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ray
10-22-2003, 03:24 PM
All you Cali people, don't forget to buy your Super Lotto tickets. Jackpot is $98M and the drawing is tonight

:eek:
cheapie
10-22-2003, 03:28 PM
...must...resist...temptation...to...comment...on....lotto....
bachviet
10-22-2003, 03:35 PM
Time to get my ticket to paradise... :thumbup:
le_stick
10-22-2003, 03:42 PM
We don't have any lottery in Oklahoma.....:(
I guess I have to buy lottery tickets thru Ebay instead....:D
InfiniteNothing
10-22-2003, 06:16 PM
oddly enough the odds are in your favor. I think the odds are 1 in 24mil so a $1 bet would, eventually, in the long run, the very long run, (like 75Kyears) it would pay itself off. We should have a GotApex pool. I'm in.
hapoo
10-22-2003, 07:59 PM
Well, i guess its back to plan A, earning my money.
hapoo
10-22-2003, 08:15 PM
Originally posted by chosenfool
i thought plan A was mooching off other people? :confused:


*SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*
I thought we talked about this already chosen. It doesn't work if people know about it!
gear02
10-22-2003, 08:16 PM
so in california terms that can buy you two fries and a pepsi?
ShawnLee
10-22-2003, 10:05 PM
Originally posted by InfiniteNothing
oddly enough the odds are in your favor. I think the odds are 1 in 24mil so a $1 bet would, eventually, in the long run, the very long run, (like 75Kyears) it would pay itself off. We should have a GotApex pool. I'm in.

Ah, if only, they used to be 1 in 18 million, but they made the game harder. Now, the odds are 1 in 41,416,353. Also, internet pools are disqualified since they count as electronic bets, though they can't prove you didn't mail a friend a dollar to buy a ticket. Also, as for 75K years, that's hardly in your favor since I don't know of anyone who has lived that long. But all the same, I'm in too if anyone wants to set it up.
brainsmile
10-22-2003, 10:12 PM
Originally posted by InfiniteNothing
oddly enough the odds are in your favor. I think the odds are 1 in 24mil so a $1 bet would, eventually, in the long run, the very long run, (like 75Kyears) it would pay itself off. We should have a GotApex pool. I'm in. There is no guarantee it will ever pay off even if you play ever week. It's a random draw each time. Not cumulative probability.

By the way... if you believe that choosing 1,2,3,4,5,6 will win then play lotto. But if you think that those numbers are stupid and will never hit then why do you play at all? The odds of 1,2,3,4,5,6 are the same as any 6 number combination.
Ladogaboy
10-22-2003, 10:14 PM
Originally posted by brainsmile
By the way... if you believe that choosing 1,2,3,4,5,6 will win then play lotto. But if you think that those numbers are stupid and will never hit then why do you play at all? The odds of 1,2,3,4,5,6 are the same as any 6 number combination.

But what are the chances that those 6 numbers will come up in a row!?! I mean, come on. :rolleyes:


:P
bachviet
10-22-2003, 10:16 PM
Originally posted by Ladogaboy


But what are the chances that those 6 numbers will come up in a row!?! I mean, come on. :rolleyes:


:P
Never
ShawnLee
10-22-2003, 10:17 PM
Originally posted by Ladogaboy


But what are the chances that those 6 numbers will come up in a row!?! I mean, come on. :rolleyes:
:P

Hahaha. :dodgy: I say we steal a truck full of fortune cookies and play all the special numbers.
InfiniteNothing
10-22-2003, 10:43 PM
Originally posted by brainsmile
There is no guarantee it will ever pay off even if you play ever week. It's a random draw each time. Not cumulative probability.

By the way... if you believe that choosing 1,2,3,4,5,6 will win then play lotto. But if you think that those numbers are stupid and will never hit then why do you play at all? The odds of 1,2,3,4,5,6 are the same as any 6 number combination.

HEY! THOSE ARE MY NUMBERS. Why'd you give them away? Now I'm going to have to split it. Anyhow, I know there's no guarantee, what investment is a guarantee? I'm just saying what's probable. ;) And even if you lose you still get that warm fuzy feeling that you get when you donate to the schools.
ShawnLee
10-22-2003, 11:00 PM
Originally posted by InfiniteNothing

And even if you lose you still get that warm fuzy feeling that you get when you donate to the schools.

That's how I rationalize it. "I didn't just waste five bucks. I donated twenty-five cents to my alma mater."
brain
10-22-2003, 11:02 PM
I won. Good bye.
Ladogaboy
10-22-2003, 11:54 PM
Originally posted by brain
I won. Good bye.

You too? :confused:
ShawnLee
10-22-2003, 11:56 PM
Haha. I'm with Brain: If he did win, he really would have to say goodbye since I'm sure there'd be a throng of people going to kill him and steal the winning ticket.
brainsmile
10-23-2003, 09:35 AM
Too late he's dead now... I got the ticket and gave it to attgig. Goodbye attgig :P
Kevster
10-23-2003, 12:39 PM
Oh well 2 tickets split the prize. After all that I ended up with a 4 out of 5 and a 3 out of 5 plus the mega number. After all this damn lotto madness (the last couple weeks it has been building up) that basically put me back to even.
appleseed
10-23-2003, 12:43 PM
i got zero out of five. surely there's a consolation prize for that? :disa:

not.
Ladogaboy
10-23-2003, 10:12 PM
Well, I found a dollar on the sidewalk and bought a quick pick. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. :shrug: