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So your saying there's a chance!
« on: January 12, 2016, 04:18:42 PM »

Offline arctic 3.0

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Had a funny thought when buying a powerball ticket (admit it, you bought one to)

If we miss the playoffs we have a better chance of winning the draft lotteries top TWO picks than I do of winning the powerball jackpot.

So there's that....

Re: So your saying there's a chance!
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2016, 05:06:49 PM »

Offline Quetzalcoatl

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For those of you out to play the lottery, please do it responsibly.  Here is a simulator you can use to see how crazy the odds are.

http://graphics.latimes.com/powerball-simulator/

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« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2016, 05:14:17 PM »

Offline bdm860

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Look on the brightside, you have a better chance of winning the Powerball than one of the top prizes in McDonalds Monopoly game.  From their 2014 game:

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BROWN: Mediterranean Ave, odds 1 in 30 million wins $1,000.
LIGHT BLUE: Vermont Ave, odds 1 in 40 million, wins $5,000.
PINK: Virginia Ave, odds 1 in 200 million, wins $10,000
ORANGE: Tennessee Ave, odds 1 in 602 million, wins Super Bowl tickets.
RED: Kentucky Ave, odds 1 in 15 million, wins one of 40 plane tickets for two.
YELLOW: Ventnor Ave, odds 1 in 300 million, wins $20,000
GREEN: Pennsylvania Ave, odds 1 in 40 million, wins one of 15 Fiat cars.
BLUE: Boardwalk, 1 in 602 million, wins $1,000,000 in $50,000 annual payments.
RAILROADS: Short Line railroad, 1 in 150 million, wins a year's supply of gas.



For those of you out to play the lottery, please do it responsibly.  Here is a simulator you can use to see how crazy the odds are.

http://graphics.latimes.com/powerball-simulator/

Oh ya, I hear you loud and clear.


After 18 months with their Bigs, the Littles were: 46% less likely to use illegal drugs, 27% less likely to use alcohol, 52% less likely to skip school, 37% less likely to skip a class

Re: So your saying there's a chance!
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2016, 05:18:46 PM »

Offline PhoSita

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You could buy a Powerball ticket, or you could go outside on a sunny day and wait around to get hit by lightning.
You’ll have to excuse my lengthiness—the reason I dread writing letters is because I am so apt to get to slinging wisdom & forget to let up. Thus much precious time is lost.
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Re: So your saying there's a chance!
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2016, 06:27:08 PM »

Offline rocknrollforyoursoul

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I thought the thread title referred to our odds of beating the Knicks tonight.
"There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'"

"You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body."

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Re: So your saying there's a chance!
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2016, 11:08:39 AM »

Offline arctic 3.0

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Odds of two lotto pics and the possibility of landing both the 1st and 2nd pick are improving in relation to the odds I win the powerball.
Guess that's a good thing :)