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Posted: 1 year ago by muppetmaker:
« TraumaMamma : I saw a thing on Dr Phil and the same issues on the game pieces apply here. They were referencing instant lottery tickets.
Let's say there are 4 big winning tickets.
We make our purchases based on the fact we want to win that big money.
Now, perhaps the four big winners have been sold already, but you are not told before you buy a game piece and they still continue to sell every last ticket on the spool. (burger, etc....)
Would you buy that ticket, big mac, etc, if you knew you didn't have a chance at ALL to win the big grand prize?
Me? Not so much.
But, in the spirit of MM thread, if I get a big game piece and anyone here has another, I would be willing to negotiate.
My whole point here was, a better part of gambling is rigged and we really have no clue what prizes are left available.
I don't buy instants anymore. There are multiple prizes for each denomination, and as the value goes up, the amount of available prizes decreases. So someone could win the million, but then there would still be 50ks, 10ks, 1ks... yadda yadda...
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Posted: 1 year ago by TraumaMamma:
« muppetmaker:There are multiple prizes for each denomination, and as the value goes up, the amount of available prizes decreases. So someone could win the million, but then there would still be 50ks, 10ks, 1ks... yadda yadda... But how do you really know what is won? From the Dr Phil website...although this deals with lottery, it is still instant win. I have no idea if McD's posts online where one can search to see if the prizes have been claimed already.
I gotta sit on the cynics couch with my man, 2many, on this one. Scoot over, honey.
Scott demonstrates how the Virginia Lottery works by using two decks of cards. He holds up one stack of playing cards. “Let’s suppose that these cards are lottery tickets, and it costs $1 per ticket, and let’s suppose that the four Aces are each worth $10. If you get an ace, you win $10,” Scott says. “OK, so you started buying tickets.” Scott starts laying the cards down one at a time. “And other people are coming in to buy the tickets, and gradually they are depleted, but here, somebody won.”
He pulls out the Ace that he laid on the table. “You just won $10. So one of the four Aces is now gone, and we know there are only four of them in there. So we keep going and other people keep buying,” he says as he lays more cards down on the table, coming across another Ace and setting it aside. “Oh, here somebody else won. Two Aces are now gone.” He continues until all four Aces have been found. “The last Ace disappears, so it’s now been claimed. The lottery knows that, because people have to file and fill out paperwork, so they know that last prize is gone. The question is, if you know what’s happened here, do you want to buy a ticket now?”
“I’ll pass,” Dr. Phil says.
“Yeah, and nobody in their right mind would buy one here. And the lottery has said there are second and third place prizes here, but you wouldn’t buy it anyway because there’s another lottery ticket right next to it with a different game that has top prizes out there," he says. "Now, the Lottery has a problem because they post data online, and it shows the number of winning tickets remaining. And so at this point, they’d have to report a zero, right? So what they do, on their most popular games, when they want to continue it, is they create a second shipment of tickets and they slide it underneath that first shipment.”
Scott slides a second deck of cards under the ones that remain from the first deck. “They don’t mix these again. They can’t because these are sold on long rolls. And so, now what they do is they put on their lottery Web site that there are four grand prizes remaining. Now, in my example here, I’ve got a red deck and a blue deck, so you can see the difference. The lottery makes the tickets identical in these shipments so there’s no way to tell. The consumer has no idea," he says.
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Posted: 1 year ago by muppetmaker:
I suppose this isnt a good idea. I will agree with you there.
But what is different here is that each ticket has a code, that corresponds with a online prize, so when the money has been divvied, there is still more online s**t to win. And you arent buying tickets, you are eating food.... the tickets are a bonus.
Remember how Smirnof was doing that bottle cap thing? I submitted a few just the other day and won some music downloads and what not, though the contest has been over since the spring.
With these kind situations its an incentive to buy, not so much a waste of cash. You arent driving to mcdonalds and handing them a dollar to get game pieces, you are getting drinks, foods, desserts for the same price as always.
Anywho. Lets just forget about this, haha
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Posted: 1 year ago by TraumaMamma:
« muppetmaker : I suppose this isnt a good idea. I will agree with you there.
But what is different here is that each ticket has a code, that corresponds with a online prize, so when the money has been divvied, there is still more online s**t to win. And you arent buying tickets, you are eating food.... the tickets are a bonus.
Remember how Smirnof was doing that bottle cap thing? I submitted a few just the other day and won some music downloads and what not, though the contest has been over since the spring.
With these kind situations its an incentive to buy, not so much a waste of cash. You arent driving to mcdonalds and handing them a dollar to get game pieces, you are getting drinks, foods, desserts for the same price as always.
Anywho. Lets just forget about this, haha I didn't wanna burst your bubble.
At least with McD's ya gotta eat and you get a meal and you aren't actually PAYING for just the ticket.
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Posted: 1 year ago by icepigs:
I hereby state that any and all winnings must be used for the upcoming Plimevention in May.
Thank you.
That is all.
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Posted: 1 year ago by stinkobinko:
I used to work at the lottery here. They do post lists in the stores indicating which prizes have been claimed. And, the games do usually die once the large prizes are all claimed. They really have nothing to hide. They've got new games waiting in the wings with fresh new prizes. TOTAL odds of winning on a scratch off are usually somewhere around 1 in 7 (sometimes 1 in 4)so there will be a winner once every 5-7 tickets... if you can call $1 for a $7 investment "winning."
Before I worked at the lottery I would play occasionally. Now I never play. It was always hard for me to reconcile my salary with the knowledge that mostly lower income people play the scratch offs.
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Posted: 1 year ago by meggysue:
Whatever the outcome, I'm in. *PMs*
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Posted: 1 year ago by ftfd09:
« TraumaMamma : I saw a thing on Dr Phil and the same issues on the game pieces apply here. They were referencing instant lottery tickets.
Let's say there are 4 big winning tickets.
We make our purchases based on the fact we want to win that big money.
Now, perhaps the four big winners have been sold already, but you are not told before you buy a game piece and they still continue to sell every last ticket on the spool. (burger, etc....)
Would you buy that ticket, big mac, etc, if you knew you didn't have a chance at ALL to win the big grand prize?
Me? Not so much.
But, in the spirit of MM thread, if I get a big game piece and anyone here has another, I would be willing to negotiate.
My whole point here was, a better part of gambling is rigged and we really have no clue what prizes are left available.
I don't buy instants anymore. WHAT???? TM, you watched Dr, Phil? lol.
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Posted: 1 year ago by mybrotherskeeper:
Does anyone remember when McDonalds had teriyaki sauce for the nuggets?
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Posted: 1 year ago by punthe:
This sounds like a flippin' scam to me. Ole MM wants to steal our treasures. I already won a McFlurry and an Egg McMuffin. Nobody gets my McMuffin, NOBODY!
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Posted: 1 year ago by pocksucket:
« punthe : This sounds like a flippin' scam to me. Ole MM wants to steal our treasures. I already won a McFlurry and an Egg McMuffin. Nobody gets my McMuffin, NOBODY! Wait a minute - there are 20 people who have posted in this thread already - you owe us man.
You owe us each a 20th of a McMuffin.
Better get your protractor out.
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Posted: 1 year ago by Rowangrey:
« pocksucket :
Better get your protractor out. That sounds dirty.
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Posted: 1 year ago by cheeselog1234:
« 2manyusernames : :D, no, just someone who understands math and probability. :D Like she said, party pooper. AKA, the guy who doesn't get invited to the pool party.
(I know from experience.)
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Posted: 1 year ago by ReBoot:
I'd love to help you, MM. Unfortunately, I've sworn a Jihad against McDonalds and refuse to ever set foot in one for the rest of my days.
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Posted: 1 year ago by keroberos32:
McDonald's took my gallbladder. At the thought of loosing more internal organs due to their 'menu' (for lack of a better word, because they don't serve food, that's for sure) I have decided to establish the 'Save a Keroberos32' foundation, since I am the only one in existence.
If you would like to make a contribution to the foundation named above, please send gourmet food and drink.
PM me for the address.
Thank you for your contribution and have a nice day!
:D
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Posted: 1 year ago by icepigs:
« ReBoot : I'd love to help you, MM. Unfortunately, I've sworn a Jihad against McDonalds and refuse to ever set foot in one for the rest of my days. I didn't swear Jihad on MickeyD's....but my stomach and tastebuds have.
So, if you're looking for Me and ReBoot ~ we'll be at Ruth's Chris down the street. (Kero...you coming?)
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Posted: 1 year ago by keroberos32:
« icepigs : I didn't swear Jihad on MickeyD's....but my stomach and tastebuds have.
So, if you're looking for Me and ReBoot ~ we'll be at Ruth's Chris down the street. (Kero...you coming?) OH HELL YEAH, Wait for me...
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Posted: 1 year ago by TraumaMamma:
« icepigs : I didn't swear Jihad on MickeyD's....but my stomach and tastebuds have.
So, if you're looking for Me and ReBoot ~ we'll be at Ruth's Chris down the street. (Kero...you coming?) As a fellow plimate with cholesterol issues, can I tag along?
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Posted: 1 year ago by icepigs:
« TraumaMamma : As a fellow plimate with cholesterol issues, can I tag along? Only if you're willing to sit on my lap....
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Posted: 1 year ago by muppetmaker:
« ReBoot : I'd love to help you, MM. Unfortunately, I've sworn a Jihad against McDonalds and refuse to ever set foot in one for the rest of my days. This almost made me pee i laughed so hard.
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