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How many Mega Millions tickets did you buy for 7/29 $1.3b drawing? (2 Viewers)

How Many tickets did you buy?

  • 0

    Votes: 47 41.6%

  • 1-5

    Votes: 33 29.2%

  • 6-10

    Votes: 20 17.7%

  • 11-20

    Votes: 8 7.1%

  • 20-50

    Votes: 4 3.5%

  • 51-100

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 100+

    Votes: 1 0.9%
  • Total voters
    113
Someone in the office setup a pool and bought some (Alabama is one of only 5 states that don't have the lottery). I only bought in due to fear of everyone else winning and leaving me alone :D.  With the number of people we have, after lump sum and taxes we are only going to take home $16 million. 

 
Corporation said:
Someone in the office setup a pool and bought some (Alabama is one of only 5 states that don't have the lottery). I only bought in due to fear of everyone else winning and leaving me alone :D.  With the number of people we have, after lump sum and taxes we are only going to take home $16 million. 
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I used to be the guy that ran the office pool.  Made everyone sign a form and everything. Always capped it at 12.  Split anymore than that and it becomes a job.

 
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Not sure how to answer. I bought $10 worth of plays, which is 5 number lines, and they are on one ticket. I did not win.

 
Uruk-Hai said:
Not sure how to answer. I bought $10 worth of plays, which is 5 number lines, and they are on one ticket. I did not win.
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I would answer 5 in that case. Perhaps chances vs tickets would be better terminology for the above circumstance.

I bought zero. I was thinking about buying one with my coffee refill but the cashier indicated my refill was on the house today.

 
Now that Wawa has the automated machines that don't give change, I'll get $10 or $20 worth pending on what cash I have in my wallet 

 
Every night I pray to win the lottery to no avail. One of these days I'm going to try to help the cause by actually buying a ticket.

 
single ticket winner in Illinois

Chris B. said:
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The lottery is for suckers.
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There are a lot of people throwing money away on hopes and dreams.  My father owned a beverage store when I was young and I used to work for him in the summers/Saturdays.  I was dumbfounded at the number of people throwing stacks of cash at the lottery on a daily basis.  This was way back before the "Mega Millions" type stuff even existed...just the basic 3 digit, state level lottery.  They would come in with handwritten pages and pages of numbers to play.  After 15 minutes of typing their numbers into the lottery machine, they would stand around for another 10 minutes thinking up more combinations to play.  I would say something sarcastic like "hey you forgot about 723".   There was typically a reply along the lines of "Awww #####.  Now you done it.  I know it gonna hit.  Give it to me for $1 straight...and box it for $1".   Sure, some have disposable income and don't really care about throwing away a few bucks here and there.  But our store was in a rather low income area.  These same people would be scraping change together to buy their 40's or a six pack.  My dad used to let people run tabs for the beverage side of the store.  On payday, they would come in pay there tab and throw the rest of their check into the lottery.  And the cycle would continue.  Not sure how some of those people managed to get through day to day expenses.

 
Would have bought 5 or 10 tickets but we live in a state that doesn’t sell. So we’d have to drive half an hour round trip to pick some up. Such an inconvenience for a measly billion. I sometimes buy some when traveling but have yet to make an extra trip to do so. 

 
I kicked in a $20 so 10 plays, think I won $6. Like some, I don’t normally play but will buy a ticket for these ridiculous jackpots.

 
Chris B. said:
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The lottery is for suckers.
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Osaurus said:
None for me. I pick up change off the ground when I find it if that tells you anything about me. 
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Galileo said:
single ticket winner in Illinois

There are a lot of people throwing money away on hopes and dreams.  My father owned a beverage store when I was young and I used to work for him in the summers/Saturdays.  I was dumbfounded at the number of people throwing stacks of cash at the lottery on a daily basis.  This was way back before the "Mega Millions" type stuff even existed...just the basic 3 digit, state level lottery.  They would come in with handwritten pages and pages of numbers to play.  After 15 minutes of typing their numbers into the lottery machine, they would stand around for another 10 minutes thinking up more combinations to play.  I would say something sarcastic like "hey you forgot about 723".   There was typically a reply along the lines of "Awww #####.  Now you done it.  I know it gonna hit.  Give it to me for $1 straight...and box it for $1".   Sure, some have disposable income and don't really care about throwing away a few bucks here and there.  But our store was in a rather low income area.  These same people would be scraping change together to buy their 40's or a six pack.  My dad used to let people run tabs for the beverage side of the store.  On payday, they would come in pay there tab and throw the rest of their check into the lottery.  And the cycle would continue.  Not sure how some of those people managed to get through day to day expenses.
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In general buying lottery tickets is a losing proposition and shouldn't be done.  However when the value gets to these levels buying a chance is worth it.  Spending 100's of dollars is a bad idea but your chances go up infinitely from not buying a ticket to buying a ticket.

I only buy a ticket if/when the jackpot gets to these levels.  I figure if I win it will only be once so might as well wait for the big one.  

 
Gally said:
In general buying lottery tickets is a losing proposition and shouldn't be done.  However when the value gets to these levels buying a chance is worth it.  Spending 100's of dollars is a bad idea but your chances go up infinitely from not buying a ticket to buying a ticket.

I only buy a ticket if/when the jackpot gets to these levels.  I figure if I win it will only be once so might as well wait for the big one.  
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This has always been my take. A roommate disagreed with years ago and he made a good point. When talking about Mega millions the jackpot is always so large that the added money even if hundreds of millions doesn't really matter much. It is a good way to not spend much on the lottery though.

 
I’ve always told my wife that wiping your ### with the dollar you spend on a lottery ticket is a better way to use that buck. 

But I’ve always joined every office pool because I will not be the only guy who has to show up for work the next day. 

 
I've always been fascinated by the "its a waste of money" crowd.  So what? If I have $10 and buy a few days to dream/hope/wish then so be it.  Now the dude that can't buy groceries for his kids but spends his last fiver on tickets instead of milk?  That's different.  But at $10 for 1 BILLION? Let a dude dream. 

 
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But really because I didn't know it was that big. Might have spent a couple of bucks had I known.

 
Scoresman said:
I’ve always told my wife that wiping your ### with the dollar you spend on a lottery ticket is a better way to use that buck. 

But I’ve always joined every office pool because I will not be the only guy who has to show up for work the next day. 
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But at work you would at least have all that extra free toilet paper. 

 
The dumb thing about the lottery is when people only play when the jackpot is huge. As if $1MM or $100MM isn't worth blowing your non-existent luck on. But $500MM+? Sure... that's a couple bucks well spent, c'mon people...

 
SpurrierisisGod said:
I've always been fascinated by the "its a waste of money" crowd.  So what? If I have $10 and buy a few days to dream/hope/wish then so be it.  Now the dude that can't buy groceries for his kids but spends his last fiver on tickets instead of milk?  That's different.  But at $10 for 1 BILLION? Let a dude dream. 
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Nobody's telling you not to play... We're telling you something entirely different.

 
1.6 billion Powerball jackpot tonight.

Got in an online pool with 400+ other people. They collected over $23k and bought 11,852 tickets, which makes our chances of winning the jackpot 1 in 24,654.

With my $5 contribution, if we are the sole winners of the jackpot, I'll win .0002% of it, which is around $85k.

Wanna see what almost 12,000 quick picks looks like? Keep in mind, each ticket has 5 sets of numbers.

 
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Nobody won the jackpot Saturday. $1.9B for Monday's drawing.

Odds increase infinitely going from no tickets to one ticket, so count me in for $2.
 
I bought two for the Powerball, the first I bought for this particular jackpot cycle. I got two numbers, missed the other three numbers by one or two, and missed the Powerball by 4. Far and away as close as I have ever been to a winning ticket. I'd rather be not close as I don't lament not winning that way.
 
The Powerball pool I'm in got even bigger for tonight's drawing.

email from the guy running the pool:

We collected $26,148 from 510 people for tonight's $1.9 bil Powerball drawing, buying 13,074 tickets.


Dats a lotta tickets!
 
Did someone win? I am waiting to check my ticket until I know whether I have a shot at being the winner or not.
 
Wingnut said:
1.6 billion Powerball jackpot tonight.

Got in an online pool with 400+ other people. They collected over $23k and bought 11,852 tickets, which makes our chances of winning the jackpot 1 in 24,654.

With my $5 contribution, if we are the sole winners of the jackpot, I'll win .0002% of it, which is around $85k.

Wanna see what almost 12,000 quick picks looks like? Keep in mind, each ticket has 5 sets of numbers.

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How do you figure out how much was won from a set of tickets that large. If I buy a single ticket, I can just compare it to the winning numbers. With 12,000 tickets?
 
Van Dyman said:
Wingnut said:
1.6 billion Powerball jackpot tonight.

Got in an online pool with 400+ other people. They collected over $23k and bought 11,852 tickets, which makes our chances of winning the jackpot 1 in 24,654.

With my $5 contribution, if we are the sole winners of the jackpot, I'll win .0002% of it, which is around $85k.

Wanna see what almost 12,000 quick picks looks like? Keep in mind, each ticket has 5 sets of numbers.

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How do you figure out how much was won from a set of tickets that large. If I buy a single ticket, I can just compare it to the winning numbers. With 12,000 tickets?
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Scan the bar code
 
Van Dyman said:
Wingnut said:
1.6 billion Powerball jackpot tonight.

Got in an online pool with 400+ other people. They collected over $23k and bought 11,852 tickets, which makes our chances of winning the jackpot 1 in 24,654.

With my $5 contribution, if we are the sole winners of the jackpot, I'll win .0002% of it, which is around $85k.

Wanna see what almost 12,000 quick picks looks like? Keep in mind, each ticket has 5 sets of numbers.

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How do you figure out how much was won from a set of tickets that large. If I buy a single ticket, I can just compare it to the winning numbers. With 12,000 tickets?
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Each ticket is scanned, the guy and his wife does it. It's "only" 2600 tickets since there's 5 sets of numbers per ticket. Still a lot though
 
Zegras11 said:
There is a group of poker pros run by Shawn Deeb that bought 100k worth of tickets.
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Pretty good story went around a few years back about the consortiums that beat the lottery. Figured out exactly what combinations of numbers to buy so that they always have at least 5 numbers right (one ticket of six numbers covers six different 5-number combinations, for example). Then they hit hard the "mandatory payout" state lotteries (in some states, if no one has won the lotto after, say, 10 draws, on the 11th if no one gets six-of-six, the jackpot pays out to everyone who hit five-of-six). It's possible, in those limited cases, to buy enough tickets (100,000+ of course) to cover all the possible combos and guarantee you'll hit and get the jackpot and turn a profit.

Then the problem is a second and third group of investors figured this out and ended up splitting the pots with each other and cutting the margins a lot. Not sure if it's still a going concern.


Still like the idea, though. Almost as much as the guy who figured out which scratchers are winners just by looking at them, no need to scratch.
 
HaFo SaFo said:
Van Dyman said:
Wingnut said:
1.6 billion Powerball jackpot tonight.

Got in an online pool with 400+ other people. They collected over $23k and bought 11,852 tickets, which makes our chances of winning the jackpot 1 in 24,654.

With my $5 contribution, if we are the sole winners of the jackpot, I'll win .0002% of it, which is around $85k.

Wanna see what almost 12,000 quick picks looks like? Keep in mind, each ticket has 5 sets of numbers.

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How do you figure out how much was won from a set of tickets that large. If I buy a single ticket, I can just compare it to the winning numbers. With 12,000 tickets?
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Scan the bar code
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There is a Michigan Lottery App that I have on my phone that will scan the barcode and show me how much I (didn't) win...
 
The fx is in.

They reported no jackpot winners all morning and now a CA ticket is the sole winner after CA is what caused the delay? Riiiight.
 
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