Power Ball
Cheri wrote:
>
> "tert in seattle" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Cheri wrote:
>>>
>>> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 10:28:26 PM UTC-5, Cheryl wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I think I'll buy a few more chances this week since no one won.
>>>>
>>>> Mathematically speaking, the difference between buying 1 ticket
>>>> and 5 tickets is not worth the extra $8.
>>>>
>>>> (Of course, mathematically speaking, the ROI on even one ticket is
>>>> so close to zero that no statistician would consider it worth buying
>>>> even one.)
>>>>
>>>> But if it makes you happy, go ahead and buy more. My husband does.
>>>>
>>>> We don't buy tickets very often; just often enough to give our
>>>> "what I'd do with the money" fantasies a little more immediacy.
>>>>
>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>
>>> Nobody that buys a ticket cares about all the math and statistics, if you
>>> play you have a chance at a dream, if you don't...
>>>
>>> Cheri
>>
>>
>> if you don't, you can get a cookie!
>>
>> I will take the real cookie vs. a dream
>
> Not me, fact is, some people actually win that dream and could buy the
> whole damned bakery.
>
> Cheri
who the heck wants a cookie factory??
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