>mfw just wasted 2 days trying to predict the lottery

>waiting for the latest attempt to compute

The only way it's a waste of time is if you don't win the lottery! Don't stop till you win and you won't have wasted any time!

>>8684632
I've been working on it on and off for 9 years but you might be right

>>8684645
Not a ~big~ deal!

>>8684303

>the lottery

the lottery is literally just a tax on the poor and uneducated

>>8684708
I know senpai

but the lowest odds of winning (0) are not to play

>>8684724

If I offered to let you either win $5 or lose a kidney based on a coinflip, would you take the offer?

Get over it OP, I waste two days every day.

>>8684749
no...


>>8684750
that's quite the feat

>>8684749
I always wondered why people play the lottery, but now I realize it's kind of like a decision with potentially huge consequences. For a moment, you get to feel on par with doctors and investment bankers. Am I wrong?

>>8684782
>every ticket you buy increases your chances
>sunken cost fallacy

>haven't won in 40 years but I've been buying tickets for 40 years so I'm bound to win REAL SOON

>survivor bias

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>>8684708
>taxes are voluntary
shit guess I'll just skip filing this year. Thanks anon!

>>8684909
>what are the taxes on entertainment

>brainlets don't know Combination Formula

m8 you could of spent 5 seconds at it and then decided to spend your time more wisely

>>8684303
>lottery odds are 1 in 13,983,816

I know how you can reduce these odds. Buy 10 lottery tickets.

>lottery odds are now 1 in 13,983,806

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>>8685191
>>8684708
>>8684873
>be nigger
>go in da liquor sto'
>there's a guy playing 50 scratch-offs at the counter
>he's already gone through at least half of them
>gets agitated when I ask if he can move over so I can buy my booze
>gets super agitated when I say "i hope you win"
There truly is no hope for the 'hood