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Post by PolarGreen12 on Aug 24, 2017 5:31:08 GMT
Well someone has won the jackpot. On my app it shows the new value is 40 million. I'm not checking my numbers till tomorrow. I need one more night to fantasize about my McMansion and cabana boys.
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Nink
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Post by Nink on Aug 24, 2017 5:57:24 GMT
I just saw breaking news that one person in Massachusetts won the jackpot. Damn!
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Post by PolarGreen12 on Aug 24, 2017 6:03:40 GMT
Well there went my night of being blissfully ignorant.
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Post by PolarGreen12 on Aug 24, 2017 6:18:24 GMT
No more day dreaming about galavanting around Europe on a whim. There goes my huge anonymous donation to the animal shelters. No more plans to have a mini Starbucks and barista on staff in my home 24/7. Now I won't be able to buy all those turkey dinners for the needy for Thanksgiving. My Mercedes G wagon will have to wait. Sigh.....
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Post by KelleeM on Aug 24, 2017 8:51:51 GMT
I'm in Massachusetts. I am part of two separate groups at work. I had an email with the numbers for one group...we didn't win. The other numbers are at work...I have a tiny shred of hope since the winning ticket was bought in Watertown and the person who purchased the tickets lives in Boston. Tiny tiny shred. Nothing would make me happier than telling my boss that I'm done!!! The group has 30 people in it. We're all the hardworking little people, most of us in our late 40s and 50s, and have worked there for 20 or more years...it would definitely put the company in an interesting situation.
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Post by digirlwiz on Aug 24, 2017 9:36:19 GMT
it was not me.... good luck kelleem!!!!
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Post by kkooch on Aug 24, 2017 11:57:16 GMT
Woke up an hour too early this morning and glanced at my phone.... winner in Massachusetts. I'm in Massachusetts. Lay there tossing and turning for the next hour until my alarm went off. Ok, so I rarely fall back to sleep, it just sounded better as if I couldn't sleep because I was the winner, lol.
So once I got up clicked on the article, winner in Watertown. Damn, I'm on the other side of the state. There was a winner in Chicopee of a million or two which is just a town over. But I know I didn't buy at that store. Double damn! I had not even a number. Keeping fingers crossed that SO may have won something. Oh well, back to the once in a blue moon scratch ticket for $2 and winning nothing, it's losers like me who keep those jackpots up there!!
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Post by tiffanyr on Aug 24, 2017 12:04:06 GMT
This was our dinner conversation last night with the kids! What would we do with the money!! Of course now it doesn't matter but it was fun!! I texted my girlfriend in Boston this morning but it wasn't her either!! Damn!!
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Post by kkooch on Aug 24, 2017 12:29:13 GMT
What the heck, now they are saying the big winner is in Chicopee. I wonder if it's my crazy sister Gail. I'm going to keep the dream alive and hope!
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Post by KelleeM on Aug 24, 2017 14:11:23 GMT
It wasn't my group. 😕
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Post by disneypal on Aug 24, 2017 14:22:33 GMT
Well - I got the powerball number (4) but alas, no other matching numbers and I won $4 Yeah me!!
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admin
Chatterbox
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Post by admin on Aug 24, 2017 15:10:27 GMT
If one of you won, can you please pay me to admin this site as my full time job? I promise to make it even more awesome...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2017 16:07:35 GMT
That is so much money. I always wonder if that much money would ruin your life. I would like to volunteer to find out! 😛 We were saying this morning that that much money would almost certainly leave you friendless before too long and may alienate most of your family, too.
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Post by KelleeM on Aug 24, 2017 16:15:10 GMT
If one of you won, can you please pay me to admin this site as my full time job? I promise to make it even more awesome... I totally would. You're awesome at it!!
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used2scrap
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Post by used2scrap on Aug 24, 2017 17:23:31 GMT
Well - I got the powerball number (4) but alas, no other matching numbers and I won $4 Yeah me!! Me too!! Wohoo!
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used2scrap
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Post by used2scrap on Aug 24, 2017 17:25:54 GMT
That is so much money. I always wonder if that much money would ruin your life. I would like to volunteer to find out! 😛 We were saying this morning that that much money would almost certainly leave you friendless before too long and may alienate most of your family, too. Read a good article yesterday saying how much better off winners are for taking the annuity then the lump sum. It is sad though all the stories of winners that end badly.
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MDscrapaholic
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Post by MDscrapaholic on Aug 24, 2017 18:59:29 GMT
Well, dang it all, it wasn't me who won. <<Sigh>> But I have a ticket for Saturday, at this point $40 million sounds good to me!
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Post by inkedup on Aug 24, 2017 19:03:32 GMT
No more day dreaming about galavanting around Europe on a whim. There goes my huge anonymous donation to the animal shelters. No more plans to have a mini Starbucks and barista on staff in my home 24/7. Now I won't be able to buy all those turkey dinners for the needy for Thanksgiving. My Mercedes G wagon will have to wait. Sigh..... I think you're my soul mate
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Post by PaperAngel on Aug 24, 2017 19:12:40 GMT
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Post by PolarGreen12 on Aug 24, 2017 19:17:22 GMT
No more day dreaming about galavanting around Europe on a whim. There goes my huge anonymous donation to the animal shelters. No more plans to have a mini Starbucks and barista on staff in my home 24/7. Now I won't be able to buy all those turkey dinners for the needy for Thanksgiving. My Mercedes G wagon will have to wait. Sigh..... I think you're my soul mate I still haven't checked my numbers. I'm in denial. In my Pjs, messy bun, no light on, watching sex in the city marathon kind of denial.
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Post by alexa11 on Aug 24, 2017 19:37:37 GMT
I didn't have one damn number- never do...
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Nink
Pearl Clutcher
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Post by Nink on Aug 24, 2017 19:57:52 GMT
Well there went my night of being blissfully ignorant. Gah! Sorry PG. I just posted without reading until now. My bad.
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Post by PolarGreen12 on Aug 24, 2017 22:46:37 GMT
Well there went my night of being blissfully ignorant. Gah! Sorry PG. I just posted without reading until now. My bad. Lol totally okay. Was being sarcastic. Didn't think for a second I could have been the winner.
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Post by Rhondito on Aug 25, 2017 0:33:50 GMT
I kinda think the winner was crazy for going public so soon. Or do you have to go public in MA in order to claim the prize? I just keep imagining her phone ringing off the hook, her FB messages & friend requests flooding in... I wouldn't tell anyone outside of my daughter, my mom, and my financial advisor.
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wellway
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Post by wellway on Aug 25, 2017 8:32:15 GMT
I thought going public was crazy too, was that part of the terms of winning or did she have the option to remain private? I think I heard that she was going home to sleep, my thought was you need to go home and hire some bodyguards now that everyone including the bad guys know about you.
Won't everyone love to win enough to soften the future but that amount will bring a whole lot of different problems.
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Post by KelleeM on Aug 25, 2017 8:51:06 GMT
I kinda think the winner was crazy for going public so soon. Or do you have to go public in MA in order to claim the prize? I just keep imagining her phone ringing off the hook, her FB messages & friend requests flooding in... I wouldn't tell anyone outside of my daughter, my mom, and my financial advisor. I'm in Massachusetts and the lottery here does have the right to use you (your image) for publicity so yes, technically, you do have to go public. She could have fairly easily protected her identity by creating a trust and letting a lawyer/legal team deal with this for her. I can only imagine that she has no idea what kind of situation she put herself in by going public so quickly. You have a full year after the drawing to claim your prize. I'm guessing that even if she took a week or two to get her ducks in a row the publicity would have died down a little bit. I wish her well but can't help but worry that her life is going to be made pretty miserable unless she finds a way to avoid the publicity, money seekers, people offering to "help" her, etc. My ex (and I) won $100,000 in the Massachusetts lottery 19 years ago. When we went in to claim it he asked about publicity and they told us that if a news outlet calls and asks they have to provide the name of the winner. They did take our picture but it was never used although they have the right to use it in advertising, on their website, etc.
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