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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI beat the Lotto odds!
I played the Powerball AND the megamillion and I didn't get one number. NOT ONE NUMBER, from either lotto.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)MiniMe
(21,719 posts)I hit a few numbers on megamillions, but not in a way that I won anything. Nobody won Megamillions, I think the next drawing which I think will be Tuesday will by 1.6 billion
CrispyQ
(36,537 posts)OTOH, you can't win if you don't play.
1.6 billion
Rorey
(8,445 posts)I have never bought more than one ticket. If I'm destined to win, that's all I need. I don't buy for every drawing. In fact, I usually don't play. I'll buy a chance at the $1.6 billion. Dreaming about what I'd do with the winnings is entertaining enough to be worth the $3.
red dog 1
(27,872 posts)I thought it was $2
I never really read what that megaplier thing that costs an extra dollar is. I think I'll stop getting it.
red dog 1
(27,872 posts)I don't think we have that in CA
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Thus, if you won "only" the million $$ prize with a megaplier of 5, you'd actually win $5M. The megaplier number is separate from the MegaMillions number, but drawn at the same time.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,908 posts)I dropped in to see my calculus teacher at his office at the junior college. I noticed a lottery ticket on his desk, and knowing that math teachers NEVER buy lottery tickets, asked him about it. He'd bought it to demonstrate to his statistics class that the chance of getting even one number was quite low. To his disgust (and he really was annoyed) he'd actually gotten one or two numbers on the ticket. I shudder to think how upset he'd have been had he won.
calguy
(5,335 posts)Picking what? 5 numbers out of 70? PLUS you have to hit the power ball number? That's what? 1 out of 20 numbers? No thanks.