Pennsylvania judge and friends win $291M Powerball jackpot

Comment #50

rcbbuckeye — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 04:23:00 GMT

Geez pirate, don't feel sorry. I thought that little rant was funny!

Tipton was the guilty one. Strutt was the fall guy.

A year ago I drove up to Ohio for a funeral. While I was up there, I bought PB tix for myself. So, by your thinking, if I had won, it would have been fraud. No, I'm not a judge, but dang, so what. All sorts of people buy lottery tickets.

Over 292 million combinations in that game. You really think they are going to sift through every ticket that was sold and say hey,... [ More ]

Comment #49

Thegreenpirate — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 03:40:57 GMT

Hello,

It feels great to know that there is another intelligent person on this thread that can see through all the fake rainbows and bunny rabbits.This screams fraud to me period. I'm glad you can see it too. This is why I think Charles Strutt (who worked for the multi-state lottery for 36 years was removed from Musl(Multi-State-Lottey) Recently. I bet he knew that Michael Tipton had rigged many jackpots and it probably was a few people who was in on it and then they got caught up and got ca... [ More ]

Comment #48

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 04:09:55 GMT

Ok,

Two more whiners.

So what how much money he has. He paid for his tickets, he won.

If a person buys a ticket, they deserve a chance to win.

Comment #47

Saylorgirl — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 03:44:44 GMT

There are no lottery rules that say you must be poor to play the lottery! And he can do whatever he wants with his money

Comment #46

LouieTheCat — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 01:49:33 GMT

F**k this guy. He's already rich. Someone else deserves this money. Yeah, I'm sure this d***head will give the money to charity or help those less fortunate, right

Comment #45

damtachoa — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 21:22:58 GMT

He lives in Pen but he bought lottery ticket in Florida because he's on vacation. Yeah right!!! Ten of thousands people was getting online for 4, 5 hours just to bought PB (1.5 Billion) tickets at border of Nevada and California, but no one won a piece of jackpot. However, this guy is really that lucky? Give me a break. Where the F is FBI? This seems like inside Mole to me.

Comment #44

dpoly1 — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 14:00:14 GMT

Someone is feeling the Bern LOL

Comment #43

RL-RANDOMLOGIC — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 12:39:33 GMT

Bob

LOL, I would not include the average lawyer in the list either.

RL

Comment #42

Redd55 — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 12:37:44 GMT

Disappointed that he didnt buy one ticket/one line and won.

Comment #41

CARBOB — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 12:24:58 GMT

RL,

I agree. If he were from Chicago, a different story.

Comment #40

RL-RANDOMLOGIC — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 12:16:04 GMT

I know a few Judges personally and they are salt of the earth type people. I would bet the farm

that we will not be hearing that he died of a drug overdose or seeing him on a episode of how the

lottery ruined my life. I would also say that the winnings will be around for a long time even after

his death.

RL

Comment #39

Stack47 — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 07:34:36 GMT

Will you call for an investigation if Rove and the Koch brothers split the jackpot

Comment #38

OldSchoolPa — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 04:26:36 GMT

Now if President Obama or HRC win a PB or MM jackpot, I would call for an investigation

Comment #37

larry3100 — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 02:36:02 GMT

The Powerball game is not rigged. Anyone could have won. This is the first time that I have heard of a judge winning big in a lottery game. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer I was hoping too that the Powerball game would reach the billion dollar mark but unfortunately it didn't.

Comment #36

WinWinChicDin — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 01:57:41 GMT

Amen...

I was waiting for the roll to a billion plus

Comment #35

ohiopick3 — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 01:34:51 GMT

It is all fair . Anyone of age 18 and older in the USA can buy a lottery ticket nowadays from almost anywhere. On the Internet, local state stores, etc.

What's not fair is the darn thing didn't roll to a billion plus this time.

Comment #34

Taurus$ — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 23:03:56 GMT

No I don't think you are wrong. Those stats seem to be about right. Thanks for that info.

Comment #33

dpoly1 — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 20:51:57 GMT

Will they owe PA State Income Tax

Comment #32

KY Floyd — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 20:49:29 GMT

I had to laugh. A guy from PA winning PB in Florida!

There's some real irony in that. Neither state has an income tax on their lottery, but since he's a PA resident and won in FL he'll be paying PA income tax on his FL winnings.

Comment #31

dallascowboyfan — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 14:49:09 GMT

Congratulations Judge James Stocklas and friends on your jackpot win and brother on th $7.00 win

Comment #30

WinWinChicDin — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 14:17:20 GMT

judge- Worked Hard For It

Lottery winner- bought ticket

Envy is a horrible thing.GROPPO Your words are very spiteful, and more revealing of your character than you know.

It's a game for crying out loud....just a game.

we are all playing with the hope of winning. The last I checked there were no income/lifestyle/occupation restrictions to qualify as a deserving winner.

Congrats to my fellow Keystoner!!

I hope I am next.

Comment #29

rcbbuckeye — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 13:25:41 GMT

Well, maybe you should get a grip. Yes, he is well to do, probably lives comfortably, but his salary as a judge would not be in the millions.

I'm happy for the guy. It shows anyone can win. I think it's funny that a guy on a fishing trip or whatever from PA wins Powerball in FL.

Comment #28

fja — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 11:26:33 GMT

Jackpot wins 2007-Present = (but I could be wrong)

2007-2016 Hits

Pop

5+1

5+1

name

Rank

Hits

$$$

New York

3

29.0

$3,106,000,000

California

1

26.3

$3,756,833,333

New Jersey

11

12.9

$1,926,433,330

Michigan

9

12.5

$1,399,000,000

Florida

4

11.8

$2,508,500,000

Georgia

8

10.0

$1,311,000,000

Ohio

7

9.8

$1,089,500,000

Comment #27

Raven62 — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 07:42:23 GMT

I guess it all depends on your point of view: If you asked the Judge: He'd say it was fair.

Comment #26

TheMeatman2005 — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 07:30:13 GMT

Do you really think that location has a thing to do with winning the lottery?

Your odds of winning are the same no matter where you buy your ticket(s).

Whether you get 1 or 100, you have the same lousy chance to win 292 mil to 1.

Congrats to the PA Judge and his lotto winning group.

Comment #25

Taurus$ — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 05:33:49 GMT

RJ I am sure of that theory i bet cha it has worked for lots of folks out there it's why u hear of people crossing state lines to play. I don't always play in MD

Comment #24

Taurus$ — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 05:27:38 GMT

Hello fellow posters long time no post. You know i have been looking at the posts from time to time and i was wondering if anybody noticed that the winners were from Cali and florida for the last JP drawing. When i saw that the first thing, i said oh my gosh here we go again! There are going to be some folks ranting like nuts over the fact that the big states won big again. And when nobody said nothing over the last few days, I thought Hmmm, some people must be got tired hollerin about the same

Comment #23

RJOh — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 04:46:29 GMT

Maybe there's something to that theory of buying your tickets in one of the states that sell the most winners, it seems to have worked for the judge.

Comment #22

chopperman8238 — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 04:17:29 GMT

Renting the JET HELLLL YEAAAHHH

Its all good, spend that

Comment #21

Saylorgirl — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 04:16:55 GMT

Why isn't it fair?? I love it! Congratulations to the Judge and friends. Congratulations to the brother who won $7.

Comment #20

Groppo — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 03:45:04 GMT

Isn't this the doggonedest news you've ever heard?

A judge of all people. Somebody who has all the money he could ever use wins the doggone jackpot.

It's not fair. It's just not fair.

How do you all see this

Comment #19

VenomV12 — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 03:07:42 GMT

This is the best photo ever, the $7 big check is priceless.

Comment #18

ohiopick3 — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 01:21:46 GMT

This Judge got his unanimous decision on this verdict! Way to go for him! Have fun with the winnings

Comment #17

rcbbuckeye — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 01:10:31 GMT

Ahhhhh

The first negative nellie to pop up.

Ok. You think it's fake. We get it.

Comment #16

Thegreenpirate — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 00:29:50 GMT

Who Da hell they think they talking too? This is fake that's why the universe allowed Michael Tipton case to happen. Cynthia o Connell and the head Musl guy got canned after 36 years. These guys must have security clearances to act as winners. They so full of $hyt who they think they playing with? It's a pattern with them Florida wins.

Comment #15

GatorShea — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 23:57:22 GMT

Aren't they brothers? I am also not sure if they are going to split the jackpot as it seems like both of them were playing separately. Who knows?! Not my money so I'm not going to worry about it.

Comment #14

Bleudog101 — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 23:53:22 GMT

Is Florida like Kentucky and Indiana in the fact that the latter two states will cut separate checks? This relieves the purchaser of a huge tax burden, everyone pays their own taxes thanks to these lotteries.

Comment #13

sweetie7398 — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 23:42:00 GMT

Congratulations

Comment #12

xstreamgaming15 — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 23:38:50 GMT

It's nice that a group of friends won the $292 Mil Powerball Jackpot then just a sole individual. A little over forty million after taxes everyone gets a big piece of the pie.

Comment #11

Thegreenpirate — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 21:10:47 GMT

This seems like a inside Fraud to me!!! No wonder why Cynthia O Connell got canned I'm not playing anymore they cheating and the Michael Tipton case blew the cover off the whole MUSL fraud operation fake winners!! #rigged

Comment #10

golfer1960 — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 19:59:14 GMT

Yes, QP's are lucky. I need some luck now too.

Comment #9

music* — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 19:47:19 GMT

Congratulations to Senior District Judge in North Hampton County James Stocklas!!!

James, Barry Bartakovits and an unidentified woman wasted no time in getting to Tallahasee, Florida. No lawyers, no guards, no CPA, no CFP, no media specialist, no insurance agent.

I see how being a Judge brings you closer to Law Enforcement. Help is a phone call away.

Comment #8

Redd55 — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 19:02:12 GMT

I had originally read that the winner was a one line quick pick. Looks like the judge bought $10 worth of tickets or 5 lines. I think I would have just booked first class.

Comment #7

LottoNXN — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 18:00:09 GMT

I agree old school papa

Comment #6

duckman — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 16:57:48 GMT

Another Quick Pick wins big. No system - just luck

Comment #5

schmuckatelly — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 16:17:40 GMT

I love the $7.00 check, lol

Comment #4

Artist77 — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 16:14:56 GMT

Did they split it evenly

Comment #3

OldSchoolPa — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 14:41:16 GMT

He could probably already afford to fly by chartered jet given that he owns a RV and is a Senior District Judge. I never bemoan how other people spend their money but good luck on that plan to remain on the bench and in the community...he will be hounded to no end for handouts.

Personally, I would fly commercial flight to nearest city to lottery headquarters and then rent my own vehicle. I figure commercial flying is the safest way to go and driving myself is definitely safer than relyin... [ More ]

Comment #2

rcbbuckeye — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 14:12:32 GMT

I had to laugh. A guy from PA winning PB in Florida!

You just never know when or where, or who.

I wonder how long til negative nellies bemoan that his name is out and he chartered a jet, yada, yada, yada. LOL.

Comment #1

BuyLow — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 13:58:45 GMT

Love the fact he chartered a private jet and then they ate at Applebees lol!!

Congrats to them

Pennsylvania judge and friends win $291M Powerball jackpot

Lottery Post — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 13:50:13 GMT

Bought ticket while vacationing in Florida

After a long ride back from his annual Florida vacation, Senior District Judge James Stocklas had enjoyed the sun and fun, but was anxious to get back home to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

After parking his RV in the driveway, Stocklas caught a few hours sleep and awoke Friday morning with plans to visit his favorite Bethlehem diner. While at breakfast, he pulled out his cellphone to see if anyone had won massive Powerball lottery.

His jaw dropped w... [ More ]