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No winner yet, Powerball at $675 Million biggest in U.S History

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Eusis

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half a moon said:
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Amazing how people will debase themselves so, in the hopes of getting to cheat the lottery. But just because they hire you doesn't mean you get to sneak around and find what the numbers will be!
 
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Arkos

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I bought one lol. If I win I am giving $0 away on GAF and buying Platinum, and I'm going to make them create F2P infinite runners featuring beloved characters that I will license.
 
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Ziltoidia 9

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Used to watch the lottery all the time with my dad, havent played by myself tho ever. Made a split second stop at a gas station to get drink, went ahead and bought a ticket.


BTW. You would think the powerball website would be better looking...
 
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B.K.

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Homer: I've never been so sure of anything in my life. I am going to win this lottery.

Marge: Homer, the odds are 380 million to one.

Homer: Correction: 380 million to 50!

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weshes195

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Sanjuro said:
Alright. Ended up with only $30 worth tonight and one pool at work. Big money!



Lol. No you can't online.
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Hmm? I am confused now. I am about to purchase my tickets online. Will I have to go pick them up somewhere then? If so, what is the point in buying them online.

I don't want to waste money if I have to drive to get them since I can't tonight.
 
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Ziltoidia 9

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weshes195 said:
Hmm? I am confused now. I am about to purchase my tickets online. Will I have to go pick them up somewhere then? If so, what is the point in buying them online.

I don't want to waste money if I have to drive to get them since I can't tonight.
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Are you sure you can buy these online? I just did a search and only sites I saw seemed shady.

Just making sure if buying online is common.
 
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coy

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My gf rarely gambles (only penny slots) and tries to save as much as possible. She just text me saying she bought 10 tickets. We are part of the problem now.
 
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GoldenEye 007

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It's not common, if it happens at all. Transaction has to be in cash or maybe check? or debit with PIN. Credit can't be used for this, I'm pretty sure.
 
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hollomat

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Manmademan said:
No.

Tickets are $2, not $1. So you'd have to spend twice the number of combinations.

On top of that, tickets have to be bought in person, and if you want to cover all numbers with no duplicates, you have to fill them all out by hand. Running around buying 300 million tickets that way isn't logistically possible.
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http://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/25/u...-to-hedge-bets-in-lottery.html?pagewanted=all

It's actually been done before, but with a state lottery so there were a lot fewer tickets to buy.
 
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weshes195

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Ziltoidia 9 said:
Are you sure you can buy these online? I just did a search and only sites I saw seemed shady.

Just making sure if buying online is common.
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I am looking at my Powerball website and it is asking for me to confirm my purchase. My state is Georgia, maybe you can buy tickets online here? IDK, I just don't want to press confirm and it tell me to pick up my tickets tonight.

This is only my second time doing the lottery so I know almost nothing about all of this lol
 
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weshes195 said:
I am looking at my Powerball website and it is asking for me to confirm my purchase. My state is Georgia, maybe you can buy tickets online here? IDK, I just don't want to press confirm and it tell me to pick up my tickets tonight.

This is only my second time doing the lottery so I know almost nothing about all of this lol
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You can't walk to a gas station, liquor store, or grocery store?
 
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weshes195

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ugh, never mind it does't matter. Apparently I need a special debit card to pay for the tickets. It even has a monthly fee.

Now I am sad :(
 
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TangerineCloud

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Bought three tickets for myself and ten for my mother. She acted evasive when I asked how much she'd give me if she won, even after I told her I'd give her $50 mil. And my girlfriend and I "argued' earlier over what we'd do with the $900 mil. This money is already tearing my life apart.
 
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Ziltoidia 9

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weshes195 said:
I am looking at my Powerball website and it is asking for me to confirm my purchase. My state is Georgia, maybe you can buy tickets online here? IDK, I just don't want to press confirm and it tell me to pick up my tickets tonight.

This is only my second time doing the lottery so I know almost nothing about all of this lol
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Link to the site if you want, if you trust it, go for it, I don't know much about it either. I thought you just had to go to gas stations for it.
 
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LyleLanley

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Sanjuro said:
Really? I thought the whole purpose was cunts not racking up credit debt.
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http://www.usonlinebetting.com/lottery/

Illinois, Georgia and Minnesota are the only states that actually selling tickets online right now. However, there are numerous other states in various stages of passing laws and setting up systems for selling tickets to their residents.

In these states, you can either buy your tickets in person like normal or visit the official sate lottery website to buy your tickets online. You can buy local state lottery tickets or multi-state tickets such as the Powerball and Mega Millions drawings.
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weshes195

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mcfrank said:
You can't walk to a gas station, liquor store, or grocery store?
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Technically, I could but the closest one is a mile and half. Not that far of course, but It is 8:38 and it is pretty cold (the coldest day in the whole winter IMO) and very dark out. In addition, there has been a huge increase in muggings around the area (I live on a school campus).

Hmm, maybe I should walk there. I have walked later at night than this. Is there a certain time when you can't buy anymore tickets? I live in Georgia so I think the Powerball is at 11 if I am correct.
 
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mcfrank

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weshes195 said:
Technically, I could but the closest one is a mile and half. Not that far of course, but It is 8:38 and it is pretty cold (the coldest day in the whole winter IMO) and very dark out. In addition, there has been a huge increase in muggings around the area (I live on a school campus).

Hmm, maybe I should walk there. I have walked later at night than this. Is there a certain time when you can't buy anymore tickets? I live in Georgia so I think the Powerball is at 11 if I am correct.
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1 hour and 15 minutes from now is the cut off.
 
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MrNelson

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weshes195 said:
Technically, I could but the closest one is a mile and half. Not that far of course, but It is 8:38 and it is pretty cold (the coldest day in the whole winter IMO) and very dark out. In addition, there has been a huge increase in muggings around the area (I live on a school campus).

Hmm, maybe I should walk there. I have walked later at night than this. Is there a certain time when you can't buy anymore tickets? I live in Georgia so I think the Powerball is at 11 if I am correct.
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10 PM is the cutoff for EST
 
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H.Protagonist

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I can't believe how high it's gotten. Can't join from Australia, but my family seems to have been swept up in the fervor. So cute~ I love hearing people's lottery dreams.
 
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