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Default Sales grow as Powerball jackpot soars to $900 million

On 01/10/2016 01:05 PM, Chris X wrote:
On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 12:40:37 -0800, mike wrote:

On 1/9/2016 9:43 AM, Chris X wrote:
On Sat, 9 Jan 2016 12:13:42 -0500, burfordTjustice
wrote:

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Carry on!

You can't win.

Basic mathematics.

When the expected value of the investment exceeds the cost,
buy a ticket. So, this one merits ticket.
Basic mathematics.


Good luck with those "expectations".


A coworker used that logic last week with an office bulk ticket buy
scheme. He's out $10 today.