So Buying tickets

WOW!!! Time for me to go find Mindy, so I can cut in line. LET THE MADNESS, I MEANT, FUN BEGIN

I haven't had good luck the last 2 months. Think I go to a different store in a different zip code to buy my tickets

Maybe she can make a deal with one the local retailer to be standing in line at their store at a particular time to attract customers who may think cutting in front of her could be lucky. 

I purchased to quick picks with my $4 win on Wednesday!

Woo HOO!

 a cozy retirement cannot be far off

good luck to yinz all

I just got a text on  my lunch from the OKLC that the jackpot increased.

*two LOL

"Powerball drawing results will be posted immediately after the 10:59 pm drawing at USA Mega."

Hey Todd, The way this is worded makes it sound like the drawing is at USA Mega. Hey, that would be great PR if they would go for it!

Good Luck to all!!

If I win this HUGE jackpot I will be buying a HUGE motorhome to avoid the crowds of beggars,

 P A R T Y   T I M E ! ! ! !

I bought my tickets yesterday. I wanted to beat the rush.

If I win the Powerball jackpot, I will not consider buying a yacht or any boat. A large motorhome, a big ' YES ' on that one.

 well the weekend just got that much more interesting

good luck

 Awesome that it hit the $300 million mark.

Yes, it has become one of those weekend when players at their work places start hastily organizing lottery pools without a plan other than to get everybody money and buy a bunch of quick picks. 

If they are lucky they won't win anything, other wise there be a lot of co-workers pissed off at each other.

Its nice that its going down on a Sat. night. Everyone will have their pay checks tonight to buy extra tickets.

I need THRIFTY to explain his Stop Loss System one more time before I make any decisions.

He's never around when you need him.

 I was just sitting here wondering why he hasn't weighed in with a  rating.

Ridge, if I remember correctly, Thrifty's Stop Loss System went like this: he "stopped" playing so he wouldn't "lose" anymore money. 

Maybe he couldn't continue saying what he had been saying with a straight face. 

Last time I talked with him he had spent $2. on a PB ticket and had a $4. winner. He was talking about parlay wagering the entire $4. on the next draw, but he may have saved it for the big drawing on Sat. night.

Its ok to dream. Thrifty will win the lottery jackpot someday.

last time i saw  THRIFTY he had bought $50 of tickets on a big draw and won nothing. was seen mummbling something like  mother #%^&$@* son of a %#%^&

and swearing never to play again

Well I agree with Thrifty about setting limits, but he lost me when he thought buying a house was not a good idea.

But I was still thrifty and I had two hot lotto tickets with the HB number and one with the HB number plus one number....so I bought one more PB ticket.

I bought my ticket today at albertsons here in mcminnville and I was so pissed when I saw my numbers they were two lines and both lines were full of numbers below 30.  So I grit my teeth and said well maybe I can hit the powerball and get a $12 winner since I powerplayed the ticket of two lines.  Good luck to all who play tomorrow.-weshar75

Yes, you ought to expect that most players play numbers between 1 and 31 i.e. those are the numbers between all the months. I too am playing mine tomorrow. Here in Flagstaff, I have never seen any line beyond 5-10 people, maybe because Arizona was one of those states that had much earlier embraced the Powerball regime and in addition, there are many lotto retailers in one small area. Regardless, I will make sure I play the game before my afternoon work shift.

It's the weekend, the first of the month, and the jackpot is huge. I'd call it the "perfect storm".

" I was so pissed when I saw my numbers" 

What's up with that?  Don't you have the option of picking your own numbers if you don't trust the terminal to pick the ones you want?

A When the new powerball record was hit the prize amounts are pretty close to where they were then after 11 rollovers. Annuity is at 300 mill opposed to 270 mill then but the cash value then was 176 mill so its a little lower then that now but not by much. Last time it rolled to 364 annuity and 232 cash befor it rolled once more to the 591 annuity and 371 cash prize that was won. If it rolls Sat then it should go up to probably high 300s annuity and around 230 cash. What may boost this one a bit more is its the beginning of the month and the MM jackpot is low as opposed to being close to 200 mill last time. 2 more rolls and we will see the usual madness in buying tickets like the last time. Once you see JP get up to the high 300s or 400 or more then ticket sales really explode. While im greedy and want to hit this Sat or the following Wed if it rolls agaian if i dont hit then id like to see 2 more rollovers and the early estimate keep going up by the day as always happens when you start out advertising over 400 mill. While 173 million cash option is more then i would know what to do with I love it when they start advertising like 450 mill and within 24 hrs its already moved up 75 million or so then usually is changed agaian at least one more time befor the drawing. 2 rollovers and i figure we will be looking at a 600 million annuity JP. Would take anothe rollover after that to break the 471 cash that MM set awhile back. Let the madness begin and good luck to all.

I have both personal tickets and an office pool ticket.  Really hoping lady luck cooperates, that the stars align for us if it's our time to escape the rat race, lol!

Good Luck!

 Yes feels kinda good being able to participate in the bigger JP's. My brother got 10 lines so far and say he will get a few more. Hope one line is the JP winner

Good luck to everyone who is playing!

Same here, since I run the office pool. Our pool has 4 lines for this jackpot and hope one is the winner, or at least wins something. On almost every 2 week round of our pool, playing Powerball, MegaMillions, and Louisiana Lotto, we always seem to win a lower tier prize, so I have hope we will hit the big one sooner or later.

I also have my own tickets just to hedge my bets.

Sounds like you have more personal tickets than the office pool.  I would expect an office pool to have more than just a ticket.

Yeah, how is that possible? Does it even qualify as a pool with only one ticket? I'm thinking the "pool" will want to share the winning ticket even if its one of his personal tickets.

I bought $20 worth of PB QPs with a friend, does that count as a "pool" ???

 Good point...... The only reason I dont pick my oun numbers is because I like so many of them it takes me an hour and a half to fill out all the play slips. 

You're right Stack, I wonder how many people will be trading in their food stamps for lottery tickets today?

Nope... the Pool ticket is 5 lines, one for each person that contibuted.  Our agreement acknowledges I play separately so it's not ever confused.  Contract below....

ABC 123, Inc.

Co-Worker Powerball Group Ticket

Agreement

Terms of Agreement:

• This agreement is not sanctified and/or created and/or owned by ABC 123, Inc. it is only an agreement between individuals who are co-workers/friends/family, etc.

• Each ticket owner will contribute $2.00 and one line of quickpick numbers for the next drawing will be purchased for the group with each $2.00 collected, to be evidenced by the number of signatures below.

• A picture of the group ticket will be sent via text or email to each ticket owner after it is purchased. This is the only ticket the group and each ticket owners own together.   It is understood that several ticket holders play the lottery outside of the group and only the winnings of the group ticket are the shared winnings.

• Ticket owners will share equally in all of the prize money. Any and all monies won will be claimed by a legal entity on behalf of all ticket owners as a group or each ticket owner individually. The structure and name of said entitie(s) shall be determined at a later date after all ticket owners have consulted with legal council and before claiming any prize.

• Ticket owners agree to strict privacy and safety protection of themselves and of each other. 

Basic guidelines to privacy include but are not limited to: No media appearances, no social media (Craigslist, Twitter or Facebook etc.) postings, no photographs (especially the picture of the winning ticket), no postings of any type on the internet related to yourself or other ticket owners in reference to winning. Divulging or causing to be divulged each others name(s), identity, likeness, photographs, telephone numbers, or addresses is STRICTLY PROHIBITED in any form except as required by law.   The same privacy protection applies to any and all family members, spouses, significant others, boyfriends or girlfriends of the ticket owners.

• If you don’t sign and date as a ticket owner, you waive all rights to any and all prizes won by each ticket owner and/or of the group.

• If someone is unable to sign, someone may contribute the $2.00 on their behalf and can sign for them (ie..John Doe for Jane Smith), the person signing is not the ticket owner rather the person they are signing for is the ticket owner.   Signature by one for another constitutes either full accepance of this agreement or waiver of any and all prize money won by any or all of the other ticket owners or of the group. If the prize money is waived, it will be equally distributed to the other ticket owners.

• There are no verbal agreements.

• Violation of any or all of the terms of this agreement will constitute full forfeiture of your share of any and all prize monies won by the group and/or the other ticket owners and your share will be equally re-distributed to the other ticket owners.

Signatures on attached page……..

ABC 123, Inc.

Co-Worker Powerball Group Ticket

Agreement

Signature Page

Your signature below confirms you have read and agree to the terms above and that you agree this agreement is enforceable by the laws of the United States and all of its Territories.

Ticket Owners:    

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

________ = ________QP lines purchased

Why do you sent a picture of only one ticket?

• A picture of the group ticket will be sent via text or email to each ticket owner after it is purchased. This is the only ticket the group and each ticket owners own together.   It is understood that several ticket holders play the lottery outside of the group and only the winnings of the group ticket are the shared winnings.

>>>>>> but more like the "perfect economy" for lottery states $$$

The economy now creates only PT jobs<<<<<<<<<full time work now given the choice 2 go PT position R

find another job>>>>?????? whatever>>>>whereever>>>>just CYA anyway U can>food stamps???????

UR boat is sink'g>bouys & gulls buy Powerball

               ticket this weekend "GIT RICH QUICK" 

Beacause there is only one QP tix with 5 lines.  Each of us threw in $2.00.

Will there still only be "a ticket" if 11 people throw in?

What if everyone wants to increase their chances by a multiple of 10 and throw in $20. each instead of $2. each, how many "a ticket" will there be after that?

         Have my winning powerball ticket 

          I will share the money  with 25 people and

           several organizations ( pay it forward )

                        Got mine too. 

You might want to be using USA MEGA powerball quickpick option, and then sort it out yourself if you find the numbers unfavorable.

You're going to really have a problem in September when MegaMillions gives you seventy-five to like.  Right now I can get all of my favorites on two play slips

Wow, excellent work. 5 slips is the lowest I can go, and thats $50. for PB play. Im losing interest in MM.

It doesn't matter if you have a signed agreement. If you win the lottery all they have to do is litigate and you wont collect the money until a judge says you can, and the decision will depend on which judge you get.

Anyone have an update? It's bound to go over 300

It bugs me when that happens too... I'm always curious what random string I'll get too... funny how "random" works that way 

Alas... the QP's usually end up being the winner... Good luck all!

Got a feeling somebody will hit it tonight!

Better not be New Jersey... they've been hogging the lottery trough lately

Bet Calif is licking their chops

Bet Calif is licking their chops

Yep, Cali is due. Are the lotto gods listening? 

I'd say its time to spend $2!  Just killing time till mega millions new odds kick in

How cool is that..I saw vegan and got excited.I was just in sevierville,tn on vacation 2 weeks ago.No vegan restaurant options in the area so I had to by grocery and cook.I was the only vegan in the group.anyway went to nashville for 2 days b4 returning to florida & I found The wild cow..I had the california style black bean burger IT WAS SOOOOOOO DELICIOUS!!!I wish I wouldve gotten 2 I also had the oatmeal creme pie.it was delicious.well when I see vegans I get excited bc we seen to be few in numbers.

well since this is about powerball I say there will be some winners tonight..hopefully a vegan will win!!!! pay less to win more..Peace:)

Don't spend the $4 from getting the powerball only all in one place.

I myself have the winning jackpot ticket.

Got my personal ticket, and office pool tickets too. Good luck to ya

My employees are not allowed to have an office pool, because I cant afford to lose all my staff at once if they win$300 million dollars is more than enough for a small staff to up and quit without notice.

pay less to win the most..Peace:)

Sounds like they don't need to win a lottery to have good reason to up and quit without notice, being told what they can and can't do when it comes to the lotteries is reason enough.

Ohio still has $290M posted on its website, USAMega is probably as update as the PB website.