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Old     (phatboypimp)      Join Date: Apr 2005       03-28-2012, 3:02 PM Reply   
I have always felt that the Lottery was a tax on the stupid but I couldn't resist. Biggest payout potential of all time. Who is with me?
Old     (load)      Join Date: Jul 2003       03-28-2012, 3:09 PM Reply   
Sorry I'm gonna win!

worth a shot, I only buy them when its a big payout.
Old    sperbet            03-28-2012, 3:16 PM Reply   
Yep. I'm in for sure.
Old     (grant_west)      Join Date: Jun 2005       03-28-2012, 3:44 PM Reply   
Yea Gonna Get my Lotto On how much did you spend on tickets ???
Old     (norcalrider)      Join Date: Jun 2002       03-28-2012, 4:06 PM Reply   
Odds are 1 in 175,711,536 chance so you would have to buy a lot of tickets to increase your odds. I stick with $1 just for the hell of it.
Old     (phatboypimp)      Join Date: Apr 2005       03-28-2012, 4:34 PM Reply   
Logically norcalrider is right but I bought 100 tickets. 100x improvement in my feeble mind.
Old     (durty_curt)      Join Date: Apr 2008       03-28-2012, 4:38 PM Reply   
Quote:
Originally Posted by phatboypimp View Post
Logically norcalrider is right but I bought 100 tickets. 100x improvement in my feeble mind.
i thought i was pushing it buying $10! damn you being 10 times more likely!!
Old     (phatboypimp)      Join Date: Apr 2005       03-28-2012, 4:43 PM Reply   
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Originally Posted by durty_curt View Post
i thought i was pushing it buying $10! damn you being 10 times more likely!!
That's right baby......I am all in.
Old     (BCPMike0663)      Join Date: Apr 2010       03-28-2012, 9:06 PM Reply   
I have bought 20 tickets for the last two drawings. I will buy 20 more this week. I am in a Vegas airport as I write this and I must say any gambling besides poker is just lighting money on fire unless you are playing poker. But it sure is fun.
Old     (stepintoliquid)      Join Date: Sep 2005       03-29-2012, 12:09 PM Reply   
I'm all in, I wonder how much I can buy Radar lake for after I win....
Old     (sippi)      Join Date: Dec 2007       03-29-2012, 12:23 PM Reply   
Quote:
Originally Posted by norcalrider View Post
Odds are 1 in 175,711,536 chance so you would have to buy a lot of tickets to increase your odds. I stick with $1 just for the hell of it.
So you're sayin there's a chance!!!
Old     (norcalrider)      Join Date: Jun 2002       03-29-2012, 1:36 PM Reply   
I'm with the author and going to start hitting on super models... http://gizmodo.com/5897509/a-list-of...llion-tomorrow
Old    bigdtx            03-29-2012, 2:03 PM Reply   
I gots mines! 5 bucks worth.
When I win I'll go Doug Hansen on all yall's asses.
Old     (bmr850)      Join Date: Apr 2010       03-29-2012, 3:23 PM Reply   
im in a office pool to win it! 28 people in it and we have 85 tickets. come on friday night at 11!!
Old     (jon4pres)      Join Date: May 2004       03-29-2012, 5:07 PM Reply   
I flushed $2 tonight. You never know. I only play the lottery when I hear about it being super big(I would be surprised if I have spent over $50 in my life). I have never won anything. One time I had 1 number correct.
Old     (durty_curt)      Join Date: Apr 2008       03-30-2012, 10:06 AM Reply   
Jackpot is now up to 640 million
Heard on the radio somebody reported that a lady bought over $2600 worth of lotto tickets
Old     (scotthons)      Join Date: Mar 2010       03-30-2012, 10:15 AM Reply   
I saw somewhere that an NBA rookie bought $10,000 worth. I have to admit I purchased $5 worth. You never know...
Old     (sippi)      Join Date: Dec 2007       03-30-2012, 10:31 AM Reply   
So i know that if i won i'd spend the majority of my time on the water, question is what boat would you buy and what would you do to it (speakers and such)? i would say what would you buy if you won it, but i don't feel like reading books upon books of all the crap people would buy, so since this is wakeworld, what boat and what would you do with it?
Old     (buffalow)      Join Date: Apr 2002       03-30-2012, 10:34 AM Reply   
What west coast time, when is the draw?
Old    sperbet            03-30-2012, 10:59 AM Reply   
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What west coast time, when is the draw?
8 pm
Old    sperbet            03-30-2012, 11:01 AM Reply   
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Originally Posted by sippi View Post
So i know that if i won i'd spend the majority of my time on the water, question is what boat would you buy and what would you do to it (speakers and such)? i would say what would you buy if you won it, but i don't feel like reading books upon books of all the crap people would buy, so since this is wakeworld, what boat and what would you do with it?
Forget about buying a boat. How about buying a boat manufacturer? LOL
Old     (jon4pres)      Join Date: May 2004       03-30-2012, 11:09 AM Reply   
Does anyone know how much of the money from the ticket actually goes to the jackpot?

I am thinking about all of the money that people have thrown away to make this jackpot.

I wish you all luck. If I win I am buying a new boat, a couple cool cars, and building a lakehouse. Then next week I will be back to work with dad on the ranch covered in cow crap not because I need to to pay my bills but because I want to. I don't think that 600 million dollars could really make my life that much better.
Old     (skull)      Join Date: May 2002       03-30-2012, 11:12 AM Reply   
I have never bought a lottery ticket in my life but.... I am thinking about buying $5 worth just for the heck ot it. Can you buy these at any 7-11?
Old     (sippi)      Join Date: Dec 2007       03-30-2012, 12:18 PM Reply   
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Originally Posted by sperbet View Post
Forget about buying a boat. How about buying a boat manufacturer? LOL
Good call! how about this though, i don't need a whole manufacturer, i just want the rights to the old 210 hull, stretch it out about 1.5 ft, make it nice on the inside with some awesome speakers put it on a nice trailer, make a ton of them and sell them to everybody who wants one for about 20K or just give a bunch of them a way to the charity "who wants a wakeboard boat on wakeworld" and right it off on my taxes. so if one of ya'll win, do this and give me one of the boats, since i'm in MS and can't get tickets
Old     (wakereviews)      Join Date: Sep 2006       03-30-2012, 12:48 PM Reply   
Just bought mine online... 10 bucks worth. Would be awesome if a WW'er won. We should have done a wakeworld lottery pool.
Old     (c5dagand)      Join Date: Mar 2012       03-30-2012, 1:36 PM Reply   
I need a buy a ticket. I know the chances of winning are slim but I guess you can win without playing. I would buy a brand new Malibu if I win the lottery.
Old     (nauty)      Join Date: Feb 2004       03-30-2012, 1:37 PM Reply   
I threw $6 into our office pool. I didn't join the pool because I really think we'll win, it was more of a $6 peace of mind insurance payment that should our office pool hit the jackpot, I won't be the only idiot coming to work on Monday morning. I can't think of many worse feelings than knowing all of your co-workers are millionaires who are quitting their jobs and you still have to come into the office for the next 20 years because you were too cheap to throw $6 in the pot. That would SUCK!!!!

It was well worth my $6 to have some peace of mind...... that and the thought that I could pocket $8.8 mill for my trouble
Old     (migs)      Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: SF Bay Area       03-30-2012, 3:32 PM Reply   
ill be buying the G23 STAT!! hahahahaha

Plus a phat house in Disco with the G23, SAN230, MALI LSV, VLX, STAR, MY 210 and that Z48 Offshore all on my dock.!!!!!!

Old     (scbrips)      Join Date: Mar 2006       03-30-2012, 3:53 PM Reply   
Quote:
Originally Posted by sippi View Post
i don't need a whole manufacturer, i just want the rights to the old 210 hull, stretch it out about 1.5 ft, make it nice on the inside with some awesome speakers put it on a nice trailer, make a ton of them and sell them to everybody who wants one for about 20K or just give a bunch of them a way to the charity "who wants a wakeboard boat on wakeworld" and right it off on my taxes.
Haha! Love this idea!

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Originally Posted by sippi View Post
So you're sayin there's a chance!!!
Wait a minute! What was all that 1 in 175,711,536 talk?!?
Old     (jon4pres)      Join Date: May 2004       03-30-2012, 4:04 PM Reply   
I just heard this.

The chance of winning the lottery is 1 in 175 million.
The chance of dating a super model is 1 in 800 thousand.

But the chance of dating a supermodel after winning the lottery is a lot better.
Old     (norcalrider)      Join Date: Jun 2002       03-30-2012, 4:12 PM Reply   
Quote:
Originally Posted by norcalrider View Post
i'm with the author and going to start hitting on super models... http://gizmodo.com/5897509/a-list-of...llion-tomorrow
1:88,000
Old     (jon4pres)      Join Date: May 2004       03-30-2012, 4:29 PM Reply   
Sorry I guess my chances are better than I actually thought with a supermodel.

I kind of hope no one wins so we can do all this craziness again but I am guessing that about every single number has been sold.
Old     (k9fxr)      Join Date: Jul 2005       03-30-2012, 8:08 PM Reply   
I bought some just to incr the chances a supermodel will show up on my doorstep.
of course, I hope she comes before I'm struck by lightening or eaten by a bear
Old     (cadunkle)      Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: NJ       03-31-2012, 7:13 AM Reply   
The lottery is a tax primarily on the poor, but at least it is a voluntary tax. Personally the only money I pay the government is under duress. I will not give them a penny more than they take at gunpoint.
Old    bigdtx            03-31-2012, 12:30 PM Reply   
Obviously there was some kind of malfunction as the winning ticket I ordered from the clerk at the gas station contained no matching numbers. That gentleman will be on the receiving end of a stern talking to the next time I see him.

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