On the radio and TV here in Tennessee, we keep getting exhorted to buy those powerball lottery tickets and buy them early and avoid the rush.
Shaddup, already. I’ve decided I’ll buy used tickets the day after tomorrow, one cent each. They will be much cheaper, and my odds of winning will be about the same.
State lotteries buy a lot of advertising on commercial stations and, well, the stations gotta pay the bills somehow…
Robin
BRILLIANT! That’s the perfect compliment to the half price roses and chocolate seconds I have to run out and buy for my wife today because I forgot Valentine’s Day.
Actually, with a grand prize over $300 million, a Powerball ticket is a good deal. The odds of winning are only 146,107,962 to 1, so a $1 ticket pays over double the odds this week.