Where's j0ker?????
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DH always goes for the big jackpots.....me I would be happy with a 100,000.00 not him.....LOL
Hey y'all
Just stopping by to say howdy...not gonna stay long cause I'm exhausted.
(Have to completely agree with Sun, it was amazing, and so much fun to meet everyone. ECF-ers are just as nice in person)
Hiya Chris
Night Chris 
DH always goes for the big jackpots.....me I would be happy with a 100,000.00 not him.....LOL
Hiya Chris
You and me both Fudgey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The forum is sloooooowwwww for me tonight. If I disappear, you will know that I got knocked off and can't get back on. It's been like this for a few days, but it's even worse tonight. 
The forum is sloooooowwwww for me tonight. If I disappear, you will know that I got knocked off and can't get back on. It's been like this for a few days, but it's even worse tonight.
This is the first night it has been slow for me.
The odds are terrible. When New York joined MegaMillion, there was an article discussing the probability of winning. The one that stuck with me was —— If you know only one person in Canada and they put the name of everyone in Canada on little slips of paper and put them in a hat, you'd have a better chance of pulling your friend's name than of winning the jackpot on a $1 bet.
I'm not going to buck odds like that unless the potential reward is BIG!
The forum is sloooooowwwww for me tonight. If I disappear, you will know that I got knocked off and can't get back on. It's been like this for a few days, but it's even worse tonight.
if you wanna have some fun we can go post a thread complaining about it. Sarge will be there in about 2 minutes lol
Hah, you too? When RI started the lotteries back in the early 70s, they told us that the money would be going to education. Of course we didn't believe them and still don't, as our property taxes go up every year and 75 - 80% of it goes to the schools.It would be nice if our state actually used the money for state education!
Well at least your lucky there Fudgey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'd still rather have the $100,000.
I'd still rather have the $100,000.
yeap she has some videos on youtube , she is the girl with a very black dark hair wearing glasses
And that totally irks me every time they go up because it's for the schools!
I'm getting very sleepy. I have poor judgement when I am tired. I must go before I post something inappropriate lol.
Hello, sorry I'm late.....almost didn't make it at all......
Mtns are 45 min away for me.......ocean, 4 to 5 hours. I love it here!
Mtns are 45 min away for me.......ocean, 4 to 5 hours. I love it here!
The forum is sloooooowwwww for me tonight. If I disappear, you will know that I got knocked off and can't get back on. It's been like this for a few days, but it's even worse tonight.
it is very slow for me too
You are an instigator, Sun.
Jane, the odds of winning the big prize in Powerball are 1 in 146,107,962. I stopped buying Powerball when it went up to $2 a ticket and switched to MegaMillions, which is still $1.
Each state is different. Pennsylvania, for example, uses their for senior citizens.
In NY, the way it works is that the money goes to pay the education budget. This then frees money from general funds to be spent elsewhere. In other words, it isn't incremental money for education. But, if they didn't get it from the lottery, they'd have to get it elsewhere. In 2010, the state budget had something like a $2 billion shortfall. The made up half of it by adding $1.60 more in taxes on every pack of cigarettes. If it weren't for the lottery, it probably would have been $3.00.
(Every time I think about that, I become more convinced that the government does not want people to quit smoking.)
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