Lottery expected to top $1.9 billion

And I really thought the ticket I bought yesterday afternoon was going to be the one…

It’s fixed, I’m going to win it, I’m just forcing the payoff higher, you need two billion in order to keep one billion, I’m just waiting for the payoff to be right before I claim my prize.
LOL

About 15 years ago when I was working in corporate america, I did a presentation and gave away lottery tickets to the participants of that presentation. I think I spent maybe $20 in tickets that day and gave them all away. Other than that, I have never purchased a lottery ticket. So I consider myself the big winner. Given the absolutely pitiful odds of actually winning the thing, keeping my money seems to be the winning strategy.

Now if I would have done the same strategy with strip clubs, I hate to think how rich I would be today.

I mainly play the high-dollar scratchers as they have the least bad odds (note that I'm not saying *good* odds). I keep track of performance; so far this year I'm down about $2900. But I've spent far more than that at the bar for the same tangible end result.

Since There is a bigger chance of me being killed on the wat to buy a lottery ticket, I'll just stay home.

When it gets this big I typically buy a ticket or two, because why not. I don't actually expect to win, but I spend money on fantasy all the time. Most of us here do.

^ this

that damn cute clerk lied to me.
she told me I had the winning ticket.

The only time I buy a lottery ticket is when the jackpot gets big enough to be reported on the news. Yeah, the chances of winning are pretty much infinitesimal, but for a possible $1B plus payout, why not buy a couple of numbers?

shadowcat> Since There is a bigger chance of me being killed on the wat to buy a lottery ticket, I'll just stay home.

Just pickup a ticket on your way to the strip club or whatever trip you had to make.

I am curious where everyone would park a half billion dollars if they won. Bitcoin, right?

Thinking of the big prize isn't plausible really. I think a healthier approach is getting a ticket once in a while and being happy with small prizes which are pretty common.

^ Definitely more sound strategy, but I still only buy a ticket when the jackpot makes the national news.

1 person in CA has the winning ticket. I guess I have to keep working.

Just wanted to let everyone know I didn't win

^ you’re just trying to get ahead of those strippers texts
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I'm the outlier here but I haven't bought any type of lottery ticket in many years.

'1 person in CA has the winning ticket'



Hmmmm, I wasn't paying attention but heard on the news that there weren't any winning tickets earlier today.

At the risk of making this slightly political, a Republican Congress could mean the market will bottom out soon. I’d keep the payout in cash for a few months, then go all in on Consumer goods stocks. No tech, no financial. Large, established traditional industries with little international exposure.

To follow up on my last comment I just now heard on abc news that there is indeed 1 winning ticket.