• PowerBall at 1.4 BILLION ... but 1.4 Billion Ain't What It Used To Be

    From 56d.1144@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 6 00:29:04 2023
    XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.politics.usa

    Yep ... JoeFlation has DE-RATED yer 1.4 billion.

    People who won notably less a few years ago actually
    got more VALUE.

    ANYhow ... buy ONE ticket. If you don't play you
    CAN'T win. If you buy 10,000 tickets you almost
    totally surely WON'T win. So, buying just ONE
    boosts yer chances from NOTHING to "something"
    even if it ain't much of a "something". One
    ticket is the magic gateway, and only two bucks :-)

    The escalating instances of super-high lottery
    jackpots does beg some questions about whether
    they're rigging things. Super-payoffs attract
    people, attract money, much higher profits much
    more often to the operators. Some spies should
    be infiltrated ....

    Almost EVERYBODY picks the "immediate payoff"
    option - ie HALF the ticket value. The 10-20
    year options for the FULL value ... those under
    40 really should consider that. It'd still be
    a REALLY big yearly income. Older winners, yea,
    better get what you can get faster.

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