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In response to "I bought my first Megamillions ticket yesterday. -- nm" by Bacon

oh, is it a big jackpot? I have 15 minutes to go buy one. -- nm

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Oct 15 '10, 17:46

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72M, not big enough. -- nm - loosilu Oct 15, 17:47 7
- Yeah, it's enough for me. Have fun going to work on Monday -- nm - Bacon Oct 15, 17:50 5
  - 100M is the magic number where it's mathematically worth it. -- nm - loosilu Oct 15, 17:50 4
    - Doesn't that only apply to buying all combinations? And only when there are no duplicate winners? :) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Oct 15, 17:56 1
      - math is hard. -- nm - loosilu Oct 15, 18:06
    - The mathematical number, maybe. But it's a lot lower in real people terms. - Reagen Oct 15, 17:54 1
      - ahhh, not gonna make it in time to buy it. oh well. -- nm - loosilu Oct 15, 17:59
- I claim 1% of Diva's earnings as her lottery agent. -- nm - David Oct 15, 17:49
72 million -- nm - amoxy Oct 15, 17:47

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