So Who Has Bought Lottery Tickets For Tonight?

True, the first thing I'd do is change my phone number! I'd have relatives crawling out of the woodwork! :lol:

 

http://www.nc-educationlottery.org

Gives instructions on how to play as well as prizes remaining on scratchoffs.

 

so it can be double digit numbers? I am confused....like if I wanted to pick and say use my kids birthday, which is 8 19 96 that is considered 'three' numbers, right?

 

He said he did, but there has been no corroberating evidence. He popped on here once and said he won, then someone posted back asking for him to repeat himself and he never replied. (He has posted once or twice since, but only as a drive by and no more mention of a lottery win.)

Still don't know if he really won and, if he did, did he win the jackpot, or only a $20 prize.

People who do this have always puzzled me. Last week it was $180M. You wouldn't have been satisfied with that?

I buy a ticket for every game (that I can afford). Specifically I buy 5 sets of numbers and make it a "power play".

BTW, for those of you who don't know, adding the "power play" option will double the cost of the play, but will multiply any winnings (except the jackpot) by the power play number, which will be between 2 and 5.

 

I guess its just an old habit, I would never go to Virginia unless it was a big pot so why change now. I like playing with the masses LOL

 

When I win tonight, will I need to place this ad in the paper?

"Newest winner of 245 mill powerball seeks new friends (rather keep the eleven I have), reunions with all 755 thousand people with whom I attended school (senior class of three hundred-90% of us were in the same schools from 1st through 12th together), and several generations of decendants of relatives who seek to share my new found fortune."

Carl

 

96 is out. You pick five numbers between 1 and 55 (no duplicates) and then pick a powerball, which is a single number between 1 and 42 (can be the same as any of the first five).

 

Thanks so much all of you!! If I win, I 'll be sure to thank all of the 4042'ers....:-D

 

Hey Jen, I'm savin my $ for Krystal Burgers next time I travel to GA or TN

 

So if someone mysteriously drops off the board forever we know what happened.

DH is faithful about buying tickets and we have our winnings all planned out! :lol:

 

all $245 mill? that must be some plan!!:shock:

 

Oh yea mighty good plan.....might even include you....if you are nice!

 

If I won that kind of money the first thing I would buy is a new pair of britches cause the ones I had one would not be any good anymore.

Then I'd give 10% to my church,

Set my parents up for life,

Buy my house,

A new car for me, new truck for hubby, new car for daughter,

New house for my in-laws . . . far, far, far, far away from here

Oh, I hope I win!

 

LMAO! Me too!!!!

 

I've thought about this and I'm wondering about the tithing.

At the current $245 Million, you certainly won't end up with that much when all is said and done.

(The following is all guess-timation, but not far off, according to the Powerball website)

If you take the lump sum, you'll get about half, which is about $130 Million.

Once you receive your payment, you'll pay about half in taxes, while will leave about $70 Million.

So, which amount do you tithe?

10% of what you won? ($24.5 Million)
10% of what you actually receive in winnings? ($13 Million)
or
10% of what you have after taxes? ($7 Million)

 

only thing i would pay for is the house, lights, water and, cell phone. everyone else would never get paid. all the credit cards...haha...forget it. i would put alot away for my daughter's school and so she could have plenty of cash later on in life. then the rest i would blow on beer and hookers

 

Well at least you tell the truth! LOL

 

In the News and Observer today, they stated that the jackpot after taxes if you took the immediate payoff would be $114.7 million.

If you tithed 10% of that amount, can you imagine the confusion and controversy that would be cause at any church that was given $11 million???? (Mine included)

There would be so many committees set up and so much bickering back and forth, it would probably split the church if you gave it all to just one!!

 

I don't believe that a tithe has to all go to the church.

For instance, I'd pay off my church's mortgage (which is large) and probably give the rest of that "tithe" to my favorite charity.

 

On the other hand, it might be fun to watch the train wreck.