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King Nothing |
I agree, it's just fun to dream. Gives you a day or two to get excited about something and look forward to the drawing. When you lose, you aren't disappointed because you knew you wouldn't win. If by some insane miracle you win, then it's obviously worth it. ...Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, is just a freight train coming your way... | |||
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Not to be a downer, but I think the lump sum payout would put you into the 39.6% tax rate..... | |||
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Truth Seeker |
You have to play to win and I rarely play unless the jackpot is really high. Every rare time we have played, we win nothing. Tonight my wife bought numbers for the Powerball. Why do we play at all? Well if we won then we could buy a nice piece of land to build a modest home on. We would help out some friends and family, do some charity work, and probably open a facility for lost and found birds to take care of them. NRA Benefactor Life Member | |||
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| Uppity Helot |
I haven't played in years. The nagging thought of Voluntary supplemental taxation courses through my mind. Plus if I did play and actually won, I would suddenly have all of these new friends and long lost relatives. No thanks. | |||
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Well, I played, but lost -- again. Somebody in Massachusetts appears to have taken the whole thing, and at least 25 others in various states matched 5 numbers and won a million or two each. Back to reality! *sigh* -------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18 | |||
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Someone in MA is very happy... 700 Mil Winner. 26 people won at least 1 mil this time (including the jackpot winner). That's why I play when it gets into the crazy money. Someone has to win and this is the only way I'm ever going to see that kind of dough. | |||
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Quit staring at my wife's Butt |
why would you keep working ? retire in 4 years ?? why waste four years of your life working when you could do whatever you want? I could think of a million things to do and work isn't one of them.  | |||
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Honky Lips |
I don't because I can't. at least not without driving to California. | |||
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| Stop Talking, Start Doing |
Someone in MA is now $700MM richer  . Holy hell, can you imagine?!?_______________ Mind. Over. Matter. | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive.  |
Damn. | |||
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| Member |
I like to waste money on useless things, just kidding I don't play the lottery. | |||
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| Raised Hands Surround Us Three Nails To Protect Us  |
If I only won around 1 million I would still have to. Have not broken down numbers seriously but Probably up to 5 million or so I would work 4 more years (earliest I could retire). I am young 4 years is nothing to keep working so I would then have a continued income stream (pretty much guaranteed) and healthcare coverage for life. ———————————————— The world's not perfect, but it's not that bad. If we got each other, and that's all we have. I will be your brother, and I'll hold your hand. You should know I'll be there for you! | |||
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| Ammoholic |
I guess I am a cheap bastard, but I don't. I've always figured the lottery was a tax on people who don't understand statistics. Every once in a while I'll indulge myself in a daydream of what I would do if I won a jackpot that resulted in a silly amount of money after taxes on the lump sum payment - say $500,000,000.00. There are a few charities I'd like to help out, some scholarships to endow, some funds to set up to spend the income on various hobbies/toys, etc. I figure not buying a ticket doesn't measurably affect my chance of winning, so I can save the bucks. I'll probably buy a ticket one of these days, but I'm not holding my breath. As much as I didn't care for that class in college, I do understand statistics. | |||
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| Three Generations of Service  |
Don't play, because math. I can dream for free and the odds are roughly the same. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| Raised Hands Surround Us Three Nails To Protect Us |
As can I and I do but for some reason if I have a couple tickets the dreams are much more vivid. ———————————————— The world's not perfect, but it's not that bad. If we got each other, and that's all we have. I will be your brother, and I'll hold your hand. You should know I'll be there for you! | |||
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Striker in waiting |
Could have been an office pool. I used to run one with 20-25 regular participants. Still, I'd be happy to take 1/25 of that pie! Hey - there's at least one $1M winner in Maryland. If it's me, I'll run a really nice karma once I've collected. -Rob I predict that there will be many suggestions and statements about the law made here, and some of them will be spectacularly wrong. - jhe888 A=A | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
Well, for someone in MA, the math worked out pretty well. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan "Once there was only dark. If you ask me, light is winning." ~Rust Cohle | |||
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I always remember Jim Carrey's character in "Dumb and Dumber" when he asks the pretty girl (Lauren Holly) if there is any chance at all she would go on a date with him. She answers "One in a million". He is elated and states "You mean I have a chance!". That is why I play. I know the odds suck but....."I have a chance!" | |||
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Member |
I used to play and never won and then I realized it's just an idiot tax and I stopped. | |||
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Go Vols! |
I probably spend $10 or less on the big draw lottery tickets each year. It's cheap entertainment playing the what-if game. | |||
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