Dumb ASS spends 700 dollars on lottery tickets and didn't win shit

[bigdarryl]

http://www.tmz.com/2012/03/28/dyrdek-drops-big-bucks-on-lotto-fails-to-win-363-million/

[MADem]

1. Buy one or two--it's all a crap shoot, anyway.

If you're gonna win, you're gonna win. Otherwise, look at it as a donation to the government coffers.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. To change your chances by a measly 1% you need to spend

100,000

We buy a buck each when it gets up there.

[zipplewrath]

8. 700 times better

His chances were 700 time better than buying one ticket.


Of course 700 times zero is still....

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. Statistics.

...

[zipplewrath]

23. Probability

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[oldhippie]

25. Me too ?

?

[mackattack]

30. math words

[zipplewrath]

33. Very Good

It's a signature of mine I use with my wife. I didn't think anyone would get it.

[oldhippie]

42. Been a ham since '62. nt

nt

[zipplewrath]

44. Now I'm embarrassed

I had to look the code up. Forgot all my boyscout morse code.

[gratuitous]

3. Think of it as a tax on the mathematically challenged

Shoulda paid closer attention back in fifth grade. But the taxpayers thank you for your contribution!

[1StrongBlackMan]

4. More ...

I think purchase a (or 100) lottery ticket is really just a chance to dream.

[zipplewrath]

11. That's what I always said

I get what I paid for every time. A cheap dream and a feeling of participation. You're a fool if you think you have any substantive chance to win.

[gratuitous]

15. Yeah

I buy the occasional lottery ticket from time to time, and I'm quite cognizant of the long, long, long odds I'm facing. I can't imagine buying $700 worth of tickets, but if I did, I sure as shit wouldn't tell anyone else or complain about it, particularly when the inevitable happened, and it turned out I'd basically thrown $700 away.

[snooper2]

5. There's too much dumb to go around here, head starting to hurt..

The fact that he bought them, and?

The fact that somebody took the time to actually write a snip about it and upload it to a webpage?

The fact that people are taking the time to click on said webpage to read about, "it"?

The fact that somebody took the time to create a thread on a different website to spread information what random person did?

The fact that I'm still wasting time responding to an OP about a topic from a different website about some random tool?

[onehandle]

6. He increased his odds from being struck by lighting 5 times in your lifetime to 2 times.

The lottery is a tax on the math deficient.

That being said, once in a while I buy a ticket.

[Richardo]

7. "The name... is DuMAS."

[racaulk]

22. !!!

[HughBeaumont]

9. Here is a visual for the odds of winning this lottery -

Picture walking up to two stacks of paper a mile high, right next to each other. Your sequence of winning numbers is on one of those sheets of paper, in either stack.

A giant gust of wind blows the stacks down and all over the place.

The odds of you winning that nearly-half-a-billion (which you don't get all of) jackpot are the same as the odds of the page with the winning numbers falling at your feet.

[onehandle]

12. Here's another visual.

Picture an ocean of 175,711,536 rabid badgers.

You jump in naked, and find the one badger that doesn't want to bite you.

Good luck.

[saras]

32. Yes, but I have a thing for rabid badgers...

or a whole page of 'em at http://www.stagmags.com/L-to-M/Mans-Life/index.php

[Glimmer of Hope]

10. He is a multi-millionaire skate boarder. I don't think he is hurting for cash.

[cyglet]

28. For someone like that

pocket change and a silly diversion.

[hughee99]

14. Or it could read, "Dumb ASS funds CA public schools"

Drydek can afford to drop $700 in the lottery, he's worth an estimated $15 million. Wouldn't the "dumb ass" be the person who spends $700 on lottery tickets and can't make rent?

[Initech]

16. I have this friend - let's call him "D"

We we're getting ready to go out to the bars one night - D goes to the liquor store across the street and like a book of 200 $1 scratchers. We go to the bars and he's like "No I'm gonna stay here and do these." - we get back from the bars like 3 hours later -- he's still got like 10 left and didn't make nearly what he spent on them.

[Homer Wells]

17. Just goes to show ya

The Lottery is a tax on people bad at math

[HughBeaumont]

29. Someone who's bad at math usually wins, though.

[Xithras]

37. Which is why lottery winners usually end up broke

[HughBeaumont]

43. Well, those were the ones who were stupid before winning the cash.

There are just as many who went on to not load their garages up with Lambos and Ferraris and didn't buy unnecessary jet planes or 20 room mansions.

Although the tales of those who DID screw up big time make for some super funny television

[obxhead]

18. The lottery, gambling for people who can't do math.

Your odds of winning are about the same whether you buy a ticket or not.

[Johnny Rico]

19. A tax on stupidity...

[kestrel91316]

20. I usually only spend $1 on it, but I splurged this time and spent $5. Still didn't win, lol.

[Incitatus]

21. How nice of him to donate to public schools like that. nt

[datasuspect]

26. what an assclown

i'd respect them more if they just gave it to the cashier.

it would have meant more.

[lastlib]

27. I don't buy lottery tickets--I've already been hit by lightning once.

Besides I work too hard for it to throw it away.

[Upton]

31. We spend anywhere from $20-$40 a month..

only playing the Washington state Lotto...and I keep track of the money laid out compared to the winnings.. Over the last almost 10 months now that we've been playing, we've won $1054...yeah, if we continue the odds will no doubt eventually catch up with us, but right now, we're well ahead of the game.

[Chan790]

34. I spent $8.

I don't think I'm going to win, I purchased the diversion of wondering what the fuck I'd do with a half a billion dollars if I won. As a point of comparison, the winner will be richer than all but something like 18 CEOs of Fortune500 companies. (Someone told me that on the bus, he was wearing a fancy suit so I assume he knows what he's talking about. There's a possibility he's full of shit.)

[aikoaiko]

35. Bless his heart. if he lived in my state that money would have gone to scholarships

I'm all for lotteries in my state. The money pays or the HOPE scholarship.

[Canuckistanian]

36. Lotteries....

Are God's punishment for not paying attention in Statistics class.

[SATIRical]

45. Actually, according to probability class, the expected value

of winnings rises above $1 (for each ticket) once the jackpot rises above $175M. So the expected winnings is $3 for each $1 ticket right now!

[Xithras]

38. Bah, I'll drop $10 on it tonight.

I almost never play the lotto, but there's three reasons why I'll drop a few bucks on this one.

1. It's a freakin HALF BILLION dollars.
2. As poor as the odds are, someone is going to win it.
3. It's a freakin HALF BILLION dollars.

Even with a lump sum payment and taxes, the winner would walk away with $250+ million in their pocket. I realize that it won't be me, but a guy can dream!

[Habibi]

40. Heh. Why not?

I'm doing a lottery pool with two other people. So far we've won $50!! We're well on our way . . .

Look, as long as you consider it "entertainment" money and it's not taking food off the table, go for it. Have a little dream. Just don't get carried away.

[bikebloke]

39. I worked with a guy who was lotto stupid.

He had already spent over $300 trying to win $500. Thus, he was obligated to continue buying lotto tickets until he won his money back.

Don't know why I didn't sell him that bridge I own.

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41. Thread title is misleading.

I interpreted as he didn't even win any cash award.

I find it highly unlikely that he didn't even win a few bucks out of $700.00 worth of tickets.

But yeah... pretty fucking stupid blowing 7 bills on Lottery tickets.

The only time I'll play is when there's a mega jack-pot and the guys at work will kick in $5.00 ($40.00), each for a group ticket.

For something like that, one almost has to... I'd feel like absolute shit if they won and I was left out of the winnings.

[Courtesy Flush]

46. "which he paid for IN CASH."

Why did they feel the need to capitalize that? A TV personality with $700 in cash is not noteworthy, plus, that's the only form of payment that's accepted for lottery tickets.