Replies to post #201738 on DD Support Board and Research Team

[samsamsamiam]

Some salescritter - I haven’t bought a ticket yet!!!
Today - for sure.
Are the odds slimmer if you pick your own numbers?
I always thought it would be more fun to win on numbers that have significance in your life. Lol anniversary date, birthdate.
Rather than a quick pick.
Maybe I will buy TWO tickets just in case.

In it to win it!!!

IF I didn’t personally know someone that won a multimillion $ jackpot a few years ago I don’t think I would bother. He had the same odds as everyone else. But SOMEONE will win it!!

I always wonder though - could the lottery be rigged somehow?
How many scams might be associated with it?

[samsamsamiam]

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireStory/790-million-worth-mega-millions-ticket-depends-87366823




I’m debating if it is worth driving to get a lottery ticket!


“To start with, your chance of winning the grand prize is minuscule, at one in 302.5 million. You have better odds of a smaller payoff, such as winning $1 million for matching five regular numbers but missing the Mega Ball. But even that is one in 12.6 million. To put that in perspective, your chance of dying in a car crash — something to consider as you drive to the mini-mart for a lottery ticket — is around one in 101 over a lifetime, according to the nonprofit National Safety Council.”