If I win I'll give everyone in this thread a million dollars.
So, if there's 60 people in the thread, everyone gets $16,667
I see you all fell for my cunning ruse. Definitely not something I figured out after I posted. Not at all.
this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2023
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You're more likely to get struck by lightning while taking a poop, so for your sake I hope you win instead.
You are of course joking. But on the infinitly tiny odds you win, and the similarly ridiculous odds you follow through, I'll comment
With odds like that, we can't fail. Simple rule of conservation of narration.
I hope you win, keep your word, and the news runs a story on it afterwards thats grows the user base and specifically siphons users from Reddit. I want to see Reddit burn to the ground.
That would actually be such an interesting way to gain users, I want to see that
I and my 43 children all are pleased to be in the thread.
But that just means the million will be divided up even more, reducing your share! ;)
Your comment implies it’s a million to each commenter
I'm just messing around, we all know I won't win lol.
Too late, I’ve already bought a JetSki with your expected winnings
implies
So these people get money because of the implication?
Can I get $420.69?
I mean 16k~ is still a decent amount of money
Hey, free odds approaching zero is better than paid options approaching zero
Thanks, pal!
I need money thx.
Neat.
Oooh oooh oooh! Me too! Me too!
Thank you
When someone gives you odds like that, you take it!
I'll take the possible free money lol
How much if you don't win?
About tree fiddy
Sweet!
Sure.
Thanks kind person! I’m in.
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I would like to win.
Goddammit... Alright, everyone. Pack it up. He already called it.
Thank you.
So are PowerBall and Mega Millions now rigged to make sure that the jackpot always hits $1B before a winner is drawn?
Rigged in the sense that they intentionally made the odds so long as to almost ensure it would routinely go weeks and weeks without a winner. So yes, it is by design.
I imagine their sales go up fast when so-called "news" outlets (like this community) report that it's hit that level.
Never mind that it makes your already infinitesimal odds of winning even smaller, when the regular jackpot would already be a life-changing amount of money. People who only buy tickets when the jackpot goes up are just falling even harder for the scam than those who buy when the jackpot is "low".
The odds of winning don't change based on the number of people who buy tickets.
The odds of winning are always the same, so why are the ones buying tickets less often falling for the scam harder? It's dumb too, but conceptually speaking it's a better return on investment if you win somehow.
The expected value of a ticket goes up. At some point it's higher than the cost of the ticket.
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You get three darts to throw at the balloons and if you hit all three you get a prize. No, not the giant bear. Never the giant bear.
I wanna see a Bruce Almighty scenario with the lotto at some point in my life.
I could sure use the money...
I mean, sure, why not?
😆 The last lottery ticket I bought was 38 years ago. I regreted throwing away a dollar it's too traumatic.
Why do they even bother announcing so much money when we all know taxes are like 40%.. what even is the point of announcing such a high figure? Like the government is just paying themselves at this point so why bother taxing it. To provide further dilution you have to accept an annuity to even approach getting all the money.