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General Category => General Harness Racing Discussion => Topic started by: careless hal on November 27, 2012, 02:31:20 PM
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I bet LVGD is in Arizona now getting his tickets!!! I will buy a few. If I win some trainers I know are going to very happy. Although, I wouldn't spend more than $2 million buying some horses to race.
Nov. 27, 2012
The jackpot for Wednesday's Powerball drawing now stands at $500 million -- the richest Powerball pot ever -- and it's likely to get even sweeter.
"Back in January, we moved Powerball from being a $1 game to $2," says Mary Neubauer, a spokeswoman for the Iowa lottery. "We thought at the time that this would mean bigger and faster-growing jackpots."
It's proved true. The total, she says, "has been taking huge jumps -- another $100 million since Saturday." (The most recent drawing, on Saturday night, produced no winning numbers.)
Until now, the biggest Powerball pot on record -- $365 million -- was won in 2006 by eight Lincoln, Neb., co-workers.
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Lottery officials in Iowa, where Powerball is headquartered, have started getting phone calls from all around the world. "When it gets this big," says Neubauer, "we start getting inquiries from Canada and Europe from people wanting to know if they can buy a ticket. They ask if they can FedEx us the money."
Don Smith/The Record (Bergen County)/AP PhotoA customer purchases lottery tickets for the... View Full Size Don Smith/The Record (Bergen County)/AP PhotoA customer purchases lottery tickets for the Powerball lottery at Foster Stationery in Bergenfield, N.J., Nov. 24, 2012.
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The answer she has to give them, she says, is: "Sorry, no. You have to buy a ticket in a member state from a licensed retail location."
About 80 percent of players don't choose their own Powerball number, opting instead for a computer-generated one.
Asked if there's anything players can do to improve their odds of winning, Neubauer says no -- apart from buying a ticket, of course.
Lottery officials put the odds of winning Wednesday's Powerball pot at one in 175 million, meaning you are 25 times more likely to win an Academy Award.
Skip Garibaldi, a professor of mathematics at Emory University in Atlanta, provides additional perspective: You are three times more likely to die from a falling coconut, he says; seven times more likely to die from fireworks, "and way more likely to die from flesh-eating bacteria" (115 fatalities a year) than you are to win the Powerball lottery
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I bought a ticket, Hal. If I hit you can explain the odds to me on MY Carribean island. Drinks are on me.
ps Bring Chicago Jazz with you... he always has top shelf cigars with him.
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I purchased my $8 bucks worth on Sunday in Ohio. When I win I'm buying a new truck and trailer for Saint Calvin, a maid for Amy, a new phone for Red Bow Tie, new shoes for Skipper, and a colt to win the Jug for me and GGG. Did I miss anything else?
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I purchased my $8 bucks worth on Sunday in Ohio. When I win I'm buying a new truck and trailer for Saint Calvin, a maid for Amy, a new phone for Red Bow Tie, new shoes for Skipper, and a colt to win the Jug for me and GGG. Did I miss anything else?
Madam Ling Ling for old Gary D...
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Ryan and I got our tickets yesterday, Hal. Plus I am in the huge pool at work. I would gladly take sharing that jackpot with 15 others in my pool. ;D
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Madam Ling Ling for old Gary D...
Consider it done thumbsup
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Consider it done thumbsup
heartluv Should be able to get the one I have in mind for about $250,000. We will have to pay for her divorce first.
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rflmao1
heartluv Should be able to get the one I have in mind for about $250,000. We will have to pay for her divorce first.
I'm REAL good at paying for divorces rflmao1
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rflmao1
I'm REAL good at paying for divorces rflmao1
slaphead Sorry! rflmao1
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rflmao1
I'm REAL good at paying for divorces rflmao1
I bought one of those. Helluva deal!
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I have tears in my eyes. redrose
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I have tears in my eyes. redrose
Don't weep for me, Argentina. That was years & years ago. I traded way up. (but don't tell her)
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a new phone for Red Bow Tie,
bowdown bowdown rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1
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If I win, I'm going to build an all new state of the art racetrack with every possible creature comfort, mega purses for the races and jobs for everybody that wants one.
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If I win, I'm going to build an all new state of the art racetrack with every possible creature comfort, mega purses for the races and jobs for everybody that wants one.
lilcheerleader
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The cash value of 500 million is 327.4 million! So after taxes you would only have 210 million!
It will go over 500 million before the drawing. I'm thinking 550 million!
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lilcheerleader
Don't even have to apply, Amy! Just tell me what job you want and it's yours!
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I never play these things...it's just an exorbitant form of taxation by the government. And we are still broker than hell. Ever wonder where all this losing money goes? IMHO.
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I never play these things...it's just an exorbitant form of taxation by the government. And we are still broker than hell. Ever wonder where all this losing money goes? IMHO.
I bought one anyway. If it hits I'll be in Belize, Barbados, Costa Rica, or somewhere else warm. If I get the itch to go back to racing, maybe New Zealand. It's just buying a dream for 2 bucks. Rotten odds but fun to think about.
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I bought a ticket, Hal. If I hit you can explain the odds to me on MY Carribean island. Drinks are on me.
ps Bring Chicago Jazz with you... he always has top shelf cigars with him.
Fine Cigars are always ready, all we need is the damn winning ticket.
good luck!
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Fine Cigars are always ready, all we need is the damn winning ticket.
good luck!
Heck, while we're dreaming, maybe we'll both hit and have to split it over a fine cigar. The only time I smoke is when I get a cigar from you, or when my Son & I go to the NASCAR race in Bristol. Good luck Jazz!
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550 MILLION
Cash360.2 Million
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550 MILLION
Cash360.2 Million
That'll be handy. I'm getting by on a little less than that now.
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Fine Cigars are always ready, all we need is the damn winning ticket.
good luck!
Where is the GISS with all this talk about fine cigars? What's your favorite stick?
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My daughter inlaw's uncle is an Air Force Doctor who frequently flys down to Gitmo. Since military planes don't go through customs he always brings back boxes of Cohibas for himself. He shared a couple with me at family weddings... they are primo!
I hope someone else in the family gets married soon. It's been awhile.
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One of our customers brings in these oddly rolled things in papers that look yellowish brown. I'm not sure what kind of tobacco this is, but it smells like a skunk and tastes really different than any other cigar I ever smoked. I also find that it makes me light footed and craving Crunchy Cheetos. He did mention that they cost about $10 each, so they must be high quality.
idunno idunno
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One of our customers brings in these oddly rolled things in papers that look yellowish brown. I'm not sure what kind of tobacco this is, but it smells like a skunk and tastes really different than any other cigar I ever smoked. I also find that it makes me light footed and craving Crunchy Cheetos. He did mention that they cost about $10 each, so they must be high quality.
idunno idunno
Those are called piss wrappers. Pig piss is preferred but in a pinch some unsavory typres use human urine. Folks that smoke these are usually also fans of golden showers.
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If i hit the powerball im claiming everyone of Oatie's horses just to piss him off rflmao1
Then im going to Amish them just so he doesn't know where they're at idunno
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If i hit the powerball im claiming everyone of Oatie's horses just to piss him off rflmao1
Then im going to Amish them just so he doesn't know where they're at idunno
rflmao1
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I HOPE ONE OF US HIT IT!
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I HOPE ONE OF US HIT IT!
If it's me we are gonna have a super ITS party before I bug out! Then it's goodbye Illinois.
Think about this: You could be a hard working honest person your entire life, then you win this pot and you're the hated evil rich.
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Madam Ling Ling for old Gary D...
This is probably the only lottery where I think after 1 years from winning ,you might still have madam Ling Ling money left !!!!!
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This is probably the only lottery where I think after 1 years from winning ,you might still have madam Ling Ling money left !!!!!
Maybe, maybe not. I told one Sunday she could retire if I hit it... and let's just say I got a nice taste of what could be a nightly affair.
rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1
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If Gary hits will she then become Madame Bling Bling?
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If Gary hits will she then become Madame Bling Bling?
Yes, and she will become a lot younger too. rflmao1 rflmao1
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05 - 23 - 16 - 22 - 29 and Powerball 06
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05 - 23 - 16 - 22 - 29 and Powerball 06
Winning ticket sold in Ohio lilcheerleader
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Winning ticket sold in Ohio lilcheerleader
That and $5 will buy you a latte at Starbucks. thumbsup thumbsup thumbsup
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Winning ticket sold in Ohio lilcheerleader
It was GGG, now he can buy a set of hands
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It was GGG, now he can buy a set of hands
thumbsup bowdown rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1 bowdown thumbsup
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It was GGG, now he can buy a set of hands
birdienana
They don't make 'em any better than that fella; sheer perfection in every sense of the word
birdienana
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thumbsup bowdown rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1 bowdown thumbsup
Your new shoes are being returned to Sears in the a.m.
birdienana
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Your new shoes are being returned to Sears in the a.m.
birdienana
Damn I hope they werent skecher slip ons hammerhead1
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CNN reporting winning powerball tickets sold in Arizona and Missouri
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It was GGG, now he can buy a set of hands
rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1
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It was GGG, now he can buy a set of hands
rflmao1
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I HOPE ONE OF US HIT IT!
Welcome to the site my friend! thumbsup