Mega Millions Jackpot

[Firefly]

No winner here either..... Not sure if they have said if anyone won yet.


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[Bob Denman]

I guess that a winning ticket was sold in Maryland... Good for them! hyea: :firstplace: :clap: :yes:
Oh well; it's best that I have to get up on Monday and be back in the salt mines... I do my best with guidance and a strict routine... :roflblack:

 

[ARtraveler]

I guess the biggest Spyder gathering ever--which would have been held in Alaska will not be held next year--I did not win. Sorry.

 

[Bob Denman]

Well this is as good a time as any to start getting a big pot built up again... :thumbup:

 

[Firefly]

I have a cousin who defied all odds and won 1.1M once and about 1M a second time.
That's the good news (yeah I know 640M is about 320 times better than what they won)

The bad news is that today, 25 years after The Wins (as our family calls it) these folks are destitute.
Yep.
Strange but both my cousin & her husband continued to work, didn't do anything outwardly stupid but today their house, cars & toys have been sold at a Sheriff's Sale.

Too bad, I know.
And of course nobody would make those mistakes....
sure.

Strangely, my relative's plight is far from unusual, it's the norm.
So, some consolation if you aren't the winner.

Yeah, I've seen shows about lotto winners and the majority end up flat broke within 20 years. Sad. As they say...money can't buy happiness.


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[coz]

MONEY

it is my belief that money CAN buy happiness. if someone will give me one million dollars i will prove my theory.:roflblack: after all , what do we all worry about the most ? money related matters.:thumbup:

 

[SpyderMeLucky]

I have a cousin who defied all odds and won 1.1M once and about 1M a second time.
That's the good news (yeah I know 640M is about 320 times better than what they won)

The bad news is that today, 25 years after The Wins (as our family calls it) these folks are destitute.
Yep.
Strange but both my cousin & her husband continued to work, didn't do anything outwardly stupid but today their house, cars & toys have been sold at a Sheriff's Sale.

Too bad, I know.
And of course nobody would make those mistakes....
sure.

Strangely, my relative's plight is far from unusual, it's the norm.
So, some consolation if you aren't the winner.

Yes, unfortunately, that situation is the norm versus keeping the money long term. The thing about winning such a large amount is if you're having trouble with day-to-day finances when you 'win' the lottery, large money will evaporate also.

You have to be prudent about it and make smart choices. Get a tax lawyer, keep the winnings a secret until you have the money idea in place, try to live a normal life as much as possible. Once you get the money, make sure you have somehow secured it to where you're limited to how much you can spend per year.

Make a provision to "spend" like you did win (within reason) because you, after all, did win (for those who actually played and won). Then go back to being normal. Try to remember who you are and how you were BEFORE the money came into play.

Stepping down off soapbox..LOL

Sorry to hear about your cousins. That's really sad news.

 

[CyncySpyder]

Teddy n I didn't win either

But, Amazingly we had 2 or 3 locals in our area that DID Win the $250,000 :yes: I'm almost glad that we don't know them tho nojoke

 

[JCSMOKE]

I won!

I wanted everyone to know that you can win this thing, I won and am excited to go get my winnings $10 though it took $20 to win it. Um wait a second, it turns out that I may not have truely "won" but I have a spyder, so there's that.

 

[Bob Denman]

I may not have truely "won" but I have a spyder, so there's that.[/QUOTE]
That's what makes you a winner!!
:2thumbs: :clap::firstplace:

 

[vampyregirl]

I was really hoping to win so I didn't have to go back to work today. :barf:

I was on vacation for 10 days. I was hoping I never had to go back...... Sigh.......

 

[Bob Denman]

As they say...money can't buy happiness.

But at least you can enjoy your misery from a better vantage point... :roflblack:

 

[Eraser]

I've kept it Hush-Hush long enough,Yep I drove down to Maryland and popped my 5 bucks down and I won it all!!!! Very Cool.

 

[mowin]

My brother, sister and I rented a "small" house in Key Largo. its for sale for 1.5m. I was hopin to win the mega so we wouldnt have to leave....looks like we will be headed back to NY April 7th...

 

[Bob Denman]

Have a safe trip back North... :thumbup:

 

[Bob Denman]

That whole mess down in Maryland is getting interesting... opcorn:opcorn:opcorn:

 

[ARtraveler]

Large sums of money can make people do bad or crazy things. I guess I should consider myself to be one of the lucky ones. :roflblack:

 

[Bob Denman]

:agree: Who needs or wants all of the headaches that come with a couple of hundred-million dollars?? :thumbup:

 

[Rayelljay]

I remember the tale about an Australian opal miner who wom around 14M Aussie pounds...he gave all his friends money and in 24 hours, he was broke again....!!!

 

[Bob Denman]

Well at least he knew which of his friends had money so he could hit them up for a loan... :roflblack: