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S.C. man facing foreclosure wins lotteryReply
That article doesn't really say he spends all his money playing the lottery every day. A random commenter did but didn't bring any evidence of this. Plus with only $6 left why not spend it on the lottery if there's nothing else it can go to? Also he plans on spending most of it paying off debt, the part for the cruise isn't really a large portion considering cruises can be had for $400 per person for a week, or upwards of $1,200 a person (so a max of $4,000 for a week-long cruise). -----
Jan 19, 2011, 3:03 pm - ttech10 - Lottery News

With more money, more problems? Managing a windfallReply
Haven't read the article as I need to get out the door soon, but wanted to write this real quick (pertaining to the 'more problems' bit. This is the reason I wouldn't mind winning a smaller jackpot over a big one, but don't get me wrong... I'd LOVE winning a huge one a lot more than a small one, but in a way it'd be nicer to win a smaller one. With the current Lotto Texas jackpot it's up to $8.9 million cash value which is about $5.8 million after all taxes. I'm actually hoping I win thi
Jan 12, 2011, 9:51 am - ttech10 - Lottery News

Arkansas lottery director up for review for first timeReply
From the article: Lottery Oversight Committee delayed action Friday on a proposal for the lottery to join a multi-state game being developed called Dollars for Decades. Has anyone heard about this game being developed? Jimmy
Jan 11, 2011, 1:50 am - jimjwright - Lottery News

With more money, more problems? Managing a windfallReply
Financial decisions such as setting up a separate bank account for the money and, in the case of a lottery, how to handle all the attention must be made quickly. Work, for at least a day or two, may need to wait. The above quote from the article...I literally stopped and lol'd out loud at that sentence in bold. Work may need to wait a day or two? Win a hundred million and work may have to wait a day or two? I figured my first phone call to work would be buh-bye .
Jan 10, 2011, 11:20 pm - ameriken - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery winner recounts epic winReply
The article stated Mr McC------ used a combination of the couple's birthdays. Congratulations to the winner, wish it was me even if it was one million. Foreclosure would not be in my future.
Jan 8, 2011, 3:44 pm - corius$1918! - Lottery News

Pet NumbersReply
Artemis, I found this quote in a lottery article: play the same number each time you play, because if you are lost, you are likely to be found if you stay in the same place instead of wandering around trying to find your way back. Did whoever wrote that win a jackpot, or was it just their opinion? There's a post here on LP somewhere about the same numbers eventually hitting, but it may take 483 years or so.
Jan 6, 2011, 5:02 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Pet Numbers
I've been playing the same 5 sets of numbers (for both PB MM) for almost a year now, and feel that this is the best way to win. For those of you who have been playing a special set of numbers, how long have you been doing this? Have you ever missed a draw and had your numbers come in? I found this quote in a lottery article: play the same number each time you play, because if you are lost, you are likely to be found if you stay in the same place instead of wandering around trying to f
Jan 6, 2011, 3:35 am - Artemis - Lottery Discussion Forum

Man files 27 lawsuits over alleged lost lottery ticketReply
Claims of losing the winning ticket is a common scam of people trying to claim a lottery jackpot that they did not win as was the case in the October Euromillions jackpot of 113m. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1321830/Euromillions-pensioner-claims-won-lottery-jackpot-husband-binned-ticket.html Lotteries all over the world deal with hundreds of such claims every year. The real winner later came forward with the actual winning ticket.
Dec 12, 2010, 1:51 pm - RJOh - Lottery News

Powerball lottery spreads the wealth in Wednesday's drawingReply
only prob i had with the article is it didnt list the numbers that where drawn to produce all the historic masive player wins would have been nice. anyhow gratz to all that win, and if i get a series of 3 numbers ill keep em, cuz u never know
Dec 5, 2010, 10:27 am - savagegoose - Lottery News

Colossal Fail: Cowboys lottery game winners not getting tickets after allReply
I think they should at least honor it, would make them look good. Plus with the price of all the concession stuff they'd only have to buy one Coke and nachos a game to make up the price of the seats. From the article it doesn't seem like it's that terrible of a thing, I was thinking it was actual winners of the scratch game that wouldn't be getting the tickets and not just second-chance winners. That would be a colossal fail as it would be the prize printed on the ticket and they wouldn't be get
Nov 17, 2010, 4:40 pm - ttech10 - Lottery News