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Eastern Time (GMT-5:00) | Laid off Oregon man wins $1 millionZeta Reticuli Star System United States Member #30849 January 17, 2006 7988 Posts Offline | | Posted: January 17, 2013, 3:06 pm - IP Logged | |
Where have all the jackpots gone Quick picks 70% Where have all the jackpots gone QPs, some say 80% Where have all the jackpots gone Gone to quick picks most of them When will they ever learn When will they ever learn When all states allow winners to remain anonymous some clod will want a press conference. | | |
Boise, ID United States Member #94311 July 17, 2010 1049 Posts Offline | | Posted: January 17, 2013, 5:23 pm - IP Logged | |
I agree, who really needs 2 new jeeps right of the bat ? Don't mis-understand, it's his $ to do as he wishes, but it's not that much. 
Just seeing the surface, knowing only what's been reported, these people are acting like they're rich. A million dollars before taxes is not even close to being rich in 2013. I'd hate for them to figure that out the hard way, but it is their choice. | | |
Massachusetts United States Member #37842 April 14, 2006 957 Posts Offline | | Posted: January 17, 2013, 5:59 pm - IP Logged | |
RE: The QP debate Quick picks are just numbers. When you play any game, numbers are chosen. Period. The odds don't change whether you pick them or a computer picks them. Quick picks win so frequently because more than 75% of all tickets sold are quick picks. For games like PB and MM it is probably higher than other games. Most people I know who play pick-3 and pick-4 games usually choose their own numbers. However, I've stood in many lines when the player in front of me said to the clerk "Give me 2 tickets for tonight." Half of them don't even say Powerball or Lotto. Sometimes I hear the clerk ask and the player doesn't even know. "You know, the one with the big jackpot." Even regular players who fill out cards (like me) will add a quick pick or 2 from time to time. After winning, people always say "I just had a feeling." I mean, each time you buy tickets, don't you have a feeling you'll win? Why else would you buy them in the first place? In this case, the man was very, very lucky. When I hear that the winner just had "One of those feelings," I chuckle, since losers never say "I had a feeling I was going to lose." I always say "I have a feeling I just lost some money" soon after stepping out of the store before getting into the Malibu. The difference is there is no reporter to report that. Its not news to lose money when gambling  | | |
Windermere, FL/Franklin, TN United States Member #50670 March 1, 2007 461 Posts Online | | Posted: January 17, 2013, 6:04 pm - IP Logged | |
RE: The QP debate Quick picks are just numbers. When you play any game, numbers are chosen. Period. The odds don't change whether you pick them or a computer picks them. Quick picks win so frequently because more than 75% of all tickets sold are quick picks. For games like PB and MM it is probably higher than other games. Most people I know who play pick-3 and pick-4 games usually choose their own numbers. However, I've stood in many lines when the player in front of me said to the clerk "Give me 2 tickets for tonight." Half of them don't even say Powerball or Lotto. Sometimes I hear the clerk ask and the player doesn't even know. "You know, the one with the big jackpot." Even regular players who fill out cards (like me) will add a quick pick or 2 from time to time. After winning, people always say "I just had a feeling." I mean, each time you buy tickets, don't you have a feeling you'll win? Why else would you buy them in the first place? In this case, the man was very, very lucky. When I hear that the winner just had "One of those feelings," I chuckle, since losers never say "I had a feeling I was going to lose." So true about "I just had a feeling". A few years ago a lady who was featured on the TLC lottery show had a dream about winning the lottery and just knew it was her time. Nothing wrong with positive thinking/dreaming but eventually reality sets in and it certainly takes it's toll on most. | | |
Boise, ID United States Member #94311 July 17, 2010 1049 Posts Offline | | Posted: January 17, 2013, 6:16 pm - IP Logged | |
I always say "I have a feeling I just lost some money" soon after stepping out of the store before getting into the Malibu. The difference is there is no reporter to report that. Its not news to lose money when gambling Unless you're Charles Barkley.  | | |
Norway Member #9692 December 10, 2004 908 Posts Offline | | Posted: January 19, 2013, 12:40 am - IP Logged | |
Giving a tenth to his church when he is unemployed? Not very smart. | | |
Housekeeper MICHIGAN United States Member #82269 October 28, 2009 13102 Posts Offline | | Posted: January 19, 2013, 8:54 am - IP Logged | |
I wish them all the best, congrats on their good fortune. | | |
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Phoenix, Az United States Member #138507 January 29, 2013 9 Posts Offline | | Posted: January 29, 2013, 5:54 am - IP Logged | |
maybe the secret all this time is corn dogs!!! I bet if we check the refrigerators of all lottery winners they had corn dogs sitting there. Holy corn dogs!!! All this time we thought it was a numbers game | | |
Texas United States Member #132464 September 4, 2012 271 Posts Offline | | Posted: February 14, 2013, 10:54 pm - IP Logged | |
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Texas United States Member #132464 September 4, 2012 271 Posts Offline | | Posted: February 15, 2013, 12:25 am - IP Logged | |
1 million is such big money he can buy anything he likes but hes lucky if he win more than a 1 million. | | |
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