chickenman
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May need a up right organ player...
Og Gong
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I can play the ukulele lol it kinda sounds like a banjo but not lol.
If I win I'm gonna own Molokai or at least half lol.
Growin Grass
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I just heard 1.5, 930 lump sum (before taxes)
This is starting to sound like a better investment then my 401k
This is starting to sound like a better investment then my 401k
Growin Grass
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Shroom Kink and The Powerballs
LMFAO
:cry:
LMFAO
:cry:
Growin Grass
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Sorry, been reading too much crap over at Jim's
LocalGrowGuy
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I've always thought 'Donkey Punch Rodeo' would be a good name for a band.
ShroomKing
Best of luck. Peace
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I might call it " free tacos "
LocalGrowGuy
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CROCK POT MEAT!
Canalchemist
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I can't win, wrong country but if I did win I would be putting Golf courses out of business and turning them into nice communities for homeless people to live and grow and breed weed in.
Golf Courses such a waste of space and money for nothing!
Golf Courses such a waste of space and money for nothing!
GrowGod
BANNED!
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Totally agree lmao
Bulldog11
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I like golf. Fun sport.
Now soccer fields, those would all be changed to homeless shelters. lol.
LocalGrowGuy
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In related news, A coworker completed a survey for Publishers Clearing House last year, and I'll skip the details but he won two small drawings for 5k and 20k, then won the huge jackpot this fall. Less than a year pushing buttons and taking surveys and the guy won. He could take the entire amount and spread it over the next 30 years, but if he took the cash option they would only give him about ten percent of the prize. Crazy.
dalai farma
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I'd probably give most of the money away.Pay off the entire family's mortgages, bills, make sure they are all set etc.. The only luxury I'd allow myself is a private jet and a box at Fenway Park. No fancy cars, no huge estates. I'd like to think I could be the miracle people pray for when they can't feed their kids or pay for their kids cancer treatments. Start school lunch programs for underprivileged kids, build a community of affordable tiny houses for those trying to get back on their feet. Man, there's soooo much good you could do w/ all that cash. Oh, and it's a given I'd have the sickest grow facility. We all know giving away quality meds to those in need is a good feeling. I love giving the homeless guys on the off ramps meds. Makes their day. Good luck to everyone playing. I bought some too.
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Growin Grass
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That's kind of what I was thinking, although I'm not sure I'd be able to follow through with it. Buy my mom a house, get my Little Brother in school, get my Grandparents into a one story house. Make sure I'm comfortable, and spend the rest working on water infrastructure and feeding 3rd world countries
Growin Grass
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Def wanna do some local help too, but my heart first goes out to the people in countries that just plain have nothing. Spending your whole day exhausting yourself trying to get food and water isn't my idea of fun
NaturalTherapy
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Lottery always seemed to be a voluntary tax on poor people. When I read about the poor folks who win 10s of millions and are broke again in less than a decade, I can't help but think that poor people have poor ways
xavier7995
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Remaking NaturalTherapy's point but....
http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-powerball-rules-were-tweaked-20160112-column.html
The same phenomenon is at work with Powerball: Customers focus their attention less on that incomprehensibly tiny 1-in-292-million probability, and more on what they'll do with the billion-dollar prize when they win it.
It's also well-understood that in economic terms, the people who are exploited by this mismatch of expectations tend to be disproportionately low-income and less educated.
Yes, lotteries are effectively a tax on the poor. In 1999, researchers at Duke University reported that American households spent an average of $162 per year on lottery tickets, but low-income households spent $289 and those with less than $10,000 in income spent $597. Higher lottery purchases also were associated with lower educational attainment and ethnic minorities.
http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-powerball-rules-were-tweaked-20160112-column.html
The same phenomenon is at work with Powerball: Customers focus their attention less on that incomprehensibly tiny 1-in-292-million probability, and more on what they'll do with the billion-dollar prize when they win it.
It's also well-understood that in economic terms, the people who are exploited by this mismatch of expectations tend to be disproportionately low-income and less educated.
Yes, lotteries are effectively a tax on the poor. In 1999, researchers at Duke University reported that American households spent an average of $162 per year on lottery tickets, but low-income households spent $289 and those with less than $10,000 in income spent $597. Higher lottery purchases also were associated with lower educational attainment and ethnic minorities.
LocalGrowGuy
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See: Andrew Jackson "Jack" Whittaker, Jr. (born c. 1947 in Jumping Branch, West Virginia) is the winner of a 2002 lottery jackpot. When he won US$314.9 million in the Powerball multi-state lottery it was, at the time, the largest jackpot ever won by a single winning ticket in the history of American lottery.
While he did donate 10%, his case is sadly common with lottery winners.
On August 5, 2003, less than a year after Whittaker won the lottery, thieves broke into his car while it was parked at a strip club in Cross Lanes, West Virginia. The thieves made away with $545,000 in cash that Whittaker carried around in a suitcase.[6] When asked why he would carry that much money around with him Whittaker responded "because I can". In another incident, two employees at the club, the general manager and a dancer-manager who were romantically linked, were arrested and charged with a plot to put drugs in Whittaker's drinks and then rob him.[5] On January 25, 2004, thieves once again broke into his car, this time making off with an estimated $200,000 in cash, but this was later recovered.
On September 17, 2003, Jesse Tribble, an 18-year-old on-and-off-again boyfriend of Whittaker's granddaughter Brandi Bragg, was found dead in Whittaker's home in Teays Valley, West Virginia,.[7] A coroner's report indicated that he had died from overdosing on a combination of oxycodone, methadone, meperidine, and cocaine.
On December 20, 2004, Brandi Bragg, 17, was found dead on the property of a male friend after being reported missing on December 9. Her body was wrapped inside a plastic tarpaulin and dumped behind a junked van. No one was charged with a crime. Cocaine and methadone were found in her system, but the cause of death was listed as "undetermined."[5]
At an October 11, 2005 hearing related to his January 2003 DUI, a visibly shaken Whittaker lashed out at local law enforcement agencies for focusing on his troubles while failing to arrest anyone in relation to his granddaughter's death,[8]
Go after whoever killed my granddaughter with as much zealous [sic] as these butt holes are trying to convict me of something I didn’t do.
Whittaker was later sued by Caesars Atlantic City casino for bouncing $1.5 million worth of checks to cover gambling losses. Whittaker also countersued, claiming that his losses were supposed to be credited due to a slot machine he developed and that they in fact owed him money.[9]
On January 11, 2007, a legal complaint against Whittaker alleged he claimed that on September 11, 2006, thieves took all of his money.[10] The thieves, according to the account, went to 12 branches of the City National Bank and cashed 12 checks. The incident came to light because Whittaker had not been paying money to a woman who had previously sued him. Kitti French filed the complaint earlier in the week, requesting court costs and money from Whittaker.
On July 5, 2009, Ginger Whittaker Bragg, Whittaker's 42-year-old daughter and the mother of Brandi Bragg, was found dead in Daniels, West Virginia. No explanation was given but officials did not expect foul play
While he did donate 10%, his case is sadly common with lottery winners.
On August 5, 2003, less than a year after Whittaker won the lottery, thieves broke into his car while it was parked at a strip club in Cross Lanes, West Virginia. The thieves made away with $545,000 in cash that Whittaker carried around in a suitcase.[6] When asked why he would carry that much money around with him Whittaker responded "because I can". In another incident, two employees at the club, the general manager and a dancer-manager who were romantically linked, were arrested and charged with a plot to put drugs in Whittaker's drinks and then rob him.[5] On January 25, 2004, thieves once again broke into his car, this time making off with an estimated $200,000 in cash, but this was later recovered.
On September 17, 2003, Jesse Tribble, an 18-year-old on-and-off-again boyfriend of Whittaker's granddaughter Brandi Bragg, was found dead in Whittaker's home in Teays Valley, West Virginia,.[7] A coroner's report indicated that he had died from overdosing on a combination of oxycodone, methadone, meperidine, and cocaine.
On December 20, 2004, Brandi Bragg, 17, was found dead on the property of a male friend after being reported missing on December 9. Her body was wrapped inside a plastic tarpaulin and dumped behind a junked van. No one was charged with a crime. Cocaine and methadone were found in her system, but the cause of death was listed as "undetermined."[5]
At an October 11, 2005 hearing related to his January 2003 DUI, a visibly shaken Whittaker lashed out at local law enforcement agencies for focusing on his troubles while failing to arrest anyone in relation to his granddaughter's death,[8]
Go after whoever killed my granddaughter with as much zealous [sic] as these butt holes are trying to convict me of something I didn’t do.
Whittaker was later sued by Caesars Atlantic City casino for bouncing $1.5 million worth of checks to cover gambling losses. Whittaker also countersued, claiming that his losses were supposed to be credited due to a slot machine he developed and that they in fact owed him money.[9]
On January 11, 2007, a legal complaint against Whittaker alleged he claimed that on September 11, 2006, thieves took all of his money.[10] The thieves, according to the account, went to 12 branches of the City National Bank and cashed 12 checks. The incident came to light because Whittaker had not been paying money to a woman who had previously sued him. Kitti French filed the complaint earlier in the week, requesting court costs and money from Whittaker.
On July 5, 2009, Ginger Whittaker Bragg, Whittaker's 42-year-old daughter and the mother of Brandi Bragg, was found dead in Daniels, West Virginia. No explanation was given but officials did not expect foul play
Bulldog11
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Lots of things could be considered tax on poor people, depending on how you look at it. Eating at McDonalds all the time, cost effective but your medical bill are going to be trouble. I think poor people should be substituted with stupid people.
With that said, I did shell out 40$ on this lottery. Been around a year since I played last, so 40$ a year isn't bad.
With that said, I did shell out 40$ on this lottery. Been around a year since I played last, so 40$ a year isn't bad.
NaturalTherapy
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The other aspect is that the rules were recently changed in powerball to make it harder to win, thus creating massive jackpots and a public fervor surrounding the idea of winning.
Numbers have been steadily falling and powerball drawings were seeing fewer tickets sold. So the company upped the ante and changed the rules to sell more tickets. Obviously it's working. Expect to see many more massive jackpots coming in the future, and record numbers of people buying their one in 260 billion chance to live like kardashians
Numbers have been steadily falling and powerball drawings were seeing fewer tickets sold. So the company upped the ante and changed the rules to sell more tickets. Obviously it's working. Expect to see many more massive jackpots coming in the future, and record numbers of people buying their one in 260 billion chance to live like kardashians
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