The New Improved I'm so winning MegaMillions/PowerBall thread!!!
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Mega Millions is 1.6 B tonight. Swillers gonna be ballin?
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Bought my tickets. I'm ready to throw them away in a few hours.
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Rocinante wrote:Mega Millions is 1.6 B tonight. Swillers gonna be ballin?
Come on, Mega Millions, daddy wants a giant Spartan statue!
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Why hasn't it gone up since Saturday morning? The big jackpots usually grow each day between drawings as people buy tons of tickets. Did they just cap the growth or something? It pisses me off, because I was really counting on having a cool billion after I take the lump sum AND after taxes, but I needed that to get up around 2.5 billion or more.
I'm going to have to cut back on my plans now.
I'm going to have to cut back on my plans now.
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Didn’t buy any. Feel like it’s a waste of money and all it does is create false hope.
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steveschneider wrote:Didn’t buy any. Feel like it’s a waste of money and all it does is create false hope.
I buy exactly one ticket when the booty goes over $100m in either of the two lotterys. I have zero expectation of winning, however, I get a lot of enjoyment daydreaming of the things I could do with that money, so for $2, it’s worth it.
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steveschneider wrote:Didn’t buy any. Feel like it’s a waste of money and all it does is create false hope.
This guy knows how to party.
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Kind of like organized religion Steve.
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I bought $10 worth and also joined a pool. Whatever, $20 a year isn't going to break me. Hell one been buying $20 4 packs of the founder bourbon barrel series lately.
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I'm guessing the total will be close to $2.5B when the final numbers come out. Probably 5 or more winning tickets.MiamiSpartan wrote:Why hasn't it gone up since Saturday morning? The big jackpots usually grow each day between drawings as people buy tons of tickets. Did they just cap the growth or something? It pisses me off, because I was really counting on having a cool billion after I take the lump sum AND after taxes, but I needed that to get up around 2.5 billion or more.
I'm going to have to cut back on my plans now.
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No chance of 5 winning tickets. No one has hit once since July. Just checked my numbers through a work pool. We spent $130 bucks and didn’t even hit the mega ball once. Lol.The Pantry wrote:I'm guessing the total will be close to $2.5B when the final numbers come out. Probably 5 or more winning tickets.MiamiSpartan wrote:Why hasn't it gone up since Saturday morning? The big jackpots usually grow each day between drawings as people buy tons of tickets. Did they just cap the growth or something? It pisses me off, because I was really counting on having a cool billion after I take the lump sum AND after taxes, but I needed that to get up around 2.5 billion or more.
I'm going to have to cut back on my plans now.
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Single winner. Ticket sold in SC.
Wasn't me
Wasn't me
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tGreenWay wrote:steveschneider wrote:Didn’t buy any. Feel like it’s a waste of money and all it does is create false hope.
I buy exactly one ticket when the booty goes over $100m in either of the two lotterys. I have zero expectation of winning, however, I get a lot of enjoyment daydreaming of the things I could do with that money, so for $2, it’s worth it.
I found a scratch and win lotto ticket on the street one time that was unscratched. When I saw it I thought “well this is my lucky day. Wouldn’t it be something if I found (whatever the grand prize was) just laying on the street”. I’m sure whoever dropped it thought that somewhere out on the streets of the city they had just let the big winner get away. They probably thought to their selves “well I hope some homeless person won some money”. I got home scratched the squares off with a quarter. Turns out the ticket was a loser and I ended up throwing it in the trash.
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Rocinante wrote:steveschneider wrote:Didn’t buy any. Feel like it’s a waste of money and all it does is create false hope.
This guy knows how to party.
Heh. At my office I always opted out of the office pools. The coworker collecting the money would be like what are you going to do if we all win and quit and you are still here? Its odd but there was peer pressure to join in. I should have wagered with her that we’d all be here the next day.
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steveschneider wrote:Rocinante wrote:
This guy knows how to party.
Heh. At my office I always opted out of the office pools. The coworker collecting the money would be like what are you going to do if we all win and quit and you are still here? Its odd but there was peer pressure to join in. I should have wagered with her that we’d all be here the next day.
I hear there is usually law suits with those things that can tie the money up for years.
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DWags wrote:steveschneider wrote:
Heh. At my office I always opted out of the office pools. The coworker collecting the money would be like what are you going to do if we all win and quit and you are still here? Its odd but there was peer pressure to join in. I should have wagered with her that we’d all be here the next day.
I hear there is usually law suits with those things that can tie the money up for years.
I never even thought of that. You probably have to get a lawyer, set up a trust and then distribute the money. Figure out what to do with the taxes. I’m sure everyone gets suspicious of each other, there’s jealousy, people probably want to include an office friend that was out sick that day that wants to buy in after the fact, and so on.
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steveschneider wrote:DWags wrote:
I hear there is usually law suits with those things that can tie the money up for years.
I never even thought of that. You probably have to get a lawyer, set up a trust and then distribute the money. Figure out what to do with the taxes. I’m sure everyone gets suspicious of each other, there’s jealousy, people probably want to include an office friend that was out sick that day that wants to buy in after the fact, and so on.
Also those that organized and collected usually want more. Those who were left out due to say they were asked but nobody came to collect or they say they gave ten bucks and were not added.
For a 1 in 300 million chance seems weird to join. I’ve done it before but just started reading on the suits over them in human interests stories lately. Money makes people ugly.
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From what I've learned money makes people much more attractive
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One jackpot winner: South Carolina.
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Kingston?Rocinante wrote:One jackpot winner: South Carolina.
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I love when they do all these stories on the news, and they interview a financial advisor telling people that if they win, the first thing they should do is hire a financial advisor. And then I saw another station do a story where they interviewed a lawyer saying that the first thing a winner should do is hire a lawyer. Just seem like guys looking for an account that will allow them to retire early. I can only imagine the sleazeballs that hound the winners directly. Not that I wouldn't love to have that problem of the harassing phone calls.
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They have a point though. The first thing you should do is get protected, or try to. Setting up trusts and possibly even other things. I don't think either of them are wrong. The worst thing to do is step up right away and tell everyone you won.MiamiSpartan wrote:I love when they do all these stories on the news, and they interview a financial advisor telling people that if they win, the first thing they should do is hire a financial advisor. And then I saw another station do a story where they interviewed a lawyer saying that the first thing a winner should do is hire a lawyer. Just seem like guys looking for an account that will allow them to retire early. I can only imagine the sleazeballs that hound the winners directly. Not that I wouldn't love to have that problem of the harassing phone calls.
Hell I'd max out my credit cards and HELOC. Who gives a shit, you will never need credit again, unless you just want to use it for shits and giggles.
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Oh, I agree. It just seems so disingenuous from them, like they're talking with dollar signs in their eyes. If I won, I'd want to talk to previous lottery winners or athletes, and if they haven't been screwed out of millions by a lawyer or financial advisor, have them refer me to their guy.InTenSity wrote:They have a point though. The first thing you should do is get protected, or try to. Setting up trusts and possibly even other things. I don't think either of them are wrong. The worst thing to do is step up right away and tell everyone you won.MiamiSpartan wrote:I love when they do all these stories on the news, and they interview a financial advisor telling people that if they win, the first thing they should do is hire a financial advisor. And then I saw another station do a story where they interviewed a lawyer saying that the first thing a winner should do is hire a lawyer. Just seem like guys looking for an account that will allow them to retire early. I can only imagine the sleazeballs that hound the winners directly. Not that I wouldn't love to have that problem of the harassing phone calls.
Hell I'd max out my credit cards and HELOC. Who gives a shit, you will never need credit again, unless you just want to use it for shits and giggles.
If I win, I feel like I would want to just put a few hundred grand in a regular bank so that I have money for hookers and blow in the short term, and put all the rest in a Swiss bank account until all the mania calms down.
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It's give it all away to a children's charity.
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Multiple winning tickets happen fairly often when the pots are big. Very surprised only one ticket this time. Probably some poor toothless hick that sat on his porch shooting squirrels today, still unaware he won.By-Tor wrote:No chance of 5 winning tickets. No one has hit once since July. Just checked my numbers through a work pool. We spent $130 bucks and didn’t even hit the mega ball once. Lol.The Pantry wrote:I'm guessing the total will be close to $2.5B when the final numbers come out. Probably 5 or more winning tickets.
My work pool spent $180 and won $16. Used it to buy 8 tickets for tonight's Powerball drawing.
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IT's time for educational donations again:
Megamillions @ $225M tonight.
Powerball @ $217M tomorrow.
Megamillions @ $225M tonight.
Powerball @ $217M tomorrow.
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Both of them roll over.
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Mega tonight $245M, Powerball tomorrow $230M.
Either would make a Merry Christmas.
Either would make a Merry Christmas.
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Both rolled over....Mega $262M Friday and Powerball $246M on Saturday.
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MegaMillions rolls over to $284M on Tuesday.
Powerball at $246M tonight.
Win and you can make a big play on the Lions Sunday.
Powerball at $246M tonight.
Win and you can make a big play on the Lions Sunday.
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Prepare your educational donations. Both rolled over for this week.
MegaMillions @ $284M tomorrow night.
Powerball @ $262M for Wednesday.
MegaMillions @ $284M tomorrow night.
Powerball @ $262M for Wednesday.
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Both roll over....Starting to get close to Wags $$ now.
Friday Megamillion $305M
Saturday Powerball $281M
Friday Megamillion $305M
Saturday Powerball $281M
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Megamillions rolled over last night....so $321M on Christmas night - good last minute stocking stuffer.
Powerball @ $281M for tonight.
Powerball @ $281M for tonight.
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Both rolled over this weekend...
Megamillions $321M for Christmas night.
Powerball $294M for Wednesday night.
Megamillions $321M for Christmas night.
Powerball $294M for Wednesday night.
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1 winner from NY for $300M in powerball last night.
Megamillions rolled over for Friday night - $350M
Megamillions rolled over for Friday night - $350M
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LooseGoose wrote:1 winner from NY for $300M in powerball last night.
Megamillions rolled over for Friday night - $350M
Steve!
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Since Steve isn't sharing his winnings - $348M Megamillions tonight.
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Megamillions rolls over to $415M for Tuesday night. It would seem that would be a good start to 2019.
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In honor of Goose.
Mega Millions $224 million tonight.
Powerball $304 million tomorrow.
Mega Millions $224 million tonight.
Powerball $304 million tomorrow.
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Crap, I just remembered: Now that Goose is gone, I need to rewrite my will before I win one of these huge jackpots. You can’t abandon us and then expect us to let you ride the gravy train when our gravy ship comes in. With lots of gravy. On the ships. And trains.
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