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3/30 Mega Millions $640,000,000 vol. New Record
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^ you can't seriously be that stupid.
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when the balls are dropping through the air machine they always are unordered, then theres a separator for the megaball
you gotta order them low to high
you gotta order them low to high
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heres my stoneface
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Originally Posted by JD214
Someone make a bigger stoneface for this...
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but like you said this all has to do with LUCK..states that participated got their fair share
and think of it in the winner's perspective
you think he or she wants tax money to go a state that they dont reside in? makes no sense to see other states getting benefits that the winner and/or his/her community will never enjoy.
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Lol I never knew that lol well if that's how it goes my fault I play ceelo not the lotto
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Damn it, I feel like I was kind of close.
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^ I think I was more close than you, and I didn't even play.
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is this pot gonna reach 640 mill again? when you think?
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Went to a Gas station and dude said no one won and the new amount should be 1 Billion. Any truth to this?
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states benefit from lotto sales, not just from winning tickets sold in said state
of course the tax money from the winning ticket would of been huge but on the same hand, most states received a few mil just from ticket sales in the last week or so
a quick google search showed me that my state (CT) received close to 500 mil from the state lottery, thats not bad
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Mathematically speaking, wouldn't someone have a better chance at winning by playing the regular lottery as opposed to Mega Millions? A lot of people that normally don't play lotto played because of how enormous the jackpot is. So if you buy 1 ticket, your odds are now 1:#of people that got a ticket..So if 200 million people got a ticket, there's a 1 in 200 million chance that you can win. But if it's just your regular state lotto, your ticket has a higher chance of hitting if there is a winner that day correct? Maybe I'm confusing myself
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The odds are the same if you realize that they draw the ping pong balls the EXACT same way. The number of people who participate might affect the number of winners. But if it's a big jackpot like this one, splitting with another winner or 2 ends up being about the same prize as a regular lottery.
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Your chances aren't affected by how many people play; you can have X amount of winners who split up the jackpot if needed.
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The point is to hit the jackpot number. There are 175,711,536 different combinations of numbers. Worrying about other people getting tickets shouldn't even matter.
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You're an idiot
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I played it in Laurel, Maryland.
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I feel like a sucka.
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the things is your local state lotteries have better odds of winning. the ny lotto is 1 in 46 million
mega is 1 in 175 something million. state lottos are always much lower than powerball or megamillions since it reflects how much peopled are playing them opposed to mega and power which 44 states participate in. on top that when you factor in the taxes its worth it playing the big games however you have to deal with the higher (tougher) odds of winning
mega is 1 in 175 something million. state lottos are always much lower than powerball or megamillions since it reflects how much peopled are playing them opposed to mega and power which 44 states participate in. on top that when you factor in the taxes its worth it playing the big games however you have to deal with the higher (tougher) odds of winning
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The Mega Millions is also harder to hit because the Mega number itself is essentially another drawing.
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you can actually thank the power ball being raised to $2 for the mega being this big