Michigan lawmaker wins $2M lottery jackpot

Comment #10

Think — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:35:30 GMT

Ok, explain this-

Fact Port Huron is not that big of a Town

Fact Port Huron is near a lot of Canadian Population

Fact the company that prints the Instant tickets is Canadian owned

Fact the Canadian lotteries have been notoriously crooked and corrupt as indicated by stories here on lottery post

Fact the big prizes in the scratch offs are really rare

Fact within the last 6 months or a year or so a lady in Port Huron had a big scratch winner ($10,000 or more) and within the same m... [ More ]

Comment #9

Piaceri — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:55:58 GMT

It's a nice financial cushion for Farrah. She is serving her last year in the state House of Representatives and can't run again because of term limits.

Actually, if Michigan had lawmakers that had real jobs like the rest of us, she would not have this problem in the first place. Most states have part time legislatures, and those legislatures get more done than our full time, full paid legislature. What a waste of taxpayer money. No wonder this state is going down the tubes faster than... [ More ]

Comment #8

Think — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:47:41 GMT

Liberal47

Do you work for the lottery now?? How exactly do you know the win was legit? What do you mean everything was under lock and key ?

You say since the reforms were put into place there is really no way you could cheat your way to a win. How do you know this and have you really thought of everything

Comment #7

ThatScaryChick — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:39:24 GMT

If the win was legit, congrats to her. Let's hope there was no cheating going on.

Comment #6

liberal47 — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:06:50 GMT

I know the win was legit. Not like the old days. Before the drawing process was reformed, I worked in the building where second chance drawings were held. Incredibly, employees who worked in the building were allowed to select envelopes from the mail tray that were sent in.

There were no controls over how these letters were picked. One of the girls who was selecting these letters told everyone that her dad had sent a boatload of entries in, and that she sure would like to see him win. I happe... [ More ]

Comment #5

Think — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:35:42 GMT

I got to talking about this with someone in a store today and he pointed out what a stupid sucker I am for buying tickets. He made a very valid point when he brought up the population argument and location of winners. Anyway to sum up what he said-

Congressional districts are drawn up to have roughly equal population in them. So, why then do several districts in Southeast Michigan have Multipe Mega Millions Jackpot wins in them while virtually every other district has never had a jackpot win

Comment #4

Bradly_60 — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:33:03 GMT

When I first saw this, the first thing that came to mind was....uh oh there are going to be questions. I couldn't care less because the odds aren't really that bad. I mean you have a 5 in 900 chance at getting selected and then a 1 in 5 chance of getting the $2million. If it was fixed it doesn't bother me because I wasn't eligible for it anyway...haha

Brad

Comment #3

Think — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:14:28 GMT

What this article fails to mention is that this woman is the chair of a committee that has dealings with lottery and gaming issues! According to an article I read. Also it said that another lawmaker wants the win investigated.

Comment #2

dumars798 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:29:02 GMT

Comment #1

Think — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:55:38 GMT

She was randomly selected from a pool of five finalists.

Randomly yeah right

Michigan lawmaker wins $2M lottery jackpot

Lottery Post — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:54:44 GMT

A Michigan lawmaker has won a $2 million lottery jackpot.

Southgate Democrat Barb Farrah won the prize during Friday's game between the Detroit Pistons and the Milwaukee Bucks at The Palace of Auburn Hills. She randomly was selected from a pool of five finalists.

It's a nice financial cushion for Farrah. She is serving her last year in the state House of Representatives and can't run again because of term limits.

All the finalists were picked from a pool of 875 people who had bought $2... [ More ]