The lottery is now at $900 million and by the next drawing could be $1 billion. Cash value will between $500 and $600 million. Odds of winning are 1 in 302 million.

Get One! Don�t be left out.

Can't win if you don't play!

Statistically, you�re more likely to be eaten whole by a great white shark. Not bitten...eaten whole. And some people have never even seen an ocean.

Thank you

Some idiot always wins. Why not this one?

The pot odds are actually about right. 600 million/ 302 Million, right about 2 bucks. Statistically it's actually worth it to buy a ticket. (Where this logic falls apart a bit is that there can be more than one winner). In any case, from a purely mathematical point of view, this is about as close to "making sense" as you'll see in playing the lottery.

I hit 3 out of six digits last night, my retirement plan is working. Woot.

I guess the odds are determined by the finite number of combination available. Since most people by generated numbers and if they sell 600 million tickets the odds are the same number being generated twice would double and the wild card is that someone could actually select the numbers. I think I read that the largest pot ever was 1.6 Billion.

Everything aforementioned above is pure goobledegook.

If you buy a lottery ticket you have a chance of winning.
If you don't you have no chance

Is this the official mega millions thread? Or is curt�s the official?

I was there first.

This one is because the numbers and odds were included the original is just a lazy attempt at PC.

Me and some buddies bought $280 worth of tickets last night. Won $12. Let it ride!

Just bought 15 lines.. Cashed a little on the last drawing, had the Power ball and 2 numbers.

I would keep 40 million, and give the rest away. I'll have the greatest prize pack giveaway ever. It'll be huge.

If I win I an going to start a PAC called RickS for HIllary.

One of my golfing buddies, he's from Joisy, say once the number reaches a certain point the mafia has a program they use and win it. I would think 900 million would be that number. I spent $2, if I win I hope that don't find out.

I like you Rick, do you like me ?

Don�t forget who taught happy Gilmore everything he knows about the landscape industry.

I've played the last 2 Mega drawings. Spent $4 combined and have gotten a total of 0 numbers.

That is a good number.

I could buy that boat with quad seven marines.

Not me. I'm pretty positive I could screw up enough to lose 40 million. It would be much more challenging to try blowing the full amount.

When is the drawing and how do you play?

Friday

Take $2 and throw it away, then scribble some numbers and letters on a napkin. Fantasize about spending the money for a few hours. Check your napkin against winning numbers after the drawing. Throw napkin away.

I've always wondered how much it would cost to get every # combination possible

Technically it�s possible for $302,000,000.00. The risk you run is that they issue the winning number one or more times or somebody randomly selects the winning numbers. Since the numbers are bought with tax paid dollars and the winnings are in taxable dollars, it doesn�t seem as a good plan.

Sounds fun. I see what all the excitement is about.

Friday. Drop $2 on the counter, tell them you want a quick pick and that way if you lose you blame it on whoever sold you the ticket. Here's a tip, check the date on the ticket. Some unscrupulous people will sell you THEIR losing ticket from the last drawing. Yeah they're out there.

Got 3 quick picks yesterday. Cost $15
Won $10
Considering overall gambling.....boats, lottery, Church cake walks....
I�m down a few hundred.

there is a group from Australia that can win it, like that
but
they play lotto
not any game with a bonus ball

This is exactly it. Once or twice a year I actually think it's a good value for 2 bucks. I can day dream about what I'd do with the winnings for a few hours. Much cheaper than most other forms of entertainment.

It is now mega billions.

Getting close it is now $970 million. The other one is only $440 million. Meh, pocket change.

Let us know when you are planning a trip to the ocean so I can put $2 on the shark. In the meantime, I will put $2 into the lottery.

small price to pay for me to daydream for a few days about the ranch I would buy and the way I would quit my day job. heck, with that jackpot we could start buying the good bologna.

Got the office pool started up today. Big bucks no whammies!

Just bought 6 tickets from 6 different stores owned by 6 different nationalities. Got to be some luck in those selections somehow.

Are they all for this Friday or last Friday ?

I high rolled and bought the $3 tickets.

Good call! PL needs to improve reading comprehension skills. I said �you�re� more likely - not �I�m� more likely. To switch from betting on the lottery, to betting that a great white shark eats him (PowerLizard) whole, simply because I go to the ocean is illogical.

Note: If he�ll up his shark eating him whole bet up to $10,000, I will take his bet and head to the ocean come daylight tomorrow.

Absolute logic right there!

Hells bells, never thought of the nationality thing.

Morbid curiosity got the better of me, so I ran a couple of income tax calculators.

After estimated income taxes, the cash value payout would be about $450 million. Yeah, I think I could find a way to be happy on that kind of money.

Step #1 is that nobody would ever know that I won it - that would ensure happiness by deterring the parasites who would otherwise come out of the woodwork.

I would consider visiting the TFF Home Office to see if there�s a sponsorship level that would ensure one particular person could never post here again.

I can't be stopped

You I would put on salary to ensure you keep posting!

Step #1 is that nobody would ever know that I won it - that would ensure happiness by deterring the parasites who would otherwise come out of the woodwork.

Good luck with that. All those new cars and houses your kids get would let the cat outta the bag. You could move to Beverly Hills though and nobody would care. Just imagine living next door to Kanye West.

Nah. All the new stuff will be attributed to my law & real estate businesses. And if I ever have kids, I ain't telling them about no lottery winnings. They might decide that I'm worth more dead than alive!!

Ha, there's a joke about that.
A young man was courting a knocked out girl and was trying to get her to marry him by telling her that his father was a multi millionaire and was very ill. His mother had passed a few years back and he was a only child. Couple weeks later that girl became his step mother.

It�s official the pot has hit 1 BILLION dollars.

I already got my ticket. I was afraid they might run out. If ya'll don't hear from me for a couple of days don't worry, I'm prolly in Costa Rica fishing for blue marlin.