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Powerball Jackpot Redistribution Math

Added by Ari Spool • Updated about a year ago by Ari Spool
Added by Ari Spool • Updated about a year ago by Ari Spool

Powerball Jackpot Redistribution Math
Category: Meme Status: Submission Year: 2015 Origin: Instagram Region:
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Tags: facebook, lottery, math, bad math, division, billions, american, population, jackpot, highest ever, billion, million,
Powerball Jackpot Redistribution Math

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THE FORCE AWAKENS HAS MADE $1.7 BILLION THAT MEANS THAT EVERY PERSON IN THE U.S. SPENT $5.66 MILLION TO SEE IT WHAT IF DAVID BOWIE'S CANCER DOCTORS MIXED UP4.33 AND4330000 WHAT IF DAVID BOWIE'S DEATH SUDDENLY CAUSED A BUNCHH OF PEOPLE TO SUCKAT MATH? Powerball 1.3 Billion Everyone receives 4.33 mil @Livesosa Poverty Solved! Philipe Andolini This Seems Like a Legitimate Solution to Poverty MONEY DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY! GOOD NIGHT! All of the earth's population died in the holocaust. Philipe Andolini Powerball 1.3 Billion U.S. Pop 300 Hillion Everyone receives 4.33 mil @Livesosa Poverty Solved! Philipe Andolini

Category: Meme Status: Submission Year: 2015 Origin: Instagram Region:
Type:
Tags: facebook, lottery, math, bad math, division, billions, american, population, jackpot, highest ever, billion, million,
Powerball 1.3 Billion U.S. Pop 300 Hillion Everyone receives 4.33 mil @Livesosa Poverty Solved! Philipe Andolini


About

Powerball Jackpot Redistribution Math refers to an equation that circulated around Instagram, Facebook, and Reddit during early 2016 when the jackpot of the American Powerball lottery was growing to an all-time high. The equation incorrectly divides the jackpot by the population of the United States, resulting in an answer that suggests that the total amount of the lottery's jackpot is equal to more than 4.33 million dollars for each resident.

Origin

The image's true origin is unknown, but the first recorded posting was by the Instagram user esteyban, who later deleted the post. While the mathematics is attributed to "Philipe Andolini," the identity of that person is unknown. Esteyban later reinstated the meme with a 50% opacity over an image of Steve Harvey, as a reference to the actor's "Miss Universe" gaffe, with the text (sic throughout): "I'm willing to live with my mistakes. I guess me and Steve @iamsteveharveytv have something in common. Lol We both can donate $4.33 to help the cause of #poverty and #homelessness. Sometime is takes a little humility and humor to start a conversation about an improtant topic. God bless and good luck to everyone on the next #powerball drawing. #oops #lottery #lotto #mvmntbk."


esteyban FOLLOW Powerball 1.3 Billion 14 likes 2h esteyban I'm willing to live with my mistakes. I guess me and Steve @iamsteveharveytv have something in common. Lol We both can donate $4.33 to help the cause of#poverty and #homelessness. Sometime is takes a little humility and humor to start a conversation about an improtant topic. God bless and good luck to everyone on the next #powerball drawing. #oops #lottery #lotto #mvmntbk U.S. Pop 300 Hillion Everyone receives 4.33 mi staugustine_photography Lol thanks for correcting this. Poverty Solvedll ilipe Andolini mi Add a comment..

Precursor

The mathematics in the image are very similar to an image macro that circulated in July of 2015 that featured an image of Giorgio A. Tsoukalos of Ancient Aliens. That image, which was posted to Imgur accompanied by screenshots of an ensuing "Who's on First" type of conversation, was meant to parody the cost of Obamacare, and received 779,709 views on the image sharing site.


shared s photo. You do understand this makes no sense right? If he gave out 360 million dollars...he could only give a million dollars to 360 people... 317 MILLION PEOPLE IN AMERICA AND YOU SPEND 360 MILLION ON JUSTINTRODUCING OBAMACARE? USTGIVE EACH CITIEN A MILLION BUCKS It just makes too much sense.

Spread

After its original posting by esteyban, the image was posted to Facebook on January 11th, 2016 by the musician Livesosa, who added a watermark on top of esteyban's. That image was shared more than 1.08 million times in less than 24 hours. The popularity of the image was then written about in the mass media, including on Snopes, Gizmodo, and Time.

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External References

[1] Instagram – esteyban's photo

[2] Facebook – Livesosa's photo

[3] Imgur – 1 million dollars to 300 million people is only 300 million dollars

[4] Snopes – A Tax on People Who Are Bad at Math

[5] Gizmodo- Powerball Math: $1.3 Billion Divided By 300 Million Is Actually $4.33

[6] Time – More Than 800,000 People Shared This Mathematically Inept Powerball Post

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