# For sale: Powerball tickets

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sale-powerball-tickets/742786>\
**Category:** Marketplace\
**Created:** [January 11, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sale-powerball-tickets/742786 "2016-01-11T04:39:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sale-powerball-tickets/742786/1 "2016-01-11T04:39:48Z")

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I have one Powerball ticket for Wednesday’s $1.3 billion drawing. Odds of winning are 1/300 million which makes every individual ticket worth approximately $4.25 apiece.  
I’ll cut a deal and sell it to you for $4 even.

Afraid you won’t nab this deal in time? Don’t worry. I have a few in my possession. So I promise everyone who wants to buy one will get one.

If $4 apiece is too high for you, I also have several available for the $900 million drawing. Since the jackpot is less, of course my price would reflect that. I could go as low as $3.33 each. Or make me an offer. I’m not stubborn.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sale-powerball-tickets/742786/2 "2016-01-11T14:53:15Z")

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**Moderator Action**

Cute, but let’s not have joke posts like this in the Marketplace.

Closed.