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Offline videoholic

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« on: August 10, 2003, 06:43:10 PM »
They have gone 44 times with no one picking the numbers and they are still only at 66 million euros????


Is this a joke?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3137915.stm

If the Florida lottery, or powerball went 44 times it would be in the billions.
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« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2003, 03:02:59 AM »
I wouldn\'t mind €66 million.
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« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2003, 03:13:39 AM »
I wouldn\'t either.  BUt the funniest thing is even the Florida lotto only takes about 8-10 non winning draws to get to 66.  44?  Man, that\'s a long time.  That would be nearly 5 months with no winner.  Dang.
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« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2003, 03:18:30 AM »
Video have you thought that lottery is not the same everywhere?
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« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2003, 03:24:27 AM »
Well, isn\'t bad (obvious, I\'d go for it...). But right, in Califorina, our last lotto is $91 million (which, looking at the exchange rate at 1.12735 [and still changing]...this would mean equal about €80,720,000 [give or take a few hundred]. €66 million would equal about 74,400,000 [again, give or take a few hundred]).

It didn\'t take 44 tries without a winner to get that high in California. Even if you factor in the population (Italy, 57 million. California, about 30 million). Of coarse, you can argue that Italians have better things to do then play the lotto so...;)

[edit]And good point Adan. I don\'t know what their lottery system is like to explain why it is only €66 million. Not to mention, the price of the ticket (or whatever they use) could be a factor too. Although I assume it is mostly the number of people actually playing it that is the reason.
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« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2003, 03:25:20 AM »
So how is lottery done then adan?  You pick 6 numbers and give them a buck.  How is that different?
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« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2003, 03:27:11 AM »
I guess the Italians don\'t gamble as much as Californians. :p
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« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2003, 03:36:28 AM »
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So how is lottery done then adan?  You pick 6 numbers and give them a buck.  How is that different?


If they pay 1/2 buck or even less... the winner won\'t get the money you get there. Furthermore, italy is much smaller than USA, so the money can\'t be the same.
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« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2003, 04:14:45 AM »
I\'m not comparing Italy to the USA.  

I\'m comparing it to Florida.  and Italy certainly has much more people than Florida.
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« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2003, 06:29:55 AM »
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I\'m not comparing Italy to the USA.  

I\'m comparing it to Florida.  and Italy certainly has much more people than Florida.

Perhaps a single city in Florida has twice money than whole Italy :p
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« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2003, 07:40:22 AM »
Apparently people from other countries are all crossing the border just to buy a lottery ticket in the hope that they can win it. Good luck to them, unless they are german of course.;)
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« Reply #11 on: August 11, 2003, 07:54:40 AM »
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Originally posted by Kurt Angle
Good luck to them, unless they are german of course.;)


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« Reply #12 on: August 11, 2003, 08:09:17 AM »
Why a pic of him? :confused:
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« Reply #13 on: August 11, 2003, 09:06:54 AM »
Coz I was quoting Turkish (from the movie Snatch).
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« Reply #14 on: August 11, 2003, 09:11:10 AM »
Another possiblity is that the head lotto honchos over there are pocketing more than their fair share of the winnings.  Hehe maybe even purposely choosing numbers no one ever picked.  They may hit half a billion before any winner is found. :laughing:
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