They must all be very excited. Congrats to them!

WTG! Good people won!

I do hope that Morgantown has enough Sheriff Deputies to cover all of that manpower that is about to leave.

Congratulations to the Ladies.

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  First, congratulations to all the winners - a special congrats given this is my home town.

   Just saw the press conference. They are all going to continue working because (among other reasons) this is tax season and to walk now would cause a real mess.  I can understand - I would not walk on my boss until I made things right given how much respect I have for her.

   For everyone who has debated this on LP more than once, this is a perfect example of why this is not going to work this time.  These women work in a public office dedicated to, what else, money.  As a group, the net worth is approximately 100M.  Even if they put a true police presence on every door, from business open to business close, how long exactly can they hope to be both safe and keep their sanity?  The entire world now knows where to find these women every work day, not to mention all the other personal info that will be out there. 

   Their wish to stay and do the job is commendable.  There are just so many ways this will fail - disruption of business, safety issues, not to mention those people who come in and are unable to resolve their tax issues for very good reasons given the state of the economy, and will almost certainly know the person they are talking to is, well, a millionaire.   Please don't think that I'm not giving the residents of Mon County credit - I'm related to a lot of them, after all - nevertheless, you know there will always be someone who will cause trouble.  On the other hand, when hill people close ranks, you couldn't get in with a tank. There may be hope.

   I hope they can work and complete the tax season for the office successfully and, most importantly, safely.  It will largely depend on the public they deal with every day.  I hope they work it all out and enjoy!

"They have sought professional advice and seem to be well prepared," she said.

Since the drawing was Saturday night and they all showed up for work at 9am Monday morning,I'm wondering how they found sufficient professional advice so quickly.Most,if not all, financial institutions and attorneys offices are closed on Sunday.And even if they were open on Sunday,that doesn't seem like a very long time,considering the emotional states they must be in,to be making what can only be viewed as lifechanging decisions.I would have waited until the shock wore off a little bit before stepping forward to collect my millions.

To Madd Mike...They might know someone close who is a lawyer and he filled them in..They might trust a friend who is a lawyer??..

I still would have waited until I had all of my ducks in a row before I claimed the ticket and went public.

But with that many winners in the pool I guess the majority would rule.If most of them wanted the money now,I guess you would have to go along with them.Unless you happened to be the one holding the ticket.

Thats one of the reasons that I would never join a pool.

Did anyone notice how much this group contributed toward their pool? I read several articles but could not  find how much each member played. Just curious cause I play enough for a pool by my lonesome, and I would sooo love to win pool money without playing in one.

Wtg!!!!