The Lottery

Rarely buy PB or MM tickets anymore. With the pot over $1B bought a couple PB online. Figure I'm due.

The Pantry wrote:Rarely buy PB or MM tickets anymore. With the pot over $1B bought a couple PB online. Figure I'm due.

I bought thirteen, to reverse jinx myself

I bought 5 today, in person. Usually they are all on the same ticket. This lady printed them individually. I told her I was fine with them all on one ticket, she told me it's taxes differently if printed on separate tickets. I just thought to myself, if I win in not sure I'd really care about the taxes. I just spent $10, and won hundreds of millions. Then again in 5 years as I'm leaving the casino dead broke, I'd probably wish I had a few million more.

Motown Spartan wrote:I’ll give each and every one of you $1,000,000 if I win.

This is a standing Swill agreement for the ~25-30 of us posting on the regular. I'm in. Will hunt each one of you fuckers down to give you a mil$.

As the next newly-minted billionaire, I’m more than happy to be hated by you poors.

tGreenWay wrote:As the next newly-minted billionaire, I’m more than happy to be hated by you poors.

The lump sum net after tax will only be $310M. You'll be nowhere near Magic league, you poor.

The Pantry wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:As the next newly-minted billionaire, I’m more than happy to be hated by you poors.

The lump sum net after tax will only be $310M. You'll be nowhere near Magic league, you poor.

Maybe I’ll take the long term payout just to spite you.

DWags wrote:

Motown Spartan wrote:I’ll give each and every one of you $1,000,000 if I win.

Which of us would be most likely to sue Motown if he doesn t divvy up?

Travis for sure.

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Good.

Former Lansing State Journal reporter. Nice guy.

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Heads-up. Fantasy 5 pot at $507K...prolly more like $550 by draw time. Odds roughly 1:600,000

FF is $608K

The Pantry wrote:FF is $608K

I won $1 of it yesterday

Jake from State Farm wrote:

The Pantry wrote:FF is $608K

I won $1 of it yesterday

Jake from State Farm wrote:

The Pantry wrote:FF is $608K

I won $1 of it yesterday

I won $2

Is this the thread where we complain about the NBA draft lottery?

Turtleneck wrote:Is this the thread where we complain about the NBA draft lottery?

Yes.

The Pantry wrote:FF is $608K

I won $11.
And shhh, quite telling everyone.

Dendrobates wrote:

The Pantry wrote:FF is $608K

I won $11.
And shhh, quite telling everyone.

Would rather someone here won than someone from BFE, MI.

The Pantry wrote:

Dendrobates wrote:

I won $11.
And shhh, quite telling everyone.

Would rather someone here won than someone from BFE, MI.

I agree.
But if I won, I wouldn't tell you guys

Dendrobates wrote:

The Pantry wrote:Would rather someone here won than someone from BFE, MI.

I agree.
But if I won, I wouldn't tell you guys

That's okay...me either. tSwill share thing is only applicable to hitting a fairly obscene MM/PB jackpot.

tGreenWay wrote:

Turtleneck wrote:Is this the thread where we complain about the NBA draft lottery?

Yes.

It’s rigged to screw the Pistons.

Turtleneck wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:


Yes.

It’s rigged to screw the Pistons.

Naw. Gores ownership is the only thing screwing the Pistons.

Vinny Johnson (the Microwave) is a very successful business man post-Pistons. Would like to see him grow a consortium of past Pistons to buy Gores out.

Listed pot is up to $718K for tomorrow evening. Very rarely gets that high.

The Pantry wrote:

Turtleneck wrote:

It’s rigged to screw the Pistons.

Naw. Gores ownership is the only thing screwing the Pistons.

Worst record in the league two straight years but ended up with only the 5th pick in both drafts. Given the odds of that happening, it might be their greatest achievement of the last two seasons. But it still sucks. It doesn’t hurt as much this year since it’s not a strong class.

Pot is up to  $849K.  Not sure it's ever been this high.

The Pantry wrote:Pot is up to  $849K.  Not sure it's ever been this high.

It is surprising,  as they're are only 39 numbers to pick from.
There will probably be 2 winners

DWags wrote:

Dendrobates wrote:

It is surprising,  as they're are only 39 numbers to pick from.
There will probably be 2 winners

Go online, set up an account, get a subscription to fantasy 5. They take 14 bucks out of your checking account every two weeks and you always have a fantasy five tickets. I started that about three weeks ago. When you win, you get an email that says, “your winnings have arrived”. You anxiously open it and it’s usually only a dollar. A couple weeks ago, my daughters, their boyfriends my wife, and I went out to eat, and then we all saw the planet of the apes movie. I was sitting in the lobby Waiting for them to get popcorn. My winnings arrived, which were very small, but then I started searching around on the lottery website and I bought a three dollar lottery 47 Ticket. The next morning and Email came and said my winnings arrived and when I opened it, it said $100


Anyway, I don’t play the lottery much but I like that fantasy five, and I’m saving myself a hassle of stopping in a party store Seeing that Rocket Money just saved me 18. 99 for two Spotify accounts I’ve been paying for I figure the fantasy five is only costing me about $10 a month

Pssh...amateur.
I've been using the online account for years
It's also quite handy with checking any tickets/scratch offs you get.

DWags wrote:

Dendrobates wrote:

It is surprising,  as they're are only 39 numbers to pick from.
There will probably be 2 winners

Go online, set up an account, get a subscription to fantasy 5. They take 14 bucks out of your checking account every two weeks and you always have a fantasy five tickets. I started that about three weeks ago. When you win, you get an email that says, “your winnings have arrived”. You anxiously open it and it’s usually only a dollar. A couple weeks ago, my daughters, their boyfriends my wife, and I went out to eat, and then we all saw the planet of the apes movie. I was sitting in the lobby Waiting for them to get popcorn. My winnings arrived, which were very small, but then I started searching around on the lottery website and I bought a three dollar lottery 47 Ticket. The next morning and Email came and said my winnings arrived and when I opened it, it said $100


Anyway, I don’t play the lottery much but I like that fantasy five, and I’m saving myself a hassle of stopping in a party store Seeing that Rocket Money just saved me 18. 99 for two Spotify accounts I’ve been paying for I figure the fantasy five is only costing me about $10 a month

Play the spin to win while you're in the app. I've got $20 worth of coupons sitting here waiting to be redeemed. (party store I take them to doesn't make me buy the entire amount they call for) They also have deposit bonuses $10 on a $20 deposit and stuff like that. I pay full price for a lottery ticket about as often as I pay full price for a Biggby coffee.

Jake from State Farm wrote:

DWags wrote:


Go online, set up an account, get a subscription to fantasy 5. They take 14 bucks out of your checking account every two weeks and you always have a fantasy five tickets. I started that about three weeks ago. When you win, you get an email that says, “your winnings have arrived”. You anxiously open it and it’s usually only a dollar. A couple weeks ago, my daughters, their boyfriends my wife, and I went out to eat, and then we all saw the planet of the apes movie. I was sitting in the lobby Waiting for them to get popcorn. My winnings arrived, which were very small, but then I started searching around on the lottery website and I bought a three dollar lottery 47 Ticket. The next morning and Email came and said my winnings arrived and when I opened it, it said $100


Anyway, I don’t play the lottery much but I like that fantasy five, and I’m saving myself a hassle of stopping in a party store Seeing that Rocket Money just saved me 18. 99 for two Spotify accounts I’ve been paying for I figure the fantasy five is only costing me about $10 a month

Play the spin to win while you're in the app. I've got $20 worth of coupons sitting here waiting to be redeemed. (party store I take them to doesn't make me buy the entire amount they call for) They also have deposit bonuses $10 on a $20 deposit and stuff like that. I pay full price for a lottery ticket about as often as I pay full price for a Biggby coffee.

I've got a $15 off in store one to use. The thing I hate about those, is they made you print them to bring it in. My printer and I do not get along.

Dendrobates wrote:

Jake from State Farm wrote:

Play the spin to win while you're in the app. I've got $20 worth of coupons sitting here waiting to be redeemed. (party store I take them to  doesn't make me buy the entire amount they call for) They also have deposit bonuses $10 on a $20 deposit and stuff like that. I pay full price for a lottery ticket about as often as I pay full price for a Biggby coffee.

I've got a $15 off in store one to use. The thing I hate about those, is they made you print them to bring it in. My printer and I do not get along.

Haven't used the coupons in a while.  Should go back to it.  Use to print them to pdf at home, put on a thumb drive and print them at work.

Had not used my last home printer in years.  Work occasionally has an electronics recycling day so got rid of it couple months ago.  Company that picks up all the stuff (desktops, laptops, tablets, TVs, printers, etc) is supposedly reputable and guarantees any data will be wiped clean.  If ever a victim of identity theft, I'm accusing them first.

Had a bunch of home printers over the years.  Unless you have a need to print stuff all the time, not worth it.  Used mine so infrequently the toner cartridges were usually dried up next time I went to use it.  Buying a new cartridge was expensive and often didn't work because the printer was gummed up.  Anything I want/need to print now goes to pdf, both at work and home.  In a pinch on a weekend, can always go to FedEx/Kinko's to print/scan something.  Way cheaper than having/maintaining a home printer IMO.

Back to lottery coupons:  Are you sure they need to be printed?  Can't be scanned off your phone?

The Pantry wrote:

Dendrobates wrote:

I've got a $15 off in store one to use. The thing I hate about those, is they made you print them to bring it in. My printer and I do not get along.

Haven't used the coupons in a while.  Should go back to it.  Use to print them to pdf at home, put on a thumb drive and print them at work.

Had not used my last home printer in years.  Work occasionally has an electronics recycling day so got rid of it couple months ago.  Company that picks up all the stuff (desktops, laptops, tablets, TVs, printers, etc) is supposedly reputable and guarantees any data will be wiped clean.  If ever a victim of identity theft, I'm accusing them first.

Had a bunch of home printers over the years.  Unless you have a need to print stuff all the time, not worth it.  Used mine so infrequently the toner cartridges were usually dried up next time I went to use it.  Buying a new cartridge was expensive and often didn't work because the printer was gummed up.  Anything I want/need to print now goes to pdf, both at work and home.  In a pinch on a weekend, can always go to FedEx/Kinko's to print/scan something.  Way cheaper than having/maintaining a home printer IMO.

Back to lottery coupons:  Are you sure they need to be printed?  Can't be scanned off your phone?

Get a cheap Brother non-color laser printer. One toner cartridge lasts about forever and you can pick up cheap off brand replacements for $20 or so that will print 5000 pages. They don't dry out

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