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airplane_mech2

2011-10-24 09:09:49 AM

That has got to be a fake. I don't believe it.

Vodka Zombie

2011-10-24 09:27:59 AM

+1 Subby...

Ooops...

No YOU'RE a Towel

2011-10-24 09:49:00 AM

Think of it this way, the odds of that happening are exactly the same as winning anyways.

Walker

2011-10-24 12:21:04 PM

Doc Daneeka

2011-10-24 12:27:27 PM

No YOU'RE a Towel: Think of it this way, the odds of that happening are exactly the same as winning anyways.

Which are exactly the same as the odds of having some other, completely different set of numbers.

PlatinumDragon

2011-10-24 12:28:14 PM

airplane_mech2: That has got to be a fake. I don't believe it.

Can you tell by the pixels, and having seen many 'shops in your time?

Ivo Shandor

2011-10-24 12:28:20 PM

Nope, here's what I heard.

img845.imageshack.us

Fireproof

2011-10-24 12:29:16 PM

I actually did more of a HAHA Guy thing.

/HA! HA!
//You picked
///THE WRONG NUMBERS!

domo_kun_sai

2011-10-24 12:29:54 PM

Yes, this did make me laugh.

cgraves67

2011-10-24 12:30:39 PM

No YOU'RE a Towel: Think of it this way, the odds of that happening are exactly the same as winning anyways.

Actually the odds are better because there are two numbers within 1 integer of each individual winning number, therefore there are multiple combinations of 1-up/1down arrangements.

vudukungfu

2011-10-24 12:31:02 PM

TFA blocked.
So pics or it didn't happen.

What Plants Crave

2011-10-24 12:32:13 PM

I would grab the occasional PowerBall quick pick back in the day when the jackpot got big and I found myself in a store that sold them. I had a ticket pretty similar to this one once, 3 of 6 matched, the other 3 were 1 number off.

At least I got my dollar back.

Doc Daneeka

2011-10-24 12:32:49 PM

cgraves67: No YOU'RE a Towel: Think of it this way, the odds of that happening are exactly the same as winning anyways.

Actually the odds are better because there are two numbers within 1 integer of each individual winning number, therefore there are multiple combinations of 1-up/1down arrangements.

Nope, exactly the same.

Each number on the ticket was exactly one integer higher than the actual number. There's only one set of numbers for which that is true.

otto the bull

2011-10-24 12:32:55 PM

I'll send that guy a dollar right now.

mcnguyen

2011-10-24 12:33:21 PM

So he got no number right. Lots of people do that. The fact that he was 1 number off on all numbers is odd, but he still got zero numbers..

animal900

2011-10-24 12:33:36 PM

Blocked at work, is this the photo that's been floating around facebook with the lottery ticket that is off by one on every number?

Fett56

2011-10-24 12:33:45 PM

offmymeds

2011-10-24 12:34:46 PM

squrrelco3

2011-10-24 12:35:15 PM

This actually got greenlit?...

Chigau

2011-10-24 12:35:56 PM

i don't really consider that "Almost Winning." A surprising happenstance, sure.

Baloo Uriza

2011-10-24 12:36:43 PM

animal900: Blocked at work, is this the photo that's been floating around facebook with the lottery ticket that is off by one on every number?

Yes.

MisterPickles

2011-10-24 12:37:29 PM

No one noticed Milhouse (Milhoes) on the ticket? Fark, I am disappoint.

/not a meme

Slaxl

2011-10-24 12:38:19 PM

hehehe, "Euro Millhouse".

moralpanic

2011-10-24 12:38:31 PM

So he got all the numbers wrong?

unicron702

2011-10-24 12:38:38 PM

I seem to remember a story about some lady that played for like 20 years, and each week she played the same numbers. Every week like clockwork. One week, she had something go wrong with her car and needed repairs so she couldn't afford to play. That week, her numbers hit, something like 60 million. I don't even want to imagine how I'd feel.

iron_city_ap

2011-10-24 12:38:56 PM

While unique, technically that wasn't even close. clicking 'next' did make me do the Nelson point and laugh though.

CravenMorehead

2011-10-24 12:40:06 PM

That's no closer than any other non-winning combination.

Chevello

2011-10-24 12:40:13 PM

Ivo Shandor: Nope, here's what I heard.

[img845.imageshack.us image 320x226]

Would you believe....

I came here for this?

Salmon

2011-10-24 12:41:20 PM

sweet name for their lottery.

I'd get a MilHoes too if I won.

NkThrasher

2011-10-24 12:43:10 PM

Ivo Shandor: Nope, here's what I heard.

[img845.imageshack.us image 320x226]

Likewise.

Surool

2011-10-24 12:46:47 PM

Dumbest

lottery post

ever

hp6sa

2011-10-24 12:48:29 PM

airplane_mech2: That has got to be a fake. I don't believe it.

I agree. My theory is that the last zero in 2011/10/20 is 'shopped, as it looks considerably different than the other zeros on the ticket. This guy probably bought a ticket a day after the numbers were announced, and 'shopped his way to a story.

/seen a lot of 'shops in my day

MooseUpNorth

2011-10-24 12:49:16 PM

No YOU'RE a Towel: Think of it this way, the odds of that happening are exactly the same as winning anyways.

Yup. Oh man.

/ Ha Ha!

Alonjar

2011-10-24 12:49:19 PM

"I came so close!!!!!"

...except that you didnt get a single number, and failed just as hard as every other lottery player.

MooseUpNorth

2011-10-24 12:51:13 PM

Chigau: i don't really consider that "Almost Winning." A surprising happenstance, sure.

Also true. Any other non-winning ticket also "almost won", just with far less panache.

Too Pretty For Prison

2011-10-24 12:52:27 PM

Wow. That's amazing. I'll bet the odds against that happening were like 15 to 1.

trappedspirit

2011-10-24 12:52:37 PM

squrrelco3: This actually got greenlit?...

Getting greenlit is something special?...

HoboCop

2011-10-24 12:55:40 PM

Did anyone else look at the next picture on that page and lol?

TheR0CK

2011-10-24 12:56:00 PM

It was purchased 2mins AFTER the numbers were drawn. Of course it is fake.

olddinosaur

2011-10-24 12:57:57 PM

There were 15 guys at a beer joint near my home played a lottery pool every week. They hit the big one, and after taxes it worked out to $450,000 each.

Within two years, 13 of the 15 were broke again.

Former Dallas Cowboy "Hollywood" Henderson, flat broke after wasting millions, hit the Texas lottery for $8 million some years back.

Probably broke again.

dajoro

2011-10-24 01:01:23 PM

stvyrayvhn

2011-10-24 01:01:56 PM

Came here for the HAHA Guy, leaving happy

Random Anonymous Blackmail

2011-10-24 01:02:24 PM

At least someone in this world shares my luck.

Krieghund

2011-10-24 01:05:03 PM

No YOU'RE a Towel: Think of it this way, the odds of that happening are exactly the same as winning anyways.

Yes, but the odds of having a non-winning ticket with some kind of mathematical relationship to the winning ticket are much higher than the odds of winning. Someone might have a ticket with every number 1 greater than the winning numbers, someone might have a ticket with every number 3 less. Someone might have a ticket with every number the reverse of the winning numbers.

Any of those would be equally "aw shucks" worthy.

trappedspirit

2011-10-24 01:07:55 PM

Fett56: cgraves67: No YOU'RE a Towel: Think of it this way, the odds of that happening are exactly the same as winning anyways.

Actually the odds are better because there are two numbers within 1 integer of each individual winning number, therefore there are multiple combinations of 1-up/1down arrangements.

Yeah, I quickly noticed that too and I hate math.

It depends on what phenomena we are framing here. If it is to get 1 less than drawn numbers on all the numbers, it is same odds as winning.

Do You Know What I Am Saying

2011-10-24 01:08:49 PM

TheR0CK: It was purchased 2mins AFTER the numbers were drawn. Of course it is fake.

It was purchased on the 20th for a drawing on the 21st.

That being said, he missed every single number. I do that damn near every time I get a lotto ticket.

/ Yes, I know it's one off on every one.

snake_beater

2011-10-24 01:09:19 PM

I know it's been (implicitly) said, but I'll say it anyway:

Missed it by that much.

ProfessorOhki

2011-10-24 01:11:11 PM

trappedspirit: Fett56: cgraves67: No YOU'RE a Towel: Think of it this way, the odds of that happening are exactly the same as winning anyways.

Actually the odds are better because there are two numbers within 1 integer of each individual winning number, therefore there are multiple combinations of 1-up/1down arrangements.

Yeah, I quickly noticed that too and I hate math.

It depends on what phenomena we are framing here. If it is to get 1 less than drawn numbers on all the numbers, it is same odds as winning.

But if it's to get every number within +/- 1, it's 2^7 higher than the odds of winning, right?

/Ignoring the cases where the winning numbers are the max/min number

Jon iz teh kewl

2011-10-24 01:12:54 PM

IM ALMOST A MILLION TOO
BUT I HAVENT GOTTEN FIRED FROM MY JOB YET

simon_bar_sinister

2011-10-24 01:15:47 PM

I know this is a fake.
I have NOT been to europe since they got an EU lottery.

/my luck

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