Bitcoin Forum

interesting , well I have no idea about the lotteries in the US but I see people talking in forums that sites that take such bets usually have a small limit on the like 200-500$ max
any idea whats the max bet on 5 dimes ?
and as I see the author mentioned that it's summer and people are in vactions , so doesn't this lottery happen at the same time every year ?

I like this! Is there a trusted bitcoiner in here from America? Let's form a lottery freeroll group hehehe. Also, is there a way to personally participate in the lottery from the outside? I reckon winning the $500 million is a very easy exit scam hehehe.

Degen Hedge – Bet both on no jackpot winner and on the lottery itself. For example, if you bet 100$ at 1.339 then take the 33$ you will win if there is not a jackpot winner and buy lottery tickets. If there is no jackpot winner then you have a lottery freeroll.

That is a huge amount and imagine if someone from here would win that would be great, definitely worth having a look. I think this would be a nice investment but one should not overdo it it could not end up well, one should know the limit he should play cause this jackpot price is sure to turn heads around, so when do results normally come, and what is the minimum amount to get in?

They're called lottery syndicates. They buy and scan the tickets for you. You end up paying approximately $5.50 for a $2 ticket though on sites like thelotter.com or lottoland.com. That's their whole business model though is charging extra fees for people out of the country and winners (afaik) have been paid by these sites.

That is a lot of money and someone would really be lucky if he or she is to win that. If multiple people still win it, it's still a large sum that's going to be divided to the people. Still having to win that would mean a life-changing event. Most of it would be a lifestyle, in my opinion. This post is making me want to buy a lottery ticket  :o  8)

wow that an amazing jackpot :)

The odds of winning or sharing a Mega Millions jackpot are 258,000,000 to 1.

Lotteries are "pretty much" a waste of money.

I wonder who can win the jackpot and I hope that person is not getting shocked or heart-attack because he can win much money at one time ;D but I know that it will be difficult to win the jackpot since many people will try their luck in that game and I am sure that they have the same hope as the others. maybe later I will try to buy the ticket to test my luck too ;D

Lol. Unless you'rr born to win it :p but yeah, the odds are too small to even be considered realistic but people hope and i don't think there's anything wrong with it. It's their money they're wasting anyways.

The odds of winning in every lottery is always there but yes the chance are very slim in fact I think that if a number of people that bet is pretty much large then there are a slim chance you can win, And if you are really betting on it just try to chill and just focus on the possibility of not winning because if you'd expect too much you might regret it, Because gambling is not for all, Actually you just playing it and not getting too focus with it is the best thing to do, And I am saying this because there are people that ill become too addicted to it and people that will give all of what they have because of it.

I personally don't understand that "people are on vacation" logic. Most of the time, gamblers have no vacation, especially when they can bet online. Knowing that Jackpot is that big, gamblers surely will surely snatch an opportunity to buy some tickets. Also, even with small amount of participants someone still can win the jackpot so I would definitely not bet on “NO JACKPOT WINNER”.

The article says that the house edge of this lottery is 50%. Does anyone know if it's the biggest house edge possible?

They are a waste but you can't win if you don't play.  I don't see the harm in using a few extra bucks per week to have a little fun on the lottery.  Those odds are ridiculously small though and anyone that understands probability would not use a large amount of money.

Yes was gonna point the same thing, the article says 50% goes to government which is surely one reason why anyone shouldn't buy a ticket, they do claim that money will be used for productive purpose such as education but from the current situation i have a feeling that the money will finally end up in military expenditure

Some lotteries are made for funding the charity in order to be able to help the incompetent person(s), so it's not just wasting some money. They are indeed helping those people with their every money that they bet in the lottery. It is automatically taken some percentage of it and will go directly to the funds of the charity.

But for me i don't like playing this kind of game because i'm not good at taking a good guess because my luck is too weak for this. ;D

It is why the games called by a lottery with so huge prize but with cheap lottery tickets. Indeed when we have no luck on such game, it will be just a wasting money game. But it wont be waste of money for those who are lucky enough to win it with just small amount of money.
It is the art of lottery, where people hoping to win big with small amount. Obviously it is our own choice whether to join or not.

That is a jaw dropping amount to be won. I would spend 2 dollars to buy a ticket or a maximum of 10 dollars to buy 5 tickets and try my luck. Chances to win it are very slim and almost non existent but spending 10 dollars for a chance to win a huge sum make sense to me.

Probably that 10 dollars can be spent in a better way but that is another story.

You can't lose if you don't PAY :) They didn't like that as a marketing slogan is seems though and went with yours.

There are some people that actually buy a few hundred dollars of tickets, it's kind of sad but it is their life and money.

Any number on roulette is a "better" bet at 35 to 1 odds, which is still quite bad odds but 258,000,000 to 1 is just not something anyone should bet on.

I don't bother playing national lotteries, simply because they have one of the worst RTP rates around. I hear that you can actually negotiate bulk rates on lottery tickets if you join a lottery pool though, so I guess than increases your RTP slightly even if you don't get the full reward.

Only a few hours to go, I am not sure some of the people in this thread realise that I am betting on their NOT being a jackpot winner and not betting on the lottery itself as the main bet.

The probability to win is really small but if you are just spending a small dollars why not to give it a try right? Sometimes I bet on a lottery game but I don't expect anything from it, I just want to find my luck their if ever. The Jackpot price is very high, and many people are participating on this lottery game to find also their luck.

@krach. Yes, we understand. The absolute intention is to purchase as much free lottery tickets for as long as 5Dimes' odds will pay for them hehehe.

Also, how long do opportunities like these last? I reckon the sportsbooks might take notice on it and lower the odds.

Though the chances of winning the jackpot prize is very small in this kind of game, people still tend to bet their spare cash here thinking that they could win huge amount of money from it. It is by personal preference whether to bet on go big or go home games like this but again, the higher the risk, the higher the reward that you could get from it. You are only risking very small amount of money so people see it as a game that can go by any time of the day.

Wondering if there's any game like this that involves cryptocurrencies because I really want to try that out with my spare coins.  ;D

The only time it's worth buying a lottery ticket is if you can turn a profit by buying every single combination. Granted, that's not the only way to play, but it's a good rule of thumb that will indicate whether or not buying a ticket is a positive decision or not.

Of course, there is a factor that turns what would be simple mathematics into an uncertain poker-esque calculation and that is the chance that the jackpot could be split. If you could buy every single number and turn a profit, a few different billionaires might get that brilliant idea, and end up splitting the pot which would result in a net loss for each of them. It is this uncertain aspect that causes me to reject the lottery entirely - I don't think it is ever a good idea to buy, and if it is, it should be marginally so.

I get that for some people think that the lottery is their one shot to "make it big", but there are other gambling avenues that allow you to do that (i.e. constant doubling up on baccarat, buying bitcoin to play dice, or high leverage margin trading) that are much less vicious than the lottery when it comes to the house edge that it typically has. Especially if you're buying it off of third party sites like the one promoted in the OP that charge a commission for the luxury of being able to do so.

REKT

LOST

Someone hit the jackpot

Here's the first article I found on it (https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/mega-millions-one-winning-ticket-san-jose-california-522-million-dollar-jackpot-today-2018-07-24/) (CBS News). Details seem to be that it was purchased at a liquor store in San Jose, California. I imagine those who have bet the maximum of $500 on some sites are pretty happy right now, as the odds we're pretty damn skewed for this. I'm personally pretty glad I didn't go in high on no jackpot like I planned to.

Yikes. Talk about 258 million to 1 odds, though I've personally witnessed (online) a jackpot with far worse odds hit. Of course, millions of attempts were counted in that attempt so I suppose a (poorly-adjusted) odds for 1 million tickets is 258 to 1.

Not sure I understood though, did the liquor store owner himself buy the winning ticket? Because he seems to be the one congratulated.

1 time cashout of $300M. Not too shabby at all.

Of course what will you expect from the word "Jackpot". Expect that chance of getting it is very low because the prize is really worth it. What will you expect? A huge prize with a high chance of winning? There's no such thing man. This is gambling and there is no easy in this industry.

A lot of people do think so and that's exactly why they can end up poor and with lots of debts. Especially typical situation when playing dice games 49.1/51.9 people feel like if it's been unlucky for e.g. 6 times in a row - the next one must be it, so they keep multiplying the betting amount and eventually lose everything, because you can have up to 16 unlucky bets in succession and more. My point is - you should always remember that past doesn't influence the probability.

Only people who have very high luck can win the jackpot. For most people, the odds of winning jackpots are almost non-existent. If we spend our time chasing the jakpot, then it can be said that we tend to waste our time. Even though we put only small amount of money to win the jackpot, but if we done it regularly, it can be a lot and the chance to win the jackpot won't increase.

They're congratulating the store owner too because according to cnn (https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/25/us/mega-millions-winner/index.html) he's getting some $ too not sure how though.

On another article (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/07/26/mega-millions-jackpot-revised-winner-543-million/840061002/) it was said that the person with the winning ticket hasn't claimed the prize yet. The winner still has a year to claim it and if he/she doesn't it would be one regretful memory for the person to remember.

People who use critical thinking realize that time and money are wasted by the majority of people buying lottery tickets.

The odds of winning $2 on Mega Millions are 56:1, roulette hitting a number is 35:1, which makes more sense to bet money on?

The lottery is breakeven for one out of 56 people that buy a ticket. Roulette will pay 35 times the amount bet more often than a lottery ticket gets you a free lottery ticket.

Argue away that lotteries are a good gamble though...