Election officials running Powerball?

[Mgderf]

Last night's massive Powerball drawing was delayed due to technical difficulties.
Sounds like the election officials are running the Powerball drawing too.

 

[KellyinAvon]

Cutting out the 10% for the big guy.

 

[Peacekeeper3073]

Postal service lost the new set of weighted drawing balls so Cousin Joe couldn't win it yet.

 

[Brandon]

I guess I'll go to work today...

 

[Bugzilla]

If I won, I’d remember my friends on here, from some nice place far away!

 

[KittySlayer]

Maybe this is how we should elect politicians. My chance of getting an effective government to represent me as a citizen is about the same odds.



Of course the Running Man game might be more fun. Bet Herschel Walker would choose this option.

 

[Shadow01]

Locally I have 5 co-workers. I told my boss yesterday if I win I will give each 2M, but they have to resign from their job. He gave me an odd look and said please don’t.

 

[manifest destiny]

The lotto say odds of winning Powerball are 1 in 292 million. If there is a 2 billion dollar prize, couldn't a person "buy" the winning ticket by simply buying total number of combinations? Is my maff rongs?

 

[KittySlayer]

The lotto say odds of winning Powerball are 1 in 292 million. If there is a 2 billion dollar prize, couldn't a person "buy" the winning ticket by simply buying total number of combinations? Is my maff rongs?

Good in theory but you need a big team because the retail outlets can only process so many numbers/tickets at a time and buying that many tickets is a really long process. Plus one mistake could have been the winning ticket you missed.

Do you trust everyone on your team?

Besides, how many people have that many dollar bills except for strippers who can't do math.

 

[radar8756]

Didn't some one do this a few years back ??

Mega Millions over $500,000,000 - involved 1000's of people in several states -

They won even without buying ALL the numbers - took the 20 yr payout and made a Profit --- but 1 other matching ticket would have made it a Loss

 

[Shadow01]

The lotto say odds of winning Powerball are 1 in 292 million. If there is a 2 billion dollar prize, couldn't a person "buy" the winning ticket by simply buying total number of combinations? Is my maff rongs?

Can you get required dollars up front to buy the tickets?

 

[manifest destiny]

but 1 other matching ticket would have made it a Loss

This was the biggest foil I could think of. And I figured there is probably some kinda small print that could be used to withhold my winnings. But I'm willing to take the chance. And I have ten bucks seed money... Who wants in on the action?

 

[nipprdog]

The lotto say odds of winning Powerball are 1 in 292 million. If there is a 2 billion dollar prize, couldn't a person "buy" the winning ticket by simply buying total number of combinations? Is my maff rongs?

The odds aren't the total number of possible combinations

 

[rosejm]

The odds aren't the total number of possible combinations

Well, he's quoting the odds of winning the jackpot which are the total number of possible combinations that can be drawn.

You are correct that there are many more ways to "win a prize" that increase your odds of winning any prize.