Author Topic: A tube of greed lube, and lotto ream the poor!! Stop. (Read 1812 times)

renocat · « **on:** January 09, 2016, 03:17:05 PM »

Rich bastards don't play the lotto; they do other things. This is hurting the poor. Too convenient. The money raised never go to help the poor especially here in Kansas.

slobber · « **Reply #1 on:** January 09, 2016, 04:17:24 PM »

Pays for rock for county roads?

Gonna win 'em all! (using Tapatalk)

ednksu · « **Reply #2 on:** January 10, 2016, 10:12:53 AM »

Today I learned funding education doesn't help the poor.

slackcat · « **Reply #3 on:** January 10, 2016, 10:16:20 AM »

We must save the poor from themselves!

ednksu · « **Reply #4 on:** January 10, 2016, 10:45:24 AM »

But if you win....."I'm a millionaire! Suddenly I have an opinion about the capital gains tax."

K-S-U-Wildcats! · « **Reply #5 on:** January 10, 2016, 11:49:22 AM »

Not gonna lie - I'm gonna buy a few tickets. I only play maybe once a year when the jackpot gets high enough to justify (to me) wasting a few bucks on astronomical odds.

MakeItRain · « **Reply #6 on:** January 10, 2016, 11:58:58 AM »

It makes no rational sense for using financial reasons for not playing.

Can we also talk about all of the moronic flawed analogies about powerball odds? The worst one, "you have better odds of becoming president than you do in winning the lottery." So stupid. There have been four presidents since powerball began, we will have four powerball winners before April.

K-S-U-Wildcats! · « **Reply #7 on:** January 10, 2016, 12:33:52 PM »

You could waste hundreds or thousands playing powerball all year long without significantly improving your odds over spending a few bucks playing once per year for the huge jackpot. So I'm still engaging in irrational behavior but at least I'm wasting almost nothing on it.

gatoveintisiet · « **Reply #8 on:** January 10, 2016, 12:38:31 PM »

I think I'm going to google how odds really work.

wetwillie · « **Reply #9 on:** January 10, 2016, 12:54:59 PM »

What is the value of a $2 ticket when the pre tax pot is $1B and the odds are 1:292,000,000

Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) · « **Reply #10 on:** January 10, 2016, 01:50:47 PM »

Lotto, and cigarettes and booze taxes are how we take back some of the welfare these losers don't deserve.

MakeItRain · « **Reply #11 on:** January 10, 2016, 02:17:00 PM »

Quote from: K-S-U-Wildcats! on January 10, 2016, 12:33:52 PM

You could waste hundreds or thousands playing powerball all year long without significantly improving your odds over spending a few bucks playing once per year for the huge jackpot. So I'm still engaging in irrational behavior but at least I'm wasting almost nothing on it.

Yep, it's not about playing being a waste, its spending $20 a week when you're making $30,000 in a household of 5 that's problematic. I can't stand the scolds who constantly harp about the lottery being a dumb investment.

CNS · « **Reply #12 on:** January 10, 2016, 02:38:48 PM »

I wish there were multiple winning numbers every drawing. No one needs 40 mill let alone a third of a billion. Draw ten winning numbers and effect more ppl.

sys · « **Reply #13 on:** January 10, 2016, 03:00:01 PM »

Quote from: wetwillie on January 10, 2016, 12:54:59 PM

What is the value of a $2 ticket when the pre tax pot is $1B and the odds are 1:292,000,000

probably around break even. 1.3b is .806b paid up front. federal taxes would reduce that by .25, so .6045b./292 = $2.07. but that's in a no income tax state. if you don't already live in one, i don't know if you would be allowed to find out you won, then move before you take payment. if not, then state taxes would probably reduce it to just below break even. but dependent on the state.

renocat · « **Reply #14 on:** January 10, 2016, 03:08:07 PM »

Quote from: CNS on January 10, 2016, 02:38:48 PM

I wish there were multiple winning numbers every drawing. No one needs 40 mill let alone a third of a billion. Draw ten winning numbers and effect more ppl.

I think this idea has meri5. Kind of like Spain's lotto. Still think poor people need a license to play the lottery.

_33 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 10, 2016, 03:17:38 PM »

Quote from: ednksu on January 10, 2016, 10:12:53 AM

Today I learned funding education doesn't help the poor.

Does it really help fund education though? Not according to this satirical news report:

MakeItRain · « **Reply #16 on:** January 10, 2016, 03:44:15 PM »

Quote from: renocat on January 10, 2016, 03:08:07 PM

Quote from: CNS on January 10, 2016, 02:38:48 PM
I wish there were multiple winning numbers every drawing. No one needs 40 mill let alone a third of a billion. Draw ten winning numbers and effect more ppl.
I think this idea has meri5. Kind of like Spain's lotto. Still think poor people need a license to play the lottery.

LOL, possibly the most blatant non erii troll post ever.

slackcat · « **Reply #17 on:** January 11, 2016, 08:03:35 AM »

People sure throw around this "poor" label.

renocat · « **Reply #18 on:** January 11, 2016, 08:29:30 AM »

Monies Kansas gets from its lotteries goes mainly to economic development and building prisons. This is really a voluntary tax on the poor. Hey poor stupid bastard take that 10 dollars you have and buy a nearly worthless piece of paper so your kids won't have food to eat. Why don't we give lotto tickets instead of welfare checks?

sys · « **Reply #19 on:** January 11, 2016, 11:15:54 AM »

Quote from: slackcat on January 11, 2016, 08:03:35 AM

People sure throw around this "poor" label.

people are bad people.

puniraptor · « **Reply #20 on:** January 11, 2016, 03:40:17 PM »

Winning the lottery is a curse that will destroy your life. I would never buy a ticket because I am terrified of winning.

Mrs. Gooch · « **Reply #21 on:** January 11, 2016, 04:05:07 PM »

Quote from: CNS on January 10, 2016, 02:38:48 PM

I wish there were multiple winning numbers every drawing. No one needs 40 mill let alone a third of a billion. Draw ten winning numbers and effect more ppl.

There are multiple winning tickets every drawing.

lopakman · « **Reply #22 on:** January 11, 2016, 04:10:41 PM »

Yep I won three dollars

CNS · « **Reply #23 on:** January 11, 2016, 04:22:33 PM »

Quote from: Mrs. Gooch on January 11, 2016, 04:05:07 PM

Quote from: CNS on January 10, 2016, 02:38:48 PM
I wish there were multiple winning numbers every drawing. No one needs 40 mill let alone a third of a billion. Draw ten winning numbers and effect more ppl.

There are multiple winning tickets every drawing.

Jackpots. And, yes, there are two or three often. There should be more than that though.

The Big Train · « **Reply #24 on:** January 31, 2016, 09:53:19 AM »

Quote from: puniraptor on January 11, 2016, 03:40:17 PM

Winning the lottery is a curse that will destroy your life. I would never buy a ticket because I am terrified of winning.

I buy the big ones just because, but I might give it all away if I won tbh

Author Topic: A tube of greed lube, and lotto ream the poor!! Stop. (Read 1812 times)

The Big Train