uk lottery

[luckoftheirish93]

anyone do the lottery tonight in the uk? 57 million or something up for grabs

I hear the website down all day that many people are doing it, what would you spend that sort of money on?

[JamesNorth101]

I have 3 tickets!

First purchase would be a Bugatti all day long

[ilcarletto]

I bought the winner ticket off ebay... the guy assured me

[jeffweico]

In the US, the Powerball has a record jackpot of $900,000,000 - Yes, that is NINE-HUNDRED-MILLION DOLLARS and they are predicting that it may go over a BILLION DOLLARS.

Facts:

• Your chance of winning is 1 in 292,000,000
• Only 75% of possible combinations have been picked so far.
• If there is no winner tonight, Wednesday's drawing would be for $1,300,000,000 (ONE BILLION-THREE-HUNDRED-MILLION)
• If you choose the cash option (if you are the only winner tonight) the lump-sum payout would be $545,000,000

Everyone I know has gone completely insane. By all means, buy a few tickets for fun, but DON'T SPEND HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS! Because even if you had a million dollars and bought a million tickets, you odds of winning would still be very small at 1 in 292.

[blueuk]

I've done £100 for the past 2 mega draws. Won £50 and 6 lucky dips!
Only done £42 for tonight, it's a complete waste of money. 40something/1 odds.
Though the USA lottery the odds are even higher.

[phaz0rz]

only 57 mil?

In USA the powerball is at like $800 million haha

[JamesNorth101]

Our odds are much better though in the UK

This time around they are even better than usually as the money has to be one, so if all numbers are not matched then they will loose a number until someone gets a match

[Callidus]

I'm shooting out to get a ticket!!

[blueuk]

Originally Posted by Callidus

I'm shooting out to get a ticket!!

Too late my friend!

[Callidus]

Oh I thought we were talking about Euromillions Tuesday, read it wrong!

That's £51 million

[dan_ebay]

I didn't win, its a stitch up. Spent ages picking those numbers

[Haidukken]

Never played lottery, never probably will. Just too scared to win, I'm sure it'd ruin me within 6 months.

[rsot]

The powerball is intense indeed - what a sweet jackpot - who's on it?

[RosieTosie]

2 winners, all the numbers were high as well which explains why so few winners.

I didn't win

[RosieTosie]

Originally Posted by just_smile

I didn't win

Hehe no, most of the population didn't just smile, we live in hope!, personally I like the health lottery seem to have slightly better results. When lottery started way back when use to win a tenner most weeks, that tailed off over time to never winning anything on it.

Apparently a lot of people are turning to the health lottery now. Since the changes to the lotto.

I don't play often, usually only when there's a large jackpot. But I may look in to the health lottery.

[RosieTosie]

Yes the health lottery is still only £1 a line, which is better than lotto offers.

[rsot]

Was there a winner?

[RosieTosie]

Yes rsot, 2 winners of the U.K. Lottery.

[JamesNorth101]

£33m each. Not a bad pay day.

They could band together and buy Hefners mansion! (although they would still need a large mortgage)

[rsot]

No one won the Powerball in USA - jackpot at 1.3 billion...who wants to do a group?