OT--Have to go to work today

2LeftCleats · #1 10-24-2018, 07:07 AM

Unfortunately, someone in SC stole the numbers I was going to pick.
Now my family and friends have to go to work.
NPR must continue its fund drives.
The bike industry will suffer.
Life is so unfair.

Mikej · #2 10-24-2018, 07:31 AM

If won the lottery, I'd be at work bright and early the next day -that money isn't worth as much unless everybody I cant stand sees me with it everyday!

peanutgallery · #3 10-24-2018, 07:44 AM

I already had my life as a billionaire planned

To say I'm disappointed is an understatement

hokoman · #4 10-24-2018, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Mikej

If won the lottery, I'd be at work bright and early the next day -that money isn't worth as much unless everybody I cant stand sees me with it everyday!

Brilliant.

soulspinner · #5 10-24-2018, 08:48 AM

I would rather win the 40 mil Friday. After the big to do its under the radar and nobody needs a billion dollars..... YMMV.

2LeftCleats · #6 10-24-2018, 09:17 AM

Yeah, but I find $40M kind of limiting.

MattTuck · #7 10-24-2018, 09:25 AM

Second chance tonight with powerball. Don't give up so easy.

Lanternrouge · #8 10-24-2018, 09:33 AM

I haven't been following the news this morning, so I'm just keeping hope alive that one of the tickets my wife got yesterday was a winner and she's been too busy to check.

Idris Icabod · #9 10-24-2018, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Lanternrouge

I haven't been following the news this morning, so I'm just keeping hope alive that one of the tickets my wife got yesterday was a winner and she's been too busy to check.

Unless she commuted to South Carolina to buy the ticket, I have some disappointing news for you.

roguedog · #10 10-24-2018, 10:08 AM

Hey Hey.. who took my chance away from me?? It was my turn

.. sigh.. back to the mines.

Luwabra · #11 10-24-2018, 10:12 AM

i would have a blast giving millions to non profits/charities. Providing funds for lives that can't fight for themselves... kids/animals/the earth would be very gratifying for me. I bought a ticket so my wife could quit her job we could retire to BC stand in a river and swing flies. damnit. I had a plan.

Lanternrouge · #12 10-24-2018, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Idris Icabod

Unless she commuted to South Carolina to buy the ticket, I have some disappointing news for you.

I saw that the winning ticket was not sold here. I will somehow have to soldier on, but I'd be working today regardless.

fiamme red · #13 10-24-2018, 10:14 AM

Some practical advice for the winner from the New York Times: How to Win the $1.6 Billion Mega Millions Jackpot Without Ruining Your Life.

soulspinner · #14 10-24-2018, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by 2LeftCleats

Yeah, but I find $40M kind of limiting.

Tickdoc · #15 10-24-2018, 10:24 AM

from my favorite economist...Eliot Eisenberg....the Bowtie economist:

Lucky Lottery

Tonight, if the Mega-Millions jackpot is not shared, the winner will enjoy the largest lotto prize in world history at $1.6 billion. Two changes created these huge jackpots; doubling of the price to $2/ticket and reducing the chance of winning from 1 in 258,890,850 to 1 in 302,575,350. This was done because of fear of "jackpot fatigue" from paltry prizes of $100 million. In FY2018, lottery sales totaled $77.7 billion.