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Title: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: oakranger on April 22, 2010, 11:55:26 PM
Well, i try to win it but some redneck 29 year old from Missouri with two missing front teeth won it.  Sorry guys, i would offer to pay everybody a year worth of AH. 
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: 68ZooM on April 23, 2010, 12:16:11 AM
Hey dont make fun of me
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: BiPoLaR on April 23, 2010, 12:21:33 AM
at least the inbred can buy some teeth now and maybe a big engagement ring for his sister  :aok
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: oakranger on April 23, 2010, 12:43:29 AM
Hey dont make fun of me

lol!
Maybe you should go back to school and learn a little geography?  You sure are a long ways from Missouri.

at least the inbred can buy some teeth now and maybe a big engagement ring for his sister  :aok


That funny that you said that because he said that he can now go to the dentist to get new teeth.  Oh, and he has three kid and his gf has two. 
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: Jayhawk on April 23, 2010, 12:49:31 AM
Well, i try to win it but some redneck 29 year old from Missouri with two missing front teeth won it.  Sorry guys, i would offer to pay everybody a year worth of AH. 

Oh right, I was going to pick myself up a ticket for that one.
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: redman555 on April 23, 2010, 12:55:46 AM
Man if I won first thing I would is buy a Lambo and go back to Italy to see where my grandparents grew up.


-BigBOBCH
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: phatzo on April 23, 2010, 03:24:16 AM
with that much I'd buy us a WWII plane to play with, all welcome. Don't know what I'd do with the rest.
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: trax1 on April 23, 2010, 07:38:45 AM
I read that he said he wants to wait a few days before he decides if he's gonna keep his minimum wage job at the convenient store.

I also read that he's not sure if he'll take the lump sum which is around $124 million or take the 30 payments over 30 years.  It said if he takes the payments he'll pay $6 million in state taxes on it, I think I'd take the 30 payments which comes to like 8.4 million a year.
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: CAP1 on April 23, 2010, 08:05:00 AM
at least the inbred can buy some teeth now and maybe a big engagement ring for his sister  :aok


nah.....he'll blow it in less than a year, and then wonder where he spent it.
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: CAP1 on April 23, 2010, 08:07:17 AM
I read that he said he wants to wait a few days before he decides if he's gonna keep his minimum wage job at the convenient store.

I also read that he's not sure if he'll take the lump sum which is around $124 million or take the 30 payments over 30 years.  It said if he takes the payments he'll pay $6 million in state taxes on it, I think I'd take the 30 payments which comes to like 8.4 million a year.

i'd definitely take the payments.
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: oakranger on April 23, 2010, 08:18:22 AM
nah.....he'll blow it in less than a year, and then wonder where he spent it.

If he takes the lump sum of 124 million, i bet he will loose it all in 10 years.
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: Nefarious on April 23, 2010, 08:34:38 AM
How convenient, a convenience store clerk on his last dime wins the powerball and the convenience store wins $50,000 for selling the winning ticket.

I don't like being a hater, but something is rotten in Denmark.
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: trax1 on April 23, 2010, 10:43:18 AM
How convenient, a convenience store clerk on his last dime wins the powerball and the convenience store wins $50,000 for selling the winning ticket.

I don't like being a hater, but something is rotten in Denmark.
Your joking right?
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: Nefarious on April 23, 2010, 11:12:53 AM
Your joking right?

Not at all. Lottery Fraud happens more often than you may think.

You hand a dishonest clerk winning ticket, they scan a losing ticket they have already scanned and then they pocket the winning ticket, or hand you 2 or 4 dollars for hitting some numbers when in fact you have won thousands, in some cases hundreds of thousands.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30550956

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In New York, another retailer has cashed 120 winning tickets for more than $500,000.

In Illinois, we found one store where four employees and five of their relatives cashed a total of 556 winning tickets, for more than $1,600,000.

In California, lottery investigators were seeing the same thing.  In fact, in 2007, the five most frequent winners in California were retailers.  One store owner in Los Angeles cashed 121 tickets for more than $160,000.

Always ask for your tickets back, win or lose.
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: Jayhawk on April 23, 2010, 11:18:13 AM
Not at all. Lottery Fraud happens more often than you may think.

You hand a dishonest clerk winning ticket, they scan a losing ticket they have already scanned and then they pocket the winning ticket, or hand you 2 or 4 dollars for hitting some numbers when in fact you have won thousands, in some cases hundreds of thousands.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30550956

Always ask for your tickets back, win or lose.

I haven't bought a lottery ticket in a few years but all you have to do with the Kansas Powerball is read the numbers.  Once you buy the ticket, the clerk should never have to look at it again.
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: trax1 on April 23, 2010, 11:20:31 AM
Not at all. Lottery Fraud happens more often than you may think.

You hand a dishonest clerk winning ticket, they scan a losing ticket they have already scanned and then they pocket the winning ticket, or hand you 2 or 4 dollars for hitting some numbers when in fact you have won thousands, in some cases hundreds of thousands.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30550956

Always ask for your tickets back, win or lose.
Oh I see what your talking about, I thought you meant like they rigged a fake ticket or something, yeah I guess that could happen.
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: trax1 on April 23, 2010, 11:22:09 AM
I haven't bought a lottery ticket in a few years but all you have to do with the Kansas Powerball is read the numbers.  Once you buy the ticket, the clerk should never have to look at it again.
A lot of people give there ticket to the clerk the day after the drawing to have it scanned to see if they won, especially people who buy hundreds of dollars in tickets because it's a lot easier that way then going through each ticket yourself one by one.
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: Nwbie on April 23, 2010, 03:43:56 PM
Happened already I think in TX, clerk scanned ticket - said not a winner, next day went to claim big prize and moved back to Pakistan or India whatever..
In illinois you can scan your own ticket with a reader on the counter.

Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: 68ZooM on April 23, 2010, 03:55:11 PM
Thats why you sign every ticket
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: avionix on April 23, 2010, 03:56:03 PM
Here in Florida, the scanner will print winner or loser on the ticket so that it cannot be used again for any purpose.
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: Tango on April 23, 2010, 09:13:23 PM
Thats why you sign every ticket

Guess they never played powerball.  :lol
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: -tronski- on April 26, 2010, 12:34:04 AM
In Aus all lottery wins (powerball etc) are a lump sum and tax free!  

And the ticket result is displayed so you can see exactly what or if you've won anything when the ticket is scanned

 Tronsky
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: Reschke on April 26, 2010, 12:39:59 AM
Was hoping to hit the lottery jackpot in Germany a couple of years ago when it was 10 million Euro and the USD exchange rate was something like 1 Euro was worth 1.65 USD. That would have made my day if I could have won that one. I would have told my boss to kiss my arse at the trade show.

Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: oakranger on April 26, 2010, 07:03:52 PM
Kansas post tips on protecting your winnings:

http://www.kslottery.com/LotteryInfo/TicketSecurityTips.htm (http://www.kslottery.com/LotteryInfo/TicketSecurityTips.htm)
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: Vulcan on April 26, 2010, 10:01:04 PM
I buy and check my tickets online :D
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: flight17 on April 28, 2010, 08:46:39 PM
payments are the smartest option, but man having an extra 100mil after i buy what i "need" collecting interest would be nice...
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: oakranger on April 28, 2010, 09:14:46 PM
I think i would pay HiTech 1 million to make B-29, P-61, Ki-43, Pe-4, and Mig-1
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: Raptor on April 28, 2010, 10:31:02 PM
payments are the smartest option, but man having an extra 100mil after i buy what i "need" collecting interest would be nice...
Financially it is smarter to take the lump sum and put it in a Savings account to accrue interest, however most people want to go out and buy things they want.
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: WMLute on April 28, 2010, 10:57:13 PM
Financially it is smarter to take the lump sum and put it in a Savings account to accrue interest, however most people want to go out and buy things they want.

Lump sum is the smarter play in the long run.
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: BiPoLaR on April 28, 2010, 11:16:57 PM
Lump sum is the smarter play in the long run.
yup, the government rapes you less  :aok
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: Raptor on April 29, 2010, 01:36:03 AM
yup, the government rapes you less  :aok
or if you do a Future value analysis your money makes more money off interest by using the lump sum method over payments
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: uptown on April 29, 2010, 06:44:52 AM
Well, i try to win it but some redneck 29 year old from Missouri with two missing front teeth won it.  Sorry guys, i would offer to pay everybody a year worth of AH. 
I reckon me and ma can get us a cement pond and fancy eatin' table now (http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk121/TheAmish/drunkhilbilly.gif)
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: druski85 on April 29, 2010, 09:01:15 AM
Financially it is smarter to take the lump sum and put it in a Savings account to accrue interest, however most people want to go out and buy things they want.

Quite.  If you were to dump a measly 24 million on stuff you wanted and put the remaining 100 mil in an account, it would still accrue more value than taking the payments over a 30 year period.  (Even at relatively low interest rates)
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: trax1 on April 29, 2010, 02:32:04 PM
Most people take the lump sum, not many go for the payments.
Title: Re: $258 million Powerball jackpot
Post by: 68ZooM on April 29, 2010, 02:45:16 PM
would be smart to take the one lump sum, in case of Death your family will have access to it, if you take the payments i don't know if you could will them to a family member.