MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoNo winner in Monday's Powerball drawing has the next jackpot approaching $1 billionwww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down17
arrow-up155arrow-down1external-linkNo winner in Monday's Powerball drawing has the next jackpot approaching $1 billionwww.npr.orgMicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareVentraSqwal@links.dartboard.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoOn the one hand, what a waste of money. But I can’t help but imagine if I won, that would change my life…
minus-squareKerred@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoIf you want to be depressed, look at what happened to most lottery winner’s lives. Or an average NFL player. Or anyone gets a huge cash windfall. The best situations are gradual increases in wealth
minus-squaregarretble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoMaybe so, but I’d take my chances with hundreds of million dollars.
minus-squareFerris@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWear a full body spandex suit when you collect, so nobody can identify you. And spend very gradually. And never speak of it.
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoThe odds of winning the jackpot are basically the same whether you enter or not.
minus-squareelucubra@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoIf you don’t enter, you have certainty of not winning
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year ago…and if you do enter, you are still certain not to win for all reasonable definitions of “certain”.
minus-squareRagingNerdoholic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoCongratulations! Now you’re fucked…
On the one hand, what a waste of money. But I can’t help but imagine if I won, that would change my life…
If you want to be depressed, look at what happened to most lottery winner’s lives. Or an average NFL player. Or anyone gets a huge cash windfall.
The best situations are gradual increases in wealth
Maybe so, but I’d take my chances with hundreds of million dollars.
Wear a full body spandex suit when you collect, so nobody can identify you. And spend very gradually. And never speak of it.
The odds of winning the jackpot are basically the same whether you enter or not.
If you don’t enter, you have certainty of not winning
…and if you do enter, you are still certain not to win for all reasonable definitions of “certain”.
Congratulations!
Now you’re fucked…