Nobody won Powerball last night! Do you play?

Margret said:

 
Exactly why I don't play the lottery.  It's a voluntary tax on people who really need the money they're spending for the ticket, but don't have enough math skills to realize what a long shot it is.  As for the presidency, I can't conceive of any sane person wanting to be president -- look how much it's aged President Obama.  It's one of the hardest jobs in the world, and people still put all that effort into getting it.  (Sorry, off topic.  But true.)

Margret

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Oh, I have the math skills.  I really do.  That said, I've been struck by lightning AND resuscitated post-drowning.  Who know, I might just defy those odds, too, although they are significantly higher.  Not sure what the odds of BOTH of those things  happening are.  It isn't that I lack the math skills, I just have an incredible store of reasonable optimism.  That is to say, I'll plop down the $2 once a week only, and only after the jackpot reaches a cerain amount (and realizing that the higher the jackpot, the lower the odds of winning, but still...).  I'm not a gambler, but I'll do that.  It's my "what the heck' money.  No, I'm REALLY not a gambler.  When in Vegas, I put a dollar in a slot, sat there for 5 minutes, gave a little old lady my remaining plays, and wandered off to watch, not play, the card games and craps tables.  Fun to watch, but had no desire to join in.

And re presidents and the lottery, and being off-topic, years and years ago I read a SciFi book in which we had realized that living under any president was a crap shoot, and that anyone who wanted the job was obviously mentally incompetent and shouldn't have the job.  Everyone of age and mentally competent threw their names in the pot, and if yours was drawn, you HAD to be the president.  And the country ran perfectly well.  Interesting little book.  Can' t think of its name...but I do remember a scene with some people in a mini-sub, talking politics.  Oh well.

I've been in a plane that was hit by lightning - does that count?

And @Mamanyt1953 I'm gonna have to google that book!

If it doesn't count, it certainly should.  For a lot of things.

And if you find the book, please PM me with the information.  i'd love to read it again. 

Yes, I played tonight!

I thought I was doing the clerk at the gas station a favor by buying tonight instead of during the final hours before the drawing tomorrow night.  She was kinda rude!  I came in the door and before I could even take another step into the shop, she glared at me and said "How many?"  

I laughed and said "Oh good guess!"  She stared at me icily!  So I just said "Five".  She actually pushed the ticket toward me angrily.  I suppose I must have had that "Oh H*** NO you didn't!" look on my face because she softened a little bit and said "Good luck!"  

I usually tell the clerk that if they sold me the jackpot winning ticket I would buy them a car, but I told her nothing!  

I've got my tickets! :nod:

Bought the winning ticket yesterday!

No, I live on a very fixed income and do not have the financial wherwithal for such extravagances. Besides, I haven't bought one since 1994, and do not plan on getting one i the future.

My man is picking up two tickets tonight on his way home from work. Its from our winnings from Saturday. We dont have to win big but it would be nice. It's weird to think what it would be like not to worry about paying bills. 

Good luck to all that bought tickets for tonight. 

Only one number matched on my five tickets. :hmm:

I only glanced to see if I had the powerball or the first number. Only a few of them had the first number. It was bedtime so decided since I didn't win any of the big-big prizes, that I'd go to bed. I'll check again later. My eyeballs are only good at certain times of the day :lol3:

Apparently one of the $100,000 tickets (or were there more?) was sold in my town. And I also bought the tix in my town. I need to check those things closer.

For the first time EVER I actually bought a lottery ticket.  If I'd won, no cat within a thousand miles of me would go hungry or without vet care.

There were 103 people playing in the pool at Rick's work for the Wednesday night drawing. They won $40, so they put it into a new lottery pool. Even though it's just a "measly" $40 million, they're going to continue playing for a while now.

Our admin assistant in my department asked if I'd be interested in joining a lottery pool. I said I would, as long as we got a list of the numbers every week. I guess they're thinking of doing something. I'll participate.