I almost won the Florida Lottery Tonight

[Tony_FLADEM]

The numbers were

8 11 14 25 33 39

I played

8 11 25 33 36 39


Oh well. I did win some money though.

[blondeatlast]

1. Gosh, wow.

What?

[Tony_FLADEM]

3. I won $3,300

I would have won $5 million. I'm going to keep playing. I only started playing about a month ago.

[wtmusic]

10. And your offer to donate it to DU is *most* generous. nt

[zbdent]

17. Well, enjoy the money you get!

Congratulations anyway. Sorry about missing the big one.

[malaise]

18. That can pay some bills

Congrats

[madmax]

2. Close only counts in horseshoes ;-) nt

[Scurrilous]

4. And hand grenades. n/t

[madmax]

5. Oh, yeah - got that right. Unfortunately nt

[Odin2005]

23. And nuclear weapons.

[formercia]

28. And Nukes

Congratulations. Live long and prosper.

[Capitalocracy]

6. Up until that 36 popped up

did you start feeling urges to donate to FreedomWorks? Did you start feeling an unexplainable desire to kick homeless people? Did you start having a panic attack over the prospect of having to pay a death tax, and suddenly start seeing privatization as a good solution for Social Security and everything else under the sun? ;)

Congratulations on the win! :hi:

[Tony_FLADEM]

9. I have the urge to make another donation to the DSCC

I have already donated 3 times.

[madmax]

11. Odd numbers are bad luck

I'd go for four just to be safe ;)

[emilyg]

7. Congrats on your win. Better

than nothing.

[krispos42]

8. Wow, that's close

Congrats!

[deacon]

12. I missed by six numbers last night. Congrats! :)

[JCMach1]

13. Congrats...

[JCMach1]

14. Once, I was off by one on EACH number

:(

That sucked

[ngant17]

15. if you enjoy games of chance, I recommend craps

throwing dice will have the most equitable distribution of winning probability curves than most any other game out there.

I used to play craps all night, $1 a roll, I didn't win a lot and didn't lose a lot, but it can actually be fun all the time.

Playing the lotto is a losers game, I don't waste my time on those state-controlled gambling scams. Factor in all the money you bought for the losing tickets (including "free tickets") and subtract that from your winnings. Also you have to pay taxes on capital gains. You really don't make as much as you might think. Just the odds of winning are enough to keep me away.

[tkmorris]

16. Absolutely correct

Any player of their states Lotto would have considerably better luck playing any table in Vegas, even the slot machines. People who grok math do not play the Lotto, not ever. It's a sucker's game.

[Canuckistanian]

30. Lotteries are God's punishment

For people who fail to understand statistics.

[Vinca]

19. Years ago my numbers came up in the Massachusetts lottery.

Unfortunately, I lived in Vermont at the time and didn't play the Massachusetts lottery.

[SoCalDem]

26. I worked with a guy who always played the same numbers...every week

He went out of the country on vacation and of course the numbers hit. He did not even know it until he had been back a few days & just casually looked through the newspapers. He saw them & woke up his 25 yr old son who had been dog-sitting for them.. The son was supposed to buy tickets each week..he did not:(

[kstewart33]

20. Congrats. $3,300 is a lot of dough! nt

[HughBeaumont]

21. $3,300??? Man, I was robbed.

I got 4 of 6 in the Mega Millions once and only won $150. :mad:

Well, at least you get to enjoy your cash. Groceries and other bills ate my prize like *that*.

[spanone]

22. horseshoes and hand grenades

[Odin2005]

24. Dayum!

[eShirl]

25. I won almost $200 betting on Jai Alai once, in Rhode Island

a winning combination called a "trifecta box"(I think they have those at horse races, too?)

[MilesColtrane]

27. Dude...be glad you didn't win.

[joeybee12]

29. Congrats...same thing happened to me once...missed only one number

It was Powerball and I ended up with $40K.

[SOS]

31. Don't know the FL lottery

but these are the odds from the NY Lotto:

Odds of getting 6/6 numbers:
1 in 45 million

Odds of getting 5/6 numbers:
1 in 144,000

5/6 appears close to 6/6, but it's a mirage.