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Kodos · 01-12-2016, 09:17 PM

Sounds like a good way to maximize his wasted money.

Groundhog · 01-12-2016, 11:35 PM

There's a 'proxy' site available to us in Australia that enabled me to even get suckered into buying a game for the next draw.... at the generous sum of $14AU for a single game.

Pyser · 01-13-2016, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Scoobz0202

I would do similar to what somebody said in there. I would just straight up disappear with my girlfriend for a couple months. Changed my billing address, new phone number. I don't even know if I'd tell my mother where I was going other then a phone call occasionally checking in. I love my family but they can rest easy knowing at some point I'll take care of them but for the immediate future I'm on some beach for quite awhile. And I would never come back to where I am from and live now. I would be buying a home or two where nobody knows who I am.

first, that is wildly impractical

second, the media interest surrounding this will be so intense, i doubt you could hide. there will be footage of you buying the ticket in days, i'd think.

finally, great, you are hidden. but your family is not. they are still targets.

wait, is life like a movie? maybe it's all in my head, but i think there's enough bad people willing to do a lot to get a crack at some of that 700m or whatever it is after taxes.

QuikSand · 01-13-2016, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by stevew

I dunno if it was an original idea, but my brother suggested that you buy 8 tickets with the same combo. If you win and split with 2 other people, you get 80% of the prize instead of 33.3%. Plus the internet would lose its mind.

I hope he's really really really excited about that last item - because the rest of the plan is garbage, mathematically.

Ben E Lou · 01-13-2016, 04:07 PM

Lolz. The VP over the division I work in just emailed the team: he bought 100 tickets with, it appears, company money. Any winnings will be split among his entire team (maybe 300-400 people.) Seems like a relatively cheap morale boost.

Logan · 01-13-2016, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

Lolz. The VP over the division I work in just emailed the team: he bought 100 tickets with, it appears, company money. Any winnings will be split among his entire team (maybe 300-400 people.) Seems like a relatively cheap morale boost.

Company money being used to potentially eliminate the entire workforce of said company. What could go wrong?

Coffee Warlord · 01-13-2016, 05:29 PM

At 300 or so people, that's not really retirement money after taxes.

Flasch186 · 01-13-2016, 05:59 PM

*disagree

Draft Dodger · 01-13-2016, 05:59 PM

I predict this is going to be won by some sort of group pool and it's going to be messy

/I'm in two separate group pools
//Won't win

sabotai · 01-13-2016, 06:21 PM

According to the many-worlds theory of quantum mechanics, there are 5 versions of me in the multi-verse that are about to become billionaires. If this version of me doesn't win, I'll still be very happy for those of me who win.

Easy Mac · 01-13-2016, 10:00 PM

Oh shit

Groundhog · 01-13-2016, 10:25 PM

One winner, bought in Chino Hills, CA.

tarcone · 01-13-2016, 10:28 PM

I got zero numbers.

Suicane75 · 01-13-2016, 10:34 PM

I am not in Chino Hills, California. I have not won a billion dollars.

kingfc22 · 01-13-2016, 10:51 PM

We had 24 people at work pitch in $40 each. I doubt we won more than $40 total.

MrBug708 · 01-13-2016, 11:07 PM

Not to far from where I live. About 20 miles

PilotMan · 01-14-2016, 06:15 AM

Thanks to the LA Times now everyone can keep playing until they win.

http://graphics.latimes.com/powerball-simulator/

panerd · 01-14-2016, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by kingfc22

We had 24 people at work pitch in $40 each. I doubt we won more than $40 total.

Yeah we had basically the same number of people and I suggested we buy half tickets and then do a drawing between us for like $250. I of course was shut down and still stayed in the pool because I couldn't live with myself of everyone quit and I was stuck working there!

JeeberD · 01-14-2016, 08:40 AM

I won $4! Only down $36 after spending $20 on each of the past two drawings...

albionmoonlight · 01-14-2016, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by panerd

Yeah we had basically the same number of people and I suggested we buy half tickets and then do a drawing between us for like $250. I of course was shut down and still stayed in the pool because I couldn't live with myself of everyone quit and I was stuck working there!

What's funny is that pooling your money for the lottery was fine.

But if you had used some of it for a local $250 pool, you would have been running an illegal gambling operation.

lighthousekeeper · 01-14-2016, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by JeeberD

I won $4! Only down $36 after spending $20 on each of the past two drawings...

based on the odds, your result is still considered lucky.

Logan · 01-14-2016, 12:11 PM

I hope at least one of the winners decides they want to end American poverty and we all get our $1.44 million!

Neuqua · 01-14-2016, 12:14 PM

I never play lottery but for the heck of it I bought $20 worth.

I won $4.

I'm never playing lottery.

JonInMiddleGA · 01-14-2016, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Logan

I hope at least one of the winners decides they want to end American poverty and we all get our $1.44 million!

Or at least my fucking happy meal.

JeeberD · 01-15-2016, 08:46 AM

There's a rumor on one of the UTEP message boards that the California winner is former UTEP WR Russell Carr. If true, hopefully he has fond feelings for the ol' alma mater!

Kodos · 01-15-2016, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Or at least my fucking happy meal.

What kind of a man eats a happy meal?

sovereignstar v2 · 01-15-2016, 05:42 PM

So the couple from TN are going to keep working at the same jobs and live in the same home. Unless that is just face talk, they are in for a treat.

01-12-2016, 09:17 PM	#351
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	Sounds like a good way to maximize his wasted money. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

01-12-2016, 11:35 PM	#352
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	There's a 'proxy' site available to us in Australia that enabled me to even get suckered into buying a game for the next draw.... at the generous sum of $14AU for a single game. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

01-13-2016, 04:07 PM	#355
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	Lolz. The VP over the division I work in just emailed the team: he bought 100 tickets with, it appears, company money. Any winnings will be split among his entire team (maybe 300-400 people.) Seems like a relatively cheap morale boost. __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

01-13-2016, 05:59 PM	#358
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01-13-2016, 05:59 PM	#359
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01-13-2016, 05:29 PM	#357
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	At 300 or so people, that's not really retirement money after taxes.

01-13-2016, 06:21 PM	#360
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	According to the many-worlds theory of quantum mechanics, there are 5 versions of me in the multi-verse that are about to become billionaires. If this version of me doesn't win, I'll still be very happy for those of me who win.

01-13-2016, 10:00 PM	#361
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	Oh shit

01-13-2016, 10:25 PM	#362
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	One winner, bought in Chino Hills, CA. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

01-13-2016, 10:28 PM	#363
tarcone Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pacific	I got zero numbers. __________________ Excuses are for wusses- Spencer Lee Punting is Winning- Tory Taylor The word is Fight! Fight! Fight! For Iowa FOFC 30 Dollar Challenge Champion-OOTP '15

01-13-2016, 10:34 PM	#364
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	I am not in Chino Hills, California. I have not won a billion dollars.

01-13-2016, 10:51 PM	#365
kingfc22 Head Coach Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Morgan Hill, CA	We had 24 people at work pitch in $40 each. I doubt we won more than $40 total. __________________ Fan of SF Giants, 49ers, Sharks, Arsenal

01-13-2016, 11:07 PM	#366
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Not to far from where I live. About 20 miles

01-14-2016, 06:15 AM	#367
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01-14-2016, 08:40 AM	#369
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	I won $4! Only down $36 after spending $20 on each of the past two drawings... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

01-14-2016, 12:11 PM	#372
Logan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NYC	I hope at least one of the winners decides they want to end American poverty and we all get our $1.44 million!

01-14-2016, 12:14 PM	#373
Neuqua Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago, Ill	I never play lottery but for the heck of it I bought $20 worth. I won $4. I'm never playing lottery. __________________ Our Deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?

01-15-2016, 08:46 AM	#375
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	There's a rumor on one of the UTEP message boards that the California winner is former UTEP WR Russell Carr. If true, hopefully he has fond feelings for the ol' alma mater! __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

01-15-2016, 05:42 PM	#377
sovereignstar v2 hates iowa Join Date: Oct 2010	So the couple from TN are going to keep working at the same jobs and live in the same home. Unless that is just face talk, they are in for a treat.

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