Understanding Mega Millions Fever

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helpmewin — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:55:53 GMT

i may pick me up a ticket once in a great while, but not into mega or powerball that much if i am out of state i get one of each just for the heck of it, i like Mix & match, Hoosier Lotto only because it is a indiana ONLY Game, LOL and I Like Quick draw to, but i like daily 3.<br />but no Millions here yet, if i did win i would share it. :)<br

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lakerben — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:05:29 GMT

The lines are long here in NM. Everyone is cleaning out their piggy banks!

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MADDOG10 — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:07:35 GMT

I wish a lot of players to hit this Jackpot, and hopefully one will be from here at LP.<br />It's true though, this is an insane amount of money for one person, it will definitely have it's consequences for sure.<br

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lottolaughs — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:10:59 GMT

LOL :) Sometimes one just isn't enough. Is it just me or are the samples getting smaller?

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lakerben — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:32:08 GMT

I just bought the winning ticket and then went to costco and ate all the samples. The old ladies get mad at me when I have more than one sample. Grouchy bunch!

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lottolaughs — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:21:15 GMT

LOL...I bet that lady wasn't the only one dumping piggy banks on the counter yesterday. That is pretty funny though. Don't worry,Bennie,the JP's all yours :) Don't think I've bought a MM ticket in years. That game never appealed to me because of the high amount of Mega Balls. Even PB has less,crazy! I wish the best of luck to you! Maybe I will buy a few for my favorite post office employees...I'm there almost everyday mailing out my books and like to give them little gifts. Usually at Christmas I get them scratchoffs. They know me as the "lottery lady" :)... [ More ]

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lakerben — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:28:14 GMT

I had 4 of the numbers spread across a few tickets. I'd probably have a heart attack if I won. That's a lot of money. I already have a few numbers for Friday. Save your money because I'm going to win it! Just kidding. I saw a funny thing yesterday and old lady dumped her piggy bank full of pennies on the counter to buy some tickets. This held up the line all the way to the door!

Original Blog Entry: Understanding Mega Millions Fever

lottolaughs — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:57:59 GMT

For as much as I love helping people try to beat the lottery I have a real hard time understanding the fuss about these huge jackpots. Most probably there will be more than one winner this time around so no one will ever receive half a billion dollars... especially after taxes. I wonder if anything else in the world can cause such a frenzy and so many daydreams. Money. The Root Of All Evil,lol. It's true we can't live without it....but for the unnamed soul(s) who will wind up winning I wonder how they will live with it.....how much their life will change. And will it be for the better?

Sure...everybody could use extra money....but THAT much money? I don't know about other people but I like my life the way it is. I don't like change. But that's just me. And money like that is life changing...not only yours but your families and friends and whoever else you decided to share with. And all the strangers that will pop out of the shadows who will gladly want to share it with you.

What!! I must be nuts,right? Who wouldn't want to win a jackpot? I guess it's just that I think about the 99% of people who will be crushed when the winning numbers are drawn. To get your hopes up so high and in a second they are gone. It's the chance we take and all part of the game,of course. But still heartbreaking.

But don't get me wrong...I DO love to see people win and it would be wonderful to hear of one of our LP family winning it. But for the others...it's the crash I feel in their hearts...the letdown. That's a hard pill to swallow...especially when you've been playing for years or in the bottom of your gut you had the hunch that tonight is your night.

That's why I wish they wouldn't have these astronomical jackpots. I wish 500 people could win a million dollars each. That would benefit so many more people. A million bucks is nothing to sneeze at. That would be more manageable in real life. When you've got a hundred million dollars to your name it could get out of hand really easy. How many times have we seen these big winners blow it all pretty quickly and are broke in a matter of years? But a million bucks would be nice. Even half a million!

So that's why I don't understand why people will turn out in droves for hundreds of millions and not for just a regular jackpot.

How many people can say they've won any jackpot in their lives? Does is have to be for half a billion to count? We'd all be pretty happy to win even $50,000,wouldn't you say? For a buck? Where else can you get that kind of money? But for a lot of people that's not enough.

It's times like these when I think how difficult it still is to predict a Pick 3 straight! How many times can you say you've won one of those in your life?

But,again,it's not enough. The bigger the jackpot...the bigger the fever. We will never see 100 people stand in line to win $500. It just doesn't sound worth it,does it? But half a billion...that's another story. For a few people the story will have a Happy Ending. For the rest of us it will just be The End.

Until the next time the jackpot rolls around in the neighborhood of a billion dollars :)

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