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Is the 88million rollover too tempting?

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  • itsarichmansworld
    itsarichmansworld Posts: 1,484 Forumite
    makingendmeet I had that same idea

    remember the move it could happen to you....
    Isn't the knowledge that comes from experience more valuable than the knowledge that doesn't?
  • advent1122
    advent1122 Posts: 1,403 Forumite
    I can never work out why people buy more lottery tickets because it is a roll-over.
    Is the normal weekly jackpot not enough to live on?
    Confused........
  • makingendsmeet_2
    makingendsmeet_2 Posts: 431 Forumite
    pennylane99 wrote:
    good luck....:D

    The odds of winning EuroMillions jackpot are approximately 1 in 76,275,360.


    Thanks Pennylane99. You don't happen to know off the top of your head how many lottery machines are currently in use in the whole of Europe to buy you tickets from do you???
  • jillie1974
    jillie1974 Posts: 6,997 Forumite
    I have!! Fingers crossed!!!!:dance:
    'Children are not things to be moulded, but are people to be unfolded'
  • Midmac
    Midmac Posts: 1,070 Forumite
    advent1122 wrote:
    I can never work out why people buy more lottery tickets because it is a roll-over.
    Is the normal weekly jackpot not enough to live on?
    Confused........

    because 88million is like over 3million a year in interest :eek: Thats like winning the lottery ever year for the rest of your life !!!! :eek: :D

    So I reckon thats a good enough reason ;)
    :j Midmac Aka Crazy baby :j
  • tomstickland
    tomstickland Posts: 19,538 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Madness. The lottery is possibly the worst gamble out there. If you have to then the gap from 0 to 1 tickets is infinitely bigger than the gap from 1 to 6. Don't worry about the numbers either, 1,2,3,4,5,6 is as unliely to win as any other combination.
    Happy chappy
  • loneranger
    loneranger Posts: 272 Forumite
    Makingendsmeet, kin I be on yer list? please please please,pretty please! only need £12,000. Aw gowon put I on yer list.
    Mutual Supporters club member (Nov 2006)

    :EasterBun
  • pennylane99
    pennylane99 Posts: 5,783 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Midmac wrote:
    because 88million is like over 3million a year in interest :eek: Thats like winning the lottery ever year for the rest of your life !!!! :eek: :D

    So I reckon thats a good enough reason ;)

    you would make the taxman very happy......;)
  • Midmac
    Midmac Posts: 1,070 Forumite
    pennylane99 wrote:
    you would make the taxman very happy......;)

    and the bank manager, family, myself :D
    :j Midmac Aka Crazy baby :j
  • makingendsmeet_2
    makingendsmeet_2 Posts: 431 Forumite
    loneranger wrote:
    Makingendsmeet, kin I be on yer list? please please please,pretty please! only need £12,000. Aw gowon put I on yer list.

    Yep you can be first. As soon as my £88M cheque clears I will post your £12K off to you and include a £100 xmas bonus:D
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