Powerball

“We regularly play only with a hope that one day something good will happen for us and we surely win a Powerball jackpot as from a long we’re busting our guts attempting to purchase our first home.” couple said. “We even went to the home loan broker earlier this week to see what they could do to get us a home. However, they just couldn’t make anything for us…

all around us. It feels like there is a casino is almost every town. When there is not a casino to be found, there are convenience stores located in every town. Those are the stores with the scratch off 1-10$ dollar tickets and even have the Powerball tickets. Even when you are in your own house, gambling can find you. Log onto a computer or phone and gambling is right at your fingertips. In 1931 the first casino opened. Since then, there are over 1500 casinos in the united states and…

59-year-old Will Freedom lay quietly on the uncomfortable hospital bed, the heart monitor beside him beeping regularly every few seconds like a ticking time bomb. As he drank the glass of water that was placed on the table beside him, he grimaced at the circumstances that he was in. Will knew that his days were numbered ever since the doctors discovered that he had lung cancer, but why now? He had tried every single treatment there could be to solve his conflict, including chemotherapy,…

everything is ok in moderation, however, if you are playing at a rate that you prioritize buying a lottery ticket over paying your bills or buying groceries then it becomes a problem. Ending January 2014, 1,013 people won $1 million or more from the Powerball lottery (Irving). Thus, if you are not one of the few people to win the lottery than you are wasting your money. With that in mind i'm sure that many people would be love to have millions of dollars but if it comes at the cost of how i'm…

If there could be a perfect day for that would be having about 85o and hanging out at my grandparents pool with my friends and running around and then playing paintball in the back yard. Then I would win the powerball and win 3.5 billion dollars and then be able to buy what every want and have fun running around. I would play in the pool some more with my friends and then play some sort of game in the pool and then. When we are done we can build two forts and then battle in teams for paintball.…

An individual has a higher chance of getting hit by an asteroid (1 in 700,000) in their lifetime, than they have winning the Powerball (1 in 185,000,000). However, it is still very unlikely, that such an event will happen during our time on Earth. After all, there are between 1.1 and 1.9 million asteroids in the Asteroid Belt, between Mars and Jupiter (“Asteroids: In Depth” 2). Who is to say one of those massive asteroids will not go on a collision course with Earth, and cause another…

The lottery is used as a means of raising money by selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to the holders of numbers drawn at chance. All across America billions of dollars are thrown into a melange of dreams in hopes to be selected at random. Winners indolently pitch in a few dollars to the mixture to hope to become a multimillionaire overnight. Losers become ignorant hopefuls in pursuit of riches because they believe someone is “destined” to win. Similarly, the American Dream evades the…

Pearl of the World seems as a priceless object of hope for Kino’s family. In fact, the author writes, “In the surface of the great pearl he could see dream forms.” (559) Both Kino and Juana are filled with joy just like if somebody has just won the Powerball. Soon after the pearl starts to become a menace, Juana starts to realize that the pearl is evil. Just after Kino is attacked the first time, she says, “This pearl is like a sin! It will destroy us,” (566) but, Kino refuses to listen to…

gambling problem we already have, people spend a lot of their income on lotteries every month, the lottery should not be banned because it raised a total of $2.6 billion in gross gambling revenue last year, demand is increased as lottery turned 20 and Powerball, Megamillions give state budgets a lift. While state lotteries should not be banned. There are those, however, who believe that lotteries should be banned because some people spend their weekly paycheck on the lotteries and win nothing…

Records are meant to be broken, really. That being the case, you can improve your chances of winning the lottery and banish bad luck when you make use of effective strategies. In truth, an understanding of lotto strategies: the good, the bad, and the ugly, will point you in the right direction. The Good Serious minded people do not share the perspective that winning the grand prize of a lottery game is dependent on pure dumb luck. Some good strategies to employ include: 1. Sticking With Your…