Do You Have Your Ticket?
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (78759)
United States
January 7, 2023 9:11pm CST
Okay, okay. I will hear you out. The odds say I cannot win. But still, that is only true if you don't hold a ticket in your hands.
The fact is that even if you have a ticket in your hands, you probably will not win.
The odds are just too terribly against you in a game like this. BUT, it is a game of chance, and the numbers are random. Entirely. All you really have to do is match up the right 6 numbers.
It is nearly impossible to do that. Yes. All the statistics show that.
If you did not know, the multi-state lottery in the United States, known as the MegaMillions, has a jackpot of $1.1 billion. Yes, that's billion with a B.
One ticket costs $2. Your odds of winning are 1 in 302.6 million. But for $2 isn't it worth the chance?
If you have no ticket at all your odds are 0 in 302.6 million.
I think $2 is worth the shot even the odds are terribly against me. Heck, it's less than a cup of coffee at Starbucks. I say, why not?
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13 responses
@FourWalls (62436)
• United States
8 Jan 23
I hope you win! I’d rather take the money (let’s say $10 a week for each lottery drawing, so $50 a week) and put it in a savings account. By the end of the year you have $2,600. Guaranteed. No drawing.
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@lovebuglena (43081)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Jan 23
Don’t really play those lottos. I never win usually. Not even a few bucks. I prefer scratch-offs. Even if I don’t win I at least enjoy playing.
I saw a post yesterday on FB that said a month after winning a million in a scratch-off lotto a woman won two million in another scratch-off. Or maybe the amounts are reversed. Still... wow!
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@lovebuglena (43081)
• Staten Island, New York
11 Jan 23
@porwest I wonder if it ever happened that a person kept playing the same numbers over and over and eventually won...
Perhaps I should spend a few bucks and buy some tickets. But probably for a bigger shot at winning you gotta buy a lot of tickets.
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@porwest (78759)
• United States
10 Jan 23
When there is a jackpot as big as $1.1 billion, I don't care if I don't win. I care more that I never had a chance without a ticket. lol
But yep, there are multitudes of stories of some very lucky people who have won more than once. I am trying to think if there is one of someone winning the big jackpots twice. I don't think there is. But it can happen of course.
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@porwest (78759)
• United States
11 Jan 23
@lovebuglena Oh sure. That has definitely happened. It's rare. But it does happen.
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@LindaOHio (157156)
• United States
8 Jan 23
When hubs gets my regular Classic Lotto tickets, I will have him pick up a couple MegaMillions tickets. Why not?
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@LindaOHio (157156)
• United States
9 Jan 23
@porwest Maybe not a fool; but maybe not too bright! lololol
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@porwest (78759)
• United States
9 Jan 23
@LindaOHio I mean, considering the odds, it IS a bit of a fool's game of course. lol
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@pumpkinjam (8539)
• United Kingdom
9 Jan 23
I was talking about this sort of thing with my sister. We agreed that there are worse ways to waste money. As long as you're not spending more than you can afford to lose, of course.
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@sweetloveforeve (13106)
• Portugal
9 Jan 23
You do the right thing trying it out. I really hope you can win it 
Here in Portugal we have a lottery called Euromilhoes that is an European lottery where you can win 17 million euros but if no one gets the numbers right it gets higher. There were people that won 200 million euros because the jackpot went higher and higher because no one was getting all the numbers. In this lottery you need to guess 5 numbers (1 until 50) and 2 stars (1 until 12). So it is really hard to guess everything but still i try it out sometimes.
We pay 2 euros and 50 cents for this lottery. Sadly there is only one bad thing. Even though it is an European lottery here in Portugal the Government takes 20 per cent of the prize if you win more than 5000 euros. It is really unfair but sadly it is how it works 
Here in Portugal we have a lottery called Euromilhoes that is an European lottery where you can win 17 million euros but if no one gets the numbers right it gets higher. There were people that won 200 million euros because the jackpot went higher and higher because no one was getting all the numbers. In this lottery you need to guess 5 numbers (1 until 50) and 2 stars (1 until 12). So it is really hard to guess everything but still i try it out sometimes.
We pay 2 euros and 50 cents for this lottery. Sadly there is only one bad thing. Even though it is an European lottery here in Portugal the Government takes 20 per cent of the prize if you win more than 5000 euros. It is really unfair but sadly it is how it works 1 person likes this
@sweetloveforeve (13106)
• Portugal
11 Jan 23
That is so nice. I really hope you can win it as soon as possible 
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@porwest (78759)
• United States
11 Jan 23
@sweetloveforeve And now nobody won and it jumped to $1.35 billion. lol
@RebeccasFarm (86827)
• United States
8 Jan 23
I do not and I am so far today, too ill to walk to get one.
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@AliCanary (3038)
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8 Jan 23
My husband buys tickets, and his philosophy is that you are paying the $2 to be able to dream, and it's worth it to him.
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@AliCanary (3038)
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14 Jan 23
@porwest it's a small price of admission. I heard on the news that someone in Maine won the whole pot on Friday the 13th!
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@porwest (78759)
• United States
17 Jan 23
@AliCanary Yep. One person. They got the whole thing. Lucky bastiges. lol
