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[Powerball] $900 million

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by supastevefoo, Jan 9, 2016.

  1. PhiSlammaJamma

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    How much is that Clutch City TM worth to the Rockets, we could put in an offer and totally waster our money.
     
  2. RedRedemption

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    Just bought $8 powerball and $2 megamillions. Lol. Hope somebody wins this time lol.
     
  3. marky :)

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    With our luck, bballholic will win the powerball and buy clutchfans. No one will be allowed to post their opinions if they oppose his and everyone will be allowed only one non-basketball related post each day.
     
  4. RedRedemption

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    Let's just hope Jontro wins and turns Clutchfans into Clutchfaps, a haven for fappers.
     
  5. marky :)

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    Or Swoly. Maybe he can donate 100mill and Clutch will let him post in Hangout again.
     
  6. moestavern19

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    If I win, I will definitely buy clutchfans and rename every forum Styx forum.
     
  7. cheke64

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    31-0-1-34-3 and powerball Luis Scola 7

    You can thank me later. I dont need the money
     
  8. Jontro

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    I will call it Clutch-Brehzers.net

    Free streaming pr0n for errbody! Clips will be edited so the talking will be cut and we only get the action.
     
  9. Commodore

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    <iframe width="640" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Zin5LJ4o4kg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
  10. shastarocket

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    Forgive my ignorance, but why wouldn't a state want a lottery?

    I guess Utah doesn't participate because of the Mormons and Nevada because of Vegas, but what about Mississippi, Alabama, Alaska or Hawaii?
     
  11. Commodore

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    Lotteries are a way to take money from poor, dumb people; of course a state would want them.

    I'm all for the right to act stupid, but it shouldn't be encouraged by the state.
     
  12. Space Ghost

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    If you're not spending all of your money on bills and investments, once could call everything else frivolous. Some spend it on overpriced food, others booze and other gambling.
     
  13. Air Langhi

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    Well it is supposed to go toward texas education which it seems like it doesn't. Education could really use money given the government doesn't want to spend money on it.
     
  14. RocketBlood

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    http://www.chron.com/business/article/Texas-lottery-watchdog-explains-how-the-Powerball-6754241.php


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    The math doesn’t add up from the latest Powerball drawing. And that has one Texas-based lottery watchdog calling the jackpot a scam. And even if there’s no con, recent changes have made it even harder to win the $1.5 billion grand prize.
    In October, officials altered the number of white balls and red Powerballs used in the drawing. The change had a significant effect on the lottery – reducing the odds of winning from an already measly 1 in 175,223,510 to an even tinier 1 in 292,201,338.
    
    Powerball jackpot now $1.5 billion
    KNXV - Pheonix, AZ
    
    By making that change, they’ve created a phenomenon where the jackpot and the publicity around it keeps growing.
    RELATED: Powerball jackpot memes take over the Internet
    The money diverted to the top prize also dropped from 68 percent to 64 percent. On the plus side, the changes do make it easier to collect on smaller winnings. For example, winning $4 got a little easier with odds improving from 1 in 111 to 1 in 92. In addition, 25 people scored $1 million by matching five numbers in the last drawing.
    But the Texas-based watchdog Lotto Report feels there’s something even fishier going on with the current Powerball drawing. Vendors sold more than 440 million tickets for last Saturday’s drawing for $949.8 million, the organization says, and yet nobody won. That defies even the Powerball’s astronomical odds. Here’s watchdog founder Dawn Nettles explaining why to the New York Daily News:
    For Lotto Report founder Dawn Nettles, the sales volume suggests that a winning ticket should have emerged Saturday, as 292 million combinations of numbers can be created using the five white balls and red Powerball.
    Most players, instead of choosing their own numbers, buy "Quick Pick" tickets that feature randomly generated numbers.
    Those tickets are often duplicated, meaning lottery players are receiving the same losing numbers as players in other states, Nettles said.
    "This is a scam," Nettles said. "With the odds being what they are, it's a scam."
    Lottery officials did acknowledge that “Quick Pick” numbers could produce duplicate numbers, even though they deny it’s intentional.
    READ MORE: Things with better odds than winning the Powerball lottery
    Even so, there’s one other scandal that should give you pause before testing your luck. The security director for the Multi-State Lottery Association is under investigation for jackpot-fixing. Eddie Tipton was found guilty last summer of fraud “for working with associates to claim a fixed $16.5 million jackpot,” the Daily News wrote. New evidence suggests that Tipton, who will go to trial again this month, was working to fix jackpots in several states.
    Anyway, even with the odds completely against lotto players, the exorbitant spending on tickets hasn’t slowed. Sales records are being set across the country. In states like Alabama where Powerball is unavailable (six states in total do not participate), residents are crossing state lines to amass tickets in the face of microscopic odds.
    “Why wouldn’t you? It’s a billion-dollar ticket,” said Richard Jones, 36, of Montgomery, Ala. told the New York Times while at the Georgia border. “That’s worth a chance.”
     
  15. dragician

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    this really makes a lot of sense.

    whoever wins this one should be investigated.
     
  17. dragician

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    potential winner for this...

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  18. Caesar

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    What time is the deadline to buy your tickets?
     
  19. Victorious

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    so do you guys recommend QP or picking your own numbers? and don't forget the power play option
     
  20. sammy

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    I went against my thinking on this and got into a $150 pool with 15 people. :eek:
     

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