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Lottotree12

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Feb 26, 2019, 2:38 am

I personally think there never was a winner.The lottery officials made up one to stop the jackpot from growing.

They took the security tapes from the store the next day.huuummm!!!
keepitreal

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Feb 28, 2019, 2:46 am

No one got the money yet. That crazy.
Tucker Black

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Feb 28, 2019, 2:47 am

That doesn't make any sense. The large jackpot was driving sales like crazy. Once it gets won, the jackpot drops to $40 million and few people play. Why would Megamillions want to delete the jackpot and turn down all those ticket sales?
KY Floyd

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Feb 28, 2019, 9:19 am

"The lottery officials made up one to stop the jackpot from growing."

There's a lot of strong competition, but that has to be a lock for getting into the stupid idea Hall of Fame.
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Feb 28, 2019, 10:08 am

Quote: Originally posted by Lottotree12 on Feb 26, 2019
I personally think there never was a winner.The lottery officials made up one to stop the jackpot from growing.

They took the security tapes from the store the next day.huuummm!!!

Did the Russian government interfere with the MegaMillions Drawing?

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Feb 28, 2019, 9:52 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Raven62 on Feb 28, 2019
Did the Russian government interfere with the MegaMillions Drawing?
TooTallLuke

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Mar 1, 2019, 10:06 am

Running a scam like that would undermine the integrity of the game. I can't see the lottery officials willing to risks billions in annual profit over something like that.

My hope is that the winner has sought out good legal and financial advice and is now in process of getting their affairs in order before moving on with their new life. Winning a lottery jackpot is a major event, winning a 1.5 Billion lottery jackpot is an event at a whole different level!
Stack47

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Mar 1, 2019, 11:44 am

Considering all the daily games, there are probably several prizes of all sizes that expire every day, but we only read about the prizes six figures or higher. Nobody expected to see a billion dollar jackpot heading towards the "not claimed file", but conspiracy theories are expected.
CDanaT

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Mar 1, 2019, 12:52 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Stack47 on Mar 1, 2019
Considering all the daily games, there are probably several prizes of all sizes that expire every day, but we only read about the prizes six figures or higher. Nobody expected to see a billion dollar jackpot heading towards the "not claimed file", but conspiracy theories are expected.

Heck, we can't even get a complete list of all the available prizes(only top 3) on any of our scratch-offs, let alone any prize amounts left unclaimed. This is Tennessee, so with Dear ole Rebecca in charge, it truly doesn't surprise me.

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Mar 1, 2019, 5:12 pm

Quote: Originally posted by CDanaT on Mar 1, 2019
Heck, we can't even get a complete list of all the available prizes(only top 3) on any of our scratch-offs, let alone any prize amounts left unclaimed. This is Tennessee, so with Dear ole Rebecca in charge, it truly doesn't surprise me.

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Mar 1, 2019, 7:00 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Raven62 on Feb 28, 2019
Did the Russian government interfere with the MegaMillions Drawing?

bots.
Artist77

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Mar 1, 2019, 7:48 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Raven62 on Feb 28, 2019
Did the Russian government interfere with the MegaMillions Drawing?

Lol lol. It was the little rocket man.
Lottotree12

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Mar 1, 2019, 10:57 pm

Because maybe they didn't want to pay that big of a jackpot
oate

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Mar 2, 2019, 1:23 am

Quote: Originally posted by Lottotree12 on Mar 1, 2019
Because maybe they didn't want to pay that big of a jackpot

When a jackpot isn't claimed all the money goes back to the state lotteries that contributed to it. The people who run MM can't keep it for themselves, so how would they benefit from this since no winner has showed up?

You're off to a good start with your conspiracy theory, but you need to fill it out more with some details and fix all the logical holes. Don't let others discourage you, I believe in you!

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Mar 2, 2019, 7:00 am

in the information age, not to record some protocol, or number of identity or control
that linked to the person who bought it is already notified, to avoid theft and even loss of the ticket
so it is safe to ticket comparator, why is not this done?

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