Didn't win Powerball or Mega Millions lottery? These memes ease the pain
Rats.
Every lottery player has experienced euphoria at the thought of winning the grand prize.
And most lottery players feel the burn when those five numbers and the Mega Ball or Powerball just don't materialize.
What are the odds of winning Powerball?
According to Powerball.com, players have a 1 in 292.2 million chance to match all six numbers. Prizes range from $2 to the grand prize jackpot, which varies. Drawings are at 11 p.m. EST Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
What are the odds of winning Mega Millions?
According to the Mega Millions website, you have a 1 in 302,575,350 chance to match all five white balls plus the gold Mega Ball. Prizes range from $2 (for matching the Mega Ball) to the grand prize jackpot, which varies. Drawings are at 11 p.m. EST Tuesdays and Fridays.
That one time Friday the 13th was lucky. Mega Millions has $1.35 billion jackpot winner on notoriously unlucky day
Here's a compilation of tweets, memes and grams about losing the lottery.
Eggs are egg-spensive or egg-stravagant. And other egg puns
The cost of eggs is rising so much they've been considered a form of currency − on social media, anyway.
2019: lost mega millions. i cannot afford to retire just yet
2023: lost mega millions. i cannot afford to buy eggs just yet #MegaMillions pic.twitter.com/BOq7jIHmCA— . (@Lettie4u) January 14, 2023
I guess we know who won the Powerball? https://t.co/Q1YQj87NKt
— Jerry Bohl, Jr. (@jr_bohl) January 24, 2023
Tonight’s Powerball is up to 1,783 dozen eggs.
Good luck. 🥚— TG (@TG22110) January 22, 2023
Let's call this the worst nightmare
Most people who've played the lottery could relate to this fear: "I won the Powerball, but lost my ticket." (In all seriousness, if you have a winning ticket, grand prizes typically expire a year from the drawing. Double check your numbers, and do keep your winning ticket safe till you decide how to cash it in.)
Now that's a lotta money. Lotto jackpots surpassed $1 billion six times. What we know about winners
Won the #powerball but lost my ticket pic.twitter.com/teAOuPugbb
— Stressed Pope (@StressedPope) January 14, 2016
These memes are so relatable
We know the odds are pretty stacked against us. But that doesn't stop us from dreaming, wishing, rubbing a Buddha belly, throwing salt over the shoulder, or whatever it is you do for luck.
Me looking up the Powerball numbers even though I already know i lost pic.twitter.com/nS1qtTBJot
— Spider G (@SpiderGangnem) November 8, 2022
HAHA we lost :( #powerball pic.twitter.com/8R4CdJfsmQ
— NARIN (@_narinsan) January 14, 2016
Me: I better check my Mega Millions ticket to see if I won. Damn I lost.
Me rechecking my ticket every 5 minutes just to make sure: pic.twitter.com/JGQRP2IW2M— GeoffinLincoln (@GeoffinLincoln) December 28, 2022
Looking at the bright side
When playing the lottery, you win some, you lose some.
I won $8 in powerball!!!
(Lost $22 but we are not gonna focus on that lol.)— Sarah Thomas, PhD (@sarahdateechur) January 6, 2022
It’s not lost on this math teacher that the power ball and mega millions are consecutive perfect squares! #lotto #mathgeek pic.twitter.com/8IovrhrxKO
— coachfredlovesmath (@Mfredgrassi) June 11, 2018
Now that I lost mega millions 👀 pic.twitter.com/5Ca2jfw1jE
— Daniel (@ManielDurphy) October 25, 2018
Why I told my friend I lost the mega millions & she said “everything happens for a reason” I ain’t never hung up the phone so fast 🗿
— blair wadsworth (@joshieyamaguchi) January 23, 2021
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