Dropping out of lottery pool costs teacher millions

Comment #59

Iesha Kelly — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 10:04:43 GMT

Your post makes me feel sad inside. The bible says one should place one's faith in god. This man is better served by having faith that god has a plan for him, and that plan did not include being a partial winner. That same god would have a plan for the others who did pitch in the one week random chance allowed them to win. Their faith didn't make them winners, in the first place.

I wish that man well.

Comment #58

GM1258 — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:41:46 GMT

Maybe the guy jinxed the pool in the first place by being a member.

By dropping out he allowed the others' good luck to rake it in.

Comment #57

Texas Joey — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:21:29 GMT

We have a Lottery Pool here in Katy, TX and People only stay in it for 3 months then leave. 3 of us and in for the long run and so far we have won 200 and come close but no horseshoe

Comment #56

ekem6078 — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:10:15 GMT

I don't care if the jackpots a 100,000. if I win it's more than I got in my pocket lol lolDude was probably one of those who conplianed all the time, the lottery is riged Hey if you don't wont to play don''t. But when you stoose you loose. Suck it up and go on to back to workI bet next time he'll stay in.

Comment #55

savagegoose — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:35:13 GMT

yeah actually that was the point i was trying to make but forgot to. some think $5 is too much some think $100 is just fine.

Comment #54

ConstantlyB — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 07:28:01 GMT

funny u should say that....i think we've got one in our pool...LOL...just joking....hmmmmmmmmmm

Comment #53

rdgrnr — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:59:51 GMT

If he doesn't get any money, the least his lawyer should settle for is a giant, towering, monolithic obelisk erected in his honor and recognition of this man and his struggles.

It's only fair.

Comment #52

Slick Nick — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:10:37 GMT

No, all of nothing. He was out for a year, snooze, ya lose.

Comment #51

RJOh — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:28:32 GMT

I bet there are some who would think even $5 a week for lottery tickets would be better spent on something else. Everybody make choices and have to live with the results.

Comment #50

Decadesofv — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:13:38 GMT

AW MAN...SPEECHLESS...SHOULDA JUST HELD ON....LOL

Comment #49

louise black — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:41:50 GMT

You are right with that one I know from experience, scared money definitely never wins .

Comment #48

savagegoose — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:41:42 GMT

yeah im not saying it WAS $100 ea, just making an extreme example. i do know of pools that have been higher than that , and others like mine that are $5 a week ea.

Comment #47

CashWinner$ — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:24:51 GMT

Congratulations 2 the Winners !$!$!

But, O..M..G.. I would be so cranky if I pulled out ... dude's totally bummin'..... $$$ Down da drain

Comment #46

RJOh — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:14:54 GMT

Players usually join pools to save money, if it was a big spender's type of pool then he should have known from the get go if he could afford it. I would think any one who could afford $100 a draw wouldn't need to join a pool.

Comment #45

kalikgirl — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:44:13 GMT

Its a sad situation.. especially as he couldnt keep up with the payments. But we are happy for the others.

wish them all well.

Comment #44

surimaribo24 — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:46:13 GMT

Comment #43

hearsetrax — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:12:08 GMT

well put .... but just the same U've got to stay in it to win it

Comment #42

savagegoose — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:35:51 GMT

there is no desription on how much they paid , maybe it was $100 a draw ea, maybe the 7 guys thought they could afford the loss, but the 8th couldnt.

maybe he hoped to win big early, and decided he could no longer run at a losss of $400 a month?

i know if it was $100 down a week myself i would NEVER join,. and even tho i would still kick myself when the group won in a years time, I would know i couldnt operate at $5200 a year lossses if it didnt win.

this is just hypothetical,... [ More ]

Comment #41

OldSchoolPa — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:00:47 GMT

I want a lottery jackpot for my 41st birthday present this Christmas. I think I will buy me another line of numbers by subscription for Mega Millions

Whatever I win, I will be happy with it

Comment #40

Dollar419 — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 05:02:03 GMT

He probably felt as I do tonight, that you eventually think you will never win after playing over and over and over and not winning anything significant after a long period of time. Of course, this is bad lottery karma and they won the minute he decides not to contribute anymore. I guess story this just answered my question...keep on playing because it can happen at any time

Comment #39

savagegoose — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:14:10 GMT

rofl.,

Comment #38

larry3100 — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:45:00 GMT

Again,it reminds me of the Albany 7 in New York that won $319 million dollars. Someone asked this potential 8th lottery player if he wanted to get in and he said I don't feel lucky . There is something about that number 7 . I think I'll buy 7 quick picks for the next MegaMillions game. Congrats to the Plumbers 7 .

Comment #37

RJOh — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:35:14 GMT

Would you expect the same from your co-workers if it ever happens to them? If so, do they know

Comment #36

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Comment #35

malie10 — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:25:03 GMT

If i was one who won $4M I would give him and other coworkers some cash for sure. I always said, should I win anything $20M or more, I would write checks and go to work and hand them out to everyone, maybe only $10k each but why not? He should not have said $100,000 because you know he is thinking they should give him something, but that's up to the winners themselves.

Comment #34

ONEDAY — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:16:49 GMT

i think his friends though no way obligated should give him a gift..

Comment #33

dpoly1 — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 16:16:16 GMT

If you want the jackpot, you must pay to play

Comment #32

rdgrnr — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:52:11 GMT

No, two thirds.

And all the other seven guys have to take turns buying him a new car every year for the rest of his life. And if somebody in the seven dies, his family has to keep buying the guy a new car every year until he dies. A nice car too, not some cheap, crappy Rambler or anything like that either.

Comment #31

jeffrey — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:05:37 GMT

sorry, he is a loser. i want to win with my co-workers. i still have a few by myself. photostatic copies with a list and a note these are the only players.

Comment #30

Guest — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 04:57:09 GMT

he should still get half the jackpot.

Comment #29

dpoly1 — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 03:31:38 GMT

I am hoping to go Green tonite .................... with MONEY

Comment #28

NITEHAWK61 — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:04:12 GMT

you got to be in it to win it simple as that

Comment #27

savagegoose — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 01:24:42 GMT

these court cases are hardly ever decided by the judge. they are setled out of court. ie the winners decide to hand over the cash rather than wait around for the case to settle.

funny this is here; becasue the syndicate im in, for over 8 years, has just been told 1 guy is pulling out. and when told another guy had pulled out a 2nd guy decided to leave. From 5 to 3. One of the guys is my second, and was named and titled to be syndicate manager if i ever couldnt do the job. so all the pape... [ More ]

Comment #26

JAP69 — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:55:04 GMT

Yep, good point.

You are right about playing a lot of lines and the odds are still the same where it takes only one line to win.

In the case of this person dropping out the rest of the players did not need his pool portion to buy more lines. They won on what they purchased.

Comment #25

TheGameGrl — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:00:42 GMT

Thank you for this concept. In lottery play it is irrelavant. One line wins plain and simple, so having ten tickets with variable combos may all be losers, where as one ticket can have them all. True fact , Now if its asked if you buy 50$ worth of tickets is your chance any better? Nope, the odds stay the same. One line with all winning numbers. I prove this succesfully every week as our work place has a pool for players. Accumilatively the group contributes 60$ per week for playing with wins of... [ More ]

Comment #24

weshar75 — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:25:07 GMT

I guess it was not his time to win and that he has bad karma. He was bringing the group down so they gave him the boot. Now they are winners good luck to them. It is a nice win for the seven. They can relax and not work so hard.-weshar75

Comment #23

LANTERN — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:08:35 GMT

The esoteric thought is that there is more power in the union of many than in one alone, if that is right and I don't know if it is then those who play together have a higher chance of winning, they might anyway as they should be able to play more lines-combinations than one person.

Comment #22

LANTERN — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:55:46 GMT

It is possible that they might not have been winning because of him, the bible says that you need to have faith for things to happen and maybe he didn't, if he had faith he would have kept on playing, maybe it was a good thing for the group that he pulled out of the pool.

Comment #21

TheGameGrl — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:10:52 GMT

I'm sure he is a bit peeved at his potential loss, yet I have little advocacy for Lottery pools. Between Taxes and the govt, one just does not gain what they could if they went it alone.

Play alone, claim alone is my motto

Comment #20

LottoGuyBC — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:52:08 GMT

if it wasn't meant to be, then it wasn't meant to be

Congratz to the Lucky 7

Comment #19

cbr$ — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:25:42 GMT

congrat's to the seven plumbers , who win Lotto 6/49. too the retired instructor and Mr Johnston gentleman it called gambling. so you had a loss think postive if not this time next time somebody has to win it why not you . When you win enjoy it to high heaven. better luck next time.

Comment #18

psykomo — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:22:20 GMT

RIGHT ON BROTHER from another MOTHER

TODAY's the DAY

Quote: MEL FISHER Flordia treasure hunter

Comment #17

Piaceri — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:19:11 GMT

Yep, prime example for a lawsuit waiting to happen. I'm sure he's already been contacted by % lawyers.

Ya gotta play for it to pay.

Comment #16

JAP69 — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:17:14 GMT

One advantage of playing only for yourself and not in a pool is if you drop playing for awhile you will never know if you won or lost.

Now this person here may need to go to a therapist to be treated for lottery pool dropout trauma now that he knows he could have been a winner.

Comment #15

dpoly1 — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:07:03 GMT

Wow ........................

I keep playing by myself .......... if only $1 per draw (Mega or Powerball)...............

If you want to be green ......... win money

Comment #14

s5thomps — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:27:49 GMT

CONCUR

SCARED MONEY DON'T MAKE MONEY!

GOT TO BE IN IT TO WIN IT

Comment #13

faber98 — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:16:10 GMT

tough toenails for him. this will teach you to either never join one of those pools or if you do stay in it no matter what. everyone should take turns buying him an item out of the vending machine one time each just for laughs if they still are working there, which they shouldn't be.

Comment #12

rdgrnr — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:08:44 GMT

Whoa, bummer.

He may have been what was holding them back. I believe the old saying that scared money never wins and cheapskates are always scared about risking their money. I wouldn't want to be in a pool unless everyone in it was upbeat and positive.

He thought he was never gonna win.

And of course he was right.

That's how it works.

Comment #11

Slick Nick — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:34:53 GMT

Good advice Rightprice, I just sent a text to a few of my group players about this article..

Comment #10

TheRightPrice — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:26:01 GMT

Stay in those lottery pools if you're in one.

Otherwise play solo

Comment #9

Slick Nick — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:43:03 GMT

LOL, I know he's losing sleep over it. You have to stick with it.

Comment #8

fja — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:41:41 GMT

Can't hurt to ask...The worst they can say is no. He wasn't claiming anything...he just told the world he pulled out a year ago. Oh We'll...It now becomes a story that sticks with you to the end....

Comment #7

hearsetrax — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:37:21 GMT

wonders if he was the jinx in thar respective lotto pool

Comment #6

jump6702 — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:29:37 GMT

if it is meant to happen it will happen if not it won't. it was not for him. life,must keep trying when it your time it will happen

Comment #5

Slick Nick — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:28:21 GMT

The guy pulled out over a year ago, no court would honor any claim. You have to stick with it. Oh well, it wasn't meant to be.

Comment #4

OldSchoolPa — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:21:08 GMT

You know how educators and mentors are always exhorting kids to stay in school? Well, I guess this can be adapted for this guy, and he is a teacher no less. STAY IN THE (LOTTERY) POOL!!! You lottery pool dropout!

I guess this illustrates an important point: Don't alter your lottery buying pattern. If he would have stayed in the pool, he would be some millions richer and retired. But if you are not playing a pool, don't start...too much headache. Also, I am reminded of the many folks who say t... [ More ]

Comment #3

temptustoo — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:25:18 GMT

WOW,, who would have thunked it... Well I guess he thought it would have been better to save a few bucks... LOL... Some people are not meant to have millions .

Comment #2

jackpotismine — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:16:49 GMT

Unbelievable! Some people are just sore losers. He said: I said, 'Well, if each of you give me a $100,000 then I can retire too.' I thought I'd throw it out there, Johnston said. I didn't have any bites.

You are entitle to NOTHING! ZERO! ZILTCH! NADA! Why should any of the winners give him anything? You don't pay you don't play

Comment #1

TigerAngel — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:21:37 GMT

Well, he should contact the lawyer of that other guy that dropped out 3 years previous and the court just awarded him his cut. That was unreal

Dropping out of lottery pool costs teacher millions

Lottery Post — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:10:06 GMT

Dave Johnston is kicking himself for pulling out of a lottery pool that's about to cash in a lucky ticket for $30 million.

The steam-fitting instructor at Red Deer College in central Alberta, Canada, used to play regularly with plumbing teachers he sat with in the school's lunchroom every day.

But he pulled out over a year ago.

It's hard to stay in, said Johnston, who added he kept putting in his cash but the pool wasn't winning big. He eventually decided it just wasn't going to happen... [ More ]