Very awesome story. Seems like I'm going to start betting $10 now and play Powerball at my local super market. 

I hope a rich Wall Street Investment Banker won it.

oh jaysus...lolololo...Ridge ya communist you !!!

Congrats to the winner/s.....

OMG Ridge. Can you imagine the conspiracy nuts and the whiners to boot?

I kinda hope it is a Wall Street guy just to piss the whiners off. LOL.

Contests to winner, I need best way to play, and win....even a few grand would be grand to win, disability doesn't really go as far as one needs. So anyone with helpful hints besides play same no. Would be great, I'd much rather work, but no one wants someone who tips over all the time lol.

Kim32E

It would be just poetically perfect, if Warren Buffet had just happen to be that lucky person shopping at that supermarket in R.I.  This would be mere pocket change for him, perhaps JUST a generous tip for some well deserving waitress.     

"CONSPIRACY THEORIES, RIGGED LOTTERY SCAMS", here we come.............let the entertainment begin.!!!   

YEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!   

Hopefully its a group or one of the workers that put in. They get paid #@$!%. Hate to see S&S get the bonus. That store don't need it.

Well Ridge, you might get what you hoped for!

I'm no stranger to Newport Rhode Island.  It's a very loooooooooooooooooong way from Appalachia, both literally and figuratively speaking. 

And to top that off, the winner was sold in a supermarket on Bellevue Avenue, which happens to be one of the richest streets in America.  Kinda like Rodeo Drive out in California.  Mansions line both sides of the street for a mile or more.  The Vanderbilt's summer home, "The Breakers" is located off Bellevue Ave.

Down at the waterfront, U.S. Senator John Kerry keeps his yacht, even though he's from Massachusetts.  Lots of other folks keep their yachts parked there too.

Now I'm not sayin' some old geezer who's already a billionaire is holdin that ticket.  But my wife did say when I told her the winning ticket was sold in RI, "Wouldnt it be funny if it was sold in Newport?"  I think I'm gonna let her start pickin my numbers for me.  That girl's smarter than she knows!

The lottery is so set up why is that one ticket only wins and the jackpot was over $300 million dollars they should have had more than 11 $1 million dollar prizes.

I'm only going to play the lottery when the jackpot gets high only the ticket was won in a very ritzy area you know this game is set-up.

Congrats to who ever won it @ RI! I hope they put it in good use.

I won 400 bucks that night and I'm not feeling bad about it.. I know in the future there will be other opportunities and I can wait.

Of course winwi5, EVERYTHING in life is a set-up, one big global scam..........if you can't beat em' ..........join em"               

I was right!!!!!!!!  I said the lottery ticket would be sold in a particular state with certain demographics or, or, or, or IN A STORE WITH CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHICS!!

I have never posted here before but felt the need to reply to this story.

There is just something that seems very suspicious about this

story.

Out of the millions of tickets there were purchased there happens to be

just one winner from Newport Rhode Island?  sure.....

Something smells very strange about this.

One person (probably a WHITE PERSON) matched all 6 numbers

in the relatively small section of newport Rhode Island out of everywhere

else in the country?  Something isn't right here folks.

If you look at the demographics for Newport Rhode island on wiki

If you scroll down to demographics you will see the racial makeup

of the city is 84% WHITE people. It is also home to the famous "breakers"

mansion. 

So another certain demographic takes home another gigantic jackpot

of something along the range of $120 million cash.

Probably some rich white people who didn't BADLY NEED the money!!!

  I'm so sick of this crap in this racist country.

All you rich white people keep whining about Obama but this is exactly

why we need him in the WHITE house. To tax you rich white folks who

are greedy and racist.

Don't even get me started about how racist the ALL WHITE Tea party and republican

parties are.

To the person who won this jackpot in Rhode Island.

If you're a person of color do good with it by donating to some of the rest of

us in this country. If you're white enjoy it while you can, you will soon be a minority

in your own country born out of SLAVERY and genocide on Native Americans.

Had to get this off my chest.

Any idea when a kid from the Bronx would win? (hint: me)

A total of $9 for 3 sets of numbers, several readers were nearly spot on on what it would take to win this one.

 congrats to the extremely lucky bastage/s

for all those screaming foul .... or tossing the Racist card .......

better luck next round

I think you need to re-examine the amount of stereotyping in your long winded post. It seems to me that you are far more racist than the group of people that you are condeming. Your arguement does not hold any ground, folks from all ethnic backgrounds, wealth classes and ages have won the big one. Most recently of note, a young middle class Black lady got a very nice $72M Mega Millions win in Atlanta, GA.

There is no conspiracy, it just happened to be one ticket holder's lucky day.

Thanks for bringing SANITY to the "Sour Grapes Forum"!

Rhode Island??? Makes me think of when Peter Griffin hit the lotto.

No conspiracy? pfft

The sole winning ticket was won in one of the wealthiest areas of one of

the smallest states in one of the LEAST populous areas (newport)

but which also happens to be one of the wealthiest and WHITEST areas.

The demographics just happens to be almost all white and rich also

You're telling me not to question anything? LOL!

Need I also remind everyone of the recent Putnam Avenue Family Trust

powerball win in Connecticut (White/Wealthy/Hedge fund capital) area.

WHITE! 

Look at all the Lottery shows on TV. Almost ALL WHITE people who win.

And the largest jackpots are almost always Whites.

Not sour grapes. I did play $50 for this jackpot...25 $2 tickets

I needed this win SO BADLY and so did many other poor people.

It would have changed my life for the better and allowed me to help my

family.

To see another rich, greedy WHITE (probably racist to boot) person win this much money just makes

me very sick.

Something is just not right about this story...and I know many others

feel something is fishy as well.

WTF!!!!!! ARE YOU FOR REAL? DO NOT MAKE THIS ABOUT RACE OR POLITICS!!!!!!!First you do not SPEAK for ALL African Americans.  And By the way I am an conservative and I am African American... you need to get a life & stop playing the RACE card.... who ever the winner is spent $9.00 that's all not hundreds or thousands of dollars $9.00... 

We do not know the race of the winner/s & even if they are White SO WHAT!!!!! they bought the tickets & won get over it!!!!!!

Also there was a recent Mega Million Jackpot winner from Georgia named Marcia Adams who by the way is African American  you do not hear White American crying the race card because she spent $2.00 on a ticket & won.

Take your racist comments else where.....

Now Now Children.....

Play nice.

We will not have any name calling or finger pointing.

We are here to practice good sportmanship and to encourage each other as we run after our respected jackpots.

If you see a fellow lottery player fall, give them a hand up and say some encouraging words.

It takes the same amount of time to say something nice as it does to say something mean.

We all know that it is to our advantage to spread and build as much positive karma as humanly possible.

Realize that many of us have won jackpots and don't realize it.

Such as:

Cancer in remission.

Survived an accident that should've killed you.

Children's lives spared.

Got a job you didn't really think you would get.

Your paycheck didn't bounce when you went to cash it.

Received a pay raise during this economic nightmare.

Able to dine out twice a week.

Your home has not been broken into and everything of value was taken.

Your internet service is working during bad weather.

Your cell phone doesn't drop calls.

Your computer doesn't freeze up.

You found this website and you can enjoy so many features that other websites would charge for.

You don't have an underground leak and your water bill is $285 or more every month.

These are just a few jackpots we win everyday.

They mean nothing until you find yourself in a position such as these.

So let's all celebrate and expect the same once we get our jackpot.

Dear hawkeye, the lottery is colorblind, mute, and invisible to all the crap and Rodrique that gets kicked around like this every hour of the day.

Simply put, just pay, play or go away.

Had you been one the big winners, this rant  would be a non issue.

Take your sour grapes, and go make your "Boonesfarm" wine elsewhere.     

Perhaps you're right...

I am mad and venting.

I am not trying to say that ALL white people are racist or that ONLY white people

win the lottery...this is obviously not the case.

I am just expressing my feelings on another wealthy area/demographic of the country hitting

the jackpot with the sole winning ticket.

There are many people out here hurting very bad and needed this money.

Anybody can play and win, true, but to see another (most likely) rich white person

win is a little nauseating.

Perdue I totally agree with you... As a fellow Christian I do know better and I should not have fallen or responded to that post.....

Remove the emotions,...... that is like saying a hurdling meteor from space struck my town because I was "rich", "poor", "black", "white"......com-on get real. This is life. No promises were ever guaranteed when we were born, Things are thrown at us....how we react to it determines our character and perception of others. You didn't win a lottery this time, HUNDRED'S OF MILLIONS WIN NOTHING EVERY DAY, SO WHAT? millions are without job's, have lost their homes in foreclosures, are living on the streets.......Black's.....White's ......Hispanic's......Oriental's.....Muslim's......What make's you so unique???

Some times that's just how the ball rolls.

There's also a good posibility that the winner might even be an 18-year old Hispanic or Asian teenager employed at the store, we'll just have to wait and see.

But I hope who ever won, keeps their mouth shut and handles their new wealth responsibly, some folks spent a lot of money pushing someone into the 1%, please do not waste it. 

Would not surprise me if the next winner is some old grandmother well past retirement age that had to get a door greeter job at the local Wal-mart to make ends meet.

These things always come full circle.

This is Lottery Post, not the Huffington Post .................. posted by an obvious minority racist

As for me, Congrats to the Winner/s ......... wish you only the best, no matter who you are ...........

I am a black conservative republican. So I better start ducking these bombs that are being launched as well.

I am so sick and tired of the tired cliches and racial epithets. Do we not understand the concept of astronomical odds? A person can play the same set of numbers in 10 lifetimes and those numbers never come for them to win a jackpot.

That's why we work and save and invest and only risk spare change on a dream. Sorry to those who have all their eggs in the proverbial basket.

You didn't fall.

You are human with human emotions.

If no one responded I would be in paranoidville right now swearing that the invasion of the body snatchers was real and those jokers didn't deem me important enough to do me a pod. lol

Thank you for your post!

Let's talk lottery and big wins ..............

hawkeye90 when you get a chance go to the Powerball & Mega Million website you will see pictures of some of the Jackpot winners who by the way are black, white, latino & Asian & Middle Eastern....

LOL.....

Too true Rad. I'll go to bed tonight with 1 to 175 Million odds just like I'll wake up in the morning with 1 to 175 Million odds.

On a side note, I think I better give up smoking, that's an extra $3 a day I can save for retirement or towards my kids college.

Hey hawkeye90,

Pleast don't be offended by this posting.

I ran across it the other day while surfing the internet.

I've posted it as many places as I possibly could.

Why? Because it is uplifting when we uplifting and it reminds us of a very basic principle of existance and success that we all know to be true. Now run your race and win-win-win!!!

"What you think upon grows. Whatever you allow to occupy your mind you magnify in your life. Whether the subject of your thought be good or bad, the law works and the condition grows. Any subject that you keep out of your mind tends to diminish in your life, because what you do not use atrophies. The more you think of grievances, the more such trials you will continue to receive; the more you think of the good fortune you have had, the more good fortune will come to you." 

 Emmet Fox from Make Your Life Worthwhile, 1942

I guess.  We'll have to wait and see.

Whoever won is probably already well off...Just like the putnam avenue hedge fund winnners were.

There's always next time though to keep the dream alive.

Since we're all GAMBLERS here, does any one want to look into their crystal ball and hazard a guess as to how high this next jackpot will build?

A true conspiracy theorist would predict a few large jackpots to kick off this year and sell people on the idea that all jackpots will be huge and worth the $2 play - lol.

Any takers?

LOL...rad242 you don't need to duck..... I really am a nice person....just don't like people using/playing the race card....

I know we're on the same page. I was suggesting both you and I have to duck from these grinades of hostility and ignorance.

I think what we need is an LP jackpot winner to make this REAL to all and sundry - lol. Any volunteers?

Yes.....

The next jackpot will be $342 Million and the check will have my name on it.

I will receive the annuity and move to a country that has EuroMillions and become a resident.

I intend to continue playing the lottery and winning huge jackpots in the USA and the EuroMillions country.

I'm no racist. However...

In the not too distant future the only MINORITY racists left in the U.S.A. will 

be whites. Yes, you are GOING to be become the minority in a couple decades, like it

or not. I'm not saying ALL whites are racist but most racists are WHITE.

And to all you other racist white people out there Obama WILL win another

4 years and still be YOUR PRESIDENT...like it or not. 

Follow your own advice and quit whining (repubs and tea partiers)

this is not the 1950's anymore.

but u referred to president Obama ad a monkey w/o actually saying it in one your earlier posts.remember mcginnis

I bet that $500M to $600M is totally not out of the question this year. :)

Imagine managing a CVO of $300M+ The interest on it alone would be far more than anyone needs in a year!

what does that have to do with the power all topic..

Who wins most of the big jackpots?

LOL....gotcha....count me in on the next Jackpot.......

perdue, thank you for posting this.

I have printed it out and will read it now and then.

but u referred to president Obama as a monkey in your post about monkeys predicting the lottery. sounds like the pot calling the kettle. how are u any different from him?god created one race.HUMAN!

I'll make this short.  You're a moron.

Doesn't surprise me to read this.

I have read the Obama monkey comparison before by racists.

We are different because I am not a racist.

Maybe just envious of the rich (most likely) WHITE person that won

in Newport. haha. But aren't we ALL?!

You're right, I should have bought my tickets at one of those special whites only Powerball machines.   What was I thinking.   You do realize that there have been black Powerball winners but that's all part of the "conspiracy."

Kathy Scruggs  September 24th 2011 and that was only the second available link that showed a picture of the winner.   Guess what, you're still a moron.

Congrats to the winner/s no matter who they are !!!!!

One more thing and I don't want to make this a political post on a Lotto Messageboard.   If you vote for Obama in the next election you're a fool.   I've never voted Republican in my life but be assured this will be the first time.  I can't believe I voted for Obama the first time around but trust me I won't make that mistake again.   I don't care who he's running against and if they are black, white, green, yellow or red it's a vote for anybody but the biggest failure ever.

Wow, I never thought I would ever see a post insisting that the Powerball is holding them down.

Whites only powerball machines? What is this the 1950's again?

I think you need to reexamine the context of you poorly crafted attempt at a joke.

Segregation and discrimination of blacks by whites was VERY real...and quite

frankly still is by racist attitudes such as yours.

There is something called "White Privilege" in this country that non-whites don't benefit

from. Look it up for many examples. While you joke about whites only machines 

it was very real just a short while ago in the U.S.A.

Resorting to name calling and personal attacks now are you?

Well Hawkeye90, that certainly is an interesting post you have there...Glad to see you explained your position....lets see if we can assist your theories some: 1 winner from Newport, R.I...yeup, you're right  and NOBODY should ever win who lives OR VISITS Newport,R.I. There has only been a couple of shared powerball winners from 2 different states just a few times over the last 5 - 10 years. Looking at the winners lists  of the POWERBALL & MEGAMILLIONS..wow, guess what???, they are from all over the country and some from even ANOTHER country..that definitely smacks of racism and something being wrong  !!  Gotta be a conspiracy somewhere cause I didnt win with a 1 in 175 million odds
okay...back to the next section....where was I ?  oh yes..."the racist country part".....lets see...lets say you are black and I am white, we disagree on a point of view liiiiiiiiiiike welfare.....how do we solve the bad parts of it ? Keep giving and giving to those that choose not to try to get ahead, that have the ability to work but don't, that are lazy and want to live off the system?  Why surrrrrrre, lets continue to support them..HECK, lets do one better, lets have a lottery system on who HAS to work and who doesn't.....But what if your chosen to be one of the workers and your a minority???...how is that fair??  Its gotta be rigged because the lottery knew you HAD to have the "worker" ticket.......Well now how  to solve that issue?? IT is gonna be ANOTHER ISSUE....We will have to blame that on race again cause someone must have found out you didn't live in Newport R.I.
  Next issue...OBAMA.....well, I am not rich and have to work.....so let's seeee which race part of OBAMA do I hate ???????   His white half or his dark half ??  After all, his mom was caucasian and his father African......We said I was white right?, for "the racist country"arguments sake lets say I don't like his fathers half but I do like his mothers half....Well (scratching head) which decision when he speaks or gives presidential orders am I racially against ? The white ones or the black ones ?.....hmmmm?? (scratching head again)  I can't tell the difference but I am sure you can. I will gladly appreciate your input.
   ALL WHITE Tea Party and republicans parties are racists?  Absolutely...No doubt about it, that Herman Cain is a big racist and so is congressman Allen West in my home state of FL......Herman (  he appears to be black) came from MONEY right?....hold on a sec,,,,NOPE his dad worked 2 jobs..OKAY, what about WEST ?(he sorta appears to be black too)..hmmmm? retired LT. Colonel after serving his country everyday for a minimum 20 years.......Well Gosh darn, we can't use them fellas cause after all, we DONT want to get you" started about how racist the ALL WHITE Tea party and republican parties are" 
     AND last but not least (drumroll please) born out of slavery and genocide......Could you or I solve  or improve their mentality 150 - 250 years ago???...I can't but then again my( racist white) relatives fought on the side of the north in the civil war.....ahhh sh*t, how can that be right?  Waaaaait, the north won the war, so the north had to be all black or democrats.....after all there couldn't have been any republicans like President Lincoln up in that part of the country.......WAIT..WAIT..wait a second lets see what Wikipedia says about good ole ABE....oh crap, look at what it says,"as the leader of the moderate faction of the REPUBLICAN PARTY,Lincoln found that his policies and personality blasted from all sides"..OHHH CRAP HE WAS A REPUBLICAN TOOO.....Hmmm, so what happened to ABE....oh yeah, he was killed by John Wilkes Booth....wait, Booth must have been black cause after all, you said it before about all republicans and tea party folks are white....oh crap !!!  he was southern supporter AND  WHITE....so here's a southern supporting white guy and he smokes a northern white republican.....Somethings wrong, waaaaait, I know, maybe...JUST MAYBE they were from Newport,R.I..... lets check shall we ??...nope, neither was.....well shoot there goes that conspiracy....   
    Now as far as the indians go???,,, well shoot I cant change that situation either but I can be free to vote for who I want and live where I want....Maybe theres another country to choose that isn't so racist,,,,, I know ...RUSSIA, they are pretty fair and squared away over there or maybe China, cause their humans rights record is the best in the world or maybe Syria, course theres Germany or maybe Greece, they have great economic conditions there and their right to having less work and more vacations and that great medical system has proven to be waaay above the United States.
  I sure hope this discussion worked out for you..it did for me..I feel much better..."Had to get this off my chest".........Best of luck to ya...Have a great day 

     the only problem is, now they know that we have the special Powerball machines ..........

Barry Sorento is not, and never will be my president ..........

Congrats to the winner/s! I have grown up into adulthood and don't whine about what other people have!

Now, on Lottery topics ................. I hope that the Powerball grows even faster than this jackpot did!