The chocolate badgers on their own are good enough for me. The rest is just icing on the meteor, as they say.Daystar Clarion said:
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I bought one $5 quick-pick ticket since this is supposed to be some kind of 'record' high where the Cal.Lottery is concerned. I had never purchased a lottery ticket before. I didn't expect to win, my quick pick numbers weren't even close. However, if there is no winner for the jackpot this evening, I just may go buy another one. It's only a couple of dollars, and I like the general attitude of other ticket-buyers.
People are always in a good mood and super stoked when they get their tickets. The atmosphere is so hopeful and positive, it's contagious. The most that happens with people around here when they don't win is some shrugging, some 'Oh Wells' and they all continue on until the next Jackpot. They know their odds, but it's just fun to be apart of something and pretty much have the same chance as everyone else. lol
Edit: As for what I would do with all that money, I know exactly what I would do. I would move somewhere green with my Husband, have a modest house (with my own office and library) on a large property, a large garden, a few chickens, a proper covered clothing line, I'd then open my own business (organics/botanicals, or something) and then shell out some dough to members of my family (not all of it, but a generous amount). I'd donate generously to my chosen charities every year, and live off of the rest. I'm a pretty simple person.
People are always in a good mood and super stoked when they get their tickets. The atmosphere is so hopeful and positive, it's contagious. The most that happens with people around here when they don't win is some shrugging, some 'Oh Wells' and they all continue on until the next Jackpot. They know their odds, but it's just fun to be apart of something and pretty much have the same chance as everyone else. lol
Edit: As for what I would do with all that money, I know exactly what I would do. I would move somewhere green with my Husband, have a modest house (with my own office and library) on a large property, a large garden, a few chickens, a proper covered clothing line, I'd then open my own business (organics/botanicals, or something) and then shell out some dough to members of my family (not all of it, but a generous amount). I'd donate generously to my chosen charities every year, and live off of the rest. I'm a pretty simple person.
Everyone who buys a ticket for a big jackpot is an idiot.
Because EVERYONE ELSE IS BUYING ONE TOO.
Buy a ticket for the crappy little small jackpot after a big draw, where your odds (while still pathetically small) go up dramatically. And if you can't be happy with 5 or 10 million, you never will be.
Because EVERYONE ELSE IS BUYING ONE TOO.
Buy a ticket for the crappy little small jackpot after a big draw, where your odds (while still pathetically small) go up dramatically. And if you can't be happy with 5 or 10 million, you never will be.
I was wondering what the huge deal was about this.
personally I would pay off college, get a new car, maybe a house (id have enough even after taxes), then invest a good bit, fill my bank account, and after i went through most liekly not even 3 million yet I'd start donating I guess. holding that much cash makes you a good target.
personally I would pay off college, get a new car, maybe a house (id have enough even after taxes), then invest a good bit, fill my bank account, and after i went through most liekly not even 3 million yet I'd start donating I guess. holding that much cash makes you a good target.
I payed a dollar for a few hours of excitement and suspense. Did I win? Nope. Was the thrill of being a potential millionaire worth a dollar? I'd say so. At least you can compare how close you were with most anyone else, and strike up a fun little conversation.
The odds are something like 1 in 176,000,000. Statistically more likely to get struck by lightning, something my dad has experienced, and yet he's been playing the lottery for years with no jackpots under his belt.
Really, though, I'd almost be afraid to win that much money. There's a lot of desperate people out there, and your name and address are public records...
The odds are something like 1 in 176,000,000. Statistically more likely to get struck by lightning, something my dad has experienced, and yet he's been playing the lottery for years with no jackpots under his belt.
Really, though, I'd almost be afraid to win that much money. There's a lot of desperate people out there, and your name and address are public records...
UPDATE: According to the Associated Press and a spokesperson for the Maryland Lotto Comission, A winning ticket was sold in Baltimore County.
The funny thing is, you have far less chance of winning thanks to the craze surrounding it. You'd be far better going for a "low" jackpot (around 10-30 mil). It's still a retarded amount of money, but you have tenfold the chance of striking rich. Still abysmal odds, though.
I was hearing a lot of things about it on Facebook tonight and I was honestly wondering what all the fuss was about. Now that I know, I kind of wish that I'd bought a ticket. I've never bought one before, but you know. You never know. I know the odds are ridiculously against me, but it's a risk, a gamble, and that's what it's all a bout. I don't mind spending a couple of bucks to say that I tried.
Apparently Canadians can play in this lottery. And some did make the drive across the border. But from where it says the wining ticket was sold no one from here did. Still the lucky person who won. I really hope you give back to your community, than flee into the night cause A LOT of people are hating your guts right now.
I don't play, you are more likely to get a girl pregnant while she is on the pill and you are wearing a condom then winning. Those chances are so low its not really even fun.
Though if I did win something like that I would through a million at the Wasteland 2 dev team, find a good charity for a couple mill, pay off my student loans, buy a house and a car, and invest most of the rest.
Though if I did win something like that I would through a million at the Wasteland 2 dev team, find a good charity for a couple mill, pay off my student loans, buy a house and a car, and invest most of the rest.
If you buy because you think its fun than thats fine your paying for entertainment, but if you are buying because you think you have a chance then yeah your ether stupid or really bad at math. Acknowledging this does not make you a douche and you should settle down they made a joke everyone I know calls it a stupidity tax or a tax for people that are bad at math even the people who play.fenrizz said:
CNN's news feed on facebook says the winning ticket was sold in Baltimore County...I assume and hope they're talking about Maryland because that's where my Gammy lives. I don't know if she got any tickets but if anyone could use the money it's her. I didn't buy any tickets personally though...I probably should have because hey, peer pressure. The thing is though, I thought about something while fantasizing about the mega millions...my family. I haven't seen a majority of Dad's side in years (being literal) and know if I won I would be getting all kinds of calls and, visits from my fair-weather family.
I'm just going to continue hoping Gam hit and doesn't know it yet because if she actually hit and she knew it we would have got a call by now.
I'm just going to continue hoping Gam hit and doesn't know it yet because if she actually hit and she knew it we would have got a call by now.
I'm not an excitingly lucky person and I don't like to gamble. I don't really see a reason in playing the lottery. I always feel better when your chances of winning aren't based solely on a random draw.
If I won, I'd pay off my loans and probably buy a bunch of expensive stupid junk before donate a bunch of it, (my church has been building their new building for like a decade, time to finish it), and probably sitting on the rest to help supplement my income with interest for the rest of my days.
If I won, I'd pay off my loans and probably buy a bunch of expensive stupid junk before donate a bunch of it, (my church has been building their new building for like a decade, time to finish it), and probably sitting on the rest to help supplement my income with interest for the rest of my days.
I bought one. I'm not normally one for this sort of thing, but it was just so big this time out. I mean, heck, you never know. Someone's got to win it, and hey, if it's not me, at least the money I spent on the ticket went toward funding the Hope Scholarship.