Michigan railroad engineer claims $337M Powerball lottery jackpot

Comment #158

Simba774 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 07:11:42 GMT

I find it funny that someone would say that even after I said, I know it won't be 120 million. Every time there is a winner the headline always has the exact jackpot amount. There was a winner last night, so the headline is going to be 120 million dollar Mega Million ticket sold in California. Man/Woman/Group claims 120 million dollar jackpot. The headline has been written that way for years. I'm kinda pissed that it was won California again.

Comment #157

KY Floyd — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:19:28 GMT

It won't be $120 million before taxes, either.

Comment #156

Simba774 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:10:00 GMT

Of course I won't be truly happy until I win. 120 million would look good in my bank account after tonight's drawing. Yes, I know it won't be 120 mill after taxes. I'm going to marry the gas station that sold be the ticket.

Comment #155

DC81 — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 12:56:00 GMT

Jack created his own problems, he was a good ol'boy who was already a millionaire, the lottery win put that into over drive.

For a man who wished he'd torn up the ticket, blaming the lottery and not himself, he still went on and played again, winning 10,000 bucks.

As for this guy, we'll see how he is in a few years but yeah, he might have set himself up for some trouble.

Comment #154

ressuccess — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:37:22 GMT

Congratulations to this jackpot winner. I thought that the jackpot rolled over and go past $365 million in Powerball.

Comment #153

dallascowboyfan — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:46:30 GMT

Welcome to the LP jamella724....

Comment #152

jamella724 — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 11:03:19 GMT

How did he do that? I'm a new member here and I looking for advise on how lottery winners got the perfect number combination. I've been taking my chance on lottery for almost five years. Before, I don't believe on lottery chances of winning, but when I found out that my friend hit the jackpot, she disappeared due to family security.

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Comment #151

savagegoose — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 06:54:36 GMT

thats why we all look forward to your episode of lottery changed my life

Comment #150

RedStang — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 06:49:35 GMT

I agree.

Comment #149

sully16 — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:10:30 GMT

Congrats to the lucky Family, enjoy

Comment #148

Ronnie316 — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 21:52:46 GMT

Somehow I dont think Jacks problem is other people

Comment #147

Ronnie316 — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 21:32:38 GMT

Im not sure if the rolling over in the grave myth has any truth to it, but Im happy for the great, great grand kids who rolled to the bank.

Comment #146

mcginnin56 — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 21:22:21 GMT

How many others can claim that their prank lasted over 92 years.

He must have rolled over several thousand times in his grave with laughter.

Comment #145

Ronnie316 — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 21:14:14 GMT

Funny indeed, it only took 92 years for the distribution to take place.

Comment #144

Ronnie316 — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 21:11:18 GMT

Exactly, no need to stay away from people when the problem is the person in the mirror.

Comment #143

mcginnin56 — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 21:00:41 GMT

Perhaps your right HaveABall. And taking it a step further, he should stay away from himself as well.

Comment #142

HaveABall — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 20:37:47 GMT

No, mcginnin56, it is now best for Jack to heal himself by staying away from people.

Comment #141

mcginnin56 — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 19:25:30 GMT

That guy had a great sense of humor, God bless him.

Comment #140

Ronnie316 — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 14:59:45 GMT

That's good logic RL, and I would agree. But some people can do crazy things, like the guy wrote that his empire was to be distributed AFTER his last grandchild passed away.

Comment #139

RL-RANDOMLOGIC — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 09:39:13 GMT

If I won such a big JP then I would have a good time with it and not worry about going broke, you can't take

it with you and who knows what your heirs will do with it after you are gone. You could have the best intentions

and manage it perfectly then it could wind up in the hands of a fool. Pump it back into the economy and have the

best time money can buy.

Congrats to the winner.

RL

Comment #138

Ronnie316 — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 05:27:04 GMT

In fact, I can hardly wait til the cameras show up at my door to see my system in operation.

Comment #137

Ronnie316 — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 05:25:05 GMT

Yes, thank you. And I can use my system as many times as I want at no extra cost.

Comment #136

mcginnin56 — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 05:12:52 GMT

The best things in life are free Mr. Ronnie. $16 million seems like a good R.O.I.

Comment #135

Ronnie316 — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 05:09:29 GMT

Oh yeah, I just remembered. My predictions have brought around $16 million and I didn't pay a dime, or even a Nichol for my system.

Comment #134

Ronnie316 — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 05:02:48 GMT

I like a good Opus every once in a while.

Comment #133

Ronnie316 — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 05:01:10 GMT

A guarantee of winning a jackpot??...... Now that would be nice.

Comment #132

mcginnin56 — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 04:51:22 GMT

The best and cheapest system is the non-system .

Comment #131

mcginnin56 — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 04:49:39 GMT

Can I please order two good democrat lottery systems @$9.95 each. (Does this include tax and shipping. ).

Thanks psykomo.

Comment #130

tvboris — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 04:48:24 GMT

Any decent system, in fact, needs thousands. I'd say $3000 to say the least, but probably much much more, to be certain of winning.

Any bad system needs way less and just a little bit of luck.

Comment #129

psykomo — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 04:45:14 GMT

ROH:

U need 2 structure D cost of UR lottery system$$$$$ cause PSYKO knows UR capitalist!!!

(1) good DEMOCRAT's ...........charge $9.95 they R poor !!!!

(2) bad REPUBLICAN's .........charge $49.95 RICH RICH

Comment #128

mcginnin56 — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 04:27:32 GMT

No, it only goes to prove your smoking way to much of what your selling Ninonut.

Comment #127

Nino224 — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 04:09:22 GMT

Which goes to prove you agree with my original point of winners remaining anonymous if they hope to stay sane and safe.

Of course, in your case safe is the best we can hope for, McDick.

Comment #126

justcallkitty — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 01:00:44 GMT

I am so Happy for him his family

Comment #125

mcginnin56 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 23:24:06 GMT

Thanks for that analysis RJ.

Regrettably, I must inform you however, my offer is hereby retracted.

Comment #124

RJOh — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:48:47 GMT

I believer $19.95 to $49.95 is the normal price range for lottery systems, good or bad.

If they save time tracking and analyzing lottery results then they are worth the money, but if you're not into doing those things then they not work even a nickle to you.

Comment #123

mcginnin56 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:36:10 GMT

Would you take a

Comment #122

RJOh — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:26:45 GMT

Only on some points. If systems were a dime a thousand then there would be more good ones around. I know I couldn't get my system for a dime and I did all the work of designing and writing it myself.

Comment #121

Ronnie316 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:20:21 GMT

Perhaps your right mcginnin56, only time will tell.

Comment #120

RJOh — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:11:33 GMT

As a system player myself, I would never knock anybody's system either. But I know even if a system improves your odds of winning something by 5-10 times, it can't guarantee you'll win a jackpot if you play less than all the possible combinations.

Comment #119

mcginnin56 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 20:51:53 GMT

Good point RJ.

Systems are about a dime a dozen thousand.

Any having unlimited funds, is no guarantee of anything but an empty bank account.

Wasn't knocking your system Ronnie. I fully expect you to be making front page news on the LP Times, in the very near future

Comment #118

RJOh — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 20:38:43 GMT

If having lots of money and a system made winning easy, there would be more multiple jackpots winners, but he could get lucky again if he keeps playing unless being lucky isn't easy too.

Comment #117

RedStang — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 20:17:54 GMT

With that much money, he can stand in front of the Arch and watch the sign change.

Comment #116

Ronnie316 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 20:15:19 GMT

I agree, without a plan one person could burn through all the money and he is going to have lots of help.

Comment #115

Ronnie316 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 20:13:27 GMT

But with all that money and a system he could easily win again.

Comment #114

Masone — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 18:32:04 GMT

There needs to be some kind of understanding before he dishes out the dough.

Comment #113

mcginnin56 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 17:31:37 GMT

But we must protect these problem gamblers from coming into contact with these huge sums of money.

May I recommend that Jack Whittaker be allowed to have a good one to one with these problem gamblers , before they accept their checks

Comment #112

dpoly1 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 17:29:24 GMT

A 44-year-old Michigan railroad engineer said he quit his job and told family members to do the same

His first big mistake is in quotes!

I need more money, you told me to quit my job ......... He will hear this until the money is gone

Comment #111

Ronnie316 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 17:03:42 GMT

Good info RJOh, thanks.

Comment #110

RJOh — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 16:55:09 GMT

Years ago Ohio tried something like that and players stopped playing their Super Lotto game, especially those traveling from out of state to play.

It seems some types got upset with people winning $40-$60M jackpots and not using it to do good works, especially those from out of state so Ohio placed a limit on the jackpots one ticket could win of $20M regardless of the advertised jackpot(which only lasted six months). Out of state players stop playing and Ohioans started traveling out of stat... [ More ]

Comment #109

Ronnie316 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 16:41:02 GMT

So true, I would give a small annuity as a gift instead of saying retire

Comment #108

Ronnie316 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 16:37:31 GMT

I think that would be BETTER than the $2k+ per week jack was giving his grand daughter.

Comment #107

GYM RICE — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 15:52:24 GMT

Good post...I'd even go as far to say telling your kids to quit their job is also a bad idea. Young people with no job and a boatload of money gives them a lot of time to think of ways of getting in trouble. A job gives them structure.

Congrats to the winner and his family. Stay happy and healthy.

Comment #106

mcginnin56 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 15:15:01 GMT

Another great point.

It should be quite obvious to the Michigan Lottery Officials, that a player with self-admitted gambling issues , cannot be responsible nor competent

for handling that kind of money. Give him perhaps $500, to see how he rations that for a year or so.

Regrettably, the money should be returned to other more rational players who are more diligent and thrifty in their gambling activities.

Comment #105

Ronnie316 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 14:29:40 GMT

He probably has a system of playing 1 QP for every 4 self picks.

Comment #104

Ronnie316 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 14:15:27 GMT

He also said he played too much possible gambling issues

Comment #103

mcginnin56 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 13:22:36 GMT

His last number was a quick pick, must be this was not legit. Wonder when he will have to return the check.

Comment #102

Saylorgirl — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 12:33:31 GMT

I thought the the last line on his ticket was a quick pick.

Comment #101

mcginnin56 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 10:55:10 GMT

Keep em' guessing for years, by pulling the ol' disappearing act. I would like to dub this the Houdini Move

Comment #100

mcginnin56 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 10:46:04 GMT

Why thank you Nincompoop. Always good to know to know you have friends in a time of need.

But since I will never be going public, the only switch I will need flipping, is the mute button for all the ranting windbags.

Comment #99

LottoGuyBC — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 10:35:40 GMT

Congrats to the Winner

Comment #98

Nino224 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 03:24:22 GMT

I volunteer to flip the switch on you myself, mcdoofus. Please win soon

Comment #97

tvboris — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 02:29:35 GMT

to give people a bunch of money and tell them quit your job

But isn't it what we do for every candidate running for government

Comment #96

tvboris — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 02:15:37 GMT

mcginnin56, yea, lol, but before getting executed, they should tell everyone they are going to disappear for a while.

Wait.... didn't he say he is going to disappear?

Oh my god, we are doomed, The Island movie is based on real facts, we are all clones. I always felt there is something wrong with this world.

Comment #95

Ronnie316 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 22:57:04 GMT

The same thing happened to me only the opposite. All my logic was telling me to do it a different way but I just stuck with my original intuition.

Comment #94

RL-RANDOMLOGIC — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 22:36:03 GMT

CB

I had something happen very similar when I hit a jackpot, I was about to press the run button

and I can't explain it but it was like something told me to make an adjustment and my hand

done it before I could even think about it. That one setting made all the difference. Weird!

RL

Comment #93

Ronnie316 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 21:55:14 GMT

I think we are all related somehow RL. Aren't we

Comment #92

Ronnie316 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 21:54:09 GMT

Good idea HaveABall, thanks for the advice.

Comment #91

RL-RANDOMLOGIC — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 20:54:59 GMT

Ronnie316

I been searching the family tree all night and think I made the connection. WOO HOO.

PS. just kidding but I wonder how many are doing this right now.

RL

Comment #90

HaveABall — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 20:54:34 GMT

Hum, Ronnie316, if you research, you'll find that those two people who Jack loved weren't employed prior to Jack's win and sending them monies thereafter. Also, you'll find that Jack added 'more time' to working in his construction businesses.

Had Jack stopped working construction, etc. over 40 hours per week, and instead worked 2 hours per day investing and monitoring his new-found millions, it is highly probable that he and his family would be intact and closer together (like a lot of ja... [ More ]

Comment #89

rdgrnr — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 20:13:34 GMT

I musta been lookin' at the wrong line, it was only $21.

Comment #88

greeneye — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 19:02:16 GMT

I am glad to see a honest man win it..Now I hope he will stay away from too much McDs so called food and get into shape now that he has time to do it his way.. He is talking from a very modest nature but I think his taste of things will change after a while..

Comment #87

mrylndw — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 18:39:54 GMT

It would be funny....but I would be worried that the customer might be carrying a weapon. You never know these days...people do forget to take their meds.

Comment #86

Jill34786 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 18:31:09 GMT

Congratulations to Donald Lawson on is big win!

The article mentions that he spent just $2 on his winning ticket. The picture of the winning ticket show it cost him $8.

Don't you just love it when lottery officials always seem to minimize the amount wagered.

Comment #85

whiteballz — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 17:10:42 GMT

His relatives quitting their jobs means there will be new job openings for other people to fill.

Comment #84

LottoPerro — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 17:00:25 GMT

Not suggesting that at all. It's just the way life is.

Comment #83

Ronnie316 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:57:49 GMT

Yeah, I suppose doing drugs could be considered other work

Comment #82

RJOh — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:37:24 GMT

Giving people an opportunity to quit their job isn't telling them to stop working . He gave them a chance to do work other than their job.

Comment #81

petergrfn — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:35:33 GMT

I think he was trying to be humble while collection a big check. He likely means he doesn't have expensive tastes and if he eats out at McDonalds. Or on the other hand maybe he likes the taste of Wild Game better? To some people a nice pot of Squirrel or stewed Rabbit is better than about anything. To each their own. With his dough he can buy himself his own Mickey D's or whatever he wants...(Although the McDonalds in maine some times have lobster rolls and they are great

Comment #80

gogidolim — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:17:12 GMT

The current MM jackpot is $93 mil. If I ever win that sort of money, I would rather create jobs than make people to quit jobs.

Comment #79

Ronnie316 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 15:51:06 GMT

I'm sure Donald is a very well meaning person,

but I think it is a dis-service to give people a bunch of money and tell them quit your job

Comment #78

Ronnie316 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 15:47:19 GMT

That's true,

but Im talking about people around him who quit their jobs and lost their lives due to drug overdoses.

Comment #77

libra926 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 15:28:08 GMT

No Ronnie....... Jack .......went very very Public about winning his money...I mean he stayed out in the Public even carrying a Large sume of money $500,000.00 in his Van on one occassion, that's what turned his life and ultimately the lives of his family into a 'Nightmare

Comment #76

libra926 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 15:18:39 GMT

oh sure U would...;...)looololololololololol

Far More Often inspired by Genuine LOVE .....

Comment #75

libra926 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 15:14:21 GMT

loved ur response...... lmao lolololololkil especially:

Hmmm, I gotta try it again being drunk, so I can be sure I'm not in control of my hands while they are busy picking the numbers.

U need to stoppppppp.....U R 2 FUNNY

Comment #74

cbr$ — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 15:13:53 GMT

Congratulation to Donald Lawson on his Powerball Jackpot win. Since his mother believes he knows the value of a dollar. Donald Lawson, sound very down to earth. Best wishes to him his family.

Comment #73

Ronnie316 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 14:23:58 GMT

Lets us know how drinking and picking works out.

Comment #72

Ronnie316 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 13:54:37 GMT

I'm saving mine to claim the losses on the tax return.

Comment #71

Ronnie316 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 13:51:37 GMT

I have filled in 5 boxes at a time without looking or thinking about the numbers.

It never worked for me. But I only did it a few times.

Donald may have been doing it daily.

Comment #70

Ronnie316 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 13:43:35 GMT

Don't be surprised if it becomes a show on tv.

Comment #69

RedStang — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 13:40:11 GMT

Lmao,I would love to get behind the counter and do that to someone with a straight face. That would be so funny on camera.

Comment #68

Ronnie316 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 13:38:18 GMT

It was a nightmare for jack and all his people that had the luxury of quitting their jobs.

I hope it works out better for Donald.

Comment #67

mrylndw — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 12:17:22 GMT

Living the dream instead of chasing the dream....congratulations.

Comment #66

mcginnin56 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 10:59:26 GMT

Your right. He should just end his life now before it's too late.

In fact, it should be mandatory that all lottery winners who go public, be immediately executed after receiving their checks.

Isn't playing the lottery fun

Comment #65

Nino224 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 10:45:39 GMT

Every time I see a lottery winner smiling at a press conference I can't help but think that's probably going to be the last time they'll ever be happy. It's the last moment before that sweet innocence is lost forever. Little do they know that putting themselves out there like that will be the single worst decision of their life.

More often than not, going public means chaos, misery, and even death.

Comment #64

mcginnin56 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 10:32:27 GMT

Exactly! For as we all know, QP's that win are a big scam by the lottery exeuctives.

Comment #63

MM Punk — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 09:56:01 GMT

I'm glad he didn't use any quick picks, otherwise the win won't be legit.

Comment #62

rdgrnr — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 09:48:32 GMT

Thanks HaveABall, we're slowly catchin' up with the rest of the world though. We got it a lot better than the old timers around here used to.

Hell, Mamaw and Papaw didn't even have electricity, they had to watch tv by candlelight.

Comment #61

rdgrnr — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 09:39:24 GMT

I hope you're not suggesting that a woman's love, affection or marital preferences could be conditional, based solely on a man's personal wealth.

Because I would be shocked and appalled.

Comment #60

rdgrnr — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 09:25:14 GMT

My research on doing things drunk hasn't shown a lot of promise.

So far.

Comment #59

rdgrnr — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 09:18:27 GMT

LOL, that reminded me of somebody here who said his luck was so bad that the lottery clerk hands him his tickets already torn up.