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Winning a lottery jackpot can't guarantee happinessReply
I found some people, their lives were saved by winning. They were in dirty, deleterious jobs and it gave them a chance to retire, continued Mr. Kaplan, who wrote the 1978 book Lottery Winners: How they won and how winning changed their lives. We've had articles like this posted many times on this board, and each time I chuckle and shake my head. I chuckle because I'd like the opportunity to prove them wrong and I shake my head because so many people who had this blessing were either greedy
Apr 9, 2006, 2:03 pm - justxploring - Lottery News

NewbieReply
Quote: Originally posted by USAF Girl on April 6, 2006 It's nice when people thank you for your service, but I'm just a pencil pusher, (personnel) someone has to process the paperwork right?? Technology is replacing our jobs, along with civilians I wanted to win before I retire!! Reading your post about the dream book saddens me that me dreaming about winning the lottery really wasn't winning at all, I should have known.......I couldn't make out any numbers on the ticket. I do rememb
Apr 6, 2006, 3:17 am - Korean Redneck - Lottery Discussion Forum

You guys want to make some money?Reply
Cashman: It takes about the same amount of time or less to post numbers from your family secret, as it takes to write a response to everyone. It's not that I don't believe you, It's just that there is nothing like seeing it with my own two eyes. As far as Aaron goes, we'll never agree on that one, so I'm just gonna leave that one alone. One last thing. If you say you make a 5 figure income a year with this, wouldn't one assume that by doubling up on the bets, you can literally retire w
Mar 20, 2006, 3:53 pm - pacattack05 - Lottery Systems Forum

What would the experts do with a lottery jackpot?Reply
Are you joking? Many of my interests are in things that don't cost much more than gas money to drive someplace, so I could be pretty happy on 2 or 300k per year. If I could make 100 to 150k without even getting out of bed I might even retire now and be a bit conservative about my spending. Given a more generous income I'd be more than happy to spend 50k on travel, though I don't see myself staying in any outrageously expensive resorts. If you continued to get by on less than 100k when you could
Mar 11, 2006, 12:52 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

California MM has multiple winnersReply
Seven Calif. workers share $315 million lottery prize07:34 PM CST on Wednesday, November 16, 2005Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. Reporters and would-be millionaires swarmed a mom-and-pop gift shop Wednesday where a winning $315 million lottery ticket was sold, then shifted to the Kaiser Permanente medical center in Garden Grove when they found out seven employees there shared the golden ticket.The lucky seven, as people have begun to call them, have asked to stay anonymous for now, said K
Nov 16, 2005, 11:01 pm - sirbrad - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery TaxationReply
Here are my problems with the Fair Tax':1. The actual tax rate is much higher than that advertised by the author of the plan. He claims that only a 23 percent consumption tax rate on retail sales, exclusive of food and medical products, is needed to produce the same amount of revenue as the current tax code. First of all, the tax rate is actually 30 percent since for every 77 cents of a good or service that is purchased, another 23 cents is added on in the form of this national sales tax. I can
Aug 14, 2005, 7:00 pm - lchoro - Lottery Discussion Forum

BlackjackReply
Knowing when to leave the tableA hot dealer is a metaphysical event, I believe. It makes no sense any other way. Some dealers stay hot all the time. Others come to work hot, then cool off later in the day. Some never seem to have a hot, even a hot hour.When I'm deciding what table to play I look at the dealer's tray. If it's overflowing it might be the players are not good ones, but it probably means the dealer's been hot or that it's simply a hot table. If I sit down at it, I do so withou
Jul 2, 2005, 8:07 am - Rip Snorter - Gaming Forum

Middle Georgians have mixed feelings about California joining lotteryNews Story
The chances of winning the Mega Millions jackpot at the beginning of this week were low, but now the chances are even lower.California became the 12th state to join the Mega Millions lottery Wednesday, bringing with it a population of 36 million to tonight's Mega Millions drawing.But even as California has joined the pool, that hasn't stopped Sharon Norton from playing. She said she keeps playing, hoping to hit it big and retire early. I think it's fine, said Norton, 39, an X-ray technician. T
Jun 24, 2005, 9:39 am - Todd - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery insists that Powerball winner reveal identityNews Story
The 33-year-old Idaho man who won a $220.3 million Powerball lottery jackpot Memorial Day weekend came out of hiding Thursday after the Idaho Lottery refused his request for anonymity.Brad Duke, a regional fitness director for a chain of health clubs and and unmarried former Boise State University pole-vaulter whose garage contains five mountain bikes, chose to take a one-time lump sum payment of $125.3 million, rather than the 30 annual installments of $7.4 million. That works out to approximat
Jun 17, 2005, 10:24 am - Todd - Lottery News

3rd time of 'almost lucky' still pays $175,000News Story
A Virginia couple has hit five of the six lottery numbers three timesSome people may say matching five of six numbers in the lottery falls short of being lucky. A Bedford County couple would disagree.Enos and Linda Blankenship of Thaxton, Virginia have had five of six winning numbers in the lottery - three times.Most recently they matched five of six numbers in the Mega Millions drawing on Feb. 20. The lone winning ticket for the big jackpot - $239 million - hasn't been claimed.The Blankenships
Feb 26, 2004, 5:02 am - Todd - Lottery News