Powerball jackpot at $400 million - Oops! $1.5 billion - $40 mil

[Bird222]

Did big pool in florida win?

I'm wondering this too.

 

[kt]

Winners from Chino Hills, California; Munford, Tennessee; and Melbourne Beach, Florida

Wow, I used to drive by that specific 7-Eleven store in Chino Hills almost on a daily basis to carpool with one of my co-worker who lives a couple of streets down. I should call him to find out if he had bought any ticket.

 

[Ns1]

Well I got the store right (7-11), just everything else wrong.

 

[Elixer]

Saw on the news that people are rushing to those places that sold the winning tickets, since they are "lucky" stores.

 

[zinfamous]

Saw on the news that people are rushing to those places that sold the winning tickets, since they are "lucky" stores.

people do that with all the known "lucky stores"

of course, people are retarded.

But good on those stores that advertise themselves that way, take advantage of whatever you can.

Interview in a lottery ticket line yesterday, somewhere in in LA suburb, where people were waiting for about 5 hours or so. But they all had to go there because of a history of some 17 winners. One of the people in line "You'd be stupid not to go here because they are proven winners!"

er well, you know, it could be that those places sell 10x the tickets above the average because idiots keep lining up there--so of course they have more winners.

But, you know: people. Never overestimate people.

 

[Svnla]

In Texas, San Antonio area has at least 1 ticket with all the white numbers but not the red PB number for over $1 million USD price. Not bad.

 

[SKORPI0]

I hope it was an illegal immigrant who won.

US Jewish philanthropist bought winning Powerball ticket for employee

Shlomo Rechnitz, a health care magnate who owns 80 assisted living facilities throughout California, purchased nearly 18,000 lottery tickets for all of his employees, one of which happened to contain the winning numbers.
A Pomona nurse won the record-breaking Powerball jackpot with a ticket given to her by her boss, according to a spokesperson for nursing home owner Shlomo Rechnitz. And listen to this – after she learned she won, she didn’t go home. She stayed until 11:30 p.m. to finish her shift! Talk about the best boss EVER.

http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/US-Je...ht-Powerball-ticket-for-lucky-employee-441597

 

[Imp]

^^^Interdasting. How many employees does he have, and is he splitting it or investing it to increase wages?

 

[sdifox]

US Jewish philanthropist bought winning Powerball ticket for employee
http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/US-Je...ht-Powerball-ticket-for-lucky-employee-441597

Hats off to the boss.

 

[sdifox]

^^^Interdasting. How many employees does he have, and is he splitting it or investing it to increase wages?

Tickets given to employees. One of them has winning ticket.

 

[Wreckem]

Apparently the story is false.

 

[sdifox]

Apparently the story is false.

that would be very bad publicity...

 

[SKORPI0]

Apparently the story is false.

Your source? :\

that would be very bad publicity...

Shlomo Rechnitz, the man who reportedly gifted the winning Powerball ticket: A career of mega-success, mega-philanthropy, and controversy

 

[Wreckem]

The media is saying she was pranked by her son about her winning.

The guy DID by his employees tickets. None of them won.

 

[sdifox]

The media is saying she was pranked by her son about her winning.

The guy DID by his employees tickets. None of them won.

That son is going to get such a beating...

 

[SKORPI0]

Apparently the story is false.

The media is saying she was pranked by her son about her winning.

The guy DID by his employees tickets. None of them won.

Thanks for not providing a link... That "story" was too good to be true anyway....

Pomona nurse pranked by son, was not Chino Hills Powerball jackpot winner

A Pomona nurse identified by her employer as the winner of the record-breaking Powerball jackpot did not, in fact, win, her family told ABC News.
The family of the 62-year-old woman said the nurse's son played a prank on his mother.
California Lottery officials said they were skeptical after a spokesperson for nursing home owner Shlomo Rechnitz said the winner was a senior registered nurse at Park Avenue Health Care and Wellness Center in Pomona.
Rechnitz's spokesperson said the nurse was given a ticket by her boss, who bought 18,000 tickets for his employees and residents at 80 nursing home across California.
Lottery officials stated that no one has come forward to claim the prize.

 

[RossMAN]

Did big pool in florida win?

Nope

http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/74509405-story

 

[Zee]

What is Sat draw? The money spent to buy this rounds tickets? So probably a couple hundred mill even?

i think what he's saying is can you keep rolling the winning over to another lotto until we strike out or hit it big?

 

[dainthomas]

Anyone see the moron hill-folk from Tennessee parading their ticket around NYC before even getting it verified?

Nope, nothing could possibly go wrong there.

 

[AdamK47]

Anyone see the moron hill-folk from Tennessee parading their ticket around NYC before even getting it verified?

Nope, nothing could possibly go wrong there.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/tennessee-couple-claims-powerball-jackpot-ticket-36311343

The Robinsons said their lawyer advised them appear on national TV even before presenting the ticket to lottery officials, as a way to "control" the story.

And to give the lawyer public exposure.

I can't see how appearing before a wide public audience is the best advice from any lawyer.

 

[dainthomas]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/tennessee-couple-claims-powerball-jackpot-ticket-36311343



And to give the lawyer public exposure.

I can't see how appearing before a wide public audience is the best advice from any lawyer.

Their lawyer's a moron. The list of ways that ticket could get lost/stolen/destroyed flying to NYC is enormous.

 

[JEDI]

Their lawyer's a moron. The list of ways that ticket could get lost/stolen/destroyed flying to NYC is enormous.

yeah, HUGE freaking moron.
cant wait till someone at the press conference asks him about it. or did he stay in TN?


and for $100M, i bet ALOT of people would be willing to storm the hotel where they are staying w/guns blazing to steal a little piece of paper.

that parchment is the map to the Road to El Dorado right now

 

[zinfamous]

Anyone see the moron hill-folk from Tennessee parading their ticket around NYC before even getting it verified?

Nope, nothing could possibly go wrong there.

Not that I want bad things to happen to strangers, but I would laugh if something bad happens to them.

 

[zinfamous]

yeah, HUGE freaking moron.
cant wait till someone at the press conference asks him about it. or did he stay in TN?


and for $100M, i bet ALOT of people would storm the hotel where they are staying w/guns blazing to steal a little piece of paper.

that parchment is the closest thing to the map to the Road to El Dorado right now

If anything, the other two winners have a vested interest in eliminating that ticket--and can now afford to get it done.

 

[fenrir]

I think his math was wrong too, it's like 980mill cash after tax...or was that annuity? I would take lump sum if it was just me, you can't gift (if you die, which someone will probably kill you) annuity payments apparently, which is lame.

If you take the annuity, it is part of your estate if you die. The issue is that whomever you will it to has to pay the taxes on the full amount immediately (good luck with that). Some states allow the amount to get changed to a lump sum (minus taxes) in the case of death so it can be claimed.