PowerBall

**cigarsarge** · 02-19-2006, 11:16 AM

Some asshole in Nebraska won the $365 million last night. I just knew my numbers would hit last night.

**porschesales225** · 02-19-2006, 01:45 PM

damn that just hurts deep down in side that some clown won if it had been me everyone would haev got a box of opus x

**thepyrofish** · 02-19-2006, 02:53 PM

FFS, we get all worked up here when the Super7 hits 30 million (only happened twice). I wish we could get lottery jackpots that big.

Is there anything stating that you must be a citizen of the US to play a lottery there? Can resident aliens win?

**nhcigarfan** · 02-19-2006, 03:21 PM

I don't see why not, they will still tax\you in the US, and then you will get hit again in Canada.

**drew_goring** · 02-19-2006, 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by nhcigarfan

I don't see why not, they will still tax\you in the US, and then you will get hit again in Canada.

Canadian residents can play. We would get hit by the american taxes initially, but you would get it all back. Lotto winnings in canada are not taxable, so a 30 million dollar win equals 30 million in the bank. Same as when a Canadian hits big in Vegas. You pay the American taxes up front, but when you get back to Canada you get it all back.

**cigarsarge** · 02-19-2006, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by thepyrofish

Can resident aliens win?

What planet are you from?

**thepyrofish** · 02-20-2006, 07:30 PM

Canada...we come in peace.

I ask because I'll be working in New Jersey over the summer on a visa, and if there's a big jackpot I'd kill myself for not playing a little.

**MCsommerreid** · 02-27-2006, 02:44 PM

They should really knock down the jack pots and let more people win. Imagine getting 36 mill if 10 people win or 10 mill if 36 win, that's enough to live off relatively lavishly even without investing a dime of it. Put it in an orange account and you're making 300k or so off the 10 mill annually.

**SuperChuck** · 02-27-2006, 03:09 PM

Originally Posted by MCsommerreid

They should really knock down the jack pots and let more people win. Imagine getting 36 mill if 10 people win or 10 mill if 36 win, that's enough to live off relatively lavishly even without investing a dime of it. Put it in an orange account and you're making 300k or so off the 10 mill annually.

That doesn't make any sense at all...

Jackpots are based on ticket sales and the numbers are drawn at random. If 10 people have the number that was drawn, the jackpot is divided amongst the 10 people with that winning number. If no one wins, the money stays in the pot.

**MCsommerreid** · 02-27-2006, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by SuperChuck

That doesn't make any sense at all...

Jackpots are based on ticket sales and the numbers are drawn at random. If 10 people have the number that was drawn, the jackpot is divided amongst the 10 people with that winning number. If no one wins, the money stays in the pot.

I was thinking more along the lines of 10 $36 million jackpots instead of one insane $360 million jackpot. Its just my oppinion that $360 million for possibly one person is a plain retarded amount of money.

**SuperChuck** · 02-27-2006, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by MCsommerreid

I was thinking more along the lines of 10 $36 million jackpots instead of one insane $360 million jackpot. Its just my oppinion that $360 million for possibly one person is a plain retarded amount of money.

What you're looking for, then, is a "daily numbers" game.

The whole point of multi-state lotteries is big jackpots. When the Powerball jackpot gets over 200-something million, even I'll go buy a ticket.

**MCsommerreid** · 02-27-2006, 04:16 PM

Originally Posted by SuperChuck

What you're looking for, then, is a "daily numbers" game.

The whole point of multi-state lotteries is big jackpots. When the Powerball jackpot gets over 200-something million, even I'll go buy a ticket.

How many new relatives you think you'd get if you won? heh heh