Yup Just keep throwing your money down the drain.

Right because there aren't a thousand ways we all throw money away every day, in far more stupid manner, right?

Drinking, leaving lights on, keeping the A/C a few degrees higher or lower than it really has to be, seeing first run movies, BUYING NIB GAMES...

I don't think I could handle being rich...being totally honest...the lure of young cars and fast girls would be to much for my marriage... ...........Joey

If you a lottery, you can buy more pins.

Added over 7 years ago: If you win a lottery,

It is entertainment to me and I get my money's worth pondering all the great pinball machines I will buy when I win. I get entertainment enjoyment out of the two bucks that I wouldn't have without buying a ticket, plus people do win the lottery so as my grandfather would say you have to have your line in the water to catch a fish. A guy at work used to laugh at my voluntary tax as he called it as everyday he would show up to work with a Starbucks coffee (or as I called it 5 bucks). Most everyone throws money down the drain in someone else's eyes.

you got a be in it to win it

Ever since it went to $2, I rarely play. For a buck me and the dog can dream. Two bucks is my cookies from the store.

Back when it went to 950 million I bought one. Got the powerball - $4, then next time a billion and a half I bought another one. Nothing. I broke even, better than most I figure.

LTG : )

Take cash, and after taxes, more like 120 million. Not worth it, I'd have to scrimp to get by.

LTG : )

+1. They are selling a dream, and I get more hours of amusement with that daydream than most of the $1.99 games available on my phone

Just so everyone knows, I was not the winner.

I think you're due for the luck to change,Azmodeus, might as well keep playing once in a while!

If it is meant to be it will happen. I don't listen to all the naysayers about odds. Yeah they are crazy odds but the fact is people do win and beat the odds. What the heck can you buy for $2 anyways...ok Lloyd can get his cookies and if I win I will buy him a lifetime supply, I don't need the calories lol.

OK $700,000,000.00 Powerball do you have your ticket for tonight? Buy pinballs!

Winning this = no more [this game] vs. [that game] decisions.

Among other pluses of course.

So about 450 million if you take cash. 300 million after taxes.

I don't know. I'd have to scrimp a little.

I hope a Pinsider wins it !

LTG : )

Step 1: Pay off House

Step 2: Pay off cars

Step 3: Make sure I dont lose it all

I'd buy that cabin Jan Michael Vincent lived in on Airhawk. Eagle's Nest I think it was called? How the F is that guy still alive BTW?

I guess no one remembers almost a year ago when they discovered a fix in the system where lottery officials had friends winning in multiple states and altering who won. They did try and keep it low key but look it up. They said statistically the jackpot should have gotten bigger without someone hitting. Now it does gets bigger.

one ;ink from quick search -> https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/wisconsin/articles/2017-06-12/former-lottery-worker-pleads-guilty-to-xx-in-wisconsin

I used to try winning without playing. Now I buy the occasional ticket but have the same results.

You will have to scrimp a bit more than that. Fed Tax rate is > 39% plus your local taxes.

Rule of thumb is about 1/3 of jackpot with cash and after taxes.

But you can still buy a kingpin so it doesn't really matter to much.

In CT the "Tax me to Death State" anything over (I think) about 2.5M gets extra special attention pushing it to around %50.

The thing I remember, from too many years ago.

Any time money is involved, it can be fixed.

LTG : )

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-lottery-rigging-scam-sentence-20170822-story.html

Someone in my little home town hit the jackpot. I'm SURE it's going to be someone I know and someone I hate. It would just make sense.

False alarm! 6 hours after reporting that the winning ticket was sold at Handy Spa in Watertown, the lottery issued a correction. The winning ticket was actually sold in Chicopee MA, and hour and a half west of here. Handy Spa did sell a million dollar ticket apparently.

Not to me.
I bought a ticket for the hugemungous jackpot, but normally don't. I had no matching numbers, which I guess is pretty typical.

Good news JPop won, maybe I'll get my $10,000 back he stole.

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Is that where JPop's been all of this time, hiding in bed?

Just wanted to let you know you missed out here on this here and so did I. Stopped playing scratch off just a little to early. Read on....

INDIANAPOLIS, IN. (WXIX) -Indiana lottery officials will be paying over 600 players who mistakenly won $5,000 while playing a new scratch-off.

Officials say that the mix-up came from the vendor, IGT Global Solutions Corp., who caused the $20 Golden Jackpot Fast Play tickets to show that players mistakenly won $5,000.

Lottery officials say that they will still pay the players.

They pulled it the first day before to many of those tickets got bought.