[HN Gopher] Mega Millions jackpot jumps to $1.55B, the 3rd large...
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       Mega Millions jackpot jumps to $1.55B, the 3rd largest in lottery
       history
        
       Author : pg_1234
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2023-08-05 21:33 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | epiccoleman wrote:
       | I always find it somewhat fascinating when the lotto gets up this
       | high. While the odds for any individual are impossibly long, the
       | fact is that, once or twice a year, some schlub gets an immediate
       | windfall of millions of dollars. Sometimes even hundreds of
       | millions, enough money to vault a person into the top .1% of
       | wealth in the world.
       | 
       | Yeah, I've heard the stories of how people's lives are ruined.
       | That just makes it more interesting. This seeming stroke of
       | impossibly good fortune that somehow winds up being a curse.
       | 
       | I'll usually buy a couple tickets when the jackpot starts making
       | the news. I enjoy the fantasy even though in all likelihood
       | getting a billion (or more like 4-500 million, after lump sum /
       | taxes) might very well be much more busy harm than good.
        
         | OfSanguineFire wrote:
         | Years ago I read somewhere, perhaps on HN, a fascinating
         | strategy for winning a mega-lottery but not getting one's life
         | ruined. Per this strategy, once you see you have the winning
         | number, the very first thing you should do is walk into a major
         | law firm, and not settle for any representation lower than
         | partner. That lawyer would then be able to manage the whole
         | money-collection process in a way that could maximize your
         | privacy and avoid scams.
        
           | itisit wrote:
           | It's a very well-known Reddit comment:
           | 
           | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/24vo34/whats_the.
           | ..
        
       | theogravity wrote:
       | "There has not been a Mega Millions jackpot winner since April
       | 18."
       | 
       | That should give you an idea of the extremely extremely low
       | chances of winning the jackpot.
        
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