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Lucky 13 win $600,000 Powerball lottery prize
Powerball: Lucky 13 win $600,000 Powerball lottery prize
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In Tennessee, a pool of 13 lottery players claimed Saturday's $600,000 Powerball prize. The $600,000 Powerball ticket was sold in Hendersonville. The winning ticket matched the first five Powerball numbers drawn Saturday evening, but did not match the Powerball number. Normally a ticket matching "5+0" would win $200,000, but the group had also purchased the Power Play option, which multiplies any non-jackpot prize by 2, 3, 4, or 5 times, depending on the spin of a wheel the happens before the drawing. The Power Play number chosen Saturday was 3, so instead of claiming a $200,000 prize, the 13 employees of Nashville-based Hardaway Construction will divide $600,000. "We always play the Power Play," said Harold Sterry, the group's leader and "lucky charm," according to the other members. Sterry purchased the winning ticket at Stop N Buy on Sanders Ferry Road in Hendersonville. After nearly a year of paying $4 per person each week to play the twice-weekly drawings, the group won its biggest prize ever. They continue to play, hoping a jackpot win will be next.
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mid-Ohio United States Member #9 March 24, 2001 10509 Posts Online |
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13 seems to be a lucky pool size for playing PowerBall, last year the 13 Missouri workers won a $224M jackpot and some years back a group of 13 factory workers from Ohio won a $260M PB jackpot in Indiana or it could be the $50+ worth of tickets per drawing. * What happens most *
* will most likely happen again *
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Wandering Aimlessly United States Member #25708 November 5, 2005 4379 Posts Online |
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"or it could be the $50+ worth of tickets per drawing." RJOh Yup! Everyone keeps saying that "it only takes one" which is true. But 50 gives you 49 more chances. It's all about odds & chance, although 100 out of 146 million isn't great, just better. You can purchase 10,000 tickets and win nothing and the newbie in back of you who found 4 quarters in his pocket and decided to buy a ticket for the first time in his life might get lucky. Off the topic a bit - Did anyone watch when Deal or No Deal had the week where they added a million dollar prize every time a contestant didn't win it? In the last game the player had 8 shots at a million. That was 8 in 26 cases. Still, none of the contestants hit the grand prize. So think about 1 in 146 million.
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nashville United States Member #50355 February 18, 2007 907 Posts Offline |
| Posted: October 25, 2007, 3:22 pm - IP Logged |
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"or it could be the $50+ worth of tickets per drawing." RJOh Yup! Everyone keeps saying that "it only takes one" which is true. But 50 gives you 49 more chances. It's all about odds & chance, although 100 out of 146 million isn't great, just better. You can purchase 10,000 tickets and win nothing and the newbie in back of you who found 4 quarters in his pocket and decided to buy a ticket for the first time in his life might get lucky. Off the topic a bit - Did anyone watch when Deal or No Deal had the week where they added a million dollar prize every time a contestant didn't win it? In the last game the player had 8 shots at a million. That was 8 in 26 cases. Still, none of the contestants hit the grand prize. So think about 1 in 146 million. i was watching all of those episodes justx and people chose the million dollar case but they were too scared to keep passing on offers until the end so they missed out. they never kept going until someone won now its only on once a week and its back to only one million dollar case on the board. tn lottery now has a scratch off game where you get a second chance drawing to win a trip to play on tv for deal or no deal but im sure many states have that game just like the world series of poker had scratch offs in many states. you are right the odds are better on that show than the powerball or megamillions and no one has won a million on the actual show they had to give away a million to a home viewer just so they can say it happened once. the show still has great ratings even though no one has won on the actual game. they have a $10,000 at home game you can play by text messaging or emailing during the show and i enter that when i am watching.
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New Member  United States Member #50378 February 19, 2007 8 Posts Offline |
| Posted: October 27, 2007, 9:06 am - IP Logged |
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I know Harold. It was a quick pick ticket, He always does QP and this is his 3rd big win. Way to go!
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United States Member #5437 June 30, 2004 21795 Posts Offline |
| Posted: October 27, 2007, 10:25 am - IP Logged |
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"or it could be the $50+ worth of tickets per drawing." RJOh Yup! Everyone keeps saying that "it only takes one" which is true. But 50 gives you 49 more chances. It's all about odds & chance, although 100 out of 146 million isn't great, just better. You can purchase 10,000 tickets and win nothing and the newbie in back of you who found 4 quarters in his pocket and decided to buy a ticket for the first time in his life might get lucky. Off the topic a bit - Did anyone watch when Deal or No Deal had the week where they added a million dollar prize every time a contestant didn't win it? In the last game the player had 8 shots at a million. That was 8 in 26 cases. Still, none of the contestants hit the grand prize. So think about 1 in 146 million. This group was buying only 13 tickets per draw.. Sounds reasonable.
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Atlanta, GA United States Member #1288 March 13, 2003 2616 Posts Offline |
| Posted: October 28, 2007, 9:59 pm - IP Logged |
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Congrats to them!!  Yes $4 a week per person for that kind of return is very reasonable.
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Atlanta United States Member #29025 December 20, 2005 5583 Posts Offline |
| Posted: October 30, 2007, 9:28 am - IP Logged |
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WTG!! Smart bets...... Equal Phat Pocket$!
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Prince of Insufficient Light Ruler of Heck United States Member #13375 March 30, 2005 1350 Posts Offline |
| Posted: November 7, 2007, 9:28 pm - IP Logged |
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"or it could be the $50+ worth of tickets per drawing." RJOh Yup! Everyone keeps saying that "it only takes one" which is true. But 50 gives you 49 more chances. It's all about odds & chance, although 100 out of 146 million isn't great, just better. You can purchase 10,000 tickets and win nothing and the newbie in back of you who found 4 quarters in his pocket and decided to buy a ticket for the first time in his life might get lucky. Off the topic a bit - Did anyone watch when Deal or No Deal had the week where they added a million dollar prize every time a contestant didn't win it? In the last game the player had 8 shots at a million. That was 8 in 26 cases. Still, none of the contestants hit the grand prize. So think about 1 in 146 million. It's probably better that we rarely know how the people in line before or after us fared. 4 Quarters? You know you'd be mad ...  Looks like this group will get about $33,000 each after about 25%~28% taken out. Not bad. Modern "education" teaches a version of history so fictionalized, it should be followed by "TM"
They're warning me about Osama or whatever. Picture me buying the scam; I say "never!". 
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Center of New York State United States Member #55518 September 8, 2007 2350 Posts Offline |
| Posted: November 8, 2007, 2:42 pm - IP Logged |
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"or it could be the $50+ worth of tickets per drawing." RJOh Yup! Everyone keeps saying that "it only takes one" which is true. But 50 gives you 49 more chances. It's all about odds & chance, although 100 out of 146 million isn't great, just better. You can purchase 10,000 tickets and win nothing and the newbie in back of you who found 4 quarters in his pocket and decided to buy a ticket for the first time in his life might get lucky. Off the topic a bit - Did anyone watch when Deal or No Deal had the week where they added a million dollar prize every time a contestant didn't win it? In the last game the player had 8 shots at a million. That was 8 in 26 cases. Still, none of the contestants hit the grand prize. So think about 1 in 146 million. Wholy crap! $50 from 13 people? I have tried many times in the offices I work at to get pools going and if you have to put in more than $1 no one wants to play. 
Money won is twice as good as money earned!
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