Would The Chance Of Winning A Billion Dollars Make You Buy A Lottery Ticket
By Marlina
@marlina (154166)
Canada
January 23, 2021 8:32am CST
I was just watching this short video about the possibility of winning a billion dollars in a lottery.
Of course,everybody is rushing to buy their ticket which makes the prize grows obviously.
But the chances are not any better of winning, so why people spend so much money for this? I don't know, do you?
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/mega-millions-jackpot-jumps-to-1-billion/
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31 responses
@Tampa_girl7 (48958)
• United States
23 Jan 21
I’d buy one if they were cheap and could be bought near us.
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
23 Jan 21
We bought 4 tickets and didn't get a single number on either one. I saw this morning the winning ticket was sold in Michigan!
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
23 Jan 21
@Marilynda1225 , And I hope that this person or persons will make good use of the money and help others who desperately need help ASAP
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@Marilynda1225 (79731)
• United States
23 Jan 21
that persons life is gonna change (that's for sure)
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
23 Jan 21
If you do it just for fun, which is why I do it, and you can afford the ticket...why not? Someone HAS to win, and even if the odds are 1 in 320 million to win the big one...
For $2 I will take that chance.
In fact, somebody DID win the $1 billion. One winner in Michigan in last night's drawing. The only thing that winner can say is that had they not had a ticket...
It would not have been them who got the loot.
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@Gguusia (401)
• Poland
23 Jan 21
It wouldn't convince me. I used to buy tickets in my home country, I won small amounts a few times, but I gave up. I prefer to work and earn money than to count on luck. Although recently I got a surprise award in one of the research panels, it was also quite a small amount.
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@jobelbojel (34729)
• Philippines
23 Jan 21
I don't go to lottery booth or office. I hope I can get a million for free.
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@jobelbojel (34729)
• Philippines
23 Jan 21
@marlina just dreaming here. Hahaha.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
25 Jan 21
Yup, I bought one ticket. I didn't win.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
25 Jan 21
@marlina but I never even get one number right, you would think I would get the message lol
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
25 Jan 21
@BelleStarr We human beings so much want to win against all odds!
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@Marilynda1225 (79731)
• United States
23 Jan 21
I would buy a lottery ticket just for the dream. I don't think I'd really expect to win but then again someone always does (eventually)
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
23 Jan 21
@Marilynda1225 , that's right, they never tell us exactly how much money they lose,
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@Marilynda1225 (79731)
• United States
23 Jan 21
@marlina I'm not lucky so I rarely buy lottery tickets, I have a friend who spends lots of money on tickets (like your sister) and wins occasionally. Of course we only hear about the winning tickets and never the losing ones 
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@dgobucks226 (34369)
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25 Jan 21
I usually buy a ticket when the jackpot becomes huge. After all, if your not in it you can't win it... I think people buy because they like to dream they could be that one chance in a million. At least I do.
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
27 Jan 21
@dgobucks226 Well, good luck when you buy one
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@dgobucks226 (34369)
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27 Jan 21
@marlina Not really. A few bucks every so often is not a big deal. Even though your chance of winning is like finding a needle in a haystack. And eventually someone does win. Who knows maybe I'll have a miracle ticket someday and if not, that's the way the cookie crumbles 
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
24 Jan 21
No
Nothing would persuade me to purchase a lottery ticket.
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
25 Jan 21
@JimBo452020 Not too many people think that way and that is why the prizes are so high!
@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
25 Jan 21
@marlina
I couldn't care less about it now.
I don't think about it or what winning it would do for my life.
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@UriahAnne (701)
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24 Jan 21
Lottery are popular here too.But I don't like because for me it's a gamble. More looses than win..
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@UriahAnne (701)
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25 Jan 21
@marlina. YES... For example one tickets cost of 2 dollars, and everyday we buy .do think in one year how much the cost of tickets..it's really a big money if we earn it. Lucky if we win.but if not it's really a regrets.. So I agree to you.
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@RebeccasFarm (86754)
• United States
1 Feb 21
Yes I bought a ticket the other week there but obviously did not win
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
26 Jan 21
I don't play the lottery but I'm not opposed to it per se. I would be more likely to buy a scratch off than something that I'd very likely never win.
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@LowRiderX (22907)
• Serbia
24 Jan 21
@marlina I never believed in the lottery and I never paid but my father did, since he passed away, I keep paying his combination.. 
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