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View Poll Results: Mega Millions- 476 Million- You playing?
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The lottery is just a tax on the stupid, I will not play
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I will buy just one ticket
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I am buying a boatload, why not?
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I am joining the work pool
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03-28-2012, 11:46 AM
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Is it May yet?
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Gloucester Ma
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MEGA-MILLION$$$$$ 476 Million up for grabs Friday Night- Poll- You playing?
It may be a tax on the stupid but call me stupid (call me anything you want as long as you call me filthy RICH late Friday night!)
Last edited by spinncognito; 03-28-2012 at 11:49 AM..
Reason: poll fix
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"Twitch....Twitch....Twitch....WHAM!"
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03-28-2012, 12:03 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 10,194
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I can live w/o winning. But having everyone else at work win and me having to do all their work b/c I didn't participate would really suck.
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03-28-2012, 12:53 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,396
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My better half is in a pool of about twenty people. I buy up to five when it gets stoopid numbers like this. Banzai Pipeline theory says you can't catch a wave just standing on the beach....
I've always said that S-B should have a pool for the big ones.... Buy the Cuttyhunk Fishing Club and divide the rest.....
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“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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03-28-2012, 06:45 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
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Statistically speaking the Expected Value of the bet is very high !  |
Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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03-28-2012, 07:06 PM
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Eels
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Mansfield,MA.
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I just want five numbers,yeah call me dumb but with that money I can pay off my mortgage, have that load off my shoulders and have a different attitude ~ perspective on life.
Thus keeping me and my family on our honest path and away with the problems that come with large easy money.
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Live bait sharp hooks and timing is all you need
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03-28-2012, 08:02 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 2,939
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 5/0
I just want five numbers,yeah call me dumb but with that money I can pay off my mortgage, have that load off my shoulders and have a different attitude ~ perspective on life.
Thus keeping me and my family on our honest path and away with the problems that come with large easy money.
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So if u play and win all of the numbers just give me the ticket. I'll cash it and pay you on the 5 numbers. I'll deal with the problems that come with the rest for ya!
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03-28-2012, 08:22 PM
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Eels
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Mansfield,MA.
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Originally Posted by WESTPORTMAFIA
So if u play and win all of the numbers just give me the ticket. I'll cash it and pay you on the 5 numbers. I'll deal with the problems that come with the rest for ya!
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Yeah I knew you'd chime in and bust my nuggets,but,If by chance I did win.......I will give 80% away with no strings attached. |
Live bait sharp hooks and timing is all you need
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03-28-2012, 08:59 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 2,939
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 5/0
Yeah I knew you'd chime in and bust my nuggets,but,If by chance I did win.......I will give 80% away with no strings attached.
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Cool. IM IN
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03-29-2012, 03:03 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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People's lives change dramatically when they win a lottery. Most end up broke in 5 years.
I read an article recently that said the first things to do, if you were to win a large sum of money, is the change your phone number get a GOOD attorney, get a Good accounting firm and put the majority of the money into trust funds for family members. In other words, tie up most of the money in long term, tax free investments for family members.
That way you are not tempted to spend it on frivolities like new boats, houses in the Keys, private jets, etc.
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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03-29-2012, 04:24 AM
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Eels
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Mansfield,MA.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by piemma
People's lives change dramatically when they win a lottery. Most end up broke in 5 years.
I read an article recently that said the first things to do, if you were to win a large sum of money, is the change your phone number get a GOOD attorney, get a Good accounting firm and put the majority of the money into trust funds for family members. In other words, tie up most of the money in long term, tax free investments for family members.
That way you are not tempted to spend it on frivolities like new boats, houses in the Keys, private jets, etc.
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Live bait sharp hooks and timing is all you need
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03-29-2012, 07:11 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 2,939
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I already won!!! I bought a pack of butts some gum and 5 tickets. I gave the clerk a $20 and he gave me $13 back. I handed him the $10 back and he said he already gave me my change back? I said no this if for the tickets. He said no you already paid. After waiting in line for 10 minutes at 5:30 in the am and having a line behind me I said screw it I tried twice and I'm not gonna argue. I said wow thanks alot have a great morning.
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03-29-2012, 08:26 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 34,966
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I don't do casinos and games (other than slots for a night once every few years in Vegas when visiting the outlaws) as I usually lose. So rather than loose $300-500 in a night at a casino that I could EASILY do  I drop a couple hundred per year in lottery tickets. Takes my impulse and poor gambling decision capability - particularly when alcohol is rumored to be involved (once lost and regained a 260Z in on a card table) - and turns it into some light fun gambling with little ability to screw it up. All at a low annual cost.
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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03-29-2012, 08:36 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
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If I win, I'm gonna have a foursome with three super hot chicks. I figure with that kind of money I could hook that up. And after that, I'd go get something to eat at a very good Italian restaurant.
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Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them tools at their disposal that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. - Marco Rubio
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03-29-2012, 09:36 AM
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Secretsquirrel
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: South Shore , MA
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Originally Posted by fishbones
If I win, I'm gonna have a foursome with three super hot chicks. I figure with that kind of money I could hook that up. And after that, I'd go get something to eat at a very good Italian restaurant.
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You could do that for under a million. Feel free to forward the rest of the money to me.
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03-29-2012, 09:40 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
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Originally Posted by GregW
You could do that for under a million.
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Not the kind of things I'd do to them. Maybe $5 million.  |
Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them tools at their disposal that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. - Marco Rubio
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03-29-2012, 09:47 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 34,966
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Does that include divorce attorney fees and alimony?
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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03-29-2012, 09:51 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
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Does that include divorce attorney fees and alimony?
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If I had that kind of dough, she wouldn't care. She'd probably be happy that i stopped bugging her for it. |
Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them tools at their disposal that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. - Marco Rubio
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03-29-2012, 10:33 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
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Let's not forget all those "long-lost" friends and relatives that you will suddenly discover at your door!
If I won one of the first things I'd do is dig a moat around the house filled with man eating fish and reptiles!!!
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03-29-2012, 12:14 PM
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Chris Blouin
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Warren, RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fishbones
If I win, I'm gonna have a foursome with three super hot chicks. I figure with that kind of money I could hook that up. And after that, I'd go get something to eat at a very good Italian restaurant.
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Nice take on the "office space" quote John
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03-29-2012, 12:39 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: halfway to Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fishbones
If I win, I'm gonna have a foursome with three super hot chicks. I figure with that kind of money I could hook that up. And after that, I'd go get something to eat at a very good Italian restaurant.
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Wow. You must really like golf. |
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03-29-2012, 01:46 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Originally Posted by fishbones
If I win, I'm gonna have a foursome with three super hot chicks. I figure with that kind of money I could hook that up. And after that, I'd go get something to eat at a very good Italian restaurant.
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Then find a good lawyer
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03-29-2012, 01:51 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
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Originally Posted by striperman36
Then find a good lawyer
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Bill, I have one on retainer.
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Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them tools at their disposal that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. - Marco Rubio
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03-29-2012, 02:43 PM
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Secretsquirrel
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: South Shore , MA
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Originally Posted by fishbones
Bill, I have one on retainer.
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Alimony is tax deductible. I learned that in Finance class the other day. See what a college education teaches you? |
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03-30-2012, 09:49 AM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 8,672
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i bought 2 tickets yesterday. I play once every 5 yrs or so when these big jackpots come up.
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