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Virginia Couple Wins Lottery 3 Times in 1 Month
The Root ^
| March 31, 2014
| Stephen A. Crockett, Jr.
Posted on 03/31/2014 3:44:49 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Wow.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“Wow.”
Good for them, but now millions of poor people will be induced to fruitlessly blow the milk money on lottery tickets.
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posted on
03/31/2014 3:49:29 PM PDT
by
beef
(Who Killed Kennewick Man?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
God protect them from the ravages of reckless living.
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posted on
03/31/2014 3:51:52 PM PDT
by
Track9
(hey Kalid.. kalid.. bang you're dead)
To: beef
Which is why the lottery was set up in the first place.
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posted on
03/31/2014 3:52:06 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(I will raise $2M for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
To: beef
Yes, I recall reading a Washington Post story 5 years or so ago and the paper had analyzed lottery purchases by zip code. The poorest zip code had the most purchases and the wealthiest zip code had zero purchases (no business sold any lottery tickets/scratchers in the zip code).
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posted on
03/31/2014 3:54:23 PM PDT
by
Dave W
To: Dave W
I can believe that.
That said, I buy the occasional ticket. What you get is a $1 bookmark at worst, and the pleasure of considering how you could crush your enemies if you won.
My boss told me it is a tax on people bad at math, to which I replied... “At 180 million to 1, it’s much better odds than getting rich working for you.”
To: Dave W
You can’t stop it; the mob would just step into the void. I wonder how long before this couple winds up worse off than when they started. I give them 5 years max.
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posted on
03/31/2014 3:57:46 PM PDT
by
beef
(Who Killed Kennewick Man?)
To: Tijeras_Slim
"My boss told me it is a tax on people bad at math, to which I replied... “At 180 million to 1, it’s much better odds than getting rich working for you.”" Profound!
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posted on
03/31/2014 3:59:02 PM PDT
by
fulltlt
To: 2ndDivisionVet
They can buy a lot of lottery tickets with that!!
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posted on
03/31/2014 4:01:43 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: Tijeras_Slim
Mathematically speaking, the odds of winning the lottery are the same whether you play or not.
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posted on
03/31/2014 4:02:34 PM PDT
by
zeebee
(There are no coincidences.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
They’ve got a time machine, or an inside track. My bet: the latter.
To: zeebee
Rounded off, you are right. I once calculated your chances of winning the Powerball in my state, rounded off to 6 places of the decimal, was exactly 0.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It’ll be gone in 5 yrs.
Know of some people who got money from the black farmers settlement and most have nothing left.
Easy money not earned goes fast.
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posted on
03/31/2014 4:07:17 PM PDT
by
RginTN
To: backwoods-engineer
That might explain the regular lottery wins, but what about the scratch-off?
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posted on
03/31/2014 4:07:59 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(I will raise $2M for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
To: RginTN
Easy money not earned goes fast. I know "someone" like that spending not-earned money as fast as they can. They somehow got a hold of a bundle to the tune of $17 Trillion.
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posted on
03/31/2014 4:14:10 PM PDT
by
C210N
(When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
$1 mil + $50 thou + $1 mil...
think of the winnings now if they just go now and buy up $2,050,000 worth of tickets!
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posted on
03/31/2014 4:15:56 PM PDT
by
C210N
(When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
To: beef
Yes, the stories of those who won the lottery and their lives afterwards - some have lived lives of horror - don't quite fully understand why.
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posted on
03/31/2014 4:19:37 PM PDT
by
Dave W
To: GeronL
Knew a guy who hit $77,777 on a scratch off.
Spend the majority of it buying whole rolls of tickets trying to win again.
About 6 months later, all he had to show for it was a slightly newer used car.
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posted on
03/31/2014 4:20:11 PM PDT
by
digger48
To: digger48
Probably typical of winners too
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posted on
03/31/2014 4:21:43 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: GeronL
Mark my words, they will be exposed as cheaters.
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posted on
03/31/2014 4:34:36 PM PDT
by
TheConservator
("I spent my life trying not to be careless. Women and children can be careless, but not men.")
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