# I just bought a MegaMillions ticket **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 12, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-megamillions-ticket/602654 "2011-11-12T00:18:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-megamillions-ticket/602654/1 "2011-11-12T00:18:15Z")
The jackpot is $22,000,000. (I just wanted to type that out.) The drawing is tonight. I know, tell me the odds, tell me I’m an idiot, wish me luck, whatever. Impulse buy as I was buying a gallon of milk at the gas station. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-megamillions-ticket/602654/2 "2011-11-12T00:21:25Z")
$1 is a cheap way to spend the evening dreaming about what you’ll do with all your newly-won loot. There’s nothing wrong with buying lottery tickets unless you spend lots of money on it and winning is your retirement plan. Good luck. You and I both know that we’ll never, ever win, but that doesn’t stop us from occasionally buying a shot at the dream. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-megamillions-ticket/602654/3 "2011-11-12T00:34:44Z")
Thanks, and good luck to you too! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-megamillions-ticket/602654/4 "2011-11-12T00:38:29Z")
The drawing is twice a week and I buy a ticket for each. The proceeds go to helping the elderly. I spend way more than that on other charities and I get the satisfaction of helping someone in return. This way, I get a dream, a slim chance of winning and the satisfaction of helping the elderly. I can afford 2 bucks a week for that. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-megamillions-ticket/602654/5 "2011-11-12T01:03:46Z")
Have you always wanted to adopt? I’m available. 🙂 Good Luck. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-megamillions-ticket/602654/6 "2011-11-12T02:40:28Z")
I bought a ticket for the $50 million (untaxed suckers) Lotto Max today. My daughter has been helping me surf the Hawaii realestate site looking for our new home. I think we’ll live [here](http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/2445-Makanano-Pl_Kilauea_HI_96754_M89323-50126). ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-megamillions-ticket/602654/7 "2011-11-12T04:03:44Z")
I saw that the fantasy 5 jackpot was at 800,000 a few months ago. Matching 5 numbers did not seem so hard. So i bought one. i had the first 4 in a row. My prize 100 bucks. I bought a new racketball racket. But I thought I was going to get a lot more than that. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-megamillions-ticket/602654/8 "2011-11-12T05:25:22Z")
Alas, I did not win. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-megamillions-ticket/602654/9 "2011-11-12T14:50:37Z")
I never buy PowerBall tickets until the prize is over $100 millon. Then I buy a $5 ticket for each drawing until somebody wins. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-megamillions-ticket/602654/10 "2011-11-12T18:55:55Z")
Nor did I. On the plus side neither did anyone else. I’m going to plan all week on winning - I’ll decide on Friday if I actually buy a ticket or not 🙂