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Did anybody win that Mega Lottery?
3/30/2012 | Me

Posted on 03/30/2012 8:42:35 PM PDT by Dallas59

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To: Dallas59

Love the irony: sure are a lot of 99%ers who want to be a 1%er.


41 posted on 03/30/2012 9:20:18 PM PDT by Thorliveshere
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To: SamAdams76
"I will quietly show up at the Lottery headquarters, take it in a lump sum and move to some warm, tropical place"

What a boring life. No more Red Sox, No more Bruins, No more nothing.

Me, I bought myself a few beers instead of betting.

42 posted on 03/30/2012 9:21:13 PM PDT by AGreatPer (Obama has NEVER given a speech where he did not lie!!!)
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To: Lancey Howard

You broke the PA lottery home page!

The odds of the big win 1/175,711,536
http://www.durangobill.com/MegaMillionsOdds.html

Odds of being struck by lightning in a given year (reported deaths + injuries) 1/1,000,000
http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/medical.htm


43 posted on 03/30/2012 9:21:17 PM PDT by garyb
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To: dalereed

Interesting, I did not notice that


44 posted on 03/30/2012 9:21:27 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
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To: SamAdams76
You have 180 days to claim the prize, not 364 days.

45 posted on 03/30/2012 9:21:37 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Kill all the terrorists, protect all the borders, ridicule all the (surviving) Liberals :^)
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To: SamAdams76

I’d probably enjoy getting my ass kissed.

Good luck with your quest to outlive Phil Hartman. That wife of his is burning in hell.


46 posted on 03/30/2012 9:21:44 PM PDT by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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To: Impy
I wonder what the least vauable MLB team is, The Royals are worth 350 mil.

Yeah, but then you would have to actually spend time in Kansas City. :)

47 posted on 03/30/2012 9:22:19 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves (CTRL-GALT-DELETE)
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To: Jonty30

I agree. Society might collapse before they pay you all your money.


48 posted on 03/30/2012 9:23:16 PM PDT by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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To: Impy

Yes.

You are far better to take the lump sum, set yourself up in a nice homestead, that you can protect, then live the simple life.

At least, that’s my plan.
No sports cars, cheap babes, or booze.

Hopefully, no headaches.


49 posted on 03/30/2012 9:25:36 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: max americana

Yes, but the tradeoff are much smaller prizes.

On the upside however, no requirement to share.


50 posted on 03/30/2012 9:27:11 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: AGreatPer
“What a boring life. No more Red Sox, No more Bruins, No more nothing.”

==

I'm with you. I could never live in a place that has a sports team called “Heat”.Dumbest name ever.

Boston is a great sports town.

51 posted on 03/30/2012 9:27:37 PM PDT by Mears (Alcohol. Tobacco. Firearms. What's not to like?)
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To: Dallas59

No US state has any business being involved in a lottery. Running a lottery is not in any way a legitimate function of government. The government has no business making people rich who have not earned that wealth and do not deserve it. To become rich one should work hard and earn it. Lotteries sell false hope to countless losers who refuse to work hard enough to make themselves rich.


52 posted on 03/30/2012 9:28:04 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Jonty30
You’d have it taken from you by unscrupulous people.

Nope.
I would always have enough money to get rid of those "unscrupulous people" and their bodies would never be found.
And you can take that to the bank, yuk yuk.

53 posted on 03/30/2012 9:28:28 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Impy
Now if it gets around several billion then you’re talking enough to buy major sports franchises. I wonder what the least vauable MLB team is, The Royals are worth 350 mil.

Nah, I'd buy a hockey team, instead. They're cheaper. Maybe buy a team and locate it in Toronto to, y'know, bring professional hockey to that city (ducking launched Molson bottles in 3..2..1..)

54 posted on 03/30/2012 9:28:38 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason ("Journalism is dead. All news is suspect." - Noamie)
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To: Dallas59

Oddly enough, we’re having a whomping good electrical storm right now.

Maybe I should’ve bought a ticket.

:)


55 posted on 03/30/2012 9:29:10 PM PDT by Salamander (You don't know what's going on inside of me. You don't wanna know what's running through my mind.)
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To: Impy
But every lucky bastard who has won the lotto had one thing in common, they bought a ticket.

And that's why they say that lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math :-)

The only reliable way to win a lottery is by being an organizer.

56 posted on 03/30/2012 9:30:04 PM PDT by Greysard
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To: Dallas59
The new law says that if a Liberal wins, it only gets $40k a year and they
cannot leave the rest to their family. The money is to be distributed to the Government.

It's only fair that the Gov helps them practice what they preach.

They'll need to trust us on the law, and they can read it after they die.

57 posted on 03/30/2012 9:30:20 PM PDT by MaxMax
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To: Jonty30

I with you, excect for the no cheap babes part. ;D


58 posted on 03/30/2012 9:33:14 PM PDT by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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To: Jonty30

True. Everyone in BC goes giddy when it reaches 30 mil..


59 posted on 03/30/2012 9:35:55 PM PDT by max americana
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To: Dallas59

I won some,,,,, back.


60 posted on 03/30/2012 9:36:16 PM PDT by MaxMax
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