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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Lol, wut<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> general-bounces@lists.makerslocal.org [mailto:general-bounces@lists.makerslocal.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Devin Boyer<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 28, 2012 11:12 AM<br><b>To:</b> General discussion about makerslocal<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [General] Lotto Run?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>"<span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>A jackpot-winning ticket must match all five numbers drawn from a pot containing 56 balls and then match the Mega Ball, which is drawn from a pot containing 46 numbers. Odds of winning are almost 176 million to 1. Each ticket costs $1."</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If I'm reading this right (too lazy to crunch the numbers) for $176 million, you can buy one of every ticket. Because "<span style='background:white'>Friday's $476 million prize is payable as an annuity over 26 years," it seems like it would make for a decent return-on-investment.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>If only I had the $176 million...</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Wayne Neumaier <<a href="mailto:wneumaier@gmail.com">wneumaier@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Any plans for a ticket run up to Tennessee?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/28/mega-millions-jackpot-hits-record-476-million/?hpt=hp_t3" target="_blank">http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/28/mega-millions-jackpot-hits-record-476-million/?hpt=hp_t3</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________________<br>General mailing list<br><a href="mailto:General@lists.makerslocal.org">General@lists.makerslocal.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.makerslocal.org/mailman/listinfo/general" target="_blank">http://lists.makerslocal.org/mailman/listinfo/general</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>