Mega Millions Jackpot Keeps Growing, Now Up to $640 Million: Play or Pass?

by The Big Question Posted 2012/03/30 02:29:43

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	Play	173 votes	69%
	Pass	79 votes	31%

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Sterling 2012/03/30 17:57:15 (edited)

Pass

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*Posted in ignorance* Forgive me

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Bibliophilic 2012/04/03 04:47:33

Play

For only a dollar yes. I'd give up a candy bar that I didn't need to eat in the first place. I never play because I think that something will go wrong. However, I'd rather risk a dollar and possibly earn millions than spend it on candy and gain a few pounds.

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t.eliot, topbard 2012/04/01 21:24:42

Pass

What is the point? You may as well burn the money.

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peggy 2012/04/01 04:02:50

Play

WON
in dreams

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Steve King 2012/03/31 02:03:27

Play

It's game of chance. Chances are that I won't win, but it is always fun to think you can. It's worth the $5 especially in a bad economy.

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rand 2012/03/30 23:14:44

Pass

Time is the only commodity we can regain. I'll not spend it standing in a line to enrich a corrupted government and a new found millionaire.

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Cookielane 2012/03/30 23:01:04

Play

The folks in my office chipped in $5.00 a piece.

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susan 2012/03/30 22:41:21

Play

Play, but not with a lot of money. I'll put a couple of dollars in the pot, but I don't have much more to spare.
A win would allow me to help over 100 of my friends and associates whose businesses and jobs were destroyed three years ago by an unethical lawyer and bankster to line their personal pockets.

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overdog001 2012/03/30 22:19:01

Play

The big jackpot doesn't cost any more to play than the little one, and the odds of winning are the same every time.

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theresabbylolz 2012/03/30 21:59:46

Play

+1
me and my mom are going to try out our luck tonight ;]

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kudabux 2012/03/30 21:57:23

Play

+1
I would be a fool if I didn't drop a lousy dollar bill for the chance to win (even though chances are I will get hit by lightening first). LOL

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Recruit 2012/03/30 21:54:42

Play

I won 58 million dollars playing the lotto after taxes 2 years ago....i bought 55 million tickets this morning ...i will be happy if i will a free buck

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Sister Jean 2012/03/30 21:38:53

Play

I did a short time ago

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SarcasticB*tch 2012/03/30 21:34:35

Pass

ill stick to my little scratch offs. :P

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luvguins 2012/03/30 21:29:15

Play

+1
Sucker bet, but hey you can't win if you don't play at all.

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bmxschoolbus 2012/03/30 20:49:09

Play

I bought 500 tickets

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Anthony... to bmxscho... 2012/03/30 21:42:15

+1
That is a little too many for me, LOL

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bmxscho... to Anthony... 2012/03/31 00:13:52

i really only bought 1 because that is all it takes ti win

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lady_c5_loadmaster 2012/03/30 20:02:24

Play

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I am not greedy I would be happy just to win 1 million out of the pot. This would pay off our bills and our house and leave us some left over to put back into our IRA's and 401K (we had to withdraw that money to keep up the house payments since my husband has been unemployed since Oct of 09).

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Rogue_Loner 2012/03/30 20:01:53
Steve J~PWCM~JLA 2012/03/30 19:53:44

Play

+1
Hey, the odds of you winning, are less than the amount you could win. So, at least $1.00.

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Tigger Too 2012/03/30 19:43:07
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Anthony... to Tigger Too 2012/03/30 20:23:40

+1
You can start with giving me 20 million :P LOL

take care,

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Anthony... to Tigger Too 2012/03/30 20:03:19

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I always wondered what happens to the millions of dollars in taxes that the state gets from the lottery.

There are actually people out there that claim they wouldn't want such money, and if it is true: it's because they don't think they are entitled to it or want the responsibility associated with it.

Take care,

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Tigger Too to Anthony... 2012/03/30 20:23:30
Bronar 2012/03/30 19:37:10

Play

+1
Bought a whoppong $5 worth of tickets this am.

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Anthony... to Bronar 2012/03/30 19:48:38

I bought 3 dollars last night :P 2 self picks and 1 quick pick...
:P

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geneticmistake 2012/03/30 19:22:50

Play

+1
I usually get a ticket for each drawing regardless of the payout. At odds of about 176,000,000 to 1 I'm not holding my breath.

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Anthony... to genetic... 2012/03/30 19:49:13

+2
Hope and dreams are essential :P

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JERSEYDUDE 2012/03/30 19:08:48

Pass

the lottery is rigged along with slot machines and everything else

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ed 2012/03/30 18:59:41

Play

if I just knew where to get a ticket

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Jon Peter 2012/03/30 18:51:32

Play

You never know. You may have a chance to give your boss the finger.

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Sinister Ken Doll™ 2012/03/30 18:37:41

Pass

it's not nearly enough

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Anthony... to Siniste... 2012/03/30 19:49:40

300,000,000 after taxes is not enough? LOL

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shadowmoon 2012/03/30 18:35:35

Pass

I would have no clue what to do with all that money.

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Anthony... to shadowmoon 2012/03/30 19:51:31

+1
This corresponds with a Holic episode that I once watched, it basically stated: Some people would decline a million dollar lottery ticket because they don't think they deserve the money nor the responsibility associated with it: that they are fearful of what it entitles.

Take care,

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shadowmoon to Anthony... 2012/03/31 00:21:04 (edited)

Very true. Also, I would not want to have to go into hiding - I've read plenty of stories about people winning the Powerball and then getting killed (or at least violently robbed) a month later. But I suppose with over half a billion dollars you could hire Sylvester Stallone to protect you.

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Anthony... to shadowmoon 2012/03/31 00:24:51

I never thought the idea of making the lottery non anonymous was a good idea: people should have a right to their privacy, especially when they are wining substantial amounts of money.

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