$758M Powerball jackpot: 1 winning ticket sold

CBS ^ | August 24 2017 | CBS

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Lottery officials say one winning ticket was sold, in Massachusetts, for the staggering $758.7 million Powerball jackpot.

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I hope a FReeper won but I think the odds are somewhat long. The place that sold it is Handy Variety in Watertown Mass.

[ARGLOCKGUY]

The Mass tax man cometh!!!!

[sodpoodle]

There was an item on MSN about rigging the Lotteries to generate State income, but my search only found this:

http://www.uncoveror.com/lottery.htm

excerpt;
The lottery, which is a state-run version of the Mafia’s numbers racket, is a great money grab scam, as long as it brings in more than it pays out. In the past, lotteries were abolished because they lost money.

[Tax-chick]

Best wishes to the winner.

[sodpoodle]

http://www.wfsb.com/story/36194205/ex-lottery-worker-who-rigged-winnings-gets-25-years-in-prison

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — A former lottery worker was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Tuesday for rigging the system in several states so he could collect the jackpots.

Eddie Tipton, former security director of the Multistate Lottery Association, received the maximum sentence from an Iowa judge, who mentioned Tipton’s “greed” in his sentencing.

“I certainly regret my actions,” Tipton told the court. “It’s difficult even saying that with all the people that I know behind me that I hurt.”

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Here is the place that sold the winner.

[iowamark]

Looks like a low rent grocery-convenience store. It will be interesting to see who won this. Best wishes to him. I hope that it does not ruin his life.

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Could be a her

[mkmensinger]

Somebody’s not showing up for work today.

[mowowie]

I saw MA and my heat skipped a beat....for about 4 seconds.
damn

[Daffynition]

Dicks Variety North in Salisbury, MA [on NH /MA border] is supposed to be a very popular [and lucky] place to buy lotto tix, if you are so inclined.

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Not in Watertown I take it

[wbarmy]

With that particular truck parked in front, it might have a slightly different clientele than I might have thought.

Just saying.

[mowowie]

nope

[mowowie]

Watertown is a decent place

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Well someone or maybe even a group is a lot more decent now. :)

[Vermont Lt]

I hope it was the guy that got his boat shot up after the marathon.

[Vermont Lt]

Watertown is pretty much blue collar, “working man” area.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

It wasn’t me. I haven’t even ever been to Massachusetts.

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His new boat if he did.