US lottery jackpot stands as a record 640 million dollars; some recommendations

Friday, March 30th 2012 - 17:16 UTC

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US lottery officials say they are increasing the MegaMillions lottery jackpot to 640 million dollars increasing what was already a world record prize. The previous record jackpot was 390 million dollars in 2007. Read full article

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fjenk1302
“As an example, he says odds are 1 in 175 million with one ticket and one in 17.5 million with ten tickets.”

I don't know who is dumber - the person who said this or the person who repeated it in this “article” without further comment.
Mar 30th, 2012 - 09:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Marcos Alejandro
“he says odds are 1 in 175 million with one ticket and one in 17.5 million with ten tickets”
What a genius! :-))))))

I am not familiar of how their lottery works, however I can say that the stupid who said that and MercoStanley for writing it will recieve the prestigious “Dumb & Dumber Awards”
Mar 30th, 2012 - 11:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Alexei
I wonder if the Argentine government has bought a ticket. It's a long shot, but worth a try. Similar odds of a successful outcome to their current economic policies. :)
Mar 31st, 2012 - 09:02 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
Silly remarks from the experts,,,
Apparently they say, you have more chance of being hit by lightening 500 times,
Does this mean then, the winners was hit by lightening 500times them,
Frizzle frizzle .
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Mar 31st, 2012 - 07:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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