View Full Version : We Have 175 Power Ball Lottery Tix..500 Million !!
Jeff '79
03-29-2012, 5:34pm
80 people at work chipped in $2.00 each...Damn, I hope that we win tomorrow night....
NeedSpeed
03-29-2012, 5:36pm
I'm waitin for a billion. :D
10 of us pitched in a dollar each. You might as well throw ya'lls away beoitches. :hurray:
DJ_Critterus
03-29-2012, 5:36pm
FUUUUUU. That's my retirement fund!
mike100
03-29-2012, 5:37pm
Not willing to share with 79 other people... what a nightmare that could turn into, especially if you are using proceeds from a previous lottery pool that wasn't paid out completely.
Jeff '79
03-29-2012, 5:42pm
Not willing to share with 79 other people... what a nightmare that could turn into, especially if you are using proceeds from a previous lottery pool that wasn't paid out completely.
I'll endure the pain...Good point though.
DJ_Critterus
03-29-2012, 5:43pm
Not willing to share with 79 other people... what a nightmare that could turn into, especially if you are using proceeds from a previous lottery pool that wasn't paid out completely.
Watch them hit the numbers :(
Y2Kvert4me
03-29-2012, 5:46pm
Powerball is $60 million, and drawing is Sat.
Perhaps you meant Mega Millions?
carlton_fritz
03-29-2012, 5:48pm
Powerball is $60 million, and drawing is Sat.
Perhaps you meant Mega Millions?
That could be so funny. :rofl:
SubZero
03-29-2012, 5:48pm
Powerball is $60 million, and drawing is Sat.
Perhaps you meant Mega Millions?
:iagree:hope ya bought the right ones:rofl:
Jeff '79
03-29-2012, 5:48pm
Powerball is $60 million, and drawing is Sat.
Perhaps you meant Mega Millions?
Ya, that's it....Mega Millions... I never play, so I guess that I don't know what the hell it's called.... I'll sure know if I win though....:yesnod:
Nemesis
03-29-2012, 6:02pm
Not willing to share with 79 other people... what a nightmare that could turn into, especially if you are using proceeds from a previous lottery pool that wasn't paid out completely.
That's part of why I hate work pools...that and the obligation to not be the only guy who has to show up for work the next morning.
Jeff '79
03-29-2012, 6:04pm
That's part of why I hate work pools...that and the obligation to not be the only guy who has to show up for work the next morning.
:rofl: Dude,....If we win, two entire departments will be completely decimated.. The place will be in a world of hurt... I would love every second of it.....:dance:
themonk
03-29-2012, 6:33pm
80 people at work chipped in $2.00 each...Damn, I hope that we win tomorrow night....
Good luck to ya. :seasix:
Powerball is $60 million, and drawing is Sat.
Perhaps you meant Mega Millions?
I missed that. I'm still trying to figure out how 80 people at $2 each equals 175 tickets.
Jeff '79
03-29-2012, 6:48pm
I missed that. I'm still trying to figure out how 80 people at $2 each equals 175 tickets.
We parlayed the massive winnings from the last losing effort, into this winning one. We must've won $15.00 last go 'round.
We parlayed the massive winnings from the last losing effort, into this winning one. We must've won $15.00 last go 'round.
:seasix: You're on a roll. You're practically guaranteed to win!
I wonder if Internet Brands would sell me Corvetteforum once I win the MegaMillions ???
I suppose a hostile take-over of IB would be a last resort, but their market cap EXCEEDS the Half-a-billion listed prize, which of course would only be around $300 Million after lump sum option and taxes. It would take just about that to get a 51% stake. I didn't realize how big the evil empire really was.
we'll have a couple hundred tickets in our group of 10-15:cheers:
69camfrk
03-29-2012, 8:01pm
Powerball is $60 million, and drawing is Sat.
Perhaps you meant Mega Millions?
Yeah, definitely too bad he bought tickets for the wrong lottery!!:sadangel:
Plan on purchasing some tickets tomorrow when I get to the store. Probably wont even hit one number, but at that kind of jingle, its worth spending a few bucks on...
CertInsaneC5
03-29-2012, 8:20pm
Plan on purchasing some tickets tomorrow when I get to the store. Probably wont even hit one number, but at that kind of jingle, its worth spending a few bucks on...
:iagree: Been along time since I bought any. :leaving:
kingpin
03-29-2012, 8:21pm
Had a friend buy me some. It would be great if a Canuckistan won it, wouldn't it? :rofl:
Best part is I would only pay 20% of the tax you guys would.
:dance:
DJ_Critterus
03-29-2012, 8:23pm
Had a friend buy me some. It would be great if a Canuckistan won it, wouldn't it? :rofl:
Best part is I would only pay 20% of the tax you guys would.
:dance:
That's after you pay the taxes here before you get it across the border.
CertInsaneC5
03-29-2012, 8:25pm
Had a friend buy me some. It would be great if a Canuckistan won it, wouldn't it? :rofl:
Best part is I would only pay 20% of the tax you guys would.
:dance:
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU :issues::issues::issues:
kingpin
03-29-2012, 8:25pm
That's after you pay the taxes here before you get it across the border.
Correct but we get to claim back 30% of what we paid. Same goes if we win in your Casino's.
Had a friend buy me some. It would be great if a Canuckistan won it, wouldn't it? :rofl:
Best part is I would only pay 20% of the tax you guys would.
:dance:
Jokes on you, you'd pay an EXTRA 20% :rofl:
kingpin
03-29-2012, 8:28pm
Jokes on you, you'd pay an EXTRA 20% :rofl:
:kick:
What's up Willie.
BTW: Still take home more than you guys. :dance:
Frizzle
03-29-2012, 9:01pm
Thats nothing... 200 people on my jobsite (building a hospital) $5 bucks a person to get into the group.
Worse case i run out with a million. :hurray:
VatorMan
03-29-2012, 9:03pm
I bought $10 and ain't sharing with nobody. :D
ApexOversteer
03-29-2012, 9:17pm
I wonder if Internet Brands would sell me Corvetteforum once I win the MegaMillions ???
I suppose a hostile take-over of IB would be a last resort, but their market cap EXCEEDS the Half-a-billion listed prize, which of course would only be around $300 Million after lump sum option and taxes. It would take just about that to get a 51% stake. I didn't realize how big the evil empire really was.
More like $300M lump sum, $200M after taxes.
... and you dont want to buy CF, just become a platinum sponsor, and "hire" us all as "employees" and give us all sponsor accounts over there.
kingpin
03-29-2012, 9:29pm
More like $300M lump sum, $200M after taxes.
... and you dont want to buy CF, just become a platinum sponsor, and "hire" us all as "employees" and give us all sponsor accounts over there.
:yesnod:
and make us Mods.
Torqaholic
03-29-2012, 9:34pm
Ya, that's it....Mega Millions... I never play, so I guess that I don't know what the hell it's called....
Glad that's sorted out. Almost had a vision of my new island sinking :rofl:
Powerball is $60 million, and drawing is Sat.
Perhaps you meant Mega Millions?
That could be so funny. :rofl:
:lol:
Omega Man
03-29-2012, 9:46pm
To put things in perspective....Jed Clampet only had $25 Million. Look how nice he had it on the Beverly Hillbillies.
Torqaholic
03-29-2012, 10:47pm
To put things in perspective....Jed Clampet only had $25 Million. Look how nice he had it on the Beverly Hillbillies.
Yeah, he didn't even have a Nuremburg track in his back yard. The wimp :D
Stangkiller
03-29-2012, 10:51pm
I wonder if Internet Brands would sell me Corvetteforum once I win the MegaMillions ???
I suppose a hostile take-over of IB would be a last resort, but their market cap EXCEEDS the Half-a-billion listed prize, which of course would only be around $300 Million after lump sum option and taxes. It would take just about that to get a 51% stake. I didn't realize how big the evil empire really was.
They're privately held now. :yesnod:
47 of us at work threw in $5 each, I know we'll hit it, you guys are just throwing yer money away! :lol:
Torqaholic
03-29-2012, 11:37pm
... you guys are just throwing yer money away! :lol:
Isn't that what it's for? :rofl:
MEANZ06
03-29-2012, 11:58pm
$540mil for the California mega right now, I'm winning it with a Jackson... :dance:
boracayjohnny
03-30-2012, 12:07am
They have a thing here called "Jeuteng". It's pronounced like "Wetting". If you win, you don't pay taxes. The same folks you bet with can sometimes give you loans too. If you don't pay the loans back, you may wind up digging your own grave in a sugarcane field.
HeatherO
03-30-2012, 12:17am
200+ chipped in a dollar each, at my office :dance:
91corvette
03-30-2012, 2:36am
I got the winning tix. sorry.
Jeff '79
03-30-2012, 6:16am
Damn....I knew that I shouldn't have posted this....The secret is out now..:sadangel:
boracayjohnny
03-30-2012, 6:24am
Damn....I knew that I shouldn't have posted this....The secret is out now..:sadangel:
Could you just imagine how many folks, if they won, would do this:
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp141/boracayjohnny/Funny%20Videos/thefingers.gif
carlton_fritz
03-30-2012, 6:28am
How much better are your odds if you buy 2 tickets? Is that really enough of an improvement? With all the tickets being sold, most likely you will waste the extra dollar. Why not just waste it on a second ticket with the exact same numbers. That way, if you win, you have 2 winning tickets and if someone else wins, you get a larger share. Or am I senile?
Jeff '79
03-30-2012, 6:29am
Could you just imagine how many folks, if they won, would do this:
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp141/boracayjohnny/Funny%20Videos/thefingers.gif
My place of employment would be seriously fk'd, and yes, we could arrange that on the 6pm news....:rofl:
Jeff '79
03-30-2012, 6:31am
How much better are your odds if you buy 2 tickets? Is that really enough of an improvement? With all the tickets being sold, most likely you will waste the extra dollar. Why not just waste it on a second ticket with the exact same numbers. That way, if you win, you have 2 winning tickets and if someone else wins, you get a larger share. Or am I senile?
You're kidding.....Right ?.....So you want to share your winnings with yourself ? The same amount of money, if you bought 2 tix with the same number ???
1 in 176 million chance to win right now. Each number.....Get it ?:rofl:
Torqaholic
03-30-2012, 6:37am
... Why not just waste it on a second ticket with the exact same numbers. That way, if you win, you have 2 winning tickets and if someone else wins, you get a larger share....
Using easy picks and for all I know I may have a duplicate.
I'd definately keep checking the rest of the picks if I did hit on one.
carlton_fritz
03-30-2012, 6:39am
You're kidding.....Right ?.....So you want to share your winnings with yourself ? The same amount of money, if you bought 2 tix with the same number ???
1 in 176 million chance to win right now. Each number.....Get it ?:rofl:
But your odds don't improve much by buying 2 tickets. If you are going to waste a second $, why not waste it on the same numbers? If 5 other people have your numbers, instead of getting 1/6th of the money, you get 1/3.
Jeff '79
03-30-2012, 6:45am
But your odds don't improve much by buying 2 tickets. If you are going to waste a second $, why not waste it on the same numbers? If 5 other people have your numbers, instead of getting 1/6th of the money, you get 1/3.
Ya, ok....If you had two tix of the same number, and you, and another person won, you would get 2/3 instead of ½........
Your odds of winning are still 1 in 176 million though, no matter how many numbers that you have.
carlton_fritz
03-30-2012, 6:49am
Ya, ok....If you had two tix of the same number, and you, and another person won, you would get 2/3 instead of ½........
Your odds of winning are still 1 in 176 million though, no matter how many numbers that you have.
I understand that. I just don't think the odds improve enough to spend the extra dollar on different numbers. If I beat the odds and have a winning ticket, why not really beat the odds and have 2? :leaving:
Datawiz
03-30-2012, 6:50am
If you bought Powerball Tickets, you're in for a rude awakening. :lol:
Jeff '79
03-30-2012, 6:54am
If you bought Powerball Tickets, you're in for a rude awakening. :lol:
That error in speaking was cleared up many posts ago.
More like $300M lump sum, $200M after taxes.
... and you dont want to buy CF, just become a platinum sponsor, and "hire" us all as "employees" and give us all sponsor accounts over there.
Brilliant.
To put things in perspective....Jed Clampet only had $25 Million. Look how nice he had it on the Beverly Hillbillies.
The show began in 1962.
That would be $178,190,200 in 2010 dollars.
So you'd be about 1/3 more wealthy than he was.
You could have a pretty sweet cement pond built.
:dance:
Why don't we have a barn pot going? Ten bucks a head. Who's in? :waiting:
onedef92
03-30-2012, 9:47am
Not willing to share with 79 other people... what a nightmare that could turn into, especially if you are using proceeds from a previous lottery pool that wasn't paid out completely.
Like what happened last year in Ohio and shit? :confused5:
Ohio Man Sues Co-Workers After $99M Lottery Win
Sept. 6, 2011
What are the chances that a back injury will cost you millions? For Edward Hairston, the odds are about 1 in 175 million.
The logistics agent at an Ohio, cabinet business is suing his 22 co-workers to receive what he claims is his share of a $99 million lottery prize.
Hairston, declined ABCNews.com's request for an interview, claimed in a lawsuit that he participated in the office lottery pool for eight years with his colleagues, before a back injury put him out of work in June, July and August. The group matched all six winning numbers on Aug. 5.
His attorney, Howard Mishkind, told ABCNews.com there was an implied agreement that co-workers would cover for each other when they were out due to illness or vacation.
"All because of $15, it's now costing him $2 million," Mishkind said.
He added that Hairston even contributed for a co-worker who was out on a leave of absence.
But Kerin Lyn Kaminski, the lawyer representing the 22 winners, told ABCNews.com that wasn't the case.
"The plaintiff didn't play for three months and despite being invited to do so through email he chose not to put money in, therefore he can't be a winner," she said.
Mishkind disputed the claim saying the email was sent to a company address which Hairston could not access from home.
A judge in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court ordered the Ohio Lottery Commission to set aside a portion of the jackpot in the event Hairston won his case. Kaminski said all parties agreed to the move in exchange for a swift resolution of the lawsuit, which will go to trial in December.
This isn't the first time office lottery pools have been contested by absentee co-workers.
In 2005, the so-called "Lucky Seven" group of lab technicians, who had won California's second-largest jackpot ever, were smacked with lawsuits from four co-workers claiming they were entitled to a share of the $315 million Mega Millions jackpot.
A judge ultimately dismissed all four lawsuits.
In 2008, four Piqua, Ohio city workers sued their colleagues, who won $207 million in the Mega Millions lottery, claiming -- like the others, that they weren't at work to contribute to the pool but felt comfortable their co-workers would cover for them. A judge dismissed the suit in September 2009.
In Florida, Jeanette French said not only did her Golf Shop co-workers cover for her while she was away, but she even paid back the $1 they chipped in for her the next day when she returned to the store.
French's seven co-workers won $16 million in the Florida State Lottery last December-- but when it came time to claim the prize, French was left out.
"She had communication with one of the other employees who said he would put in a dollar for her," French's lawyer, Tom Culmo told ABCNews.com. "Employees would routinely cover for each other. She paid back the dollar Thursday morning, and she was given the ticket to check to see if they had won."
French's case is still in litigation.
With history on their side, the 22 newly-minted millionaires are preparing to go to trial in December. Kaminski, the winners' lawyer, said she thinks they have a solid case, saying the lottery commission sums it up best: "You can't win if you don't play."
ApexOversteer
03-30-2012, 12:28pm
More like $300M lump sum, $200M after taxes.
... and you dont want to buy CF, just become a platinum sponsor, and "hire" us all as "employees" and give us all sponsor accounts over there.
:yesnod:
and make us Mods.
You don't want to be mods... we already have one of their mods here. But Sponsors are untouchable. :D
xXBUDXx
03-30-2012, 1:13pm
You don't want to be mods... we already have one of their mods here. But Sponsors are untouchable. :D
You mean member of the mafia "untouchable" or "Hennesey Untouchable"? :willy:
American Made
03-30-2012, 1:37pm
I wonder which will do better, the 20 I spent on tickets yesterday or the 20 dollar bill I put in the bathroom for when I run out of toilet paper. :D
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