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$275M Powerball lottery jackpot goes to W. Virginia player
United States Member #4194 March 23, 2004 553 Posts Offline |
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WTG to the winner(s) Dreams can come true.
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CA United States Member #57701 December 23, 2007 195 Posts Offline |
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Just got word that 8 or 9 women from the Monongalia County Courthouse tax office won-Way to go! I love it when county or state workers win as a group. They are so underpaid and neglected. This is about the fourth group I have heard of that type win some kind of lottery in a pool. Congrats to all.
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CA United States Member #57701 December 23, 2007 195 Posts Offline |
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I hope my friend in WV won. Although so far no excited phone call unless they didn't check tickets yet. I better contact them! They didn't say where it was sold. Jack Whittaker did indeed win $10K in Powerball on of all days, my birthday last January! When he won in 2002, I had been visiting WV the weekend before and had played Powerball of course so was temporarily very excited hearing the next morning 1 winner in WV. Since JW still plays 100 tkts/drawing he has a better chance than I. Jack Whittacker is still playing the lottery?
Did he blow all of that money or something?
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United States Member #4194 March 23, 2004 553 Posts Offline |
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Jack Whittacker is still playing the lottery?
Did he blow all of that money or something? Most likely a ploy to get people off his back. 
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mn United States Member #59524 March 4, 2008 237 Posts Offline |
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Interesting situation, makes one wonder why they buy for all drawings and dont win, yet somebody or persons that has never played before can all of a sudden win what you were going for, for just one dollar and you spend 20 and more. We say were not envious individuals and wish them luck but thats not how you really feel is it. You guys have been playing for years and some of us just got into this lottery concept just recently like myself. One imagines a grand life for the near future and reserve this newfound abundance with gratuity and sanity. To have someone just relieve you of this with ease such as a "leaf blowing in the subtle wind" must have a distraught emotion on your person does it not. We hide behind this mask of civil obediance for what, just to give our advantagous peer the illusion of happiness and longing. As I have said before, this is an interesting situation, different yet interesting none the less.
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United States Member #15415 May 10, 2005 216 Posts Offline |
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Congrats to the lucky winner/s! 
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Gurnee, Illinois United States Member #50189 February 12, 2007 247 Posts Offline |
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Okay, I'll go ahead and say it...it truly is bad that I didn't win that jackpot. And it really blows that an office pool won. I like stories of a single winner winning that kind of a big jackpot...makes for a more interesting story whether that person will squander the winnings or invest and spend wisely. I could care less about how a person is going to spoil their children and grandchildren. Who cares about the kind of toy you'll buy. Just be quiet and enjoy your winnings in peace. Don't wave the ticket around in all the losers faces...if I'm nearby, I might just snatch it and run (just kidding)! Forget the formulas...you only win when you're lucky!
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Georgia United States Member #21312 August 29, 2005 1456 Posts Offline |
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This can not be happening...
Do you see the irony of the latest movie "Batman"
people don't pay me no attention i am just rambling...
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Idaho United States Member #56982 November 21, 2007 1142 Posts Offline |
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Okay, I'll go ahead and say it...it truly is bad that I didn't win that jackpot. And it really blows that an office pool won. I like stories of a single winner winning that kind of a big jackpot...makes for a more interesting story whether that person will squander the winnings or invest and spend wisely. I could care less about how a person is going to spoil their children and grandchildren. Who cares about the kind of toy you'll buy. Just be quiet and enjoy your winnings in peace. Don't wave the ticket around in all the losers faces...if I'm nearby, I might just snatch it and run (just kidding)! I was kind of sad at first, but it's all luck so I don't think about it much after it's over. I just know that I got to keep trying and maybe one day it will be my turn. I am actually glad to see a group of people win because that is alot of money and it has helped a good amount of people not just won person. I never understand why people feel that more then one person winning is such a bad thing.
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Atwater, Ohio United States Member #33045 February 14, 2006 1062 Posts Offline |
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I was kind of sad at first, but it's all luck so I don't think about it much after it's over. I just know that I got to keep trying and maybe one day it will be my turn. I am actually glad to see a group of people win because that is alot of money and it has helped a good amount of people not just won person. I never understand why people feel that more then one person winning is such a bad thing. There was only one winning ticket so lots people are saying it would be better if there were more winning tickets on a $275 million jackpot, but would they say the same thing if they had that a winning ticket?
When the Ohio lotto was 6/40 with a starting jackpot of $1 million there were many jackpots with multiple winners of 5 or more. There was only one winning ticket when a jackpot was $1,536,984 and 2 drawings later, there were 15 winning tickets on a $2,689,920 jackpot so timing was everything. Compared to the previous jackpot winner, having more winners was a bad thing.
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