Psychic knows winning lotto numbers, but chooses not to use them...

[thatguywhojuggles]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/northshore/chi-0503200329mar20,1,2348977.story?coll=chi-newslocalnorthshore-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true


In the psychic community, the request is a big faux pas. And it's not, he says, because he can't figure out what the numbers are. The problem is that he would only be rewarding greed and ruining the lottery, he says.

"I play the lottery quite often, but I don't try to dig [winning numbers] out of the universe" using psychic powers, McFarland said.
....

McFarland says he's only played the lottery one time using his psychic talents, a pick-three game.

"I picked the exact day and the exact numbers and I won," he said.

But he didn't win big.

"I won $40."

[Kopji]

The problem is that he would only be rewarding greed and ruining the lottery

That doesn't even make sense. If he were that much against the greed of the lottery why not ruin it?

It amazes me that these people get any press at all.

Yawn. Write the numbers down in a sealed envelope and send it by registered mail to the press.

[mayday]

I think people who play the lotto are very statistically challenged, but I am going to use my pendulum to tell me what the PowerBall number will be this Saturday.
This evening I wil consult my pendulum (which I have estimated to be about 90% accurate) to find out what the winning PowerBall number will be. Not the whole number, just the powerball number.

[gnome]

Originally posted by mayday
I think people who play the lotto are very statistically challenged, but I am going to use my pendulum to tell me what the PowerBall number will be this Saturday.
This evening I wil consult my pendulum (which I have estimated to be about 90% accurate) to find out what the winning PowerBall number will be. Not the whole number, just the powerball number.

Will you perhaps do us the favor of posting your prediction here before the announcement is made of the result?

[BillC]

Which lottery are we talking of?

[Ashles]

It gets clearer every post that Mayday is trolling.

[mayday]

Originally posted by gnome
Will you perhaps do us the favor of posting your prediction here before the announcement is made of the result?

I'll post it tonight. Right now I can't work on it. I got suckered into taking my kids to the Kingdom Hall for some kind of meeting. Those people come by here at least once a week and leave those Awake magazines and as tired as I am of seeing them (and they come at the most inopportune times) I can't tell them to get lost, I'm too nice.
I tried to get out of going but my 7 yr old threw a huge fit...ugh.
I guess I'd better go on and get ready. Hope they don't mind me wearing sweat pants and slip on shoes there. I just want to get it over with.

[KelvinG]

Originally posted by Ashles
It gets clearer every post that Mayday is trolling.

Yep. Her most recent post about being "suckered" into attending a meeting at Kingdom Hall pretty much seals that.

[Kopji]

A powerball number would be something from 1 to 42. These are fewer in number than the white balls.

A guess success rate with a 10% error would be what?
Any number +/- 4 digits?

humm... not impressed.

A better test for the pendulum would be to predict the next 10 powerballs and verify you got at least 9 guesses correct. Why not guess them all at once and put them in a registered mail to JREF?

Whatever, be sure to write the predicted numbers down ahead of the drawing because that indicates a precise choice. It is not ok to just think about the number you chose, it must be written down. This is important. Good luck.

PS: Don't leave your kids alone with the elders.
http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/childabuse.htm

[BillC]

Originally posted by mayday
I'll post it tonight. Right now I can't work on it. I got suckered into taking my kids to the Kingdom Hall for some kind of meeting. Those people come by here at least once a week and leave those Awake magazines and as tired as I am of seeing them (and they come at the most inopportune times) I can't tell them to get lost, I'm too nice.
I tried to get out of going but my 7 yr old threw a huge fit...ugh.
I guess I'd better go on and get ready. Hope they don't mind me wearing sweat pants and slip on shoes there. I just want to get it over with.
I'd still like you to identify the lottery you are going to predict. There are many lotteries that draw on Saturdays and have Powerballs, which one are we talking about?

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

It would be especially greedy to win the lottery and give the money to a worthy charity. Or, an even greater avarice: give the money to the public school system.

~~ Paul

[mayday]

Originally posted by KelvinG
Yep. Her most recent post about being "suckered" into attending a meeting at Kingdom Hall pretty much seals that.

I'm serious about having to suffer through that service at the Kingdom Hall tonight...you pm me and I will be happy to exchange phone numbers and you can talk to my kids and confirm it.
Kind of funny, those people are real squares, all straight and serious. I kept getting the giggles and it was all I could do to keep from busting out in the middle of the service, they passed some bread and wine around. Not only was I there with sweatpants and an oversized pink corduroy shirt but I looked down at it while ago and noticed one of the buttons was undone exposing something I would rather have not...lol

I only know of one powerball. It is what we play here in Tennessee. I will accept the challenge of guessing all the numbers. The next time they draw is Saturday night. Since it wouldn't be fair that others would benefit from the fruit of my efforts I think it is fair that I should not disclose the numbers until 10 minutes before the drawing, which is 9pm CST. I am feeling pretty good about this. Never thought of using my pendulum to play the lotto, I always thought the lotto was for losers who couldn't do math. But what the heck, I'll play. And if I win I won't need to worry about the million dollar challenge I don't reckon.

[thatguywhojuggles]

http://www.tnlottery.com/howtoplay/#power

Just for reference sake

[Mojo]

The backtracking has started already...Originally posted by mayday at 12:01am GMT, 25th March
I'll post it tonight.Originally posted by mayday at 3:05am GMT, 25th March
The next time they draw is Saturday night. Since it wouldn't be fair that others would benefit from the fruit of my efforts I think it is fair that I should not disclose the numbers until 10 minutes before the drawing, which is 9pm CST.That'll still give them 9 minutes to buy a ticket.Tickets must be purchased by 8:59 p.m. Central TimeWhy not go back to your original suggestion and just predict the "powerball?" Then you could post your prediction earlier and we would avoid all the inevitable and tedious discussions about whether the forum clock could have been wrong, or subverted in some way.

[wahrheit]

The problem is that he would only be rewarding greed and ruining the lottery, he says.
You can't ruin a lottery by winning. The principle of a lottery is that winnings are always a percentage of the accumulated money which came in through selling the tickets (with our state's lottery it's around 50%), no matter if how when where what people hit the jackpot or not.

McFarland, feel free to play and win big! They just don't care if they give the money to you or any other lucky player, they learned their business for centuries. Don't worry to upset them ;)

[vbloke]

indeed.
I doubt very much that any charity would turn down a "guaranteed" lottery win every week, so why not donate all the winnings to charity?
Minus a "consultancy" fee of course...

[valis]

Originally posted by Ashles
It gets clearer every post that Mayday is trolling.

Hint to Mayday and other trollers: you can't make your posts too good.

Even Phil Hendries audience wouldn't fall for you anymore.

[Ladewig]

Originally posted by mayday
I'm serious about having to suffer through that service at the Kingdom Hall tonight...you pm me and I will be happy to exchange phone numbers and you can talk to my kids and confirm it.


Maybe you'll have more fun posting on their board than on ours. http://www.jwforum.com/

[mayday]

Originally posted by Mojo
The backtracking has started already...That'll still give them 9 minutes to buy a ticket.Why not go back to your original suggestion and just predict the "powerball?" Then you could post your prediction earlier and we would avoid all the inevitable and tedious discussions about whether the forum clock could have been wrong, or subverted in some way.

Well, see, you can't make some people happy no matter what you do. I mentioned doing that and ol' what's-their-face said that wouldn't be good enough, it was all or nothing. These things take time, but I'll predict as many numbers as I can tonight.

[DangerousBeliefs]

Originally posted by mayday
Well, see, you can't make some people happy no matter what you do. I mentioned doing that and ol' what's-their-face said that wouldn't be good enough, it was all or nothing. These things take time, but I'll predict as many numbers as I can tonight.

109 posts as mayday, bigfig and still not the slightest bit of...

[Ladewig]

Simpler tests are better. Predicting the powerball and nothing else is the simplest test available.

However, it is necessary to state what is a failure and what is a success.

predicting the powerball to be 23 and having 32 drawn is a failure.

predicting the powerball to be 23 and having 24 drawn is a failure.

predicting the powerball to be 23 and having 23 drawn as a non-powerball number is also failure.

The simplest explanation as to why those situations are failures is that none of them pays any money. The lottery pays $3 for every $1 bet if one correctly chooses the powerball number. Choosing a number near the powerball number pays nothing.


The good news is that the cances of hitting it once is 1/42 the chances of hiting the powerball on two consecutive drawings is 1/42 * 1/42 = 1/1764 therefore you have to get it right only twice to pass the preliminary JREF test. If you can come anywhere close to 90% you are on your way to making history.

[mayday]

While I was out helping the old man put up fencing for our mini cows this idea came to me...I won't come on here ten minutes before and announce the number, I'll just post my powerball ticket tonight after the drawing.

[Nex]

No... I don't think that's going to work. If you just type the numbers in, we have no way of knowing if they were predicted or just copied down afterwards. If you scan the ticket and attach it to a post, there's no way of knowing if it's been photoshopped.


Just post the number before the drawing. How is that so difficult? Wait, it's not.

[Vikram]

Mayday,

Did the Martians kidnap your brain? Or were they the Venutians?

[BillC]

Mayday, a prediction is a prediction.
Not a "postdiction". Post your prediction before the draw, or don't bother at all.

[Azrael 5]

Originally posted by mayday
While I was out helping the old man put up fencing for our mini cows this idea came to me...I won't come on here ten minutes before and announce the number, I'll just post my powerball ticket tonight after the drawing.
I believe she means she will actually IMG her ticket on here,rather than type numbers,I guess??;)

[Ladewig]

Originally posted by Azrael 5
I believe she means she will actually IMG her ticket on here,rather than type numbers,I guess??;)

Which would be a good system if we could all be certain that only one ticket was purchased. As it stands, that will not be a good system. Post your number before the drawing or don't bother. The idea that regular posters on a skeptic board are going to take your predicted powerball number and buy a ticket is laughable.

[DangerousBeliefs]

Originally posted by mayday
While I was out helping the old man put up fencing for our mini cows this idea came to me...I won't come on here ten minutes before and announce the number, I'll just post my powerball ticket tonight after the drawing.

I predict....

Mayday will post no numbers or pictures.

[Lisa Simpson]

I suppose if she were feeling really paranoid about somebody getting the rewards of her hard work, she could PM the numbers to someone who lives in a non-Powerball state.

[BillC]

Or post them here encrypted with PGP, and reveal the passphrase after the event.

[Azrael 5]

Originally posted by BillC
Or post them here encrypted with PGP, and reveal the passphrase after the event.

Or admit she's doo-lally!

When is this draw anyhow,Im in U.K so its Sunday already! ;)

[Lisa Simpson]

Originally posted by Azrael 5
Or admit she's doo-lally!

When is this draw anyhow,Im in U.K so its Sunday already! ;)

10:59pm Eastern US time. 7:59pm, or about in an hour and a half from now, in California where I am and where there is currently no Powerball (the Governator is bringing it in).

[thatguywhojuggles]

What the heck... I'm going to take a crack at this:

Here are my numbers for the TN Powerball..

24-30-38-41-46-39

Edited to add: Click here for the winning numbers (http://www.tnlottery.com/winningnumbers/)

[mayday]

Originally posted by Nex
No... I don't think that's going to work. If you just type the numbers in, we have no way of knowing if they were predicted or just copied down afterwards. If you scan the ticket and attach it to a post, there's no way of knowing if it's been photoshopped.


Just post the number before the drawing. How is that so difficult? Wait, it's not.

Ok then, by my clock it is 9:04, the powerball site says results are still pending so I'll go ahead and tell you what I got

3 5 10 28 32 PB 39

[DangerousBeliefs]

Originally posted by mayday
Ok then, by my clock it is 9:04, the powerball site says results are still pending so I'll go ahead and tell you what I got

3 5 10 28 32 PB 39

Wow. I'm impressed... she found her keypad.

Here is my prediction.... purely random:

27-39-53-25-6
Powerball: 18

[DangerousBeliefs]

Originally posted by mayday
Ok then, by my clock it is 9:04, the powerball site says results are still pending so I'll go ahead and tell you what I got

3 5 10 28 32 PB 39

Congrats... you did as well as I did.

Draw Date ------- Powerball
3/26/2005 ------- 9 12 35 41 51 P36

[SezMe]

So, mayday, you're an utter failure...as expected. Any comments?

[mayday]

Originally posted by SezMe
So, mayday, you're an utter failure...as expected. Any comments?

Yea...you're an utter jackass, moron...any part of that you didn't understand????

Dangerous, something must have been with the number 39 tonight. BTW, powerball number was the only one I tried, and it was a hasty try at that. I was sitting in my car in front of the Mapco station at 8:35 trying to look inconspicuous as I watched my pendulum swing in anticipatiuon of what the PB number would be. I want to give myself a second chance. I'll try Wednesday and I'll try harder next time.

[HarryKeogh]

Originally posted by DangerousBeliefs
Congrats... you did as well as I did.

Draw Date ------- Powerball
3/26/2005 ------- 9 12 35 41 51 P36

do you win anything for picking none of the correct numbers?

[DangerousBeliefs]

Originally posted by HarryKeogh
do you win anything for picking none of the correct numbers?

Free toilet paper

[Donks]

Originally posted by mayday
Yea...you're an utter jackass, moron...any part of that you didn't understand????

Dangerous, something must have been with the number 39 tonight. BTW, powerball number was the only one I tried, and it was a hasty try at that. I was sitting in my car in front of the Mapco station at 8:35 trying to look inconspicuous as I watched my pendulum swing in anticipatiuon of what the PB number would be. I want to give myself a second chance. I'll try Wednesday and I'll try harder next time.
Try as hard as you like, as many times as you like. You're bound to get one of the numbers right eventually. But nobody's going to forget the misses.

[Gr8wight]

Originally posted by mayday
Yea...you're an utter jackass, moron...any part of that you didn't understand????

Dangerous, something must have been with the number 39 tonight. BTW, powerball number was the only one I tried, and it was a hasty try at that. I was sitting in my car in front of the Mapco station at 8:35 trying to look inconspicuous as I watched my pendulum swing in anticipatiuon of what the PB number would be. I want to give myself a second chance. I'll try Wednesday and I'll try harder next time.

Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.

Sorry, I watched that DVD last night.

[Gr8wight]

Originally posted by SezMe
So, mayday, you're an utter failure...as expected. Any comments?

No, she's not an utter failure. She's a person who makes a valuable contribution to our society as a registered nurse. She just doesn't have any paranormal abilities. But then again, we already knew that.

[SezMe]

Originally posted by mayday
Yea...you're an utter jackass, moron...any part of that you didn't understand????

Dangerous, something must have been with the number 39 tonight. BTW, powerball number was the only one I tried, and it was a hasty try at that. I was sitting in my car in front of the Mapco station at 8:35 trying to look inconspicuous as I watched my pendulum swing in anticipatiuon of what the PB number would be. I want to give myself a second chance. I'll try Wednesday and I'll try harder next time.
Hey, a couple of badges of honor. I've been called a "jackass" and "moron" by mayday for simply observing a fact. The jealous vibes of all you other skeptics is pouring through my internet connection as I speak (type?). Can "idiot" be far behind? :) :)

mayday, something was with the number 39 tonight...it was a loser. But I do encourage you to take a second chance and do try harder. Scringe up your eyebrows. Tighten those sphincters muscles. Curl your toes. Perk up the breasts. Anything to give you a shot at the brass ring.

[SezMe]

Originally posted by Gr8wight
No, she's not an utter failure. She's a person who makes a valuable contribution to our society as a registered nurse. She just doesn't have any paranormal abilities. But then again, we already knew that.
You may have a valid point, but I don't wholly accept it. If mayday choses to believe in woo stuff, how can we be sure that this lack of critical thinking does not slop over into her professional activities? If I was a patient of mayday's I would have serious reservations about being cared for by someone who has demonstrated a lack of ability to think clearly.

After all, numerous registered nurses believe in Theraputic Touch. This may, in the end, actually harm patients. Being a registered nurse does not automatically imply that that person "makes a valuable contribution to our society."

[Donks]

Originally posted by SezMe
Scringe up your eyebrows. Tighten those sphincters muscles. Curl your toes. Perk up the breasts.
Watching you work must be one entertaining experience.

[SezMe]

Originally posted by Donks
Watching you work must be one entertaining experience.
Toes I got. Breasts, well, they're pathetic. Sigh....

[thatguywhojuggles]

Originally posted by thatguywhojuggles
What the heck... I'm going to take a crack at this:

Here are my numbers for the TN Powerball..

24-30-38-41-46-39

Edited to add: Click here for the winning numbers (http://www.tnlottery.com/winningnumbers/)

Winning numbers:

09-12-35-41-51 36

I got one right out of six. How did you do, mayday?

[gnome]

Hey, I don't think we should rag too hard on MayDay, she was at least willing to post an unambiguous prediction. Think of how many refuse to go even that far.

[thatguywhojuggles]

I still win :p

[vbloke]

Let's give mayday the benefit of the doubt as she says she was rushed.

Post a prediction for the next lottery draw either well in advance, so you don't feel rushed, or pm them to someone who can be relied upon to be impartial in this matter and have them verify the numbers.

Then , when the numbers for the draw are announced, the impartial observer can post the numbers and see if the correlate.

You can take your time over the choosing of the numbers, but it must be agreed in advance with the board in general what would constitute a "hit" and what would not.

[Gr8wight]

Originally posted by SezMe
You may have a valid point, but I don't wholly accept it. If mayday choses to believe in woo stuff, how can we be sure that this lack of critical thinking does not slop over into her professional activities? If I was a patient of mayday's I would have serious reservations about being cared for by someone who has demonstrated a lack of ability to think clearly.

After all, numerous registered nurses believe in Theraputic Touch. This may, in the end, actually harm patients. Being a registered nurse does not automatically imply that that person "makes a valuable contribution to our society."

Well, I have no idea what it is like in Tennesee, or wherever you are, SezMe, but here in Southern Ontario, indeed across Canada, we are experiencing a crisis in our medical care systems. Qualified nurses are dramatically underappreciated. Yes, some people believe strange things, we all know that. But if she truly cares for her patients, and is proficient in her duties, she is very, very valuable. Hopefully, we can help her come to an understanding of the silliness of her paranormal beliefs.

[mayday]

Originally posted by Gr8wight
Well, I have no idea what it is like in Tennesee, or wherever you are, SezMe, but here in Southern Ontario, indeed across Canada, we are experiencing a crisis in our medical care systems. Qualified nurses are dramatically underappreciated. Yes, some people believe strange things, we all know that. But if she truly cares for her patients, and is proficient in her duties, she is very, very valuable. Hopefully, we can help her come to an understanding of the silliness of her paranormal beliefs.

I'll ignore that silliness comment.

Yes, nurses are probably the most underrated professionals out there.
I'm lucky to have an easy job (for now) but in general, nursing is anything but glamorous. You deal with sick grouchy people who are at their worst. You wade through blood, urine, vomit, feces and numerous other forms of excrement on a daily basis, you have patients, their families, doctors, administrators, and whatever Tom Dick and Harry happens to be around yelling at you that you're not doing good enough. You're treated like a maid. You're expected to kiss the bum of indigent scumburger drug seeking patients for the sake of "customer satisfaction" when what you *really* want to do is send them and their phony ailments (that ONLY Demerol can help ease) packing. Then you have the families of the patient stand there smiling at you and asking questions while they are writing down EVERY word you say on a notepad :mad: And don't forget the confused patients who like to rip out their IV's and catheters (OUCH!Yes they do it!) and while they are slinging the tubes around you're getting soaked trying to get things under control, blood and pee going everywhere. Then you are expected to basically document the flatus of every patient (and we do it!) CYA (cover your ass) is the slogan of the healthcare profession. And I could tell you some things I've seen that would keep you awake at night, because I know they have kept all of us up who were unfortunate enought to be at the ER at that time...so the next time you see a grouchy hateful nurse, just take into consideration she probably has a reason to feel that way. Say to her, "I see you are having a very busy day"...rather than complain and threaten and huff and puff because your water pitcher hasn't been filled, because 9 times out of 10 a nurse who sees understanding in a person will go out of her way to make sure to be there if you need her.

[mayday]

Originally posted by SezMe
You may have a valid point, but I don't wholly accept it. If mayday choses to believe in woo stuff, how can we be sure that this lack of critical thinking does not slop over into her professional activities? If I was a patient of mayday's I would have serious reservations about being cared for by someone who has demonstrated a lack of ability to think clearly.

After all, numerous registered nurses believe in Theraputic Touch. This may, in the end, actually harm patients. Being a registered nurse does not automatically imply that that person "makes a valuable contribution to our society."

Oh boy...what turnip truck did YOU fall off of???
Lack of critical thinking??? I must LOL at this, because it is my ability to think quickly (and critically) that has saved the life of a patient more than once. It is true, I have seen some nurses that don't have the sense God gave a goose, but thank goodness these are not the nurses you generally see working in acute care settings where a patient can be talking to you one minute and coding the next. Where I used to work (before I quit from burnout) would use me and a handful of other nurses responsible enough to "float" the hospital, or work in whichever department we were needed.
I'll share a little story with you about my "critical thinking" skills...
Not long before I quit my last job I had to suffer from the incompetence of one nurse. A 62 yr. old woman with leg pain was on the med. surg floor. This woman had come to the ER and had been sent home several times but this time she refused to leave until they found out what was wrong with her. Her Xrays had returned showing numerous emboli. She was on a heparin drip and was receiving Lovenox injections. I came into her room at the beginning of the shift to find her up walking around.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT OF THE BED???" I almost shouted.
She said that the day shift nurse had told her it was okay to walk to the bathroom.
I was panicked. I told her to get back in the bed and whatever she did DO NOT get up!!! I helped her lay down and as soon as I stepped out of the room I hear her gasp out and yell for me. She broke out in a sweat and clung to me so tight I had bruises up and down my arms. I yelled for help and she told me, please just don't leave me (I couldn't have if I wanted to, she had a death grip on me). To make a long story short she died that day, and now the hospital is facing a lawsuit because the woman had a condition which required STRICT bedrest and din-a-ling was telling her to walk around. So when I go to testify in court (if it gets that far) I can THANK my critical thinking skills for saving me from a lot of trouble!
So you think about that next time you're laying in a hospital bed. You'd better HOPE you get someone like me!
And for that matter....do you realize how many nurses have their own personal psychic??? A LOT!

[Nex]

Mayday, you're making my future professional peers look damnably bad. Dropping the holier-than-thou attitude and childish remarks will do you wonders, you know.

Your critical thinking skills may be top notch in the ED, we don't know because none of us work with you. Concerning the paranormal however, not so much.

You are compartmentalizing. Applying critical thought to only one area of your life is not only lazy, it's simply dishonest.

And for that matter... who gives a sh*t how many nurses have personal psychics?

[Mojo]

Originally posted by mayday
Lack of critical thinking??? I must LOL at thisJust for the record, what is your position on "Therapeutic Touch?"

[WhiteLion]

By SezMe
If mayday choses to believe in woo stuff, how can we be sure that this lack of critical thinking does not slop over into her professional activities? If I was a patient of mayday's I would have serious reservations about being cared for by someone who has demonstrated a lack of ability to think clearly.

Well numerous people that came to have some sort of belief in the paranormal have displayed otherwise healthy critical thought, they have also been able to contribute greatly to modern science, for example Sir William Crookes, Alfred Russel Wallace Thomas Alva Edison, Ronald Pearson, Emmanuel Swedenborg, Hamlin Garland and Sir Oliver Lodge to name a few.

[vbloke]

even that bastion of science, Arthur C. Clarke believes that cold fusion is possible, as he's a grade A critical thinker.
Whilst I have not yet seen any evidence that CF is possible, despite several claims by respectable scientists, it is a subject that has divided science.
mayday is not a danger to her patients as long as she does not let her medical training get clouded by paranormal or spiritual matters.
Saying that, however, a certain amount of spiritual or religious bedside manner can be a positive thing for patients who are deeply religious and/or spiritual.