Powerball Lottery Winners Decline $200M

Pirate · 01-21-2016, 02:36 PM

This is why the lottery is really not worth it.

pvnk · 01-21-2016, 06:06 PM

(01-21-2016, 02:36 PM)Satanic Wrote: This is why the lottery is really not worth it.

I found the genius of the millennium here.

Free money isn't worth (it).

The Real Slim Shady · 01-21-2016, 06:27 PM

(01-21-2016, 06:06 PM)primitiv Wrote: Free money isn't worth (it).

Not really free... if nothing else it was the price of the lottery ticket. but many people spend 10's of thousands of dollars in their life time and get little to nothing in return. So when they do win... I wouldn't call it "free" money.

(01-21-2016, 06:06 PM)primitiv Wrote: I found the genius of the millennium here.

I agree. Saying that the lottery isn't worth it because you only get 330 million instead of 530million? if anything the lottery isn't worth it because your odds are so slim of actually winning... not because of the payout structure.

Pirate · 01-21-2016, 06:53 PM

(01-21-2016, 06:27 PM)The Real Slim Shady Wrote: Not really free... if nothing else it was the price of the lottery ticket. but many people spend 10's of thousands of dollars in their life time and get little to nothing in return. So when they do win... I wouldn't call it "free" money.

I agree. Saying that the lottery isn't worth it because you only get 330 million instead of 530million? if anything the lottery isn't worth it because your odds are so slim of actually winning... not because of the payout structure.

I only said that statement because you lose almost half the money, plus it takes too long to get it.
Plus it is an incredibly bad investment.

Hazard · 01-21-2016, 07:07 PM

I'd wait a year. I have my whole life ahead of me.

The Real Slim Shady · 01-21-2016, 08:27 PM

(01-21-2016, 07:07 PM)Hazard Wrote: I'd wait a year. I have my whole life ahead of me.

the op is mistaken. You'd be waiting up to 30 years for the whole amount. would you still wait?

ImmNinjaxD · 01-21-2016, 08:30 PM

(01-21-2016, 08:27 PM)The Real Slim Shady Wrote: the op is mistaken. You'd be waiting up to 30 years for the whole amount. would you still wait?

In that case, nope. Better to secure the money & start investing in my opinion.

Greece · 01-21-2016, 10:05 PM

(01-21-2016, 08:27 PM)The Real Slim Shady Wrote: the op is mistaken. You'd be waiting up to 30 years for the whole amount. would you still wait?

Source please

The Real Slim Shady · 01-22-2016, 01:46 AM

(01-21-2016, 10:05 PM)Greece Wrote: Source please

www.google.com - look it up yourself. I don't know how you came to your conclusion that you'd get it after 1 year, but thats not how the lottery system in America works.

mothered · 01-22-2016, 04:02 AM

(01-21-2016, 02:23 PM)The Real Slim Shady Wrote: And what if you had to wait 30 years, which is actually the case?

Personally, no.

It's simply too long of a time-frame to put a price on It.