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The Texas Lottery Commission voted to join the Mega Millions lottery, rather than Powerball, on Tuesday. Link (via Casino [ptz])

Remember, just because the jackpots are bigger doesn't mean your odds are any better. I still don't understand why a $250m jackpot is so much more appealling to people than a $10m jackpot. Either one of them would be enough for me to retire on. And either one of them gives me a highly negative expected value.