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PowerballŪ Poll ll
| Yes | 7 votes |
| No | 8 votes |
| Still not sure what PowerballŪ is | 1 votes |
| d'Kong76 Jan 13 2016 10:38 AM |
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Another day, another couple hundred million more...
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| Ceetar Jan 13 2016 11:03 AM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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we won $4 (which was actually _less_ than expected probability would give us) at the office, so in for a penny, in for a pound..
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| El Segundo Escupidor Jan 13 2016 03:20 PM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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30% withholding tax for non-US residents. Pfffft. Is Trump Prezzie already?
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| themetfairy Jan 13 2016 03:57 PM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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Even Matt Harvey is in on Powerball Fever -
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| d'Kong76 Jan 13 2016 04:00 PM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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Wake and bake, buy lottery tickets...
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| Ceetar Jan 13 2016 04:01 PM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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I don't think Matt Harvey winning Powerball endears him to Mets fans.
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| themetfairy Jan 13 2016 04:04 PM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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It may not be endearing, but I find it amusing.
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| d'Kong76 Jan 13 2016 04:10 PM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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Notice he's got his numbers covered, so people won't tweet them...
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| Benjamin Grimm Jan 13 2016 05:38 PM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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I figure the odds of my winning are the same whether or not I buy any tickets, so I'm not buying any tickets. It's much less effort to just flush a twenty dollar bill down the toilet.
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| metsmarathon Jan 13 2016 09:57 PM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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For the low cost of a half a latte, you have infinitely greater chance of winning by purchasing a single ticket than you do if you buy none.
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| Frayed Knot Jan 13 2016 10:10 PM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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That's true, to the extent that a 0.00000034% chance is infinitely better than 0.00%
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| themetfairy Jan 13 2016 10:13 PM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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All you need is a dollar and a dream.
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| Ceetar Jan 14 2016 08:51 AM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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$8. boom. split 13 ways though..shit.
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| Ceetar Jan 14 2016 11:44 AM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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drawing's only $40 million Saturday. Not even worth my time clearly.
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| Ashie62 Jan 14 2016 12:21 PM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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Lottery is the poor mans tax.
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| cooby classic Jan 14 2016 12:25 PM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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wait I meant to vote yes.
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| d'Kong76 Jan 14 2016 01:26 PM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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Additional tax on the gullible and misinformed. I find it entertaining from time to time... it's a couple of freakin' dollars. We piss money away every day on things we can do without...
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| Ceetar Jan 14 2016 01:32 PM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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Taxes are good things. They help make a useful society.
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| RealityChuck Jan 14 2016 01:41 PM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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It didn't make any difference. I don't play the lottery.
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| d'Kong76 Jan 14 2016 01:48 PM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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The anti-lottery sect is just as interesting to me as the nut jobs you
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| Ceetar Jan 14 2016 01:53 PM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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TV! right! I was supposed to buy a third (along with a matching elliptical) thanks for reminding me. That's sorta morphed into a "Oh, I don't have cable." brag these days.
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| Vic Sage Jan 20 2016 02:41 PM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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This is incorrect, and i'm surprised to see this from such a qualified math guy as MM. The odds of winning the powerball lottery are soooooo ridiculously long, that the difference in one's chances to win between buying a ticket and NOT buying a ticket are NOT infinite... they are infinitesimal. After all, you might find a ticket in the street, or someone might give you one as a gift, or you might steal one from a 7-11. Your chances of that happening (and you winning as a result) are nearly the same... hundreds of billions to 1. of course, if it gives you pleasure to buy a ticket and dream, then go for it. why not? Except if you can't really afford it and your buy 100 tickets. That's when Lottery = poor man's tax, indeed. I can't believe i agree with Ashie. I don't think it has ever happened before.
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| Ceetar Jan 20 2016 02:44 PM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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meanwhile people think Draft Kings should be illegal.
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| Edgy MD Jan 20 2016 03:12 PM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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Wait... you have three TVs just show you can watch Different Strokes? Who even shows that anymore? I mean yeah, once in a while you get cute, young Janet Jackson, but still. I mean, I can see getting three TVs if somebody was running The Greatest American Hero. That show was awesome.
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| d'Kong76 Jan 20 2016 06:33 PM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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There's a lot of channels now, I forget which one but I've seen Different
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| themetfairy Jan 20 2016 07:14 PM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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| d'Kong76 Jan 20 2016 07:20 PM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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Doesn't look at all familiar, don't even remember commercials for it.
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| Rockin' Doc Jan 23 2016 04:32 PM Re: PowerballŪ Poll ll |
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Kong is correct. A young Janet Jackson appeared of Good Times late in the shows run.
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