US lottery experiences and the Patels

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zinniagirl — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 06:59:42 GMT

Enjoyed reading about your experience! Oh and yes tap water that has been filtered three times is used to make fountain drinks.

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SilverLion — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 06:03:42 GMT

I went with quick picks mostly, I won 1$ and 2$, I did not break even. are you supposed to get the ticket back or do you only get the pay out receipt? I checked my numbers and there were no jackpot winners or second prize winners, but still. Love the little chime the terminal plays!

The chime is entertaing the first time. Unfortunatley with the plethora of music choices, genres and artists it seems to be limited to only one chime. I suppose putting in multiple chimes would infringe on GTECHs

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dr65 — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 17:50:21 GMT

An obvious choice but was trying to sleuth the salty chlorination.

Blame the ice.

I've never met a Pepsi I didn't like.

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MaximumMillions — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:32:44 GMT

I wanted to try Baja Blast but they didn't have any, neither Coke.

I'm now also suffering mild withdrawal symptoms from DDs Mango Colada.

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lottolaughs — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 15:46:23 GMT

Great read...I want more! Next time order Coke,lol.

And,yes, we all have our Patel stories. Lots here in Calif

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MaximumMillions — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 14:12:18 GMT

Ice of course! It was hot as hell.

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MaximumMillions — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 14:11:34 GMT

I'm right on the border of Lower Saxony and Hamburg, so know those pretty well. It's basically the same, Lower Saxony uses oink paper, Hamburg uses yellow paper haha.

I think the different products are mostly scratchers, promotions and seasonal offers, like New Years special draws and the like

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dr65 — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:45:49 GMT

Ice or no ice?

I'm happy your journey was an interesting one. And also hope one of your 26 draws brings a very nice

surprise.

Gl oh...and the Patels... ....I guess you cannot be called a lottery guru unless you've met one. Welcome

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Todd — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:32:32 GMT

That was an interesting read, thanks for sharing it!

I know what you mean about the call bets. That can be super-annoying.

What part of Germany are you from? (Near a major city?) Germany has its own peculiarities, with lots of regional lotteries. But I imagine it's not as different as playing from one state to the next in the US.

US lottery experiences and the Patels

MaximumMillions — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:05:24 GMT

So I thought I'd share some recent very boring experiences from NY.

I was recently in NY and bought tickets for the NY Lotto (once only) and bought PB and MM tickets regularly.

Some dollars and some dreams, it would have been so much fun to figure out how to deal with the winning while on vacation, flying there coach, flying back private or first class.

Unfortunately, that didn't work, as the one time I am in New York it does not win, of course. Instead, as you know, it went to Illinois... [ More ]