What would you do with $1,500,000,000.00

[NecroJoe]

I won!

Spoiler

$2

 

[GRtak]

I won!

Spoiler

$2

So you are buying another ticket.

 

[CraigB]

I'll have to wander into a store here in Louisiana if I want a shot tomorrow's drawing.

 

[GRtak]

Some interesting things about the lottery.

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/12/1148167357/lottery-money-state-by-state-mega-millions-powerball

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/13/1148685666/mega-millions-lottery-jackpots-huge-more-common

 

[GRtak]

Another big jackpot.

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/13/1187542418/powerball-jackpot-875-million-no-winners-third-highest

 

[Blind_Io]

My chance of winning is the same if I buy a ticket or not.

 

[GRtak]

My chance of winning is the same if I buy a ticket or not.

Not true! If you buy a ticket, you have a snowball's chance in hell. Not buying one is less than that by a small margin.

 

[Blind_Io]

I have a better chance of finding a winning ticket on the ground.

 

[DanRoM]

Technically not, because that would be the probability of you finding a ticket on the ground multiplied with the probability of that ticket being a winning one.

 

[Blind_Io]

Technically not, because that would be the probability of you finding a ticket on the ground multiplied with the probability of that ticket being a winning one.

Which is still "zero" with a tiny margin for error in the calculations.

Is there a statistically significant chance of winning the lottery and/or finding a ticket? No.