Powerball lottery

I'm sad to say that I would use the money for evil. I'd build a secret lair equipped with defense turrets, anti-aircraft turrets, etc. Hire a whole crew of goons to pace back and forth the compound with large guns. Lot of sinister deeds can be done with a billion. Oh, and I'd buy a Maine coon kitten because those are baller.

Sad to say, I will never really know. I don't even bother playing games of chance. I know what my luck is like, so why bother.

As an example, I have four locking rollup doors on the garage, with two different keys. So two doors have one key, and the other two a different key. The keys look nearly identical. Whenever I am grabbing a key for the first door, either to lock or unlock it, I have a 50/50 chance of getting the correct key the first try. Fully 80 percent of the time, I will pick the WRONG key. I think that if I flipped a coin 100 times and WANTED it to land heads, it would land tails also 80 percent of the time.

So maybe I just need to go into gambling really WANTING to lose.....

There are actually little plastic deals to put on keys in different colors to distinguish them. Unfortunately, no guides to the right lottery number.

Originally Posted by MCMB-2

I'm sad to say that I would use the money for evil. I'd build a secret lair equipped with defense turrets, anti-aircraft turrets, etc. Hire a whole crew of goons to pace back and forth the compound with large guns. Lot of sinister deeds can be done with a billion. Oh, and I'd buy a Maine coon kitten because those are baller.

1) The first rule of secret lairs is... you don't talk about the secret lairs.

2) I will never win the lottery because I don't play, ever. It's a tax on people who failed math.

I may have to decide after all. I don't buy them myself but my boss bought me and our secretary one today. Funny thing is if I win tonight he doesn't know I'm quitting tomorrow.


Nick- Don't forget the sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads.

Originally Posted by bcr229

2) I will never win the lottery because I don't play, ever. It's a tax on people who failed math.

If one looks at a ticket primarily as a way to make money, you have a point. But for many, it isn't an investment. It can be very much a social thing, especially when a group buys tickets, or, like here, people discuss their dreams.
Some permitted raffles, classed as lotteries, are a fun way to raise money for good causes.

I wish we knew where the profits are going? They are supposed to help our schools, but I have NEVER heard of any Lottery proceeds benefiting the local school districts.

I see right now Detroit teachers are staging a "sick out" due to the disintegration of the schools there.

Originally Posted by Lucille

Some permitted raffles, classed as lotteries, are a fun way to raise money for good causes.

Those are different. I don't mind participating in lotteries for charities like USARK because that's money I would usually donate anyway.

OTOH I refuse to participate in the state lottery as I shell out enough in taxes as it is, and the voters were sold a bill of goods on them anyway. Yes, the money is supposed to go to education, but we all know funds are fungible, and most lotteries don't bring in enough to cover what the state was already spending in the first place.