Mega Millions Winning Numbers 3/27/12

[hotrodsally]

Originally Posted by Steve Dallas

Does this ring a bell?

4, 8, 15, 25, 47, 42

. I missed the first couple of episodes, after which, I was lost.

[DarkFox1]

choosing the numbers and letting the machine choose them really has no difference.

If you play the numbers from lost, and the machine picks it.. hundreds of thousands of people will probably win.

I imagine the machine picks a number with the fewest number of wins on it, in expectation that the winning ticket will be lost or the owner will not come forward.

Remember this is a game designed to extort money. The only reason it pays out AT ALL is to keep up appearances. The computer is working against you. It has a database of numbers and the number of times said numbers have been played, it will do everything it can to not let anyone win.

Also, lost was a terrible series.

[Scott 78]

I think I'll have one Camaro for every day of the week. Can't forget the Copo Camaro for when I wanna hit the drag strip and the Zl1 for the road course. I've always wanted a new corvette as well. I'll take 7, 7 sounds like a reasonable number of corvettes.

[Q's 91z28]

I'm only buying one ticket so that "the computer" can see that and think that I will make for a great story....

[PoorMansCamaro]

never knew the lotto was computerized. figured they did the whole ping pong ball thing. all random.

[PoorMansCamaro]

Originally Posted by DarkFox1

choosing the numbers and letting the machine choose them really has no difference.

If you play the numbers from lost, and the machine picks it.. hundreds of thousands of people will probably win.

I imagine the machine picks a number with the fewest number of wins on it, in expectation that the winning ticket will be lost or the owner will not come forward.

Remember this is a game designed to extort money. The only reason it pays out AT ALL is to keep up appearances. The computer is working against you. It has a database of numbers and the number of times said numbers have been played, it will do everything it can to not let anyone win.

Also, lost was a terrible series.

if the numbers are computerized, why would they care how many winners there are? whether there is 1 winner or a million winners, it still pays out the same. either the 1 winner wins the whole thing, or the millions of winners will split the pot...

[ajp]

Originally Posted by aSSian

if the numbers are computerized, why would they care how many winners there are? whether there is 1 winner or a million winners, it still pays out the same. either the 1 winner wins the whole thing, or the millions of winners will split the pot...

When the jackpot grows, people that dont play play, and people that do play buy more tickets = more profit.

[PoorMansCamaro]

conspiracy theories, imo

[DarkFox1]

dude its a lottery.. its free money. of COURSE it's a racket.

I'm not saying don't play (I do..) just know the risk going in.

And remember your friends if you win.

[Nessal]

Yeah, I never do the lottery except for this one time. I put down $5 in the office pot. it's at least worth the small talk and day dreaming to help ease some of the workplace stress. So it's $5 worth spending either way.

[Nessal]

Originally Posted by DarkFox1

choosing the numbers and letting the machine choose them really has no difference.

If you play the numbers from lost, and the machine picks it.. hundreds of thousands of people will probably win.

I imagine the machine picks a number with the fewest number of wins on it, in expectation that the winning ticket will be lost or the owner will not come forward.

Remember this is a game designed to extort money. The only reason it pays out AT ALL is to keep up appearances. The computer is working against you. It has a database of numbers and the number of times said numbers have been played, it will do everything it can to not let anyone win.

Also, lost was a terrible series.

Actually, if you look at the system on face value, it is not rigged. It is even better than a random number generator because the numbers are picked physically through a rotating assembly where the balls are dropped out. The numbers are not picked by a computer like Keno. There is no such thing as a truly random number generater that is calculated through a computer. If you find the formula used to generate the numbers, you can predict every number that will be drawn from then on. There was a guy that figured the formula out for the Keno games. He was thrown in prison.

[Nessal]

Originally Posted by ajp

Assume about 1/3 if you take the cash option and get dinged with 35% income tax.

So about $170m in the bank based on $500m.

Factor in state income tax and you get even less. Not all state has state income tax...but yeah....

[PoorMansCamaro]

upt to $540million...now...

[=Stephens=]