Your odds of being hit by lightening are higher than winning the lottry.

[Bubba1235]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46915119/ns/us_news-weird_news/

A Kansas man was struck by lightning hours after buying three Mega Millions lottery tickets, proving in real life the old saying that a gambler is more likely to be struck down from the sky than win the jackpot.

 

[coastalrichard]

Re: Your odds of being hit by lightening are higher than winning the lottry.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46915119/ns/us_news-weird_news/

A Kansas man was struck by lightning hours after buying three Mega Millions lottery tickets, proving in real life the old saying that a gambler is more likely to be struck down from the sky than win the jackpot.

So Bubba....if all I really wanted was, say, second place....would my odds of getting struck go way down?

 

[oops!]

Re: Your odds of being hit by lightening are higher than winning the lottry.

i have heard that......

but guess what.......

i won the 50 50 draw at the local hockey game 3 times !
the total was over 20k.
i have been one number out 4 times

average attendance is 6500 people......during the playoffs it was higher.

and the chances of being audited by both provincial governments and federal governments 6 times are very low.......but that happened to me too !

and hey......the leafs won the stanley cup once or twice.....

so i keep buying tickets.....

i KNOW,,,i will win ....im hoping soon.

 

[R Socey]

Re: Your odds of being hit by lightening are higher than winning the lottry.

You can dramatically increase your odds of being struck by lighting to 100% as the lottery. All you have to do is play all combinations.
seriously, this odds thing gets to me. Your odds of being bitten by a shark is none if you don't go near a shark, and 100% if you swim at night in a chum slick at the mouth of lets say Shark River Fla. A win leaves no odds in it's wake, and neither does a loss!

 

[bruceb58]

Re: Your odds of being hit by lightening are higher than winning the lottry.

Must be slow in Missouri these days.

 

[bruceb58]

Re: Your odds of being hit by lightening are higher than winning the lottry.

Occasionaly one of them strikes my funny bone and I share it. How about you?

I usually hold back on the sharing part.

 

[QC]

Re: Your odds of being hit by lightening are higher than winning the lottry.

I usually hold back on the sharing part.

This is why I won't play in lottery pools with you.

 

[bruceb58]

Re: Your odds of being hit by lightening are higher than winning the lottry.

This is why I won't play in lottery pools with you.

You are smart...especially since I usually don't play! I did spend $5 on the last one though!

 

[bruceb58]

Re: Your odds of being hit by lightening are higher than winning the lottry.

Curious, if you think its slow here due to this post, how much slower must things be for you to comment?

I don't know but I am anxiously waiting for the thread about what you ate for lunch.

 

[TilliamWe]

Re: Your odds of being hit by lightening are higher than winning the lottry.

Hey Bubba, you have me confused. Which lightning are you referring to? The "lightening" in your title and in post number 6? Or the one you really mean, that you state in post number 1? Look up "lightening" and you'll see that some people have NO ODDS of being "hit" by it!

 

[TilliamWe]

Re: Your odds of being hit by lightening are higher than winning the lottry.

Bubba, read my response to your private message, and you'll understand.

(BTW, once is a typo, twice means you don't know how to spell the word )