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Powerball jackpot soars to whopping $650M — the third largest prize in U.S. history
New York Daily News ^
| 8/20/2017
| Reuven Blau
Posted on 08/21/2017 5:02:02 AM PDT by simpson96
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posted on
08/21/2017 5:02:02 AM PDT
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simpson96
To: simpson96
I’ll remember the little people when I hit the big time.
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posted on
08/21/2017 5:05:51 AM PDT
by
onona
(Disappointments ? Well, life carries on so enjoy your allotted time here on this earth.)
To: simpson96
A tax on the mathematically challenged.
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posted on
08/21/2017 5:06:26 AM PDT
by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
To: simpson96
My father's barber won one of the first million dollar prizes in the Massachusetts lottery....back in the early 70’s when a million was a lot of money.He stopped being a barber very shortly after the win.
To: simpson96
A person could buy 292.2 million tickets and win?
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posted on
08/21/2017 5:15:55 AM PDT
by
Daniel Ramsey
(Thank YOU President Trump, finally we can do what America does best, to be the best!)
To: \/\/ayne
I only rarely enter a 7 Eleven type place but when I do I'll put down a dollar if the sign in front indicates a prize of $100 million or more.That's Mega Millions...I refuse to pay $2 for a ticket and therefore don't buy Power Ball regardless of the prize.
To: Daniel Ramsey
A person could buy 292.2 million tickets and win? If that's how many number combinations there are,yes.However,you can't be sure how many others will win a particular drawing.So for a $292 million dollar prize you could spend $292 million (or twice that for Power Ball) and wind up winning $100 million.
To: Daniel Ramsey
> A person could buy 292.2 million tickets and win? <
I guess so. But if other people also hit the winning numbers, there’d be a split. You could end up losing millions.
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posted on
08/21/2017 5:24:22 AM PDT
by
Leaning Right
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To: onona
[Ill remember the little people when I hit the big time.]
I’ll remember them too.... when I am sitting on a beach, in an undisclosed location enjoying my millions.
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posted on
08/21/2017 5:38:36 AM PDT
by
ObozoMustGo2012
("Be quiet... you are #fakenews!")
To: Leaning Right
I was actually thinking about a report that said several years ago that the government would make more money by buying all the numbers available for a huge lottery, but only if it was near 700 millon dollars or more.
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posted on
08/21/2017 5:48:19 AM PDT
by
Daniel Ramsey
(Thank YOU President Trump, finally we can do what America does best, to be the best!)
To: simpson96
The states that have Powerball are reaping a lot of cash during these frenzies. It sure would be nice to know where it goes.
When lotteries were first allowed, there were grants and environmental projects (etc) funded by the take. Not anymore.
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posted on
08/21/2017 6:04:23 AM PDT
by
grania
(Deplorable and Proud of It!)
To: onona
That’s good! So you will remember NeverGore!
......and a hefty donation to FreeRepublic....
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posted on
08/21/2017 6:04:30 AM PDT
by
nevergore
(I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
To: simpson96
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posted on
08/21/2017 6:09:53 AM PDT
by
upchuck
(Holding on to anger is like grabbing a hot coal to throw at someone. You are the one burned ~Buddah)
To: Gay State Conservative
I don’t know what the upper limit would be but it would be physically impossible to purchase that many tickets by an individual within the time gap between draws. Even with a vast array of allies it would be extremely difficult.
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posted on
08/21/2017 6:17:15 AM PDT
by
xp38
To: grania
The states that have Powerball are reaping a lot of cash during these frenzies. It sure would be nice to know where it goes. In South Carolina it goes towards education.
Here's the state-wide breakdown.
Here's the breakdown for my county, Aiken
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posted on
08/21/2017 6:20:55 AM PDT
by
upchuck
(Holding on to anger is like grabbing a hot coal to throw at someone. You are the one burned ~Buddah)
To: upchuck
In NC it is called the NC Education Lottery but the schools always seem broke, teachers aren’t paid enough, trailers serve as classrooms and have to reach into their OWN pockets for school supplies for the children.
To: Daniel Ramsey
No, statically a person could buy 290 million lotto tickets and be sure to loose every time while being hit by lightning twice.
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posted on
08/21/2017 6:33:04 AM PDT
by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
To: American in Israel
Bought one ticket ...struck once by lightning. :)
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posted on
08/21/2017 6:57:19 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
To: Gay State Conservative
I remember some plug uglies put one of Doc Ziganski’s guys on ice because they wanted his Numbers Racket. Doc was on his stool at the HOJOS in Kenmore Square when they tried to shake him down. Doc said “haven’t you morons heard? There’s a new thing called the Lottery. The Numbers Racket is over”.
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posted on
08/21/2017 7:09:22 AM PDT
by
MGG
To: simpson96
It was at about $535 million yesterday afternoon.
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posted on
08/21/2017 7:38:15 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
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