GAME 25 OF MEGA MILLION LOTTERY POOL


                                                  Daily Christian Wisdom

Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One who is leading. - Jim Elliot

Friday, May 19, 2006 11:04 pm - Mega Millions: The Friday, May 19, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 5-12-31-51-56, and the Mega Ball is 1.

Saturday, May 20, 2006 3:14 am - Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from Georgia, 1 from New Jersey, 1 from New York, and 1 from Ohio.

I just got back from Kroger and we got zilch on our tickets. I mean we only have 54 tickets in this last drawing, which is not near enough to win even $2.00!

Okay, I'm being sarcastic, but realize I'm still suffering from our last defeat.

The Mega Millions jackpot for the drawing on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 is:
$18 million ($10 million cash option)

The Ohio Web Site (www.ohiolottery.com) gives us a slightly higher Cash Option, which we will use. There are 48 members in this game, with 54 shares being sold. The estimated cash value of this jackpot is $10,186,758

Shares Purchase     Amount you could win
2.5     $471,609.16
2     $377,287.33
1.5     $282,965.50
1     $188,643.66
.5     $94,321.83

If you want to be in Game 26, you will need to have your money to me on or before Thursday June 1st, 2006.

                                          I bet you didn't know

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for Blood plasma.

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven (7) times.

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty (50) years of age or older.

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

The King of Hearts is the only king WITHOUT A MOUSTACHE.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one (1) olive from each salad served in first-class.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. (Since Venus is normally associated with women, what does this tell you!)

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

Most dust particles in your house are made from DEAD SKIN!

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.

So did the first "Marlboro Man."

Walt Disney was afraid OF MICE!

PEARLS MELT IN VINEGAR!

The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but, not downstairs.

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six (6) feet
away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. (I keep my toothbrush in the living room now!)

Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first U.S. president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal."

The second ? William Jefferson Clinton (Please don't tell me you're SURPRISED!?!!)

And the best for last.....

Turtles can breathe through their butts.

(I know some people like that, don't YOU?)