Re: Lotto 649 commercial "odds"

[Sonbuster]

Odds of getting striken by lightning = 1:576,000

Odds of winning Lotto 649= 1:13,983,816

"think that the odds of getting striken by lightning is as likely as winning the lottery; think again" - from the commercial

I SURE HOPE IT IS; I'D FEEL SAFER!

[UrbanPoet]

then how come lightning strike victims never get reported on the news?
wouldnt being striked by lightning kill you? If it happened 3 times as often as winning the lottery why dont they report these so people will take lightning strike safety precautions?

[stevethewheel]

You don't have to buy a ticket for the lightning 'lottery'.

Not everyone who is struck by lightning dies.

If you've played baseball or golf then you should be very aware of lightning safety.

[tkyoshi]

then how come lightning strike victims never get reported on the news?
wouldnt being striked by lightning kill you? If it happened 3 times as often as winning the lottery why dont they report these so people will take lightning strike safety precautions?

I suppose people are not interested in those kinds of stories, they only report what is exciting.

[mahpoaht]

I suppose people are not interested in those kinds of stories, they only report what is exciting.

A story of a guy get struck by lightning 7 times and still alive is exciting

[Diamondog]

then how come lightning strike victims never get reported on the news?
wouldnt being striked by lightning kill you? If it happened 3 times as often as winning the lottery why dont they report these so people will take lightning strike safety precautions?

lightning is five hundred and change THOUSAND, lightning is thirteen and change MILLION making lightning 24 times more than winning!

[sparx]

My ex's sister-in-law was struck by lighting twice.

[walleye*guy]

Running those odds.....
you have a better chance (1 in 13,824,000) of getting hit by lightning 24 times than winning the lotters

[smilodon]

Well, aren't the odds of being struck by lightning somewhat dependent upon your geographical area? Some areas see a lot of lightning storms and others never see a single lightning bolt in years. How can the odds be the same?

In some areas, I'd see the odds of being struck by lightning even lower than the odds of winning the 6/49 Lotto.

On another line of thought, do we say "being struck" or "being stricken"?

[Justin]

How does the lotto 649 lightning saying go?

[TapemanPL]

people who get struck by lightning gets on the news all the time but they don't make a big deal out of it
ie. "the storm today is getting stronger, one man was struck by lightning, we expect more rain and stronger winds later in the day"

they'll just throw the someone got struck by lightning in the middle of the sentence just to let you know but not to make a big fuss about it

[gamer123]

IMHO I think 649/Super7 lotto stuffs are waste of $. Perhaps you may win $5/$10 here and there, but if you saved all those $ spent on buying lottos, it would be quite a bit. In fact you'll probably get more $ if you put them in bank lol

[walleye*guy]

IMHO I think 649/Super7 lotto stuffs are waste of $. Perhaps you may win $5/$10 here and there, but if you saved all those $ spent on buying lottos, it would be quite a bit. In fact you'll probably get more $ if you put them in bank lol

ah yes - but for a twoonie a week, it's a pretty nice dream.....


and lightning does sometimes strikes 24 times.....

[abu_sme]

lightning is five hundred and change THOUSAND, lightning is thirteen and change MILLION making lightning 24 times more than winning!

That is not correct.

Your odds of getting struck by lighting are twice are 1:576,000 squared

so the odds of getting struck by lighting twice are 1:331,776,000,000


There are obvious externalities which result in people getting struck more than once.

[Mulder and Scully]

IMHO I think 649/Super7 lotto stuffs are waste of $. Perhaps you may win $5/$10 here and there, but if you saved all those $ spent on buying lottos, it would be quite a bit. In fact you'll probably get more $ if you put them in bank lol

People buy lottery tickets for hope and if for only $2 a person can have hope for a few days then so be it. People spend even more on coffee each day but no one ever sh*ts up a thread over that. Now I'm sure you're going to say that coffee is a drink/food for nourishment but hope is emotional nourishment.