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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-10 04:40 PM
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Incredibly Depressing Mega Millions Lottery Simulator!
"You'll be able to try the same numbers over and over, simulating playing twice a week for a year or 10. You'll never win."

via Boing! Boing!
http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/poker/lottery_simulator100.php
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Zavulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-10 04:45 PM
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1. Excellent. For my $1040 I got $63 back.
And people ask why I don't play the lottery.
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Tobin S. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-10 04:47 PM
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2. You played 1040 games of Mega Millions. It cost $1040. You won $68.
The most I won on any one ticket was $10.

I play every once in a while in real life and the most I've ever won was $7.
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Tom_Foolery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-10 04:54 PM
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3. Invested $1,040 and won $198.
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MajorChode Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-10 05:01 PM
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4. I've never bought a lottery ticket
So no depression here.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-10 05:28 PM
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5. You played 1040 games of Mega Millions. It cost $1040. You won $278.
Woo hoo! Big winnah!
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-10 05:31 PM
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6. You played 1040 games. It cost $1040. You won $53
Hot Diggity Damn! I'm gonna retire rich! At this rate, I'm bound to come due for a winning ticket any moment now!
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-10 06:14 PM
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7. It could be incredibly depressing
Or it might be somewhat enlightening. I think there are a disproportionate number of people walking around in these here United States who are convinced that some day, and soon, their lottery ticket will be their entree into the world of big bucks. Hence, their relentless advocacy for taking it easy on the wealthy, because just any minute now they'll leave the work-a-day world and their crummy hovel behind, flown away on the wings of the magical lottery ticket.

Full disclosure: I buy a lottery ticket about five times a year. I do not anticipate ever hitting it big (or even medium), but it's a nice diversion for five bucks annually.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-10 08:01 PM
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9. You played 1040 games of Mega Millions. It cost $1040. You won $239.
Hah! You buncha losers.
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triguy46 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-10 07:14 PM
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8. So I spent $3120 and won $278. I'm getting hot, gotta win soon!
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-10 08:07 PM
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10. Yowza!
Edited on Tue Sep-28-10 08:08 PM by krispos42
You played 1040 games of Mega Millions. It cost $1040. You won $107. :woohoo:

You played 1040 games of Mega Millions. It cost $1040. You won $117. :woohoo: :woohoo:
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