I’d like to see the commercials sponsored by mathematicians who say with all sincerity “Remember, you’ve got to be in it to lose.” There is a wonderful book by Jennifer 8 Lee called The Fortune Cookie Chronicles where there is an anomaly in a state lottery drawing directly attributed to numbers printed on fortune cookie fortunes.
Warrior: I was number 88 with the birthday April 6. The year was 1971. I sweatted that December so hard and celebrated on New Year’s eve as I never have before or since.
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BC
September 18, 2010 at 11:04 amI have never won, and neither has anyone I know.
Matthew D
September 18, 2010 at 11:55 amNo but i have thought about it. I am from the northeast and thought if i won enough money, i would buy a house in southeastern, PA near philly. Then a house in Malibu beach, CA and also New Brunswick Canada and split the year travelingbetween houses so i would not be bored. I don’t know but thats my motivation is to travel and see as much as my eyes could see cause it’s all about the stories when it’s all said and done right?
Kendall L
September 18, 2010 at 12:00 pmI have know idea if this has anything to do with the original question, but yes. My grandfather won the lottery years ago, the amount was $100,000. (He didn’t get the power ball.)
mr.longshot
September 18, 2010 at 12:36 pmThis dude I know hit 5 on power ball. Missed the power ball by one number .. He got 100K. That money was the worse thing to happen to him.
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September 18, 2010 at 12:57 pmyes, about £5
joe the man
September 18, 2010 at 1:05 pmi won a four nights trip to rome for two, including flights and hotel. not too bad.
RAZNA
September 18, 2010 at 1:38 pmI won all of $3.00 once. While you’ve got to be in it to lose the cash you invested, the odds of being struck by lightning are quite a bit better than the odds of winning a big cash prize in any lottery. I took courses in statistics, so I’m full of fun facts like this.
warrior
September 18, 2010 at 1:55 pmYes, one did keep me out of Vietnam: Birth date 357; Letter of the alphabet 17.