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The Powerball lottery is up to $1 billion tonight. If you won it, what would you do?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I guess you're kind of right, in that they're both essentially 0. But the odds of winning the lottery are still ...millions? of times higher to win by buying one than finding a winning ticket on the street.

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