http://www.metafilter.com/tags/powerball Posts tagged with 'powerball' at MetaFilter. Wed, 22 Aug 2001 07:14:30 -0800 Wed, 22 Aug 2001 07:14:30 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/9568/ <a href="http://robots.cnn.com/2001/US/08/22/powerballfever.ap/index.html">Lottery Madness Grips the Delusional Nation</a> <br>Odds of winning Powerball: 80 million to one<br> Odds of dying in an airplane crash: 7 million to one<br> Odds of being hit by lightening: 600,000 to one<br> Odds of perishing in a California earthquake: 600,000 to one<br> Odds of dying in an automobile accident: 20,000 to one<br><br> <small>While legalized gambling may <a href="http://www.mfc.org/resources/backgrounders/legalizedgambling.htm">suck</a>, at least your life is <a href="http://ethics.acusd.edu/eac/Summer2000/Readings/Euthanasia.html">priceless</a>? </small> tag:metafilter.com,2001:site.9568 Wed, 22 Aug 2001 07:14:30 -0800 brokenlink gambling lottery powerball yarf