Reason #5,110 to hate lottery winners

[mongers]

I'm shocked that the accountant couldn't figure out the right numbers.

Nate Silver said it was 73% that someone would win.

I don't buy it, the chance of someone winning in November is nowhere near that high.

[lustindarkness]

I'm shocked that the accountant couldn't figure out the right numbers.

Nate Silver said it was 73% that someone would win.

I don't buy it, the chance of someone winning in November is nowhere near that high.

Next November we will all lose.

[DGuller]

I'm shocked that the accountant couldn't figure out the right numbers.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

I'm shocked that the accountant couldn't figure out the right numbers.

Nate Silver said it was 73% that someone would win.

Not everything on FiveThirtyEight is written by Silver.   Walt Hickey did the calculation, and it was actually 77%.

[DGuller]

Something went wrong in my first experiment.  Let's try again.

[mongers]

Something went wrong in my first experiment.  Let's try again.

You may be on the verge of developing a 'problem'.

I can help, everytime you feel the need to do this compulsive behaviour, just post the cash across the Atlantic to me and I'll keep it 'safe' until you come to your senses. 

[Eddie Teach]

He's clearly got a problem. He put money on Trump ffs.

[DGuller]

He's clearly got a problem. He put money on Trump ffs.

I only bet on Trump because Yi wouldn't let me bet against him. 

[sbr]

POWERBALL WINNERS BUILD A FIRE STATION FOR SMALL TOWN

When Mark Hill won the Powerball lottery, he found the perfect way to contribute to the community. Hill and his family decided to use their winning money to build a fire station in Camden Point, Missouri.

Hill explained that local firefighters rescued his father twice and this was his way to pay them back.

The new fire station includes a place where ambulances and fire trucks park and there is also a training room in the building. The fire station will be released on July 16.

When Camden Point fire chief Walt Stubbs was first informed about the intention of the Hill family to build a fire station, he wasn't so surprised.

He said although money has a way of changing people, the Hills are good people who want to help others.

And this is not the only donation the Hill family made with their winning money. They also donated an amount to create a new ball field and get land for a new sewage treatment plant. They created a scholarship fund to the high school they attended themselves as well.

The Hills split $588 million with another winner in November 2012. The sum of money they received after tax reduction was $136.5 million. Although they suddenly became very rich, they decided to stay humble.

Mark Hill only recently gave his first televised interview after he won the lottery. He expressed his pride to have contributed to building a fire station that is manned 24/7 in their small town of 500 people.

[garbon]

That's pretty cool.