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Honky Lips |
Depends on jurisdiction, while we don't have lotto her in Nevada, I play the CA lotto when it gets this big, Surprisingly the one thing CA doesn't Tax is lotto winnings. _____________________________________________ Proverbs 3:31 "Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways." | |||
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Some think that it "gambling ", I say that with the odds ,as they are, There is no gambling ,skill or strategy involved. It's folly. Allegedly, folly that helps Illinois education, somehow. ( Although I've yet to see actual proof.) No different that recycling, people do it because it makes them feel good. People sold them on the feeling good, but No one can quote stats on what percentage went where or how much better the quality of life is. Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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With the last few [IIRC] big winners being in CA, we bought a few tickets while we were in Irvine 2 weeks ago. Won $8  Probably mail them tickets to my wife's nephew. Can't claim them here. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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www.usamega.com Helps a bit. Powerball Jackpot Analysis | USA Mega https://share.google/XakNmboq8K6Yzo56p THIS JUST IN, BREAKING NEWS Three friends and three siblings refuse to buy lottery tickets Because "You will take care of us when you win " So that's how that goes.This message has been edited. Last edited by: bendable, Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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| Looking at life thru a windshield  |
I have always called it a voluntary tax contribution, since some of it does go to the school system. I only buy a ticket or two when its over 1billion, what some people spend on tickets I have spent on stocks, guess who has done better. | |||
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Hah! Except that they tax every $ that is used to buy tickets, not to mention every $ of the winnings that is spent on something! | |||
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| Honky Lips |
But I live and work in Nevada. _____________________________________________ Proverbs 3:31 "Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways." | |||
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Charmingly unsophisticated |
Well SIGforum, it wasn't me.  _______________________________ The artist formerly known as AllenInWV | |||
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Bought 1 ticket. Doubled my money with 1 number plus powerball. Paid for my 1/2 gal of milk. ____________ Pace | |||
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| Bookers Bourbon and a good cigar  |
Somebody ratcheer in Arkansas hit biggly! Twernt me. Hope it's my daughter! Any dog can be a Guide Dog if you don't care where you're going. NRA ENDOWMENT LIFE MEMBER | |||
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You watch, it will be one of the Walton clan Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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| Bookers Bourbon and a good cigar |
Sold at the Murphy gas station close to our house. Bunch of TV cameras set up there this morning. Guess they interview the manager. Any dog can be a Guide Dog if you don't care where you're going. NRA ENDOWMENT LIFE MEMBER | |||
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Since it was bought at a convenience store, and it’s known at which the time the ticket was sold, and maybe the security cam was on, it should be fairly easy to ID the purchaser. --------------------- DJT-45/47 MAGA !!!!! “Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.” "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it." — Mark Twain “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” — H. L. Mencken | |||
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I rarely play, maybe once a year. I played this time. Didn't match a single number. Odds are very astronomically low but that being said, someone will win. I don't even need to win the top prize. The second or third level is enough for me to be happy. $2 for a dream..... "Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy "A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book | |||
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At that point you are betting that nobody else hits the numbers, very big risk. _______________________________ Do the interns get Glocks? | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
No, you don’t understand the math. It was accounting for all the other payoffs and including the odds of others hitting the jackpot. It was an arbitrage - recognizing a no-lose proposition. They even made a movie out of it. What was a factor was if another group was using the same tactic, it lowered the payout for both which was also captured in the movie. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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Resident Undertaker |
Hey, I won $4.00 in each of the last 3 drawings. I can retire happy now. John The key to enforcement is to punish the violator, not an inanimate object. The punishment of inanimate objects for the commission of a crime or carelessness is an affront to stupidity. | |||
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On planet Bendable, The most you could win in a lottery would be $30 million , net. Every $30 mil. Increment would allow another number to be picked. A $120 mil. jackpot would allow four numbers (winners) possible . Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
Another way to ruin the player’s life. Any wagers someone [in the media] sues in an attempt to get the info… "cause the people have the right to know"? Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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| His Royal Hiney |
Experience shows it's the big jackpots that draw in incremental players. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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