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The current amount is posted as $540 M. However, if you get it all
right now, your after tax takehome is probably around half that or
less. That is a true crime.<br>
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David M.<br>
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Devin Boyer wrote:
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cite="mid:CAB__S0gEqs8Gmhx0Wz6XsbgHRukGcwh2dwgfph9kSYm0zYFroA@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">FYI I will buy a Mega Million lottery ticket when they are
literally offering 10^6 million dollars.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Devin
Boyer <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:boyerd@gmail.com">boyerd@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Statistically
speaking, "far better" may be a bit of a stretch.<br>
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<div class="im">On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Nathan W. <span
dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:greenfday6@gmail.com" target="_blank">greenfday6@gmail.com</a>></span>
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style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Wayne,<br>
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While I'm sure you know the odds of wining, I would like to wish you
luck in your chances of winning. Because even though your chances are
way past slim to none, you have a far better chance than any of the
other people who have replied to this thread so far.<br>
<br>
Thanks<span><font color="#888888"><br>
Nathan</font></span>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Matthew
H <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:hendrix04@gmail.com" target="_blank">hendrix04@gmail.com</a>></span>
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Can you call it a tax when it isn't mandatory? Don't think so... I<br>
really hate the "The lotto is a tax on the poor" bullshit.<br>
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On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 7:55 AM, Jake McArthur <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:jake.mcarthur@gmail.com"
target="_blank">jake.mcarthur@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> State lotteries have negative expectancy. Always. If they didn't,
there<br>
> would be no reason for the states to have lotteries. They aren't
charities.<br>
> They are taxes on people who can't do the math or who don't read
the rules.<br>
><br>
> On Mar 29, 2012 6:19 AM, "David" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:ainut@knology.net" target="_blank">ainut@knology.net</a>>
wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> BUT, if other people also had the winning numbers, they all
split it,<br>
>> AIUI.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Devin Boyer wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> "A jackpot-winning ticket must match all five numbers drawn
from a pot<br>
>> containing 56 balls and then match the Mega Ball, which is
drawn from a pot<br>
>> containing 46 numbers. Odds of winning are almost 176 million
to 1. Each<br>
>> ticket costs $1."<br>
>><br>
>> If I'm reading this right (too lazy to crunch the numbers) for
$176<br>
>> million, you can buy one of every ticket. Because "Friday's
$476 million<br>
>> prize is payable as an annuity over 26 years," it seems like
it would make<br>
>> for a decent return-on-investment.<br>
>><br>
>> If only I had the $176 million...<br>
>><br>
>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Wayne Neumaier <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:wneumaier@gmail.com"
target="_blank">wneumaier@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Any plans for a ticket run up to Tennessee?<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/28/mega-millions-jackpot-hits-record-476-million/?hpt=hp_t3"
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