Mega Millions - 540 million and rising!

[Fusion]

wow a 91 year old man won it.... sure went to someone who needs it....

If I won that I would be anonymous, underground, off the grid, anywhere but the public eye.

91 is pretty close to being underground

You, sir, have made my day.

[craiggroves91]

Wait i'm confused. So if i had 176,000,000 dollars to spend... I could have bought 176,000,000 mega millions tickets and guranteed myself the 640 mil?
I'm probably not thinking right because that doesn't seem right.

yupp that is correct, but if you think about it, if there are multiple winners, you would probably lose money or barely break even.

Also, not too many people have that much collateral in the first hand.

It would also take 28 days to print the tickets

[markseven]

91 is pretty close to being underground

:nice: ;)

[Kershaw]

the math wont add up, because you just doubled the pool of tickets. so you'd have a 1 in 2 chance of winning, with you owning half the tickets.

[matthugie]

the math wont add up, because you just doubled the pool of tickets. so you'd have a 1 in 2 chance of winning, with you owning half the tickets.

No, your odds of winning are still 100% (assuming the tickets you get don't duplicate). The odds are based on possible number combinations, more tickets being sold won't change that. What increases is the likelihood that you'll have to split with someone else. Even so, with a pot that size there is still positive expectation.

[Kershaw]

ah, i see.