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• wander73

  

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  Here in Philly at one wawa there were about 8-10 people in line.   I went to a sunoco about 5 minutes away. 

  Pulled out a play sheet and looked over the numbers I wrote down and found another interesting way off the pyramid that I do multiplying and flipping numbers.  Isn't it weird there are some people that actually don't know the terms?  thanks to some members on this site who defined those terms.

   

  One girl told me she was buying for her mother.  I mentioned this site and asked if she knew what mirror and flipping is.  She wasn't sure and said good luck.

   

   

  I decided to stop at sunoco at another main intersection and there are idiots (not lottery people)  who do the stupidest things.   Why does that happen?   One guywho was spotted by  the clerk claimed he snook something in his pocket.
• TheGameGrl

  

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  Most in my area are playing at the self serve machines, since few places anymore have the clerks monitoring the games.

  Its about 8 folks in line at any given time. And that's been since yesterday. The clerks have to refill the paper rolls for the machines.

  If I had a dollar for their dirty looks in having to tend to the machine...I'd be rich! 

  Being humble seems to get me thru the lines....I rarely talk "shop" on what to play or how to play it. Its their money after all. 

  Besides I smile when I see folks contributing to my jackpot win! 

  Best of luck and skills to you and all the players tonight!

  Count your smiles.
• haymaker

  

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  I hav'nt seen any lines...but then I've made a science of avoiding crowds.

  Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds    -- Charles Mackay  LL.D.
• wander73

  

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  In response to haymaker

  Quote: Originally posted by haymaker on Aug 23, 2017

  I hav'nt seen any lines...but then I've made a science of avoiding crowds.

  I am surprised actually.  Where you're at I would think the wawas and liquor stores at least.  I remember when PB back in the 90s at tri state mall and the line went down and almost to i-95.   That was on the news too.
• LottoL

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by wander73 on Aug 23, 2017

  I am surprised actually.  Where you're at I would think the wawas and liquor stores at least.  I remember when PB back in the 90s at tri state mall and the line went down and almost to i-95.   That was on the news too.

  I haven't seen any lines either here in Texas.

  Maybe a lot of players read the Lottery Post news article titled "Lottery rigging mastermind sentenced to 25 years in prison" where Eddie Tipton, former security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), admitted to rigging computer programming code to produce winning numbers — netting Tipton and his accomplices millions of dollars.  Tipton was formerly a programmer with the Multi-State Lottery Association, the agency that administers state lottery drawings.  He designed and maintained software "for computerized random number generators used to select winning lottery numbers in many states across the country," according to the office of Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller.

   

  Maybe there will be lines in the next powerball drawing when its over a billion dollars.  I think someone said on LP, there was a 48% chance of a PB winner tonight.