No-one wins Powerball (4/10)

[jafar]

Simply NEVER sunbathe naked and fall asleep when the neighbour's dog is running loose..

Lucky the dog wasn't hungry then

[raftn]

Your chances of winning are only slightl less if you dont have a ticket! 38 million to one, or 38 million to none!

[NZsarge]

Guess next weeks jackpot will be interesting.

24 million, apparently

Yep, I was waiting a while for the jackpot to get "up there" before I decided to win it...............................................

[BuFfY]

I used to work at lotto years ago. You would be amazed at how crazy people get when the jackpot gets slightly high.

In saying that, some people are just crazy all the time. One guy used to come in every week and spend over $100 on his tickets and would get his old ones checked, and never won anywhere near as much as he spent.

[Crazy Steve]

I guess the powerball number for this weeks draw 1113...

And got four numbers on two lines on a power dip....

Sooo that brought down my odds to 1 in 25,000 no ?* ?

Or 1 in 50,000 ?* ?

Still a crap pay out.! ! !

Crazy Steve...

[doc]

Shows how long the odd's are of actually winning when it is getting out that far... Thats $6.00 for every man woman & child that lives in NZ & most of them don't play lotto.....

24 mill . I think that that more are having a go as it gets bigger.

[jrandom]

Gambling is a tax on the mathematically illiterate.

(The term for which, I believe, is 'innumerate'?)

[Ragingrob]

Apparently NZ lotteries made 26 million in sales this last week, so that's them sorted for the payout and a bit after that! Think how much they make after a few weeks of jackpotting, with more and more people buying in each week.

[Swoop]

In saying that, some people are just crazy all the time. One guy used to come in every week and spend over $100 on his tickets and would get his old ones checked, and never won anywhere near as much as he spent.

If only people knew how many munters out there take the numbers "1,2,3,4,5,6 + bonus ball #7" each week!!!
Lotto.
Scary shit for those of little money or ...

[Quailboy]

Year, have to get 6 from 40 numbers then 1 from 10
Works out like this:

49!/6!(40!-6!) * 10 = 38,383,800

So if odds are 1 in 38,383,800 and you buy one ticket a week, theoretically you will have to wait 738150 years to win! Crazy!


I wonder if lot goes to charity and BACK to the community?

[Tank]

So if odds are 1 in 38,383,800 and you buy one ticket a week, theoretically you will have to wait 738150 years to win! Crazy!

The Logic flaw being that all tickets have multiple lines - either way - Ive purchased tickets two weeks running and still havnt fucken won....