$853,492 Powerball Tickets to Expire!

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[Lokibob]

 $853,492 Powerball Tickets to Expire!

Two Powerball tickets worth an incredible $853,492 each will expire soon if the winners do not step forward. One ticket was purchased on October 19, 2005 at Hebron BP, 2144 Kilgore Place, Hebron, Kentucky. The other missing ticket was purchased in Littleton, Colorado. Both tickets were purchased for the October 19, 2005 Powerball drawing worth $340 million. The winners of the missing tickets matched the first five white ball numbers to win Powerball’s second tier prize of $200,000. The tickets also shared in the Match 5 Bonus prize pool, winning an additional $653,492 each for the total prize of $853,492! The winning numbers for the October 19, 2005 Powerball drawing were: 7-21-43-44-49 PB 29. The last date to claim the tickets is April 17. Holders of the winning tickets should contact either the Kentucky Lottery headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky, or the Colorado Lottery headquarters in Pueblo, Colorado.

[Lokibob]

Just for everybodies info. I find it a little strange that 2 different tickets for the same drawing for the same prize are missing. And that they were purchased in Co and KY.

Powerball drawing Saturday will be for $195 million.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

While this is odd, some people buy or are given tickets on a lark. These tickets did not actually match the powerball and the people may not have been aware of the (rather sizeable) secondary prizes and tossed them at the time.

[wolfcreek]

I play both lottos in Texas and this is one of my worst phobias. I have have even envisioned the newspaper misprinting the numbers and printing to correct numbers the next day after I've all ready thrown my ticket away. THE HORROR!

[Lokibob]

You should keep your old, dead tickets for a year for irs use. If you get a win that is reportable income, you get to deduct all your losses that year against the win. Just a hint.

[Gay State Conservative]

You should keep your old, dead tickets for a year for irs use. If you get a win that is reportable income, you get to deduct all your losses that year against the win.

Anyone who spends enough on lottery tickets to make such a plan worthwhile is spending *far* too much on the tickets.

[Lokibob]

Do the math:
$5/ drawing (not a lot IMHO)
2 drawings a week
52 weeks a year
total spent $520

If you win $1000, you only have to pay taxes on $480.

Do what you want, but I'd deduct it......Bob

[Gay State Conservative]

Hey,whatever floats your boat.I've never been a big fan of gambling because the odds are so much against you.

However,I *did* spend $100 recently on a raffle ticket issued by a local Catholic high school to raise money.

The prize is a new car and they said that only 400 tickets would be sold...so my chances are 1 in 400.

[Lokibob]

Thats amusing.

You will spend $100 when the odds are 1 in 400 but you won't spend $1 when the overall odds are 1 in 11 or less. (overall odds of winning a powerball prize are 1 in 37 with the minimum payout at $3.00)

I do agree with you that it is a losing proposition, but when I buy my $5.00 ticket, I really get more than $5.00 worth of enjoyment out of it, dreaming about the mega millions I'm going to spend.

Eveybodies boat floats differently, i guess.

[Gay State Conservative]

You will spend $100 when the odds are 1 in 400 but you won't spend $1 when the overall odds are 1 in 11 or less. (overall odds of winning a powerball prize are 1 in 37 with the minimum payout at $3.00)

In my raffle,there's one prize...a car worth around 25K.

If you were to spend $400 on lottery tickets,what are your chances of winning $25K or more? My guess is that there worse than 1 in 400.

Plus,my ticket helps a cause that I support...and there are no government hacks acting as "middlemen" as is the case with state lotteries.