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Old October 20th 05, 02:43 AM
Dale
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Default $340 Million Powerball



Odds of winning a BIG lottery if you purchase one ticket in your lifetime:
1:308,000,000

Assuming a lifespan of 80 years, purchasing one ticket every day, the odds
of winning go up to something like 1:10,000. Now that's not so bad, is
it?

Jose
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Jose, I think you may be wrong about the odds. If you buy a ticket every
day, the odds are the same each day 1:308,000,000. If you buy 10 tickets
each day the odds for each ticket to win is still the same.
I think.
Dale