me a grand total of $3
The gas station attendant said someone came in and purchased $250 worth. :wooo And had to change the paper half way thru printing them.
jamestown478
01-05-2011, 08:57 AM
do the gas stations make any money off of these or does it all go to the lottery?
Bobby "Big Daddy" Flay
01-05-2011, 12:12 PM
Gas stations get a little for selling the winning numbers, but it's not much
jamestown478
01-05-2011, 01:18 PM
so they don't make anything off of a normal sale that isn't a winning number? thats lame
Feature Pony
01-05-2011, 03:06 PM
so they don't make anything off of a normal sale that isn't a winning number? thats lame
that is why they don't accept credit cards for lotto sales
Arigmaster
01-05-2011, 04:51 PM
I was curious what the odds are......:eek:
Mega Millions Odds of Winning
5+Mega Ball Grand Prize 1 in 175,711,536
5 $175,000 1 in 3,904,701
4+Mega Ball $5,000 1 in 689,065
4 $150 1 in 15,313
3+Mega Ball $150 1 in 13,781
2+Mega Ball $10 1 in 844
3 $7 1 in 306
1+Mega Ball $3 1 in 141
Mega Ball $2 1 in 75
The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 40.
The odds presented here are based on a $1 play and are rounded to the nearest whole number.
http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/medical.htm
Says;
USA population = 280,000,000
1000 lightning victims/year/average
Odds = 1 : 280,000 of being struck by lightning
Korndogg
01-05-2011, 04:55 PM
The gas station attendant said someone came in and purchased $250 worth.
That might have been a work pool or something. I hope...haha
Prince Valiant
01-05-2011, 05:31 PM
4+Mega Ball $5,000 1 in 689,065
http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/medical.htm
Says;
USA population = 280,000,000
1000 lightning victims/year/average
Odds = 1 : 280,000 of being struck by lightningSo both of you are saying I am 2.5 times more likely to be struck by lightning than I am to win 5,000 dollars playing megaball?
VroomPshhTsi
01-05-2011, 06:02 PM
I'd rather spend $5 on beer
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