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What do you prefer?

ONE CHANCE to win $100M

[ 11 ]

[ 28.2% ]

ONE HUNDRED CHANCES to win one million dollars

[ 28 ]

[ 71.8% ]

Total valid votes

[ 39 ]

Discarded votes

[ 2 ]

marcoviski

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Sep 11, 2007, 8:23 pm

1- On one hand you have a lottery game that costs $1.00, you pick six numbers and you have ONE CHANCE to win $100 millions jackpot;
2- On the other hand you have a lottery game that costs $1.00, you pick six numbers and you have ONE HUNDRED CHANCES to win one million dollars jackpot;
In which lottery game do you prefer to play? 1 or 2?
Guru101

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Sep 11, 2007, 9:05 pm

Quote: Originally posted by marcoviski on Sep 11, 2007
1- On one hand you have a lottery game that costs $1.00, you pick six numbers and you have ONE CHANCE to win $100 millions jackpot;
2- On the other hand you have a lottery game that costs $1.00, you pick six numbers and you have ONE HUNDRED CHANCES to win one million dollars jackpot;
In which lottery game do you prefer to play? 1 or 2?

It depends on the matrix, but more than likely 1 chance to win $100M.

Gonna win.
DoubleDown

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Sep 11, 2007, 9:12 pm

My vote is for one hundred chances, but I'd like to know the matrix.
guesser

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Sep 11, 2007, 11:41 pm

Personally, I don't see a BIG difference between 1 in 146 million, and 1 in 2 million.
Point being, if I asked everyone on here to pick ONE number on a scale of 1 to 55 - or 1 to 20 - or probably even 1 to 10, most people would not get the correct number.
time*treat

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Sep 12, 2007, 2:56 am

If $1 buys 100 "chances" or drawings, then that is the game to go with.

In neo-conned Amerika, bank robs you.
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms should be the name of a convenience store, not a govnoment agency.
Just6ntlc

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Sep 12, 2007, 12:59 pm

I prefer 100 chances as my vote. However, someone bought $1 to win a jackpot.
JAG331

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Sep 13, 2007, 9:08 am

Quote: Originally posted by time*treat on Sep 12, 2007
If $1 buys 100 "chances" or drawings, then that is the game to go with.

I agree. If I could spend $1 for a 1 in 10,000 chance of winning $1,000,000. No question! I don't think the game would be around for very long though!
Just6ntlc

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Sep 13, 2007, 5:31 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Just6ntlc on Sep 12, 2007
I prefer 100 chances as my vote. However, someone bought $1 to win a jackpot.

Either way, I just have no luck at all if I play the lotto. I spent about $3000 in my career and the most I ever won was $23 in 2001.
JackpotWanna

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Sep 13, 2007, 5:43 pm

I like the $1 for $100 Million. 1 Million doesn't buy much these days. Got to go for the $100 million!
marcoviski

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Sep 13, 2007, 8:33 pm

congratulations! you probably already got there, but for us ordinary people that do not have a million dollar bank account is better to have 100 chances to make the first million :-)
marcoviski

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Sep 13, 2007, 8:36 pm

Congratulations! you probably got there. But to us ordinary people that do not have a million dollar bank account, its better to have 100 chances to make the first million.
marcoviski

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Sep 13, 2007, 8:38 pm

Quote: Originally posted by DoubleDown on Sep 11, 2007
My vote is for one hundred chances, but I'd like to know the matrix.

No one can be told about the matrix. You have to see for your self. :-)
marcoviski

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Sep 13, 2007, 8:44 pm

Quote: Originally posted by guesser on Sep 11, 2007
Personally, I don't see a BIG difference between 1 in 146 million, and 1 in 2 million.
Point being, if I asked everyone on here to pick ONE number on a scale of 1 to 55 - or 1 to 20 - or probably even 1 to 10, most people would not get the correct number.

This is the best answer. I agree 100%. If we think about math, anything higher than one in two menas we're more likely to lose. But I still prefer to have 100 chances than one for the same dollar.
marcoviski

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Sep 13, 2007, 8:55 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Just6ntlc on Sep 13, 2007
Either way, I just have no luck at all if I play the lotto. I spent about $3000 in my career and the most I ever won was $23 in 2001.

Sorry for you. Lucky follows perseverance and hard work. At least you play, so I hope one day you win. Think positive. The Law of Attraction is powerful and real. I personally have won so many small prizes that I lost count. I matched five numbers two times now, and I know I'm going to win the lottery, all those six litle numbers.
smooththaboss

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Oct 4, 2007, 5:46 am

i'd go with one chance for a hundred mill you know i believe in this little thing called hope

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