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Only time I ever play is when it exceeds $500m I toss $20 into the stupidity Don't play can't win and sometimes lightening does strike three times Annually it's about a $40-60 dream. Less than a night out seeing great music Why not ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Live today as if it may be your last and learn today as if you will live forever | |||
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Drill Here, Drill Now |
Because I've always wanted to own a home that: Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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| Woke up today.. Great day! |
I usually buy a ticket when it gets over 200M. Just one ticket. Your odds don't go up appreciably from there  Never win jack. never plan on winning jack. But I like to dream like everybody else. I'd take the lump sum, no telling what will happen in the future. I'd pay off all my family and friends debt. Blow a chunk of it over a couple years. Invest the rest in low risk and nothing foolish. | |||
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| The Whack-Job Whisperer  |
Because hope springs eternal. Regards 18DAI 7+1 Rounds of hope and change | |||
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Republican in training |
I get a few when it's rather large. Why the hell not?! Someone's gonna win it. I might briefly think of the firearm collection I would have, or the Porsche's, '65 Chevy pickups, various homes scattered over the globe. I don't get too excited though... -------------------- I like Sigs and HK's, and maybe Glocks | |||
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I sometimes play when the jackpot is high but it's pretty much a waste of money. From what I've seen only complete idiots with a host of bad habits, poor life choices and absolutely no ability to manage their finances ever win. They're either dead or dead broke within 5 years. No one's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session.- Mark Twain | |||
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| A day late, and a dollar short  |
Fun dream for just a couple bucks! ____________________________ NRA Life Member, Annual Member GOA, MGO Annual Member | |||
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It's entertainment. Note that it is only $2 worth of entertainment but worth the admission price. If I win...great bonus! T-Boy | |||
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Lottery gives you a 1 in 200 million chance of not going to work tomorrow. Bourbon gives you a 1 in 5. | |||
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For the fun of it, also for a short time I get to dream about what if and somebody will win why not me. | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
A guy your age needs more than $1mm to retire. I play because when it gets big, someone at the office organizes a pool. If I had to actually buy the tickets, I wouldn't. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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Can't win if I n't play. It's a couple bucks. I spend less on lotto tickets than many people spend on their daily coffee, cigarettes, or happy hour. | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive.  |
Bofus. Honestly, if I hit the powerball I'm buying 9 full sections / 9 square miles of contiguous mountainous land out west, *just* on grid. I might even build a moat. | |||
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| Good enough is neither good, nor enough |
2 dollars lets me dream. Fun to think about what I would do with it. There are 3 kinds of people, those that understand numbers and those that don't. | |||
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^ This. It's fun. "I'd build my own race track, 21 turns, only one straight, 3.3 mile circuit. Friends only, f mouf breathers" $10 a year max. I only play blue moon style. Those very few weeks are fun and I dream again for a day or so. What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone | |||
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I would rather win the little $37M Mega Millions the same week someone won the $700M Powerball. They would get all the publicity and headaches and I wouldn't even be a blip on the radar. | |||
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If the winning number were sold where I live,and I had not at least bought one ticket............. _________________________ "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain | |||
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| Raised Hands Surround Us Three Nails To Protect Us  |
Correct. I am factoring in my pension and our 457s. 1 million would allow us to live in the fashion we are now just my wife would no longer work. Winning 1 million would allow it. No debt and kids schooling paid off. Invest the rest. I would retire in 4 years get my pension, family health care as part of the pension, plus our 457s. We would be able to live as we do now without issue. ———————————————— The world's not perfect, but it's not that bad. If we got each other, and that's all we have. I will be your brother, and I'll hold your hand. You should know I'll be there for you! | |||
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Oriental Redneck |
The standard answer, "You can't win if you don't play". That's how they sucker me into playing every time the jackpot gets insanely big...  Q | |||
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$443M lump sum, 25% fed tax, 6% state in Georgia. I figure $305M in take home. Nevertheless, couple o bucks for cheap entertainment. -- I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. JALLEN 10/18/18 https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...610094844#7610094844 | |||
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