Apparent Arizona winner captured on video the moment he learned of win

Comment #221

whiteballz — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:54:51 GMT

maybe they were already rich but it doesn't mean anything because poor and middle class people win the jackpot too.

Comment #220

En ReVal — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:38:11 GMT

Hi All,

I read you comments on a daily basis and find them very amusing. I faithfully go to this website everyday:) Just wanted to add that the winner is in his 30s and married. Clearly, not the MD gentleman. I think it was the media's fault for hyping this up and possibly putting this man life in danger. he very well could have one $1M and that's enough to excite anyone.

So, do you think the new winner was already wealthy because homes in Scottsdale and Paradise Valley are in the mil... [ More ]

Comment #219

Jill34786 — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:34:37 GMT

Just heard on the news that the construction/HWY worker seen on the surveillance tape is a Maryland resident who earlier this year was charged with fraud. What is it with Maryland and these folks who somehow feel entitled to a jackpot they they obviously didn't win

Comment #218

Jill34786 — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 02:03:45 GMT

Ms. Wilson was a clown seeking her 15 minutes of fame. The HWY worker was the total opposite as he never alerted the media or demand a press conference with an attorney.

He reacted in the same manner most normal folks would and not in the calm and collected manner which many here claim (splitting a 588Million jackpot will unleash any self control one may have).

Comment #217

Jill34786 — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 01:53:56 GMT

Actually, I thought the man in the yellow work outfit was sincere and legitimate. Someone else stated that it was a hoax.

You are correct that the media glorified this scenario and not the HWY worker which is why it just didn't make any sense to me.

Comment #216

mcginnin56 — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 01:06:57 GMT

You mean the beautiful and talented Ms. Mirlande Wilson.

Comment #215

Nikkicute — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:11:25 GMT

Don't assume the state worker and his colleagues tried to trick anyone into thinking he won.

The media, not him or his coworkers released store footage thinking he might have won the other

half of the jackpot. As you stated he never gave out his name or searched for any kind of publicity

unlike that McD's worker.

So we'll have to wait and see who the winner is once he comes forward.

Comment #214

RJOh — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:17:50 GMT

You have the option of reading the story and coming to your own conclusion or waiting for Arizona to release more information as soon as they have verified every thing.

Comment #213

Ronnie316 — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:01:07 GMT

I bet they be rich white folk from Fountain Hills...........

Comment #212

Ronnie316 — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:59:56 GMT

Awesome that the story finally broke. Thanks RJOh........

Comment #211

Ronnie316 — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:58:05 GMT

Indian casinos number about 6-8 around the metro Phoenix area, and new ones keep opening.

Comment #210

Ronnie316 — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:56:17 GMT

No..... I didn't take the drive as work got in the way.

Ft McDowell casino is practically inside the Fountain Hills city limits.

Comment #209

Ronnie316 — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:53:52 GMT

Thanks RJOh, I was waiting for a breaking story.........

Comment #208

Ronnie316 — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:53:05 GMT

The guy was a hoax...... Just as suspected.......

Comment #207

Original Bey — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:23:50 GMT

So are we to understand that he/she turned in the valid signed ticket, completed the paperwork, but will collect the check at a later date when he/she is better prepared?

This recent behavior seems inconsistent with the guy on camera who was practically begging people to participate in his Show and Tell.

Of course sound advice of experts could have settled him down. Hmmmm....

Comment #206

RJOh — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:03:03 GMT

Arizona winner has made claim but prefer to stand unknown for now.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ariz-lottery-winner-claims-half-588m-17906819

Comment #205

haymaker — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:17:11 GMT

So, did you make the drive ?

sounds like your casino luck would be a 2nd reason,

a 3rd reason is, its always nice to get out of the city and drive the desert, how far is it ?

At what casino did you win the $900

Comment #204

Ronnie316 — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:23:39 GMT

Comment #203

Ronnie316 — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:21:10 GMT

Of course if I drive out there I will have to stop at the casino with $40. and try my luck.

Last time I was out there I hit $900. on a slot.......... lol. lol.

Comment #202

Ronnie316 — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:13:17 GMT

Im thinking of driving out to the store where the ticket was sold and looking around to see if they have posted any signs or if anyone is still talking about who the winner might be..... I could take some photos as well...

Comment #201

KY Floyd — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:38:45 GMT

If I go it's going to be rich or kicking and screaming.

Comment #200

Jill34786 — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 02:02:36 GMT

What a shame and an awful lot of planning if it indeed was a joke. He sure had me fooled as I couldn't fathom someone going to that extent. Doctoring a local ticket is one thing but to get one several thousand miles away within a matter of hours takes the cake.

The guy never gave out his name so his fame will be short lived. I am just perplexed as to why the state worker and his colleagues would go through all this

Comment #199

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:45:47 GMT

My plunger goes with me...... Even when its retired......

Comment #198

mcginnin56 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:43:09 GMT

You can retire your plunger

Comment #197

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:34:44 GMT

So will I.... on all 66 of my tickets.........

Comment #196

mcginnin56 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:31:26 GMT

I wll take $2 for the Megaball

Comment #195

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:26:43 GMT

I will take the 1/4 million in tomorrow nights MM draw.............

Comment #194

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:24:42 GMT

He is likely an ex WacArnolds worker........

Comment #193

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:22:53 GMT

Its Miss Fat Pink Piggy all over again.......

Comment #192

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:21:59 GMT

Its a joke and his co-workers were in on it.............. No way this guy is the winner....

Comment #191

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:20:14 GMT

Have you every thought of making a quiet disappearance WITHOUT winning the lottery........

Comment #190

Jill34786 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:10:59 GMT

I believe the gentleman that was caught on surveillance at the gas station in Maryland is most likely the true winner. He showed up at the station on Thursday in the middle of the day which makes it unrealistic that he purchased an Arizona PB ticket that morning before heading to the airport to catch a flight to Maryland. The timeline just doesn't fit for someone trying to pull of a joke. I seriously doubt he flew in cross country on Thursday only to immediately go to work.

He most likely is... [ More ]

Comment #189

KY Floyd — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:59:26 GMT

Real or not, the video in this case makes that seem like money well spent while I go about arranging for my quiet disappearance.

Comment #188

KY Floyd — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:57:27 GMT

It's technologically possible, but since it's not practical I doubt you'd ever see them make it a reality. Instead of just searching a state's own database it would require access to every state's database. That's a lot of extra overhead for the extremely small percentage of out of state tickets that people would want to scan. Then when the scan said it was a winner, you'd still juts have piece of paper that was worthless until you got it back tp the state that issued it.... [ More ]

Comment #187

steph219121 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:01:36 GMT

If I won that much money I would go back to work until it was official While I was getting everything in order like attorney.

Comment #186

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:44:46 GMT

No it cant..... But perhaps in the New Socialist States of America that can all change.......

Comment #185

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:41:19 GMT

I believe the ticket was purchased after the fact, and was brought in as a joke. Perhaps a dare.......

Comment #184

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:39:43 GMT

I managed to get a winning number on 3 of the lines....... Much BETTER than I excepted........

Comment #183

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:47:38 GMT

I'm curious myself.If you buy a powerball ticket in Tennessee and then went to another state like for example Arizona would the clerk be able to scan a powerball ticket from any state or just that particular state in which it is bought

Comment #182

dallascowboyfan — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:34:23 GMT

I don't think you can scan an out of state lottery ticket..... Correct me if I am wrong....

Comment #181

dallascowboyfan — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:33:50 GMT

That's possible Nikki, I still will be happy with $1 million.....

Comment #180

Nikkicute — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 05:20:42 GMT

You think that he was one of those 1 million winners instead

I don't remember the clerk in the video scanning the ticket,

everybody just looked it.

Comment #179

mcginnin56 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:45:01 GMT

Plumbers Rock

Comment #178

haymaker — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:44:40 GMT

Well yeah, now that I know what p.e.f. means.

Comment #177

haymaker — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:43:18 GMT

I think a plumber can always get things flowing again. LMAO

Comment #176

mcginnin56 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:40:47 GMT

Excellent! Your keeping your positive options open and receptive for even more P.E.F

Your a fast learner hay.

Comment #175

haymaker — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:36:22 GMT

That might work if it was used by an early adopter.

Comment #174

mcginnin56 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:33:16 GMT

Would be extremely difficult!

Perhaps a P.E.F. adaptor could be devised.

Comment #173

mcginnin56 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:31:43 GMT

Comment #172

mcginnin56 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:30:50 GMT

Comment #171

haymaker — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:20:06 GMT

OK, now that I know what p.e.f. means, this translates to

negative positive energy flow, no

Comment #170

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:18:56 GMT

I have to call it quits. lol. May the Positive Energy Flow be with each and every one of us tonight.

Comment #169

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:16:51 GMT

Perhaps hay wants to also draw from the deep wells of flowing winning essences??? Can this even be accomplished without the sweet device protruding from the front of those vending machines

Comment #168

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:13:18 GMT

That's right, between the two of us we can usually get that sucker flowing again.....

Comment #167

mcginnin56 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:12:03 GMT

Comment #166

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:11:05 GMT

No but occasionally there's no draw and I have to call the attendant for assistance........

Comment #165

mcginnin56 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:10:09 GMT

If you have to ask what P.E.F. means, then it doesn't really matter anyways.

Comment #164

mcginnin56 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:08:40 GMT

Do you sanitize the teat before suckling.

Comment #163

haymaker — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:07:43 GMT

10 was drawn on 10/20/12

still wondering WTH p.e.f. means

Comment #162

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:06:57 GMT

Yes I know. I often succle at the Positive Energy Flow teat.........

Comment #161

mcginnin56 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:03:13 GMT

Now that's a sexy looking teat

Comment #160

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:01:40 GMT

Its what flows from the teat of the device.............

Comment #159

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:58:22 GMT

At LottoBoners recommendation I normally run like a crazy person from frozen numbers........

Comment #158

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:56:45 GMT

It means Thrifty is the universe ... lol. lol. lol.

Comment #157

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:55:35 GMT

Yeah, the bonus 10 is frozen in time on the MM game and I somehow got started on playing it......

Comment #156

mcginnin56 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:53:06 GMT

Careful haymaker, your beginning to generate some negative P.E.F

Comment #155

haymaker — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:51:27 GMT

Ronnie316,

I hope for your sake, Mc56 is right about the microwave,

since the PB went to $2 the 9 has not come out, in fact only 3 #s are worse, the 15-17-31

What does p.e.f. mean

Comment #154

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:50:58 GMT

In that case..... I'm feeling much BETTER about the selection.........

Comment #153

mcginnin56 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:48:53 GMT

The Beatles actually dedicated a song to number 9 .

I was called Revolution 9.

Comment #152

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:48:21 GMT

Posting early messes me up too. I had to go back like 5 pages on my famous thread to find my PB picks.

Do some number combinations have better odds

Comment #151

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:45:19 GMT

Thanks for tossing me a freeze pop...... I just went to the local P.E.F. device and succored a ticket...

Comment #150

haymaker — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:40:57 GMT

OH, nevermind , did it yesterday and then forget about it.

Comment #149

mcginnin56 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:34:37 GMT

Frozen means it's ready to be thawed or microwaved just in time for 2-nites drawing.

Comment #148

haymaker — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:34:32 GMT

Thanks I forget to do the challenge, going there now.

Comment #147

mcginnin56 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:32:58 GMT

That would be my second choice.

Both numbers are on my Maddog's Powerball Challenge 2-nite.

Comment #146

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:29:52 GMT

I have a feeling I can get 4 QPs and match ZERO numbers on all 4 lines...........

Comment #145

haymaker — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:28:53 GMT

No, 33

the 9 is cold, like frozen.

Comment #144

mcginnin56 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:25:05 GMT

The bonus number will be 9.

Comment #143

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:22:44 GMT

If I knew what the bonus number was going to be again tonight I would buy a few QPs........

Comment #142

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:16:46 GMT

I dont have an exrta $50 bucks to play my PB wheel tonight..... What are the odds/........

Comment #141

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:14:52 GMT

A QP and a dream is all it takes................

Comment #140

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:09:38 GMT

Nothing so far about the face book guy either...... Remember how them laughed about Miss Fat Pig

Comment #139

mcginnin56 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:09:28 GMT

Give them a free QP, then they can do the real victory dance

Comment #138

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:07:52 GMT

40 lashes minus one with a cat o nine tails and then death by crucifiction..............

Comment #137

haymaker — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:07:32 GMT

I'm sure they love the free advertising, did,nt say a thing about the fake maryland winner.

Comment #136

mediabrat — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:04:59 GMT

And what, exactly, would you like them to do

Comment #135

mcginnin56 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:04:52 GMT

Or maybe the Sweet Swine Swindlers .

Comment #134

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:04:27 GMT

I would think faking a big win could be like causing the Cubs to lose the World Series.....

Comment #133

Ronnie316 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:57:21 GMT

I wonder if he will write a book and admit it was all a prank........

Comment #132

Ronnie316 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:55:50 GMT

I like the sound od Fat Pink Pig club...........

Comment #131

haymaker — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:54:18 GMT

4 more until that prank is over.

Comment #130

Ronnie316 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:52:41 GMT

lol. lol. lol. 4 down and 4 to go.........................

Comment #129

mcginnin56 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:52:18 GMT

I think there should be a club started for people who pull the fake win dances.

Let the club be dubbed the Fabulous Flashy Fakers

Comment #128

Original Bey — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:51:07 GMT

Relax Ronnie!

I know a guy who pulled a prank on Amercia for 4 years

Comment #127

Ronnie316 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:50:39 GMT

He could be on some exotic vacation somewhere and the ticket is in his glove box..... lol. lol.

Comment #126

Ronnie316 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:49:33 GMT

I wonder if the guy in Fountain Hills even knows he won

Comment #125

Ronnie316 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:42:55 GMT

I'm surprised the lottery doesn't crack down on prankster, but maybe it free press for them.....

Comment #124

Original Bey — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:40:52 GMT

Most of those people do not know what a legitimate ticket looks like.

Even if they were suspicious they probably employed the JUST IN CASE approach.

Comment #123

Ronnie316 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:39:39 GMT

Comment #122

Ronnie316 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:38:04 GMT

The guy on Face book got 2 million hits and his ticket didn't even look close to being real......