Lottery Fever!

[clean hairy]

Do the chances of multiple winners increase with so many tickets being sold?
What might a person win if they only matched 3 or 4 of the numbers?

 

[rod]

Would they cash that 1.4 billion dollar check at Walmart?

but they always so the winner holding that great big cardboard check

 

[oldngray]

I plan on cashing mine at my bank in Nigeria.

 

[rod]

Do the chances of multiple winners increase with so many tickets being sold?
What might a person win if they only matched 3 or 4 of the numbers?

If you buy all possible number combinations (something like 500 million different ones) you are guaranteed to be a winner. (before taxes and if there aren't multiple winners.

 

[Retiree]

There are 292 million combinations. One line is $2 so it would cost almost $584 million to cover every possible combination. According to a newspaper article, the last drawing produced tickets that covered 58% of possible combinations.

 

[Retiree]

It also stated that drawings have been won with only 5% of possible combinations of tickets generated.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Lottery fever can cause brain damage.

 

[SmithBarney]

There are 292 million combinations. One line is $2 so it would cost almost $584 million to cover every possible combination. According to a newspaper article, the last drawing produced tickets that covered 58% of possible combinations.

So what you are saying is someone who had 584million laying around could theoretically buy every combination and win, and make money, and that's not including the other winning combinations that they would also win. Granted I'm not sure how or where you'd go to try and purchase all those tickets...

 

[Cementups]

Maybe an Acura, or possibly something with v-tec (yo)?

My Honda Pilot has v-tec, yo.

 

[clean hairy]

Link does not exist

 

[Cementups]

Here you go.
http://www.powerball.net/rules.asp

 

[rod]

So what you are saying is someone who had 584million laying around could theoretically buy every combination and win, and make money, and that's not including the other winning combinations that they would also win. Granted I'm not sure how or where you'd go to try and purchase all those tickets...

From what I understand with the payoff being 1.4 billion (before taxes) making a profit would be a sure thing PROVIDING you are the ONLY winner and that's a real long shot now.

 

[UpserinPattySheetIt]

I wonder if the purchase price of all the combinations would be an expense and become a write off, if a business would claim the winnings? Further enhancing your sure win?

 

[Wally]

Jackpot still growing and folks going crazy.

Calm down people!

 

[moreluck]

I wonder how long the lines are at the CA/NEV border at Primm.........??

 

[rod]

I wonder how long the lines are at the CA/NEV border at Primm.........??

 

[moreluck]

I knew it would be long, but I had no idea how bad it would be.!!! So easy when here, all you have to do is go in the store for a few mins. and you're good to go.

 

[rod]

That's one hell of a line. I wonder how many of them would pay you $20 bucks to send them 10 bucks worth of tickets? They might not get them before the drawing but they would be postmarked before so everything would be on the up and up.

 

[toonertoo]

Reply is curse me

 

[toonertoo]

I never buy. But i did today.