tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post5580035125628413683..comments2023-07-14T03:26:19.215-07:00Comments on The Iceman: The LotteryThe_Icemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887740772649135851noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-66243354791813567902010-06-25T08:56:06.819-07:002010-06-25T08:56:06.819-07:00How many times can the newspapers repeat the same ...How many times can the newspapers repeat the same stories? Everytime a lottery gets really big they trot out the same 'financial planner' or accountant who tut-tuts everyone for spending their money on a ticket. Those who play know the odds. They know they are most likely wasting their $2 or $5 but that $2 or $5 is the price for them to day dream for a bit. Let them (and me) have their harmless fun. It are those who fork over $50 or $100 a week trying to win that might be in trouble.Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-41193318842829198852010-06-25T06:41:58.577-07:002010-06-25T06:41:58.577-07:00I have to agree with Anon 12:05am.
I don't bu...I have to agree with Anon 12:05am.<br /><br />I don't buy tickets all the time, not really all that often at all. However, if I were to win any substantial amount, I certainly wouldn't be thinking about not accepting it - if I want to blow some of my spending money on junk food or the movies, why not toss some of that into a lottery ticket? It's money I was going to waste anyway. And what iff I won? Would it have been a stupid investment then? <br /><br />Odds are long, but a little better with the 55 $1million prizes to go with it. So there can potentially be 56 winners - albeit one of them will be extremely rich!Hinchey's Storehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14118851443934204772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-49936655848279167152010-06-25T06:11:17.490-07:002010-06-25T06:11:17.490-07:00Okay, I just found out from a friend of mine, the ...Okay, I just found out from a friend of mine, the full rules for this Lottery ... a $5 ticket gets you THREE sets of 7 numbers (chosen from 49 numbers). <br /><br />So the odds of winning for any TICKET become 3/85,900,584, or roughly 1 in 28 million.<br /><br />Needless to say, I don't play the game. But it's obvious, from the amount of money bet, that this game is way more popular than the old 7/47. I suspect it's because of all the $1 million prizes that are up for grabs, when the jackpot hits $50 million, and nobody wins.Calgary Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14036174847335286409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-86356742732317064132010-06-25T04:02:05.797-07:002010-06-25T04:02:05.797-07:00I wish the money went to charities or hospitals or...I wish the money went to charities or hospitals or something, instead of general coffers of the governments.<br /><br />I prefer to play the Lakeshore Hospital Duck Race or the Palliative Care Centre lottery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-10439134772757502022010-06-25T00:05:58.027-07:002010-06-25T00:05:58.027-07:00Meh. I'm good at math and I have a job. I buy ...Meh. I'm good at math and I have a job. I buy a single 6/49 every Saturday and I bought a Lotto Max the last two weeks and I'll be buying one this week because of the jackpot. I'm sure the financial planners will say I would be better off putting that $7 into an RRSP because it will be worth $12.31 when I retire in 30 years assuming my lungs and liver make it that far, but I'll just observe that I don't miss the money and there's a reason financial planners are not people who are invited to parties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-50892083150944039592010-06-24T23:12:06.750-07:002010-06-24T23:12:06.750-07:00The Super 7 on Friday is just an escapist dream an...The Super 7 on Friday is just an escapist dream and well worth the two bucks at the start of the weekend.<br />Then you've got another night of drinking to brace yourself for Monday morning.<br /><br />But, I am one of those assholes who would go back to work after the weekend. The things that I am learning there are more valuable than anything I could gain as a lottery winner.<br />Aside from seed capital.Dance...dance to the radiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688681743093469863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-13597227861367808782010-06-24T21:47:11.532-07:002010-06-24T21:47:11.532-07:00The odds are 1 in 85,900,584
Use the combinations...The odds are 1 in 85,900,584<br /><br />Use the combinations calculator <a href="http://fclass.vaniercollege.qc.ca/web/mathematics/real/Calculators/PermsCombs_Calc_1.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a> ... with n = 49 and r = 7Calgary Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14036174847335286409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-13266695031429447872010-06-24T21:14:12.339-07:002010-06-24T21:14:12.339-07:00Lotteries are voluntary taxation on people who are...Lotteries are voluntary taxation on people who are bad at mathematics.Aviatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-48347043848686344132010-06-24T20:14:32.749-07:002010-06-24T20:14:32.749-07:00It's more the dream than the outcome, we need ...It's more the dream than the outcome, we need something to keep us going.....:)Plattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11002593634392269611noreply@blogger.com