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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPowerball Lottery Jackpot Soars To $600 Million Ahead Of May 18 Drawing
If you don't see any posts from me after tomorrow night, then you will know that I won:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/17/powerball-lottery-jackpot-may-18_n_3293637.html
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Powerball Lottery Jackpot Soars To $600 Million Ahead Of May 18 Drawing (Original Post)
Yavin4
May 2013
OP
byeya
(2,842 posts)1. OK proles and wannabe proles, here's your chance for retirement courtesy of the 1%.
Yavin4
(35,454 posts)3. Powerball will be re-named the Paul Ryan / Rand Paul Medicare Program
Hey, you never know...if you'll get the medicine you'll need to live.
Bake
(21,977 posts)2. I got dibs!
So everybody else, don't bother. When I win I'm funding DU in perpetuity. You're welcome.
Bake
onehandle
(51,122 posts)4. When I become a 1%er tomorrow night, it will be My Turn to screw the 99%!
Fear Me, Maggots!
Yavin4
(35,454 posts)5. Sadly, Winning the Lottery Won't Make You a 1%er
More like a 5%er. The 1% would consider you poor at $300 million net of taxes.
LeftofObama
(4,243 posts)6. I stopped playing the lottery a while back.
I've come to the conclusion that it is fixed and no normal person wins. It's like a carnival game. You might win $5 or $10 after you've spent hundreds, but you're not going to get the big prize.
MiniMe
(21,722 posts)7. I play one ticket. Dreams are worth the $2
And I have lots of dreams of what I would do with that money.
Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)8. gee, I would be perfectly happy if I won only
half that
hack89
(39,171 posts)9. I admire a man with modest appetites. nt