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10-23-2018, 10:34 AM
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I have advice for the wanna be winner....reread Steinbecks novel The Pearl. As soon as you are in possession of the money you are a target of envy and scorn. All that you have accomplished financially in your life is immediately null and void. Your children and your wife are now targets of kidnapping. No thanks. Rather spend the money on a good cup of coffee.
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10-23-2018, 11:34 AM
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#122
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Quote:
Originally Posted by critical mass
I have advice for the wanna be winner....reread Steinbecks novel The Pearl. As soon as you are in possession of the money you are a target of envy and scorn. All that you have accomplished financially in your life is immediately null and void. Your children and your wife are now targets of kidnapping. No thanks. Rather spend the money on a good cup of coffee.
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But with 1.6 billion couldn't you pay some other author to write a happier lottery outcome story?
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10-23-2018, 11:46 AM
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DW won $4 in last week's billion dollar lottery. So I'm sure that she'll hit the big one this week.
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10-23-2018, 11:51 AM
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#124
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Our ROMEO group just purchased 130 tickets. 13 splits if we win.
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10-23-2018, 12:19 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Lemme look up the Woodlands on the map to see its location.
I think I can find the posted photo of the class C you helped your friend fix up.
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10-23-2018, 12:54 PM
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#126
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Dryer sheet aficionado
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Quote:
Originally Posted by critical mass
I have advice for the wanna be winner....reread Steinbecks novel The Pearl. As soon as you are in possession of the money you are a target of envy and scorn. All that you have accomplished financially in your life is immediately null and void. Your children and your wife are now targets of kidnapping. No thanks. Rather spend the money on a good cup of coffee.
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This would be the biggest worry. Physical harm to you or people you care about. A few states allow people to claim anonymously. Just a few though.
With that said, I spent $5 on three pieces of very expensive toilet paper today. Two tickets for 1.6 billion lottery and 1 ticket on some state drawing. That's my lotto purchases for the year except for the money spent through a work pool which I don't put any effort into.
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10-23-2018, 01:12 PM
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Have there been a bunch of stories about lottery winners having family members killed or kidnapped? Seems like an overblown concern. But as usual I could be wrong
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10-23-2018, 01:15 PM
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Well, since posting I’ve quickly found 3 or 4 stories of such incidents. So that answers my question. It absolutely does happen. Crazy.
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10-23-2018, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by MuirWannabe
Well, since posting I’ve quickly found 3 or 4 stories of such incidents. So that answers my question. It absolutely does happen. Crazy.
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Ok, but balance that out against having much better medical care than the average person, for you and your family. Being able to get a MRI the same day...heck even have one in your home. Having a personal doctor on call. I think I would risk the kidnapping in order to have my family at the top of the pecking order for medical care.
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10-23-2018, 01:33 PM
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#130
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gstillson
Ok, but balance that out against having much better medical care than the average person, for you and your family. Being able to get a MRI the same day...heck even have one in your home. Having a personal doctor on call. I think I would risk the kidnapping in order to have my family at the top of the pecking order for medical care.
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Please don’t misunderstand me. I want to win the money. I’m too stupid to realize it might be regrettable.
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10-23-2018, 01:42 PM
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#131
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Quote:
Originally Posted by critical mass
I have advice for the wanna be winner....reread Steinbecks novel The Pearl. As soon as you are in possession of the money you are a target of envy and scorn. All that you have accomplished financially in your life is immediately null and void. Your children and your wife are now targets of kidnapping. No thanks. Rather spend the money on a good cup of coffee.
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I remember that story from High School. I always felt part of the cause of the disasters that befell the protagonist was his naive denial others would respond with so much anger, hate, and jealousy.
My wife said she would give $1M to each family member. Heck, most would be broke again in under a year.
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10-23-2018, 02:29 PM
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#132
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Didn't you post buying some the other day? How many in total so far?
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10-23-2018, 02:33 PM
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It's a shame you guys wasted your money. I bought the winning ticket this morning.
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10-23-2018, 02:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Texas Proud
Didn't you post buying some the other day? How many in total so far?
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That was the final tally. $260 worth.
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10-23-2018, 02:52 PM
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#135
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ronstar
DW won $4 in last week's billion dollar lottery. So I'm sure that she'll hit the big one this week.
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That's an interesting extrapolation.
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10-23-2018, 03:49 PM
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Remember Brewsters Millions ?
I aspire to be the next Brewster..... Brewster on steroids....
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10-23-2018, 03:57 PM
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#137
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Quote:
Originally Posted by camfused
Well, nuts! I should have taken out a temporary loan and bought all 302M tickets. That way I *would* win, and then pay back the loan immediately. I still would have walked away with about $300M.
Maybe next time.
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This made me curious so I looked up numbers from Oct 19th...280 million tickets were sold. I'd bet they will go over the 302 number this time around...let's see what happens and if they actually get a winner...
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10-23-2018, 04:22 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ivinsfan
I'd bet they will go over the 302 number this time around...let's see what happens and if they actually get a winner...
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Irrelevant. There will be huge numbers of duplicates, so it's easily possible that nobody will have the winning combination.
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10-23-2018, 04:28 PM
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#139
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Quote:
Originally Posted by braumeister
Irrelevant. There will be huge numbers of duplicates, so it's easily possible that nobody will have the winning combination.
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That's what I think too the odds aren't really 1 in 320 million...there are 320 plus million possible combinations..
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10-23-2018, 05:29 PM
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#140
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ivinsfan
That's what I think too the odds aren't really 1 in 320 million...there are 320 plus million possible combinations..
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Say what
The stmt of odds being 1 in 320 million means there are one set of numbers pulled out of the 320 million possibilities...
It does not matter how many people win... or not...
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