 $550m Lottery! |
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| $550m Lottery! |
| GandJ |
 Nov 28 2012, 05:59 PM
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Did you buy a ticket or two? Must admit we did. It's not a frequent thing for us and we had no idea
that it now costs $2 to play. When did that start? What are you going to do when you win? Fun to think about it, eh? Anyway, good luck to all who are playing. -j -------------------- It's always the batteries!
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| joez |
Nov 28 2012, 08:18 PM
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QUOTE Did you buy a ticket or two? Must admit we did. It's not a frequent thing for us Interesting human behavior. When a jackpot is only five or ten million, no one gets excited. But when the jackpot is 100 or 500 million people stand in line for a chance. I guess if you win only one or ten million it would not be enough to take a chance on. I have played the same five sets of numbers twice a week since the first drawing. If I do not win something soon I will be in the hole (I had a couple of real good years). But then I have been known to do crazy things like bet hard eights on the craps table or draw to an inside straight once in a while. |
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| dalsgal |
Nov 29 2012, 06:58 AM
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I bought 2 tickets as I do each week now. After the last big win I went in to buy my tickets and the clerk said "are you sure you want to do that since the jackpot is only $20 million now?" I told her I thought I could survive on that much if I won.
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| Denali |
Nov 29 2012, 10:00 AM
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I worked on a software project for the California State Lottery (CSL) back when it first started. As a contractor, I was not allowed to play the lottery. I asked another programmer, who was a CSL employee, whether it bothered him that he couldn't play.
His response was, "Dave, the chances of winning a big jackpot are essentially the same whether you play or not, so I don't mind." Want to win a big jackpot? Quick, think of a number between one and 175,000,000! -------------------- Dave Rudisill
Fulltimer since 2002 2004 Beaver Monterey |
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| dog bone |
Nov 29 2012, 10:07 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 218 Joined: 16-December 03 From: Hewit, NJ Member No.: 250 |
QUOTE(Denali @ Nov 29 2012, 11:00 AM)  I worked on a software project for the California State Lottery (CSL) back when it first started. As a contractor, I was not allowed to play the lottery. I asked another programmer, who was a CSL employee, whether it bothered him that he couldn't play. His response was, "Dave, the chances of winning a big jackpot are essentially the same whether you play or not, so I don't mind." Want to win a big jackpot? Quick, think of a number between one and 175,000,000! Tell that to the two winners and the rest that got a mill. You have to be in it to win it. The odds are definitely against you, but one never knows. -------------------- Bob and Deb Allwood
Diesel, the black lab 2003 ford f 350 6.0 crew cab 2003 cedar creek 30' rlbs |
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| GandJ |
Nov 29 2012, 02:26 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 103 Joined: 28-October 11 From: Northern Virginia Member No.: 64530 |
QUOTE(Denali @ Nov 29 2012, 11:00 AM) Want to win a big jackpot? Quick, think of a number between one and 175,000,000! 9!!!!!!! Did I win? Oh well. I always pick 9 for some reason and it never wins. Needless to say, we did not win the mega-big lottery. Was worth a couple bucks to day-dream and what-if though. Bottom line: Sorry guys....I won't be hiring Santana to give a free RVParkReviews members-only concert. Maybe next time  -------------------- It's always the batteries!
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| Nolan |
Nov 29 2012, 02:49 PM
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I don't know when it went up to $2.00 a ticket either. Don't bother to play. Did when it first came out but quit after a year. I had a better chance of getting hit by lightening then winning the lottery.
-------------------- Nolan and JoAnn
2000 Kenworth T600 2004 Hitchhiker Champagne 2009 Toyota Matrix http://2-on-the-road.blogspot.com/ Full-timing since Oct. 2004. |
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| mdcamping |
Nov 29 2012, 04:37 PM
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This kind of stuff just doesn't do anything for me, I think I've bought about 3 lottery tickets in the past 25 years....though this time I was planning on buying a ticket, but I forgot...believe me I didn't loose any sleep!
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| jamarynn1 |
Nov 29 2012, 04:58 PM
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I've played the same set of numbers since the first Florida lottery drawing. Won a little, lost a lot. I'd love to quit, but I'm afraid that as soon as I do, my numbers will come up. So, I get a ticket with my one set of numbers for 52 weeks and check it periodically. Maybe one day......
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| nedmtnman |
Nov 30 2012, 08:59 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 166 Joined: 14-September 08 From: Muldrow OK Member No.: 26175 |
Several years ago the fellow that sold me lottery tickets and I were talking about never winning so we decided that each week we would each put our $5 in a jar and at the end of the year pretend we won the money in the lottery.
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2003 Keystone Everest 343L Bill and Bob guard cats. |
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| wprigge |
Nov 30 2012, 12:11 PM
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I think I pay enough taxes as it is now, so I'm not going to pay a voluntary tax on top of that!
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| jim crowl |
Dec 1 2012, 01:13 PM
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I haven't played the lottery for over 20 years, but admit was starting to think about it. I was waiting for it to reach 600 million to make it worthwhile!
Could you imagine what one could do with $550m. You could even afford one of those fancy new rigs, AND the gas to operate for a few years. Of course if I won I'd more than likely still watch the pennies....checking into an RV park "hey, don't forget my Good Sam discount" etc. Then again, I suppose you could buy the RV park if you really liked it!  |
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| Dutch_12078 |
Dec 1 2012, 05:37 PM
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Well, the family in Missouri that won half of the jackpot are "only" getting $192 million after taxes. That would really limit your options quite a bit.
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Great Sacandaga Lake, NY 1995 Coachmen 33' Class A 2011 Toyota RAV4 toad |
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| GandJ |
Dec 1 2012, 06:19 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 103 Joined: 28-October 11 From: Northern Virginia Member No.: 64530 |
Yeah, "only" $192m...what a bummer. Would likely mean only one Newell for
us instead of "his and hers". MO winners seemed like a very nice family on TV. Hope the winnings won't change that. Rumor is that the other winner is a guy in the DC area, but it might be hoax. -------------------- It's always the batteries!
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| Wink |
Dec 10 2012, 12:57 PM
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I am retired and get enough people trying to sell me stuff I don`t want now.If I was down and out I mite would like to win.But I have all I need and the bills are paid and even have a RV trailer to go camping so better than a lot of people retired and so thankful for that.I think I all ready have about a hundred junk mails a week selling hearing aids to cemetery plots.Hope I don`t need either soon.
-------------------- Home is where we park it.
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