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Wow.
If this keeps up, I expect many people to lose their minds. If it gets over 600 million I might have to pull some money out of my life savings to play.
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« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2012, 03:17:58 AM » |
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Wow.
If this keeps up, I expect many people to lose their minds. If it gets over 600 million I might have to pull some money out of my life savings to play.
It only takes $1. do you really think your life savings would improve your odds that much? |
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« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2012, 04:21:33 AM » |
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There is a 175,711,536 chance of winning. So I can increase my chances by like...10 with my life savings.  |
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« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2012, 05:30:32 AM » |
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What an awesome prize.
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« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2012, 05:35:51 AM » |
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There is a 175,711,536 chance of winning. So I can increase my chances by like...10 with my life savings. Bear in mind your chances of winning the entire prize are smaller; so many ppl will buy tickets it's rare for one person to hold the only winner. |
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« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2012, 05:50:56 AM » |
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But we're talking all new tickets.
We're starting at 0 tonight...the jackpot carries over but it's all new tickets, and all new numbers. Unless 300 million tickets are sold in the next 3 days, I guess.
It's okay though. When I win, I'll be happy to share the prize with one other person. But if there's a 3rd winner, me and the other winner will have to eliminate them. SO, don't be late if you're the 3rd. We can only split 500 million so many ways before it's just not worth it.
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« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2012, 06:35:50 AM » |
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But we're talking all new tickets.
We're starting at 0 tonight...the jackpot carries over but it's all new tickets, and all new numbers. Unless 300 million tickets are sold in the next 3 days, I guess.
It's okay though. When I win, I'll be happy to share the prize with one other person. But if there's a 3rd winner, me and the other winner will have to eliminate them. SO, don't be late if you're the 3rd. We can only split 500 million so many ways before it's just not worth it.
But there's no limit on how many tickets with same combination of numbers can be sold per drawing; you might pick the right numbers, so could someone else. When the prize gets this high millions of tickets are sold. Still, even a small piece of this pie would be nice! |
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« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2012, 08:26:59 AM » |
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I just buy multiples of the same number. I am that confident.
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It's hard to believe Christians are talking about gambling during Great Lent. St. Paisios of the Holy Mountain was right aftera all.
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It's hard to believe Christians are talking about gambling during Great Lent. St. Paisios of the Holy Mountain was right aftera all.
Don't worry. The GOA is certainly raffling cars as we speak. |
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476 million!? My mind is reeling as I think of the possibilities!!! ... Think of all the books I could buy!  |
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Half a BILLION dollars. It is funny though to see the poor folks coming up with fifty bucks at the gas station for tickets. The reality of it is that one or fifty sets of numbers or various number combinations have little statistically to do with the chance of winning the jackpot. Good luck to all though and may the winner TITHE !
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« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2012, 04:02:09 PM » |
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It's hard to believe Christians are talking about gambling during Great Lent. St. Paisios of the Holy Mountain was right aftera all.
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It's hard to believe Christians are talking about gambling during Great Lent. St. Paisios of the Holy Mountain was right aftera all.
What did Paisios say? And when was Elder Paisios canonized? It's hard to believe Christians are talking about gambling during Great Lent. St. Paisios of the Holy Mountain was right aftera all.
Don't worry. The GOA is certainly raffling cars as we speak. ZING |
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It's hard to believe Christians are talking about gambling during Great Lent. St. Paisios of the Holy Mountain was right aftera all.
It isn't gambling; it is supporting the school system. There hasn't been a dime of lottery money given to Illinois' Schools in 50 years. There was always certainly a lot of borrowing from that fund in that time, however..... -Nick |
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« Reply #17 on: March 28, 2012, 06:34:21 PM » |
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The fun reality check here. If you bought EVERY SINGLE TICKET sold for the last several drawings. EVERY SINGLE TICKET. And there were a LOT of tickets sold, especially with that $363M carrot on it. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. You still would not have won.
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« Reply #18 on: March 28, 2012, 06:35:11 PM » |
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There is a 175,711,536 chance of winning. So I can increase my chances by like...10 with my life savings. Bear in mind your chances of winning the entire prize are smaller; so many ppl will buy tickets it's rare for one person to hold the only winner. truth... |
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It's hard to believe Christians are talking about gambling during Great Lent. St. Paisios of the Holy Mountain was right aftera all.
What did Paisios say? And when was Elder Paisios canonized? It's hard to believe Christians are talking about gambling during Great Lent. St. Paisios of the Holy Mountain was right aftera all.
Don't worry. The GOA is certainly raffling cars as we speak. ZING Ya, we are giving away a FIAT...not exactly sure the conditions... |
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It's hard to believe Christians are talking about gambling during Great Lent. St. Paisios of the Holy Mountain was right aftera all.
It isn't gambling; it is supporting the school system. There hasn't been a dime of lottery money given to Illinois' Schools in 50 years. There was always certainly a lot of borrowing from that fund in that time, however..... You mean Springfield (Chicago's front) has been lying to us? |
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« Reply #21 on: March 28, 2012, 07:03:09 PM » |
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Let me repeat: half a billion dollars.
Let me repeat that slowly: half...a...BILLION...dollars...
I'm buying a castle on the moon.
No I'm going to give a million dollars to every poster on this board.
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you may want to buy some tickets for the competing lotteries though...
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« Reply #23 on: March 28, 2012, 07:09:22 PM » |
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you may want to buy some tickets for the competing lotteries though...
Because of the odds? |
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you may want to buy some tickets for the competing lotteries though...
Because of the odds? cause more people will be buying tickets for mega millions instead of the others, people that normally would buy the others buy mega instead... |
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« Reply #25 on: March 28, 2012, 07:12:49 PM » |
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you may want to buy some tickets for the competing lotteries though...
Because of the odds? cause more people will be buying tickets for mega millions instead of the others, people that normally would buy the others buy mega instead... Yeah that's what I figure. But I couldn't give you all 1 million each though. |
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well because of y'all i went out and spent 5 perfectly good dollars on this...thanks guys  |
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It's hard to believe Christians are talking about gambling during Great Lent. St. Paisios of the Holy Mountain was right aftera all.
Don't worry. The GOA is certainly raffling cars as we speak. I've heard of raffles in the GOA*. I understand the impetus, but it's still gambling and they should shy away from it. * I don't want to imply that that's the only jurisdiction that holds raffles. |
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It's hard to believe Christians are talking about gambling during Great Lent. St. Paisios of the Holy Mountain was right aftera all.
It isn't gambling; it is supporting the school system. Riiiiight. |
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It's hard to believe Christians are talking about gambling during Great Lent. St. Paisios of the Holy Mountain was right aftera all.
What did Paisios say? And when was Elder Paisios canonized? He said, "Today they're trying to destroy faith, and for the edifice of faith to fall they quietly pull out one stone, then another. But we're all responsible for the destruction; not just those who destroy but we who see how faith is being undermined and make no effort to strengthen it." I'm not sure that he's been officially canonized. But many are addressing him as such. Same thing with St. Seraphim of Platina. It's hard to believe Christians are talking about gambling during Great Lent. St. Paisios of the Holy Mountain was right aftera all.
Don't worry. The GOA is certainly raffling cars as we speak. ZING
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All that money spent on a lottery... *shakes head* WWMWS? ("What would Mr. Wendal Say?") |
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It's hard to believe Christians are talking about gambling during Great Lent. St. Paisios of the Holy Mountain was right aftera all.
What did Paisios say? And when was Elder Paisios canonized? It's hard to believe Christians are talking about gambling during Great Lent. St. Paisios of the Holy Mountain was right aftera all.
Don't worry. The GOA is certainly raffling cars as we speak. ZING Ya, we are giving away a FIAT...not exactly sure the conditions... That is exactly what the lotteries give away as well. |
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It's hard to believe Christians are talking about gambling during Great Lent. St. Paisios of the Holy Mountain was right aftera all.
What did Paisios say? And when was Elder Paisios canonized? It's hard to believe Christians are talking about gambling during Great Lent. St. Paisios of the Holy Mountain was right aftera all.
Don't worry. The GOA is certainly raffling cars as we speak. ZING Ya, we are giving away a FIAT...not exactly sure the conditions... That is exactly what the lotteries give away as well. lol...it must be an inter-jurisdictional lottery...the plot thickens  |
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Enough with the Orthodox hubris, after all it's Lent.
Alright just got my tickets. Everyone should be rooting for me since I'm giving a million each to all of you.
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Enough with the Orthodox hubris, after all it's Lent.
Alright just got my tickets. Everyone should be rooting for me since I'm giving a million each to all of you.
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Well if I'm your favorite then we must really have awful people living here. Go figure, I want to get the hell out.
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Well if I'm your favorite then we must really have awful people living here. Go figure, I want to get the hell out.
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Does it really? Because I'm having the hardest time getting in. With my 2 applications. I will make a call and see what I can do. But... if a business lunch is required to work out the details, can you loan me $20? |
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I was listening to the news earlier today and they had some "experts" giving advice on what to do if you win. The most sensible: consult financial and tax advisers before claiming the prize, keep your mouth shut about it until you do. Least sensible to me; keep working, since the lump sum is 'only" about $250M after taxes or $19M a year on the annuity. If I can't live on $19M/year I've got a problem.
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I was listening to the news earlier today and they had some "experts" giving advice on what to do if you win. The most sensible: consult financial and tax advisers before claiming the prize, keep your mouth shut about it until you do. Least sensible to me; keep working, since the lump sum is 'only" about $250M after taxes or $19M a year on the annuity. If I can't live on $19M/year I've got a problem.
The annuity is what 2.5% interest? If you take that then get maybe 5-20% on top of that annuity it might be best instead of getting a lump sum. But I don't trust what is it a 30 year payout period? I want the lump sum. |
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« Reply #42 on: March 29, 2012, 07:33:45 PM » |
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Does it really? Because I'm having the hardest time getting in. With my 2 applications. I will make a call and see what I can do. But... if a business lunch is required to work out the details, can you loan me $20? Oh yeah sure. But it must be done at Primanti Bros. |
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« Reply #43 on: March 29, 2012, 07:40:13 PM » |
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I was listening to the news earlier today and they had some "experts" giving advice on what to do if you win. The most sensible: consult financial and tax advisers before claiming the prize, keep your mouth shut about it until you do. Least sensible to me; keep working, since the lump sum is 'only" about $250M after taxes or $19M a year on the annuity. If I can't live on $19M/year I've got a problem.
The annuity is what 2.5% interest? If you take that then get maybe 5-20% on top of that annuity it might be best instead of getting a lump sum. But I don't trust what is it a 30 year payout period? I want the lump sum. I'm 58 -give me the lump sum NOW! |
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« Reply #44 on: March 29, 2012, 07:42:06 PM » |
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LOL I'm only 24, so that would make me the youngest winner ever?
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« Reply #45 on: March 29, 2012, 07:54:18 PM » |
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I was listening to the news earlier today and they had some "experts" giving advice on what to do if you win. The most sensible: consult financial and tax advisers before claiming the prize, keep your mouth shut about it until you do. Least sensible to me; keep working, since the lump sum is 'only" about $250M after taxes or $19M a year on the annuity. If I can't live on $19M/year I've got a problem.
The annuity is what 2.5% interest? If you take that then get maybe 5-20% on top of that annuity it might be best instead of getting a lump sum. But I don't trust what is it a 30 year payout period? I want the lump sum. 26 year annuity. about $19M/year on $500M |
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« Reply #46 on: March 29, 2012, 07:57:52 PM » |
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And you see with a 19 million annuity, I mean honestly I don't see myself even blowing that much.
I want to live very humbly when I win. I don't even want a mansion, just a small little house.
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« Reply #47 on: March 29, 2012, 08:03:20 PM » |
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That's why it intrigued me that Suze Orman said whoever wins should keep working.
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« Reply #48 on: March 29, 2012, 08:06:27 PM » |
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Only if you love what you do, I guess. Peronally for me I couldn't stand working.
I'd probably still work until all the details from my attorneys, financial and tax advisors are ironed out and I claim the ticket. Then I will quit.
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« Reply #49 on: March 29, 2012, 08:18:05 PM » |
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Since I work in healthcare, as much as I love whta I do I'd quit. One of my dreams for retirement has been to form a group of other ritired nurses and other practitioners to do community health teaching. I could do that.
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« Reply #50 on: March 30, 2012, 01:15:16 PM » |
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that's freaking insane. Definitely going to be multiple winners... |
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« Reply #52 on: March 30, 2012, 01:33:10 PM » |
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Oh there will be atleast a mininum of 6 winners.
A 10% chance no winning ticket will be drawn.
LETS GET TO A BILLION
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« Reply #53 on: March 30, 2012, 01:40:40 PM » |
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Oh there will be atleast a mininum of 6 winners.
A 10% chance no winning ticket will be drawn.
LETS GET TO A BILLION
this kind of hype is the reason why lotteries are made...i wonder when is the latest time to buy tix, since the drawing is tonight at 11? |
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« Reply #54 on: March 30, 2012, 01:42:19 PM » |
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Well I think it's 7pm MST for me. Better get it early though.
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« Reply #55 on: March 30, 2012, 01:51:07 PM » |
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Oh there will be atleast a mininum of 6 winners.
A 10% chance no winning ticket will be drawn.
LETS GET TO A BILLION
this kind of hype is the reason why lotteries are made...i wonder when is the latest time to buy tix, since the drawing is tonight at 11? the guy at the store i get cig's at told me the machine stops printing tickets at 10:45pm eastern. Ortho Cat, that's how I plan to spend time when I retire. |
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« Reply #56 on: March 30, 2012, 01:53:09 PM » |
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I kind of wish I had such a disposable income that I could easily blow 100-500 dollars worth of tickets. It's stupid, but there's people who do it. like the winner of the 345 million jackpot on the Powerball a few years back. Dude was already a millionaire but would spend thousand and thousands of dollars on tickets so of course he was going to win.
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« Reply #57 on: March 30, 2012, 01:55:35 PM » |
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funny thing...each ticket has the same odds of winning, whether you buy 1 or 1,000.
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« Reply #58 on: March 30, 2012, 01:59:36 PM » |
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The probability of each ticket is the same, yes, but we're talking about the cumulative probability of one of your many tickets of winning.
Think of it this way. I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 10. If you can only guess once, you have a 1/10 chance of guessing my number. If you can guess twice, you don't have a 1/8 chance of guessing my number, you have a 2/10 chance of guessing my number, aka 1/5.
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« Reply #59 on: March 30, 2012, 02:17:23 PM » |
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Can you imagine how much good you can do if you win this money?
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« Reply #60 on: March 30, 2012, 02:18:28 PM » |
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Can you imagine how much good you can do if you win this money?
I'm not saying this out of some false humility or vanity or whatever, but I sincerely would just donate it it all if I won. To whom? I would have no idea. I'd love to end poverty. But you know what? When you win that money, I wonder how much it changes a person. |
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« Reply #61 on: March 30, 2012, 02:23:02 PM » |
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I don't know if people are already doing this now, like giving up their life savings or selling their items just to get tickets, but could you honestly imagine if this lottery swells to a billion?
I mean think about how many people would put their own lives at risk just to get that kind of a prize.
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« Reply #62 on: March 30, 2012, 02:34:49 PM » |
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I don't know if people are already doing this now, like giving up their life savings or selling their items just to get tickets, but could you honestly imagine if this lottery swells to a billion?
I mean think about how many people would put their own lives at risk just to get that kind of a prize.
Yeah, you'd be surprised. I know folks who work in low paying jobs like housekeeping and dietary who spend a couple of hundred bucks a week on lottery tickets. The other day at the grocery store i saw someone buy $100 of the scratchers at once. i knew a clerical person who took a credit card cash advance to buy tickets. wow. |
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« Reply #63 on: March 30, 2012, 02:40:56 PM » |
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Don't tell me people use EBT cards to get lottery tickets.
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« Reply #64 on: March 30, 2012, 02:46:31 PM » |
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Don't tell me people use EBT cards to get lottery tickets.
How did you get that out my post? EBT cards can be used for certain purchases, they are rejected if you try to buy other things. |
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I said that to imply a question if people use EBT cards to get lottery tickets. I wouldn't be surprised.
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Don't tell me people use EBT cards to get lottery tickets.
How did you get that out my post? EBT cards can be used for certain purchases, they are rejected if you try to buy other things. Its easy to fake. I've watched such things be done. PP |
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"A café worker in Arizona reported selling $2,600 worth of tickets to one buyer, while a retired soldier in Wisconsin doubled his regular weekly ticket spending to $55. But each would have to put down millions more to guarantee a win..." http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20120330/US.MegaMillions.Long.Odds/?cid=hero_media |
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If you were the only winner and purchased every single possible combination you would end up with a net lump before taxes of:
$462,000,000 - $175,711,536 = $286,288,464
However if you add taxes into the mix:
Federal Tax: $462,000,000 * 35% = $161,700,000
Social Security: $110,100 *4.6% (you get a credit for the ER portion of the tax) = $5,064.60
Medicare: $462,000,000 * 1.45% = $6,699,000
State Tax: (I'll use Illinois since it's easy): $462,000,000 * 5% = $23,100,000
So if you bought every ticket and lived in Illinois as a sole winner that would end up being:
$462,000,000 - $175,711,536 - $161,700,000 - $5,064.60 - $6,699,000 - $23,100,000 = $94,784,399.40
Of course that is assuming you live in Illinois. If you live in say New Jersey, it will be less.
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Yeah screw Chris Singleton. People like him tick me off because this game is designed for the poor and middle class. I honestly don't know what I'd do if I won. If I survived the initial shock without having a heart attack, I'd just put the ticket in a safe deposit box and continue with my normal routine for a few weeks so no one would suspect it was me. Then I'd find a great lawyer and financial adviser and do the whole anonymous claim thing and secret trust fund. After that I'd quit my job, and probably instigate a nasty fight with my girlfriend to trigger a mutual breakup. Then I would legally change my name, get plastic surgery to completely alter my appearance, and start looking for a nice private island with over 2,000 acres in a remote corner of the world. I'd hire 7 ex Navy Seals for security, and start building a secret research silo beneath the island. I'd scour the earth for the best minds in genetic hybrid animal breeding and pay them handsomely for creating strange and wonderful creatures to inhabit and patrol my island. The pitbull-tiger would defend the land, and my komono dragon-alligators would secure the sea. Other creatures would be created purely for aesthetic reasons, and all would love me dearly. Then I'd probably send an anonymous check to all my family members for 5 million and live out the remainder of my days in a drug fueled haze while expanding my little kingdom. Profanity replaced with something more acceptable on the public forum -PtA You've been warned about your use of profanity enough times that you, of all people, should know that it's not permitted on the Public Forum. Since it's so apparent that you cannot be trusted to maintain the self control needed to keep your language clean, you've forced us to have to do it for you. You are therefore on post moderation for the maximum duration of 99 days. The next time you show such lack of self control, you will likely be muted.
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« Reply #72 on: March 30, 2012, 04:20:48 PM » |
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If you were the only winner and purchased every single possible combination you would end up with a net lump before taxes of:
$462,000,000 - $175,711,536 = $286,288,464
However if you add taxes into the mix:
Federal Tax: $462,000,000 * 35% = $161,700,000
Social Security: $110,100 *4.6% (you get a credit for the ER portion of the tax) = $5,064.60
Medicare: $462,000,000 * 1.45% = $6,699,000
State Tax: (I'll use Illinois since it's easy): $462,000,000 * 5% = $23,100,000
So if you bought every ticket and lived in Illinois as a sole winner that would end up being:
$462,000,000 - $175,711,536 - $161,700,000 - $5,064.60 - $6,699,000 - $23,100,000 = $94,784,399.40
Of course that is assuming you live in Illinois. If you live in say New Jersey, it will be less.
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Yeah screw Chris Singleton. People like him piss me off because this game is designed for the poor and middle class.
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Yeah screw Chris Singleton. People like him piss me off because this game is designed for the poor and middle class.
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If you were the only winner and purchased every single possible combination you would end up with a net lump before taxes of:
$462,000,000 - $175,711,536 = $286,288,464
However if you add taxes into the mix:
Federal Tax: $462,000,000 * 35% = $161,700,000
Social Security: $110,100 *4.6% (you get a credit for the ER portion of the tax) = $5,064.60
Medicare: $462,000,000 * 1.45% = $6,699,000
State Tax: (I'll use Illinois since it's easy): $462,000,000 * 5% = $23,100,000
So if you bought every ticket and lived in Illinois as a sole winner that would end up being:
$462,000,000 - $175,711,536 - $161,700,000 - $5,064.60 - $6,699,000 - $23,100,000 = $94,784,399.40
Of course that is assuming you live in Illinois. If you live in say New Jersey, it will be less.
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So basically it's not worth it. Plus it wouldn't be physically possible. Unless you had a program set up to fill out the playslips for you it would take years to fill them out. Also, I heard someone from the VA lottery being interviewed and she claimed that evn nationwide there is no way to print that many tickets in one week. |
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Well, somebody is going to win. Probably several somebodies. I'm just saying.
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You'd have to have quite alot of machines pumping out enough tickets for sure.
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I get an extra dream day, since I won't know until after sundown Sat that I lost.
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I'm pretty sure banks would literally hire or fly in person to handle my accounts and probably try and sell me all sorts of wealth management services. I would milk this for every penny too. Having 500mil is awesome, but having that money and also having a pack of suits flying me all over the country, buying dinner and events and putting me up in swanky hotels for free just for the privelage or warehousing that cash...yeah that's awesome.
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« Reply #83 on: March 30, 2012, 07:13:54 PM » |
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LMAO at a NYC resident. The difference between a no-tax state and a citizen in NYC is: $43,721,370.
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SOMEONE FROM STUPID NEW YORK WON
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WAIT IT MIGHT BE A FAKE
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« Reply #88 on: March 30, 2012, 11:47:20 PM » |
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CONFIRMED FAKE.
OK COME ON A BILLION.
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« Reply #89 on: March 31, 2012, 01:21:11 AM » |
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So no billion dollar lottery.
Thanks Maryland and Kansas. As if I needed anymore of a reason to hate Maryland more than I do now.
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So no billion dollar lottery.
Thanks Maryland and Kansas. As if I needed anymore of a reason to hate Maryland more than I do now.
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Nice avatar and whatever you call beneath it.
Pynchon's greatest accomplishment was to lend his name to one of the best blurbs to occur on like 40 different texts.
Everything with Phillip K. Dick's name on it:
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LOL at that blurb. Oh there's alot of similiarties between the two.
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I don't know if people are already doing this now, like giving up their life savings or selling their items just to get tickets, but could you honestly imagine if this lottery swells to a billion?
I mean think about how many people would put their own lives at risk just to get that kind of a prize.
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I don't know if people are already doing this now, like giving up their life savings or selling their items just to get tickets, but could you honestly imagine if this lottery swells to a billion?
I mean think about how many people would put their own lives at risk just to get that kind of a prize.
Yeah, you'd be surprised. I know folks who work in low paying jobs like housekeeping and dietary who spend a couple of hundred bucks a week on lottery tickets. The other day at the grocery store i saw someone buy $100 of the scratchers at once. i knew a clerical person who took a credit card cash advance to buy tickets. wow. If such people use their money so foolishly when they have a little, does anyone honestly think that a huge windfall, such as winning the Mega Millions, is going to make them suddenly much wiser? It won't. A significant number of lotto winners are broke within 5 years. |
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If people cry at weddings...why don't they laugh at funerals?
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« Reply #112 on: April 02, 2012, 03:42:51 PM » |
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PeterTheAleut said:
"If such people use their money so foolishly when they have a little, does anyone honestly think that a huge windfall, such as winning the Mega Millions, is going to make them suddenly much wiser?"
QFT
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« Reply #113 on: April 02, 2012, 03:54:48 PM » |
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I don't know if people are already doing this now, like giving up their life savings or selling their items just to get tickets, but could you honestly imagine if this lottery swells to a billion?
I mean think about how many people would put their own lives at risk just to get that kind of a prize.
Yeah, you'd be surprised. I know folks who work in low paying jobs like housekeeping and dietary who spend a couple of hundred bucks a week on lottery tickets. The other day at the grocery store i saw someone buy $100 of the scratchers at once. i knew a clerical person who took a credit card cash advance to buy tickets. wow. If such people use their money so foolishly when they have a little, does anyone honestly think that a huge windfall, such as winning the Mega Millions, is going to make them suddenly much wiser? It goes for happiness too: from the poorest groups to the richest, the statistical difference is less than 2% on happiness (I just saw this data again Saturday). Miserable poor people make miserable (and it would seem to follow, misery) rich people. |
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Question a friend, perhaps he did not do it; but if he did anything so that he may do it no more.
A hasty quarrel kindles fire,
and urgent strife sheds blood.
If you blow on a spark, it will glow;
if you spit on it, it will be put out;
and both come out of your mouth
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