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Stack47

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Feb 16, 2023, 11:25 pm

Quote: Originally posted by winoneday on Feb 16, 2023
I have absolutely no idea what you are writing about. It makes no sense. Seriously, you got your education from reading cereal boxes? You are joking, right?

Here is the answer.

If you buy 14 different Powerball tickets, then your chance of winning the jackpot is 1 in 20,871,524.

"I have absolutely no idea what you are writing about."

Probably because those comments weren't meant for you Regardless of how many times you pretend like you know the difference between "odds and chances", which part of WE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK can't you understand?

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Feb 16, 2023, 11:30 pm

Quote: Originally posted by rcbbuckeye on Feb 16, 2023
No matter who or what formulates the sets, and no matter how many tickets your buy the odds do not change.
Its 1/292,201,338 for each set you buy.

I guess they just can't comprehend how odds, not chances are calculated or the fact they only draw one set of numbers and there can only be one winning outcome.

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Feb 16, 2023, 11:56 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Stack47 on Feb 16, 2023
I guess they just can't comprehend how odds, not chances are calculated or the fact they only draw one set of numbers and there can only be one winning outcome.

I find it hilarious that despite the pages of posts over the last couple weeks, this is still being debated, and still not understood by some.

JUST LOOK AT THE ODDS OF ANY JACKPOT GAME, THAT WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Feb 17, 2023, 12:17 am

Quote: Originally posted by rcbbuckeye on Feb 16, 2023
I find it hilarious that despite the pages of posts over the last couple weeks, this is still being debated, and still not understood by some.

My thought exactly.
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Feb 17, 2023, 12:18 am

Quote: Originally posted by garyo1954 on Feb 16, 2023
People would learn more if they read the back of more cereal boxes* when they were kids.

No matter who or what formulates the sets, and no matter how many tickets your buy the odds do not change.
Its 1/292,201,338 for each set you buy.

Now you have to go back to your boring math book and read the paragraph on cross multiplying.

The problem reads, "If I have 1/292,201,338 chance of winning a jackpot with one set, what are my chances if I buy 14 sets?"

Mathematically it looks like this..... 1/292,201,338 = 14/X

We solve for X using the formula (b * c)/a where a = 1, b = 292,201,338 and c = 14.

*The best math questions were always on Rice Krispies boxes.

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"*The best math questions were always on Rice Krispies boxes."

Yea, But judgin from the sound of Rice Krizpiez, az a kid, I thought the Milk wuz eatin'em, becuz of the "snap, crackle & pop" sound..!

So instead I opted for Suger Frosted Flakez or Post'z Alphabet cereal...trouble wuz, my sisters would eat all the "A'z", "E'z" & "S'z"..so az a rezultz, I sometimez find it not so eazy to xprezz myself wit letterz..

But nevaah the lezz..I turned out to be.....az Tony da Tiger sayzz...

GRREAT..!!

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Feb 17, 2023, 1:21 am

Quote: Originally posted by Stat$talker on Feb 17, 2023
"*The best math questions were always on Rice Krispies boxes."

Yea, But judgin from the sound of Rice Krizpiez, az a kid, I thought the Milk wuz eatin'em, becuz of the "snap, crackle & pop" sound..!

So instead I opted for Suger Frosted Flakez or Post'z Alphabet cereal...trouble wuz, my sisters would eat all the "A'z", "E'z" & "S'z"..so az a rezultz, I sometimez find it not so eazy to xprezz myself wit letterz..

But nevaah the lezz..I turned out to be.....az Tony da Tiger sayzz...

GRREAT..!!

-Stat$talker

Figured you to be a Tony the Tiger kid.

I ate whatever they handed me; Malt-O-Meal, oatmeal,........ even Grape Nuts! Then my grandfather passed and I went to live with my grandmother where breakfast was eggs, pancakes, sausage, salt pork, bacon, biscuits, or waffles. She could cook eggs 47 different ways and make biscuits from scratch.

Nothing beats a country breakfast (but I do get Honey Nut Cheerios or Mini Wheats occasionally).

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Feb 17, 2023, 2:06 am

Quote: Originally posted by rcbbuckeye on Feb 16, 2023
I find it hilarious that despite the pages of posts over the last couple weeks, this is still being debated, and still not understood by some.

Me too! Has to be the greatest conspiracy ever in the history of mankind.

The lottery and lottery related pages post odds and show how they are calculated, 10000s of web pages say the same thing, dozens people with degrees in math, physics, stats, and ASM posting how its calculated, every math book in the world magically changed, while Youtube videos were made to prove everything right.

I'd love to be the mastermind who put it together. The payday would be bigger than the combined contracts of all 32 starting QBs in the NFL! That person would be like, "Elon who?"

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Feb 18, 2023, 5:01 am

Quote: Originally posted by garyo1954 on Feb 16, 2023
Feel free to continue to not know. AS I told Stack no many how, no matter how many times, and no matter how much time spent, some won't get it.

You have 1 of every 20,871,524 sets (if your numbers are correct).

Each of those sets have a 1/292,201,338 chance of matching the drawn set (which is the only way to win).

Only one set is going to be drawn and there will be one way to match it.

Enjoy......

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The product of the means equals the product of the extremes. Hope I can get 3 or 4 negative votes too!

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Feb 18, 2023, 7:06 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Stack47 on Feb 18, 2023
The product of the means equals the product of the extremes. Hope I can get 3 or 4 negative votes too!

Only Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and Tooth Fairy could understand the difficulty of being the Red Neg Menace of the Internet. Imagine the difficulty of visiting every house in one day or night, entering silently, doing your job, and getting away with not trace you were there. And you don't get to video it like a Tik-Tok Karen who finds things to complain about hourly.

Tik-Tok Karen goes to the drive-thru checks the napkins in the bag, what sauce she gets, and count the fries to make sure they are putting 32 in every order. She goes to a nice sit down place and she mention she didn't get the right table, or the lighting was bad, her fork was not set perfectly, and the waitress, who had mismatching socks, handed her the menu upside down, and looked at her date in the wrong way. Oh, and her tattoo was misspelled which was horrifically distracting. Then she'll prove it by attaching a video of her playing with lumpy mashed potatoes.

Now, The Red Neg Menace has to rate every post. Very hard to do when everything offends you, I'd imagine.

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Feb 18, 2023, 11:21 pm

How come Gary got minus 4 and I only got minus 3?

That's not fair!

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Feb 19, 2023, 8:21 am

Quote: Originally posted by Stack47 on Feb 18, 2023
How come Gary got minus 4 and I only got minus 3?

That's not fair!

LOL.

My guess would be he/she likes Gary more than you.

I get way fewer neg votes than you guys. I feel a little left out.

JUST LOOK AT THE ODDS OF ANY JACKPOT GAME, THAT WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Feb 19, 2023, 8:52 am

Quote: Originally posted by rcbbuckeye on Feb 19, 2023
LOL.

My guess would be he/she likes Gary more than you.

I get way fewer neg votes than you guys. I feel a little left out.

"I get way fewer neg votes than you guys. I feel a little left out"

" Whhyyy I'll be ya Huckleberry."..

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That'z gotta be a BIG record..!!.. But it'z da way it'z done in Texez.. Texez 2 Stepper..
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Feb 19, 2023, 9:08 am

Quote: Originally posted by Stat$talker on Feb 19, 2023
"I get way fewer neg votes than you guys. I feel a little left out"

" Whhyyy I'll be ya Huckleberry."..

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That'z gotta be a BIG record..!!.. But it'z da way it'z done in Texez.. Texez 2 Stepper..

Doesn't count.

JUST LOOK AT THE ODDS OF ANY JACKPOT GAME, THAT WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Feb 19, 2023, 9:20 am

Quote: Originally posted by rcbbuckeye on Feb 19, 2023
Doesn't count.

"Doesn't count"

Yeaah it duzz...I figure since I got 10xz yo Cybonality heaa.. Dat oughtta be jist about right..!! And remember

Math duzzn't lie..!!
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Feb 19, 2023, 10:34 am

Quote: Originally posted by Stat$talker on Feb 19, 2023
"Doesn't count"

Yeaah it duzz...I figure since I got 10xz yo Cybonality heaa.. Dat oughtta be jist about right..!! And remember

Math duzzn't lie..!!

The number between the "up" and "down" arrows counts, not your made up number.

JUST LOOK AT THE ODDS OF ANY JACKPOT GAME, THAT WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

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