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$241 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery frenzy ramps upReply
PB gets no consideration from me when I visit a convenience store. Why should I pay $2 for ONE chance to hit $41 million (I only consider cash value) when I could spend the same $2 for TWO chances to hit $171 million? Why I even threw a buck toward Little Lotto that had a jackpot prize of a mere .525 million (or 525K for those who are in denial you need glasses and can't see the decimal point in front of those numbers) last night. IF I win MM come Tuesday, it will indeed be a Super(b) Tuesday fo
Mar 18, 2012, 9:39 am - OldSchoolPa - Lottery News

$200 MILLION: New Powerball delivers huge lottery jackpotReply
I agree with WWWBUKTN that the lottery, especially Powerball, should only be allowed to advertise the cash value vice annuitized jackpot amount because since 2003, excluding the 2 pools that had both annuity and cash claimants, only 3 of the other 122 jackpot winners opted to accept annuity payments. I will break that down for you. Since 2003, approximately 3 percent of jackpot winners chose the advertised annuity payout whereas 97 percent chose the smaller upfront cash value. Psychologically, m
Feb 3, 2012, 5:07 pm - OldSchoolPa - Lottery News

International super lottery to create jackpots of $500 million or moreReply
Well, I don't mean to suggest that I'd turn down $500 Mill. If someone offered it to me, I could always give some away and keep the amount I desired. However, I don't see anyone offering! I would not pursue it with the same zeal as I do with $ 60 and $ 80 million dollar jackpots! Not long ago there was a $ 276 Mill jackpot and a steelworker won with $2.00. I was sitting here at my computer at 6pm and could have walked 1 blk and took a pretty big swing at it. I didn't bother going, cause I just c
Sep 17, 2008, 7:12 pm - colthmn - Lottery News

'You assume all the money noise stops when you finally have it'News Story
What would you do if you suddenly came into a large amount of money? Would you upgrade your home and invest the rest, putting just a little aside to build a shelter for orphaned orang-utans, just as you once said you would? Actually, you're far more likely to drive a succession of sports cars into swimming pools a visual representation of the proverbial car crash your life is likely to become as you fritter away your cash bonanza. A study at Vanderbilt University in the US found that lottery
Oct 14, 2019, 9:19 am - Todd - Lottery News

The USA's 'luckiest' lottery players may not be as lucky as they seemReply
I think I remember over a decade ago when there was no self-checking machines to know if I won, and I may have been a victim of theft/cheating from a store clerk. Here's what I can remember; I had asked the store clerk to check my bonus match 5 ticket and he had that look on his face and asked me urgently how much do you think you won? I responded whatever it is that tells you in the computer . He gave me $150, but I had a feeling I actually won more than that due to his reaction of wanting to g
Sep 24, 2017, 12:28 pm - thealfa - Lottery News

Hot Lotto trust representative won't name winnerReply
I too like that the Iowa Lottery is playing hardball in this case. Truthfully, I smell a rat and it isn't the lottery. When I win, I am going to buck the going LP party line and I am going to go public with my jackpot. You will see my smiling, pearly whites on TV. Though, I will schedule to have LASIK eye surgery performed before I do go claim it so I can go there sans prescription glasses, but wear some ridiculous Flava Flav type glasses so that all of America can think that a buffoon is claimi
Jan 20, 2012, 5:40 pm - OldSchoolPa - Lottery News

Man wins Fla. Lottery jackpot for 7th timeReply
I would had know like 3 times more English than what i know now but back when i was in college, i join a 4 year college soccer team in Alabama...It was the only way to pay most of my college tuition and board...It took a lot of my time...Before i join the college soccer team i said to myself that i will learn english that i will take more courses in English and more grammar...The soccer team took half of my college time...But it was great...Other wise i will had known, 3 times more English than
Aug 15, 2010, 2:15 am - pumpi76 - Lottery News

E! Television to air 'Curse of the Lottery' SundayReply
When I hear of drug/alcohol problems, I think those are problems that lottery winners had BEFORE they won the money. I know two different people who were lottery winners. One guy went to trade school with me and we never saw him back at school after he won. This guy wound up in jail so I don't even think he got to spend the money. This was in 1986 when the only option of payments was installments and not cash out. The 2nd person was a wife who's husband bought the ticket. When she was hired, she
Sep 24, 2006, 2:54 am - ironbelle - Lottery News

Powerball Lottery Jackpot Raised to $240 MillionReply
like i said before go ahead and ramble. i don't have to drive at all to play the megamillion. i always play the mutltidraw ticket. i am a big fan of the big games. i don't play the pick 3,4,5 games. if i feel i am going to loose i would rather loose on a chance to win big. multidraw is my way of playing and not having to go to the store every time to play my numbers. over the last 10 years all my hits have been on a multidraw ticket.i live in washington and i drive to oregon most of the time to
Oct 11, 2005, 1:46 pm - starchild_45 - Lottery News

Record $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot won by 3 ticketsReply
I did not say I won I said I plan to and almost did twice. I was a Platinum member way back for awhile but someone bought it for me as a gift because they liked my posts. But if I had that much money being Platinum would not do me much good as I don't use this site much except for occasional posting and when jackpots get big. I would be on even less then. I have also contributed here for about 11 years now. If I won big I might upgrade then especially if something appeared to help me win but I w
Jan 14, 2016, 3:56 am - sirbrad - Lottery News