So if I took $500,000 cash & immediately put it

[BERNIE MOSFET]

No shit, why do you think I posted that I like the odds of that happening (having 500,000 unique combinations)?

I thought you might have been applying a little sarcasm.

[Vertnut]

Im counting on hitting the lottery as my retirement.

My odds of seeing my Social Security checks are about the same, so I'm in the same boat! LOL!

[War Machine]

Im counting on hitting the lottery as my retirement.

[jdgregory84]

Outlook not so good

[Denny]

I have to admit, I understand the odds but I still buy a lotto ticket every now and then.

Buying a ticket on occasion and playing the odds is different than trying to beat the odds by unloading a dumptruck of cash into it. With odds like those, buying one ticket is pretty much just as effective as buying 100. Mathematically, yes, but in reality... pffft.

I know you know, but people like the OP need to just be a little smarter with their $500K.

[slow99]

Don't get me wrong, if I had $500K in disposable cash, one of the first things I'd do is hit up the RaceTrac and unload it on the lotto.

I'd just like to hear other people's opinions on how they can increase their wealth with a measly half-mill.

I have to admit, I understand the odds but I still buy a lotto ticket every now and then. I'd just have to accept getting paid in Cali IOUs if I won.

[slow99]

I had this idea back in high school before I was gambling age, but, to my surprise, it turned out that it required some obscenely high jackpot to break even. Who would've thought that you could lose money on the lottery?

You guys really know how to kick someone in the nuts.

[Denny]

Don't get me wrong, if I had $500K in disposable cash, one of the first things I'd do is hit up the RaceTrac and unload it on the lotto.

I'd just like to hear other people's opinions on how they can increase their wealth with a measly half-mill.

[Nash B.]

LMAO!!!

Why do I have the feeling that some people are actually thinking the OP might be on to something? Nuts!

I had this idea back in high school before I was gambling age, but, to my surprise, it turned out that it required some obscenely high jackpot to break even. Who would've thought that you could lose money on the lottery?

[slow99]

LMAO!!!

Why do I have the feeling that some people are actually thinking the OP might be on to something? Nuts!

It's not? Fuck!! Guess I'll go to work tomorrow.

[Denny]

No shit, why do you think I posted that I like the odds of that happening (having 500,000 unique combinations)?

LMAO!!!

Why do I have the feeling that some people are actually thinking the OP might be on to something? Nuts!

[slow99]

Lucky guess!

In before someone says it's a permutation.

[Nash B.]

No shit, why do you think I posted that I like the odds of that happening (having 500,000 unique combinations)?

Lucky guess!

[slow99]

54!/(6!48!) = 25,827,165, which is the number of unique combinations available when selecting 6 numbers from a lot of 54.

I'm not convinced that randomly selecting 6 numbers 500,000 times will produce a significant number of duplicates. The probability of selecting the same set of numbers twice is the same as winning the lottery.

No shit, why do you think I posted that I like the odds of that happening (having 500,000 unique combinations)?

[BERNIE MOSFET]

n!/(k!(n-k)!) > DFWM

54!/(6!48!) = 25,827,165, which is the number of unique combinations available when selecting 6 numbers from a lot of 54.

I'm not convinced that randomly selecting 6 numbers 500,000 times will produce a significant number of duplicates. The probability of selecting the same set of numbers twice is the same as winning the lottery.