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Offline MovieMan

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I PREDICT......
« on: March 22, 2013, 10:11:17 AM »
....I will not win the POWERBALL lottery this weekend!

Actually, Californians can't participate (in state) until April 8, 2013 when the state jumps on the bandwagon.
Funny, how "the numbers" used to be an illegal enterprise run by the mob and until states got involved !

ANYWAY, take a look at the link below on the ODDS of winning the Powerball lottery; not only are the huge (over 175 million to one) but the link shows 11 things that are more likely to happen to you than winning the big prize.

usnews(dot)nbcnews(dot)com/_news/2012/11/28/15510840-11-things-more-likely-to-happen-than-winning-the-powerball-jackpot?lite

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Re: I PREDICT......
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2013, 11:34:42 AM »
What do you call a powerball winner? A former democrat.

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« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2013, 03:05:56 PM »
(over 175 million to one)

Yet someone always seems to beat those odds.

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« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2013, 04:53:09 PM »
Yet someone always seems to beat those odds.

"Always" is a very inclusive word. There are somethings that will "always" be true, but in general "always" doesn't apply "always". In the short run, always might work, but even then it doesn't always.

Is this an "always" true statement?

1. The sun will always come up.
    Nope, it doesn't really come up of course, but when the planet blows up some day for whatever reason, there   
    will be no sunrise as there will be no Earth and no people to see a sunrise.

There would be many other examples. I'm sure Travis will come up with some flip examples (still thinking of giving up his day job for a career in comedy.)

As to someone always beating the odds in the lottery. There have been several examples of the Powerball lottery not being won by ANYONE, and the same is even more true for the state lotteries which are smaller amounts. That's why they roll over to the next time....I'm not even sure how often a state lottery runs.

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every time; on every occasion; without exception: He always works on Saturday.
2.
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« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2013, 07:44:27 PM »
What do you call a powerball winner? A former democrat.


That's funny!

Reminds me of the guy who worked in a union for 30 years and was a die hard Democrat all those years. A couple of years after retirement when he depended on his pension stock options and investment income to cover his retirement lifestyle he became a die hard Republican!