Especially me.

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Just shows how low the odds are. I’ve never bought a lottery ticket in my life, so I guess I could never win.

Went to buy a ticket, got there 12 minutes too late.
We only play when it's over 1B. What's $2 in that case?

Thanks for ruining my morning.

You can't lose if you don't play.

Yesterday my wife told me she bought the winning ticket. I just smiled.

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Originally posted by P250UA5:
Went to buy a ticket, got there 12 minutes too late.
We only play when it's over 1B. What's $2 in that case?

$2 lost.

No one.

I'll never win. I haven't bought any kind of lottery ticket in at least thirty years.

You mean you’re not gonna buy me a new Governor. What the heck bendable, I was kinda counting on it for Christmas.
Merry Christmas anyway bendable!

I’m in a $5 pool at work and I get a “few” in my travels so I’m guessing I’m in for over $20+ a week. So far I won $11 which went right back in for more tickets. You also can’t win if you don’t play. Someone has to win, why not me !!

On the bright side,
At my age , I am no where near capable of managing
The headaches, turmoil and
problems that come with the money.

Every time there's a lottery drawing, and they announce that there were no winners, I won $10 bucks, since I didn’t play.

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You also can’t win if you don’t play.

This is false logic. Buying a ticket does not meaningfully change the odds of winning. Whether you buy a ticket or not, the odds are so close to zero that it makes no difference.

OTOH, every time you don't buy a ticket there is that much more money in your pocket. Some people might see that as a win.

There are all kinds of banks offering 3.5-4.5% APY on savings accounts, FDIC insured, no minimum needed to open. Just saying.

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Originally posted by architect:
OTOH, every time you don't buy a ticket there is that much more money in your pocket. Some people might see that as a win.

May I "disagree on a technicality?" There's not that much more money in your pocket, it's that those dollars simply didn't leave your pocket.

Beyond that, I'll agree that it's still a win.

I've only played a few times, but it's certain that I've spent more than I've brought in.

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Originally posted by sourdough44:
Just shows how low the odds are. I’ve never bought a lottery ticket in my life, so I guess I could never win.

The odds of getting struck by lightening are 1 in 15,300. The odds of getting struck by lightening twice in a lifetime are 1 in 9 million.

That shows what long odds are, viz. a virtual impossibility.

The odds of winning powerball are 1 in 300 million.

In my finite math class at Cal State the teacher talked about the cali lottery. IIRC, the odds were 1 in 14 million. Again, virtually impossible. Yet, he confessed, he played every week. Ironic.

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Originally posted by egregore:
There are all kinds of banks offering 3.5-4.5% APY on savings accounts

Show me a bank offering 4.5% on a standard savings account.

^^^ We can quibble about the exact amount or the semantics of standard vs. high yield , but they are out there. I have one myself.