nobody won lol.....unreal
was a lot more fun than me shooting it off on acr
good game pfa lotto pros
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nobody won lol.....unreal
was a lot more fun than me shooting it off on acr
good game pfa lotto pros
cant win if you don't play!
FiveThirtyEight nails it again! From this past July:Quote:
Originally Posted by Forum Wars
Wow. (Even the taxes/lump sum shouldn't make a difference now...not like they did at $900mm either, but c'mon!)...and agree with BnP...this is going higher than $1.3B (Fever Alert)....Quote:
Originally Posted by BeerAndPoker
New Powerball Odds Could Give America Its First Billion-Dollar Jackpot
By WALT HICKEY
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/...ollar-jackpot/
But I bet even the author of the article is surprised it only took 6 months.
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Based on a basic model I built that simulates Powerball jackpots over the next five years of play, the odds change makes a huge, huge difference. Under the old (1 in 175,223,510) odds, there was a billion-dollar lottery in only 8.5 percent of the simulated five-year periods. But under the new (1 in 292,201,338) odds, there was a billion-dollar lottery in 63.4 percent of the simulated five-year periods.
Would take the 1.3 billion over the 20 years so I don't busto it all within 5 years. That's presuming the payments wouldn't stop if I died.
1.3 billion also sounds like a challenge for the greatest con artists on earth to somehow get that draw rigged.
You don't rig the draw, you strong-arm the winner whitey bulger-style.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord of the Fraud
Quote:
Originally Posted by Crowe DiddlyYou don't rig the draw, you strong-arm the winner whitey bulger-style.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord of the Fraud
Had to google wtf you were on about, but it led me to a film called Black Mass, which is auto stored on my tivo box. Rated highly on imdb. Shall give it a whirl later.
$1.4 billion now.....but the lottery's RNG might also be rigged but we'll all keep buying tickets b/c #whynot
Jackpot-fixing scandal isn't stopping Powerball's success; watchdog calls astronomical $1.4 billion prize a 'scam'
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...3237?cid=bitlyQuote:
Most players, instead of choosing their own numbers, buy "Quick Pick" tickets that feature randomly generated numbers.
Those tickets are often duplicated, meaning lottery players are receiving the same losing numbers as players in other states, Nettles said.
"This is a scam," Nettles said. "With the odds being what they are, it's a scam."
So I just looked at my powerball ticket from Saturday, I hit the powerball only.. $12.
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Originally Posted by Shizzmoney
MP3 file: http://k003.kiwi6.com/hotlink/h6s57wib1v/scam.mp3
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Win the lottery for even $500k in a black neighborhood and you better fear for your life.
http://www.walb.com/story/31020589/r...-home-invasion