Lottery is a bit crap
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kev1974 said:
right £95m up for grabs in tomorrow's Euromillions.
No idea why anyone bothers with the National lottery any more when it comes nowhere close to such dreams.
The logic, it burns.No idea why anyone bothers with the National lottery any more when it comes nowhere close to such dreams.
Euro: 1 in 116,531,800
Lotto: 1 in 13,983,815
You're 10 times more likely to win the Lotto. And even then, you're 10 times more likely to die falling out of bed than winning the Lotto.
People don't can't comprehend probabilities.
kev1974 said:
Well nobody won the jackpot tonight. So £109m on Friday then.
See, I'm all for the massive jackpots, the impact of winning that amount would be hysterical. Oh the fun...But given that last night, the winners of 5+1 got £138.5k which, while its not to be sniffed at, isn't great considering the odds of 1 in 6,473,989 to win the prize.
To my mind, they'd be better off giving 5+1 a guaranteed £1m or something, and cascading down a little.
Rather than start a new lotto topic. .
Does anyone here do the (or having any opinions regarding) Irish Lotto or the postcode lottery?
I have a DD set up with the national lotto but thinking of jacking it in for one of the above.
Was just a quick thought so I havent looked at either of them in any detail.
Does anyone here do the (or having any opinions regarding) Irish Lotto or the postcode lottery?
I have a DD set up with the national lotto but thinking of jacking it in for one of the above.
Was just a quick thought so I havent looked at either of them in any detail.
GTIR said:
Phil Dicky said:
Mr Trophy said:
Someone was telling me ( a taxi driver in London ) that if you don't go public after winning, you get the money split yearly, until full amount is paid. Anyone know if this is bulls
t?
Bullst?t....going public gets you Camelot backing and their financial advice foc.t. Camelot are legally obliged to offer "backing" (assuming you mean support) and initial financial advice. After that you're on your own. Pork said:
northwest monkey said:
fk me I'm having some of that - £109m is proper playing out money.
In fact, I'm going to slash the odds of winning and buy 2 tickets
You really haven't slashed the odds, they're now 2 in 116,000,000.k me I'm having some of that - £109m is proper playing out money. In fact, I'm going to slash the odds of winning and buy 2 tickets
You've doubled your chances though!
Pffft to the chap who wants 5 prizes of £20m each - why stop at that though, go ever further with 218 prizes of £500k each?
b
ks to that, I want all £109mThe point of the Euromillions is surely the ludicrous size of the jackpot?
GroundEffect said:
kev1974 said:
right £95m up for grabs in tomorrow's Euromillions.
No idea why anyone bothers with the National lottery any more when it comes nowhere close to such dreams.
The logic, it burns.No idea why anyone bothers with the National lottery any more when it comes nowhere close to such dreams.
Euro: 1 in 116,531,800
Lotto: 1 in 13,983,815
You're 10 times more likely to win the Lotto. And even then, you're 10 times more likely to die falling out of bed than winning the Lotto.
People don't can't comprehend probabilities.
Pork said:
Another shocker last night - 5 plus bonus was. £11.6k. With odds of 2.3m to 1, that's a disgrace.
Jackpot winner got £398k which for many might just clear the mortgage. IMO it's not really a lottery offering the lottery winners lifestyle any more.
5 out of 6 numbers were under 31,(most people go for family birthdays and lucky numbers that are always under 10) so 8 people shared the jackpot. Imho, people who go for mainly low numbers deserve to win a crap amount for being so damn stupid. So I couldn't care less.Jackpot winner got £398k which for many might just clear the mortgage. IMO it's not really a lottery offering the lottery winners lifestyle any more.
I have one number under 31 and 5 over. If I win, I won't be sharing it with anyone.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
5 out of 6 numbers were under 31,(most people go for family birthdays and lucky numbers that are always under 10) so 8 people shared the jackpot. Imho, people who go for mainly low numbers deserve to win a crap amount for being so damn stupid. So I couldn't care less.
I have one number under 31 and 5 over. If I win, I won't be sharing it with anyone.
Except all the other people who think just like you?I have one number under 31 and 5 over. If I win, I won't be sharing it with anyone.
Oakey said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
5 out of 6 numbers were under 31,(most people go for family birthdays and lucky numbers that are always under 10) so 8 people shared the jackpot. Imho, people who go for mainly low numbers deserve to win a crap amount for being so damn stupid. So I couldn't care less.
I have one number under 31 and 5 over. If I win, I won't be sharing it with anyone.
Except all the other people who think just like you?I have one number under 31 and 5 over. If I win, I won't be sharing it with anyone.
GroundEffect said:
The logic, it burns.
Euro: 1 in 116,531,800
Lotto: 1 in 13,983,815
You're 10 times more likely to win the Lotto. And even then, you're 10 times more likely to die falling out of bed than winning the Lotto.
People don't can't comprehend probabilities.
Did 40 people die falling out of bed last week? Genuine question.Euro: 1 in 116,531,800
Lotto: 1 in 13,983,815
You're 10 times more likely to win the Lotto. And even then, you're 10 times more likely to die falling out of bed than winning the Lotto.
People don't can't comprehend probabilities.
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