Mega Millions 355,000,000$

What's this shit?:confused: :dontknow:

The universe doesn't revolve around the earth?:confused: :dontknow:

Next god damn thing you will be telling me is that beer is not part of a food group.:(
 
Beer is part of a food group and it will go bad if left in a refrigerator overnight!

Your chances of winning are terrible...but they are worse if you don't buy a ticket! Dat be true!
 
If I heard right this morning....they are saying no one hit it....up to 450 some million now:rock: :rock:
 
Lottery said:
COLUMBUS, Ohio - At least two people woke up Wednesday well on their way to becoming millionaires. Winning tickets were purchased in New Jersey and Georgia for the record $370 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot, and there could be others in California, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Lottery said Wednesday.
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Damn, I realy had alot eggs in that basket....
 
Originally Posted by Lottery
COLUMBUS, Ohio - At least two people woke up Wednesday well on their way to becoming millionaires. Winning tickets were purchased in New Jersey and Georgia for the record $370 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot, and there could be others in California, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Lottery said Wednesday.

What's the fun of winning if you have to split it?:confused: :dontknow: ;) :D
 
ViperTruck2933 said:
Sweet, I'll take a ROE TSTM. :rock:
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Me too! But I need a manifold to link it to my 5 cyl. Volvo! Anyone here ready to take on fabricating that mod?
 
Someone in South Jersey won.

I was in South Jersey yesterday, where I purchased $10 worth of tickets.






















As usual, I wasn't that 'someone'.:dontknow: :( :p
 
Hamrhead said:
Someone in South Jersey won.

I was in South Jersey yesterday, where I purchased $10 worth of tickets.






















As usual, I wasn't that 'someone'.:dontknow: :( :p
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I wasn't the "someone" in Georgia either! DAMNIT!
 
your odds of winning are about the same as a REd truck being the fastest. Slim and none.

Good luck
 
Hamrhead said:
Someone in South Jersey won.

I was in South Jersey yesterday, where I purchased $10 worth of tickets.

As usual, I wasn't that 'someone'.:dontknow: :( :p
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Well I'm $10 richer because I didn't buy any tickets yesterday. I usually play but I just didn't get to it yesterday. NC just got the "Powerball" and VA has the "Mega Million". I live close enough to VA to get up there and buy tickets every once in a while. So double my chances of losing. :D
 
SilvrSRT10 said:
Well I'm $10 richer because I didn't buy any tickets yesterday. I usually play but I just didn't get to it yesterday. NC just got the "Powerball" and VA has the "Mega Million". I live close enough to VA to get up there and buy tickets every once in a while. So double my chances of losing. :D
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I get the same luxury! GA has MM, and TN has PB.
 
I saw a TV program that was on people who started out penniless, won the lottery and within years were penniless again. If you can't spend $100 wisely, your not gonna spend $100 million wisely. You gotta save some, invest some, play with some.
 
Sorry. Just had to inject a little reality.

Automatically, those who play the lottery are gamblers.
The chances of them becoming addictive gamblers is probably the exact opposite of their odds of winning in the first place.


"The best way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket."
-Kin Hubbard.
 
Kevan said:
Automatically, those who play the lottery are gamblers.
The chances of them becoming addictive gamblers is probably the exact opposite of their odds of winning in the first place.
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Not sure I understand this statement. Are you suggesting that anyone who plays the lottery stands a good chance of becoming addicted to it and can't stop playing?? I've been playing on and off for years but it's strickly recreational. I only bother to buy a ticket if I happen to be filling up the truck and feel like walking inside to get one. And it's usually only a buck or two each time. And when the lottery is up into the big numbers.
I know there are some out there that spend hundreds at a time and they usually are the one's that can't afford to lose it. They are the one's (in my opinion) that need help.
 
If you put down $1, $2, $5, $10 (or whatever it may be), you are 'rolling the dice' in the hopes of winning. Whether it's a wheel, cards, a horse, or numbers- it's simple gambling.

All I was saying is that one is more likely to become an addict if they try it than if they don't.
It's hard to get addicted to heroin if you never try it. :D

I also think that some of these winners believe they are luckier than the person next to them and so the gambling continues: "I won a huge lottery; imagine how well I'll do at the slots/tables/track!!!" I'm guessing on their mind-set, but I don't think I'm too far off.

Why don't I gamble? Check out the movie "The Cooler"? That's me. And that's why I don't gamble. I'm not against it (a few million for schools each year is a good thing). I just don't do it.
 
Kevan said:
"The best way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket."
-Kin Hubbard.
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Just don't want to have anyone take that quote literally...

The very best way to double your money is by making the maximum contribution to your company 401 (k) or 403 (B) plan...you get an immediate 25 to 35% return because the dollars you invest are not taxed until you retire (at a lower tax rate) you also get the matching amount that your company invests in you. Say the company gives you 25 cents for every dollar you put in...well to me that is another 25% on top of the 25 to 35% (depending on your tax bracket).

My accountant says in terms of investments, max out your 401 k as the number 1 priority, I even consider it more important than our investments in our homes. While we recently sold a home in Florida for over $600,000 that we purchased for $150,000 20 years ago, that gain is really not even close to the compounding of our 401k and 403b plans over the past 20 years. Until 2001 we were doubling our money every 4.5 years. The market has recovered and we are in nearly the same mode now except that our portfolio is much more conservative because I am old as dirt.

That's how you double your money...over and over...start as young as possible let compounding (making interest on the interest on top of the principle) be your friend...make that decision today...take maximum advantage of the programs your employer offers and never touch it.

If you are self employed the SEP Ira will do the same for you.

Sorry for the rant...just the professor in me coming out!
 
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