Mega Million up to $550M ...

[nofearfactor]

When do they draw the numbers?

MegaMillion draws on Tuesdays and Fridays, PowerBall draws on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

I buy them every time I get gas.

 

[Johnny]

Hmmmmm ... dammit Veggie ... I have some of my "allowance" left ... I see a ticket (or 3) in our future ... LOL

Maybe ... If I don't find a sweater I like at the mall ...

You could trade some 22LR for some lotto tickets, and still get your sweater.

 

[yukonjack]

When I'm there I buy one of each for each drawing. Since I don't drink, smoke or chase older women it's my one vice.

 

[Bradley686]

I don't buy lottery tickets!
Never have and never will.
Odds are just too stacked against winning so why even bother.
Plus in many ways it’s just another tax that for some odd reason many people willingly pay and don't even realize it.
These days I buy guns and ammo with all my disposable income and that's fun enough for me

 

[grizzly97]

It's only a couple of bucks, so why not? Someone has to win at some point.

 

[n423]

We don't play the lottery either. A friend of my wife plays lottery and scratch off all the time. I hope she wins big sometime. We will visit the casino on occasion.

 

[BadgeBunny]

You could trade some 22LR for some lotto tickets, and still get your sweater.

LOL ... well, that's true ... Hmmmm ...

 

[Oklahomabassin]

I never pay attention to the numbers drawn, so I would probably never know if I win.

 

[cmhbob]

Actually, they're wondering if if it'll hit 1 billion:

(CNN) -- The Mega Millions jackpot is juicy, but thanks to new, longer odds, it's entirely possible the payout could reach $1 billion by Christmas.

Nope, that wasn't a typo -- "b" as in "boy."

When no winner was selected in Friday's drawing, the jackpot rolled over to $550 million, the second-largest payout ever. It jumped again Monday to $586 million, with a cash payout of $316.5 million, said Tandi Reddick, a spokeswoman for the Georgia Lottery.

So, the real question is: What are the chances of winning?

Well, as CNN reported last week, you have a much, much better chance of being killed by an asteroid, and while those are long odds, they're even longer than they were in early October.

That's because on October 22, Mega Millions made it more difficult to take home the big prize. The odds, which were 1 in 176 million, are now 1 in 259 million.

This is a product of the lottery company increasing the pool of numbers to choose from. Previously, lottery players chose five numbers, ranging from one to 56. It's now one to 75, but the sixth, gold ball has fewer numbers from which to choose, as the pool decreased from 46 to 15.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/16/us/mega-millions-lottery-odds/

 

[WTJ]

Actually, they're wondering if if it'll hit 1 billion:



http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/16/us/mega-millions-lottery-odds/

I use the asteroid example frequently to get to the end of the "what if" cycle, so I immediately got this info sent to me. I then went big and dropped 2 dollar American on a shot at the big 'un.

Skin in the game.