Posted on 10/18/2018 2:24:53 PM PDT by NRx
Edited on 10/18/2018 4:39:16 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Mega Millions jackpot has climbed to $970 million, inching ever-closer to the $1 billion mark.
Officials raised the estimated jackpot Thursday for the second time due to strong sales ahead of Friday night's drawing.
The prize is the second-largest jackpot in U.S. history, behind only a $1.6 billion Powerball prize won in 2016.
We can all dream...
They are just trying to increase ticket sales.
“So, you’re sayin’, there’s a CHANCE, then?”
That’s a lot of money. You could probably live on that...
No. I am most definitely not. The lottery is a racket. That said, for $2 I can rent a daydream for a day or two. It typically runs me around $12 for a movie that rarely runs more than 2.5 hrs. In terms value for money the lottery is the better entertainment buy... as long as you understand that in reality your chances of winning are about the same as being attacked by a shark in your living room while watching a National Geographic special on TV.
Now you will excuse me while I go back to pricing private islands.
5.53% rate of return on that annuity. Buy stocks, gold or even a Congressman if you want a bigger return.
By not spending money on Hollyweird movies I have extra money in my entertainment budget to get a few quick picks.
Let’s hope a FReeper wins the big jackpot and buys out all the FReepathons for a few years or decades.
if you get struck by lightning twice in the same spot several hours apart and survive buy ticket, you have betters odds of winning than most. LOL
Never take the annuity....take the cash and set up your own annuity.
I believe some state lottery computer networks crashed last time jackpot got this big.
At the c-store I stop in, it looked like the poorest people were buying the most tickets. Friday afternoon and evening will be nuts.
NBC is too lazy to check the Meg Millions website. The estimated cash payout is shown as $548 million...
I now identify, gender wise, as the winner of that lotto.
Anyone disagreeing with me is a nazi and racist.
What could any single person do with even HALF of that kind of jackpot?
Gotta go get me a ticket. I know my chances aren’t good at all, but I’ll buy me one!
ZING! You are right!
Answering that could be a challenge. But I might be up for giving it a try.
I’ll probably wait for RedBox.
That way it’s like a Lotto Ticket.
Lots of anticipation, fanciful dreams, followed by disappointment, but only out a dollar.
Maybe some yuge volunteer work for eight years.
Poor man’s tax. “Gotta play to win” but I see people dumping a weeks paycheck into these tix. People that don’t appear to be able to spare a weeks pay.
Who has the winning numbers?
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