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joker17

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Mar 30, 2011, 9:18 pm

Quote: Originally posted by joker17 on Mar 30, 2011
I never said they shouldn't respect his wishes for not participating in the pool.

I might add, had this guy been an avid player for let's say 2 years, not missing one time except for this one...OUCH....( I thought I had bad days at work...lol), the guilt of not giving this poor guy something...anything, would haunt my soul.

On the other hand, like i said before, if he's a part time player who only plays when he feel like it, then I wouldn't feel so bad. There's not enough info in the article showing which individuals played, or how often, so there's no way of knowing right now. I was just posing at least two of the ways this can be thought of. I'm sure there are another 50 ways...lol
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Mar 30, 2011, 9:21 pm

YIKES, That guy has got to be sick at this point, plus he probably has to do all the work his former co-workers left him.
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Mar 30, 2011, 9:22 pm

That. Is. IRONY!!!! (Wait.... what's show is that from??? It just popped in my head.... I feel like it's Family Guy but I really can't remember)
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Mar 30, 2011, 9:22 pm

Here's my thoughts on this, and sort of winning in general. Had he participated in the pool the time the pool leader went to the store and the time the clerk pushed the putton would be different, almost certainly giving different numbers, meaning the group/pool wouldn't have won.

His refusal to participate in the pool is responsible for them winning, as well as everything else during the day, as if anything else happended differently they would not have had the same numbers.
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Mar 30, 2011, 9:25 pm

Quote: Originally posted by ttech10 on Mar 30, 2011
Here's my thoughts on this, and sort of winning in general. Had he participated in the pool the time the pool leader went to the store and the time the clerk pushed the putton would be different, almost certainly giving different numbers, meaning the group/pool wouldn't have won.

His refusal to participate in the pool is responsible for them winning, as well as everything else during the day, as if anything else happended differently they would not have had the same numbers.

Man that's really reaching..

Pure luck
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Mar 30, 2011, 9:27 pm

Quote: Originally posted by ttech10 on Mar 30, 2011
Here's my thoughts on this, and sort of winning in general. Had he participated in the pool the time the pool leader went to the store and the time the clerk pushed the putton would be different, almost certainly giving different numbers, meaning the group/pool wouldn't have won.

His refusal to participate in the pool is responsible for them winning, as well as everything else during the day, as if anything else happended differently they would not have had the same numbers.

Yeah, so they won because of him so they should give him his cut.

I wonder if the judge will agree.
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Ringleader

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Mar 30, 2011, 9:27 pm

The Butterfly effect ?
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Mar 30, 2011, 9:29 pm

Quote: Originally posted by sully16 on Mar 30, 2011
The Butterfly effect ?

Yep, full flaps.
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Mar 30, 2011, 10:01 pm

Quote: Originally posted by tiggs95 on Mar 30, 2011
Man that's really reaching..

I don't know, I believe that something small affects everything. In this case this person opting out of the drawing affected the time the lottery pool leader was at the store to get tickets. The action of opting out may have caused many other actions throughout the day, thus definitely giving different numbers when the clerk hit the QP button.

I've had such small things affect things for me in the past, so it's not too crazy to think.

If they won via a self pick it would be a different story, but personally I'm not sure they would have won if he played.
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Mar 30, 2011, 10:06 pm

Quote: Originally posted by ttech10 on Mar 30, 2011
I don't know, I believe that something small affects everything. In this case this person opting out of the drawing affected the time the lottery pool leader was at the store to get tickets. The action of opting out may have caused many other actions throughout the day, thus definitely giving different numbers when the clerk hit the QP button.

I've had such small things affect things for me in the past, so it's not too crazy to think.

If they won via a self pick it would be a different story, but personally I'm not sure they would have won if he played.

But then if someone held him up at the elevator or the bus was late then they should get a handout to..Maybe the woman in front of him in line buying tickets took to long and that may have helped should she get a handout to..He should have gave a couple bucks and that would have solved everything..

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Mar 30, 2011, 10:07 pm

Quote: Originally posted by ttech10 on Mar 30, 2011
I don't know, I believe that something small affects everything. In this case this person opting out of the drawing affected the time the lottery pool leader was at the store to get tickets. The action of opting out may have caused many other actions throughout the day, thus definitely giving different numbers when the clerk hit the QP button.

I've had such small things affect things for me in the past, so it's not too crazy to think.

If they won via a self pick it would be a different story, but personally I'm not sure they would have won if he played.

Yeah, maybe he was the bad luck that held them back, once he got out of the way, they won.

* you don't need to buy every combination, just the winning ones *
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Mar 30, 2011, 10:09 pm

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on Mar 30, 2011
Yeah, maybe he was the bad luck that held them back, once he got out of the way, they won.

DING DING DING!!!! we have a winner!!!

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Mar 30, 2011, 10:20 pm

Quote: Originally posted by tiggs95 on Mar 30, 2011
DING DING DING!!!! we have a winner!!!

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Mar 30, 2011, 10:41 pm

Quote: Originally posted by ttech10 on Mar 30, 2011
Here's my thoughts on this, and sort of winning in general. Had he participated in the pool the time the pool leader went to the store and the time the clerk pushed the putton would be different, almost certainly giving different numbers, meaning the group/pool wouldn't have won.

His refusal to participate in the pool is responsible for them winning, as well as everything else during the day, as if anything else happended differently they would not have had the same numbers.

Hahahahaha! This is great! I thought I'd be the first person to mention the butterfly effect. lol

Seriously though, the butterfly effect is very real. To say this guy lost out on millions technically would not be correct. It's really an afterthought. We see the numbers, we see what happened to this guy, and we can only think to ourselves "what if". Those numbers were drawn because that's what the physical universe happened to be at that moment. Rewind everything and change the story to him saying "Sure" and pulling a dollar out of his wallet. Play it forward from there and the positioning and timing of everything that happens after that changes. This guy doesn't have anything to be ashamed of.

Gonna win.
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Mar 30, 2011, 11:08 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Guru101 on Mar 30, 2011
Hahahahaha! This is great! I thought I'd be the first person to mention the butterfly effect. lol

Seriously though, the butterfly effect is very real. To say this guy lost out on millions technically would not be correct. It's really an afterthought. We see the numbers, we see what happened to this guy, and we can only think to ourselves "what if". Those numbers were drawn because that's what the physical universe happened to be at that moment. Rewind everything and change the story to him saying "Sure" and pulling a dollar out of his wallet. Play it forward from there and the positioning and timing of everything that happens after that changes. This guy doesn't have anything to be ashamed of.

Which is what makes it truellly ironic. If I was a person in that pool, I THINK I'd throw him something just b/c that's my line of thinking.... but I wouldn't expect anyone else in the pool to agree to do so.

Honestly, it's pretty much true. I got a QP for P4 once after losing like 50 bucks on scrath offs when I first started playing. But had I not gone in and lost that 50, I never would have won 250 on the Pick 4 ticket.

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