Mega Millions/Powerball/Idiot Tax

[The Man]

Also more and more often you see or hear of large lottery winnings going to a "trust". Or put another way, no leeches need know the winners name).

it wouldn't take people long to figure out I won when I'm driving a brand new Ferrari.......

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

it wouldn't take people long to figure out I won when I'm driving a brand new Ferrari.......

i'd keep it on the down-low by driving an old ford escort... with ferrari insides.

 

[korchiki]

well numbers are
42 39 29 22 16 20

i got one number and the powerball...does that mean anything lol

 

[IronBuckI]

well numbers are
42 39 29 22 16 20

i got one number and the powerball...does that mean anything lol

yeah. I think you won $3.

 

[TheStoicPaisano]

Bah, my system of OSU Heisman Winner's jersey numbers didn't work.

 

[IronBuckI]

btw, The megamillions website is getting crushed. The numbers korchiki quoted are correct, according to ohiolottery.com. The 20 is the mega ball.

 

[jimotis4heisman]

http://dispatch.com/national/national.php?story=251240

WINNING NUMBERS: 42, 39, 29, 22, 16; MEGA BALL: 20
Mega Millions jackpot hits record $370M; drawing held in Times Square
By Karen Matthews
The Columbus Dispatch
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:09 PM

NEW YORK — Lottery players lined up at ticket machines across the nation today, dreaming about the fat bank accounts and permanent vacations that winning the record $370 million Mega Millions jackpot would bring.​

The winning numbers were 42-39-29-22-16. The Mega Ball number was 20.​

New Yorkers were buying more than 1 million tickets an hour, said Robert McLaughlin, the state's lottery director. Virginia retailers were selling about 8,550 tickets per minute as tonight's drawing approached.​

After the jackpot hit $355 million yesterday, the 12 participating Mega Millions states agreed to move tonight's drawing from the game's usual home in Atlanta to New York's Times Square.
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[WoodyWorshiper]

The Ohio Lottery Computers actually crashed at about 10:20pm this evening, supposedly due to the heavy volume, and couldn't sell tickets for the last 25 minutes of the draw.

I only lost "1/2" my money, hit #22 and #20 for the mega and a whopping $3.00 prize.

 

[korchiki]

yeah. I think you won $3.

haha heck ya lol...well i heard some old lady won it...not sure where she is from though

 

[WoodyWorshiper]

Hopefully she's from my 89 year old grandmothers house.

 

[BuckeyeTillIDie]

well numbers are
42 39 29 22 16 20

i got one number and the powerball...does that mean anything lol

the numbers show up again... conspiracy?!

 

[ScriptOhio]

Lottery: Winning tickets sold in Georgia, New Jersey

Story Highlights

? NEW: Winning tickets sold: one in Ga., one in N.J., lottery says
? NEW: California's results haven't been reported yet
? Winning numbers were 42-39-29-22-16; Mega Ball number was 20
? $370 million jackpot is record for Mega Millions game

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- At least two people woke up Wednesday well on their way to becoming millionaires.
Two winning tickets were purchased in New Jersey and Georgia for the record $370 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot, and there could be others in California, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Lottery said Tuesday.

Entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/07/megamillions.ap/index.html

 

[ScriptOhio]

Sales grow as Powerball jackpot soars to $900 million

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/01/09/sales-grow-as-powerball-jackpot-soars-to-900-million.html

The odds of winning the grand prize is 1 in 292,201,338!!!

 

[Saw31]

That might be enough to buy the Browns so I could shut them down and end the suffering of so many innocent people. I have a charitable heart.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

The wife paid our $2 idiot tax this morning.