Mega Millions

[Eric72]

The odds of winning are 1 in 292 million.

So, in theory, someone could have played every possible combination of numbers last night and walked away hundreds of million dollars richer.

Oh well, hindsight is always 20/20, I guess.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Eric72

So, in theory, someone could have played every possible combination of numbers last night and walked away hundreds of million dollars richer.

Oh well, hindsight is always 20/20, I guess.

Yeah there was an article saying that due to the payout amount that math wise buy a powerball ticket puts the odds in your favor

now that powerball is at 1.3 billion , if I won not only would I look at Deans Card listings but I would actually considering buying some cards..

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Eric72

So, in theory, someone could have played every possible combination of numbers last night and walked away hundreds of million dollars richer.

Oh well, hindsight is always 20/20, I guess.

Tickets are $2, and after taxes and adjusting payout to present value you end up poorer I think.

[Vegas-guy]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Tickets are $2, and after taxes and adjusting payout to present value you end up poorer I think.

+1 not to mention more than one person could win so you might be splitting it.

[Sean1125]

It would cost about 600m to buyout every combination, the prize would need to be above 1.6b to make money post tax.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Sean1125

It would cost about 600m to buyout every combination, the prize would need to be above 1.6b to make money post tax.

well you do get to writeoff your losses on that 600m buy in....I not an accountant and I will defer that you cant make money buying all the combinations but it sounds like you are getting close...maybe if no winners next few weeks!....

man who will want to play powerball after someone has won when the jackpot is 'only' 10 million.....I feel bad for that poor winner of 10 million..