Jetpilot Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Anyone having a stab at the USA Powerball lottery rollover @ £900 million 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimboy2 Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 If I was a US resident I would! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetpilot Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share Posted January 12, 2016 You can from here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Odds of winning the UK Lotto jackpot are now 1:45 million after they added another 10 balls (it was 1:14 million) ~ the odds of winning the USA Powerball jackpot are 1:292 million! Think I'll save my money tbh. Didn't want £900 million anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetpilot Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share Posted January 12, 2016 http://promotion.lottoland.co.uk/powerball/buy-one-powerball-line-get-another-free.html?pid=goadwukpb&gclid=Cj0KEQiA5dK0BRCr49qDzILe74UBEiQA_6gA-q1R1wKhbOd-pBsT28tjW7XDYKgY62kWRmJUFpYKxeoaAraE8P8HAQ&mc=PB2for1N To be fair the lotto is absolute sh*t, i had 5 numbers back in the day, less than £800 I doubt it even covered the money i had spent over the years, i gave up after that but still have a lucky dip for the odd big one just in case, someone has to win at some point 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 http://promotion.lot...HAQ&mc=PB2for1N To be fair the lotto is absolute sh*t, i had 5 numbers back in the day, less than £800 I doubt it even covered the money i had spent over the years, i gave up after that but still have a lucky dip for the odd big one just in case, someone has to win at some point Totally agree with you ~ the Lotto is a load of BS. Me & my work colleague were looking at the Lotto allocated prize pots the other day and for two people that luckily got 5 numbers plus the bonus they "only" received £74K each ~ I say "only" as for 5 numbers plus the bonus ball I'd expect at least a few hundred thousand each. I'm part of a syndicate in work and we are currently voting on which way to go. Either Euromillions, Thunderball, Irish Lottery or stick with UK Lotto. So far Thunderball is winning which is good as that's the way I'd prefer to go. With it only costing £1 instead of £2 we can double the amount of lines we are entering for each draw plus the odds of winning the £500K jackpot are a lot better. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetpilot Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share Posted January 12, 2016 they "only" received £74K each Your being generous, it was only £64k and there was only 5 people who matched that too. I know £64k is a reasonable sum, but dam, you would at least want to pay off your mortgage or something for a 1 in 2.5 odd million chance. Still, someone has to do it and dont mind the odd £2 here and there for a chance, but no way in hell i would be spending every week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 they "only" received £74K each Your being generous, it was only £64k and there was only 5 people who matched that too. I know £64k is a reasonable sum, but dam, you would at least want to pay off your mortgage or something for a 1 in 2.5 odd million chance. Still, someone has to do it and dont mind the odd £2 here and there for a chance, but no way in hell i would be spending every week. Exactly for the odds you'd expect a lot more cash. I occasionally do my own personal stake but generally I just stick to the £2 per week with the works syndicate as technically I get 10 lines for my cash instead of just the one line although obviously anything we win will be split between the ten of us but I'm happy with that ~ I'm not a greedy person. Any extra cash would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 But again you are reminded how stupid some americans are http://wtvr.com/2016/01/11/how-to-solve-poverty-in-america-according-to-one-persons-viral-post/ :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 ^^ Oh dear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 The US Powerball is open to any non-US citizen, so you can go buy a ticket, I can pop across the border and get a couple, and I can bring the ticket home with me . . . . unfortunately it is illegal to import a lottery ticket back in to the US. The border people are warning everyone going across the border from here who are buying them. You can buy a ticket, but you must leave it in the US . . . stupid i know, but apparently thats the law. If no one wins by Sunday, then I will get a few tickets when I go the Monterey nest week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 The US Powerball is open to any non-US citizen, so you can go buy a ticket, I can pop across the border and get a couple, and I can bring the ticket home with me . . . . unfortunately it is illegal to import a lottery ticket back in to the US. The border people are warning everyone going across the border from here who are buying them. You can buy a ticket, but you must leave it in the US . . . stupid i know, but apparently thats the law. If no one wins by Sunday, then I will get a few tickets when I go the Monterey nest week Forum syndicate $100 buy in? Before you even think of it. I'd find you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 The US Powerball is open to any non-US citizen, so you can go buy a ticket, I can pop across the border and get a couple, and I can bring the ticket home with me . . . . unfortunately it is illegal to import a lottery ticket back in to the US. The border people are warning everyone going across the border from here who are buying them. You can buy a ticket, but you must leave it in the US . . . stupid i know, but apparently thats the law. If no one wins by Sunday, then I will get a few tickets when I go the Monterey nest week Forum syndicate $100 buy in? Before you even think of it. I'd find you Thanks for the offer . . . you want a ticket . . . . get a plane ticket and buy your own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 beside which, you have more chance of . . . . Dying from an asteroid strike. or Taking home a gold medal at the Olympics. or Finding buried treasure. or Taking a ride to the moon or Being a 40-year-old virgin. or Becoming the President of the United States. or Being killed by a vending machine. or Dating Leonardo DiCaprio. or Getting injured by a toilet. than you have any chance of winning the powerball 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I can't be POTUS as not a US national, so I did some quick math and that basically gives me a really great shot at winning PB! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 All very true what DoogyRev said, although it's also true when people say; "you've got to be in it to win it". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian@TORQEN Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Well, since I have so many friends in USA, I'll give it a go We can have some fun, I'll throw $100 in, that's 50 lines, you guys come up with the lines. Whatever / If we win, we split equal with the guy that came with the winning line :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Well, since I have so many friends in USA, I'll give it a go We can have some fun, I'll throw $100 in, that's 50 lines, you guys come up with the lines. Whatever / If we win, we split equal with the guy that came with the winning line :lol: I'm not sure I believe you Adrian but unfortunately I'm poor enough not to be able to take the risk, ...my numbers would be: 09, 16, 30, 31, 49, 67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian@TORQEN Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Ha ha! Come on, do it properly, you haven't got anything to lose anyway as I'm going to pay for it 1. GMballistic - 09, 16, 30, 31, 49, 67 2. 3. and so on up to 49, I'll be the 50th Hurry up, the draw is tomorrow! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikevv Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 My folks are addicted to the damn lotto thing I swear to god. Literally buy 2 tickets for every draw... my dad rang me the other day to ask if I can go buy him another ticket "just in case" I laughed n said fine, but luckily their website was down and I couldn't be bothered to go to the shop Surely nobody wins on this? working on £6 a week minimum you're over £300 a year, yet he refuses to spend that extra money on a nicer car "cause the tax is ridiculous" The most we've won in one ticket ( this has only happened 3 times in 10 years ) so far have been 2x £100 and 1x £50 - Seems like a bit of a lost cause to me but hey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I run the syndicate at work and I bought £276 of tickets for last saturday's lottery with the excess we had in our kitty. We won a ground total of £148, which is better than we usually do 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangzoom Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 (edited) Odds on the lottery isn't that bad compared to premium bonds. 1 in 45 million for the jack pot on the lottery ?? We have a decent amount of premium bonds, the odds of wining a big prize on that is something like 1 in 27 BILLION!! Last 2 years we've been lucky, have got over 10% return on premium bonds (estimated annual return is only 1.36%). But last 6 months have got virtually nothing so thinking of what to do with it, still don't fancy the idea of gambling all of that on the lottery Edited January 13, 2016 by gangzoom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Odds on the lottery isn't that bad compared to premium bonds. 1 in 45 million for the jack pot on the lottery ?? We have a decent amount of premium bonds, the odds of wining a big prize on that is something like 1 in 27 BILLION!! Last 2 years we've been lucky, have got over 10% return on premium bonds (estimated annual return is only 1.36%). But last 6 months have got virtually nothing so thinking of what to do with it, still don't fancy the idea of gambling all of that on the lottery Watched the movie "The Big Short" the other day, was quite interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I have a chance of dating Leonardo DiCaprio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Bradders- Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Anyone see the restaurant staff video where they believe they have won the billion jackpot?? idiots got the right numbers on the wrong day!! Talk about anti climax! http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2016/01/nj_restaurant_staff_thought_they_won_the_powerball_but_video.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.