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dayamn . . . one co-worker in the $319 million MegaMillions office wouldn't put his $2 into the pool. -- (link)

Posted by moles (aka chris) Mar 31 '11, 23:02

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just wasn't feeling lucky that day. guess not! (abcnews.go.com)

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they got the winning ticket cause someone cut in line ahead of the guy who was buying them. -- nm - Beaker Apr 1, 04:40 4
- heh. that's not how it works. the numbers are generated. it's not a physical ticket. -- nm - loosilu Apr 1, 05:35 3
  - Not always. In a lot of places when the jackpot is that high, they print out several tickets ahead of time to save time. -- nm - Jim Apr 1, 05:53 2
    - interesting, I never saw that. -- nm - loosilu Apr 1, 05:57 1
      - They do it around here only when the jackpot's huge and there's a lot of lottery traffic. - Jim Apr 1, 05:58
the last two big wins in Canada have resulted in lawsuits. Both were thrown out (one still has a couple people hanging around though IIRC) -- nm - Beaker Apr 1, 04:19
there's a new australian tv series with that premise. -- nm - mafic Mar 31, 23:33
A group at the local Kaiser office won a big one a few years back. An employee who 'alway' played. didn't join in that week. He sued for - MojaveMeg Mar 31, 23:09 6
- a friend of a friend in vancouver played every week for 25 years with a group at her office, they won ~$2 million each 6 months after she retired. -- nm - mafic Mar 31, 23:35 2
  - I recall a story about a guy who played the same numbers for years, but as part of a gambling addiction program had to give it up and those numbers - zeitgeist Apr 1, 00:33 1
    - . . . in the Twilight Zone -- nm - Rod Serling Apr 1, 00:40
- he's obviously not legally entitled to a share but you would hope the others would do a little right by him - moles Mar 31, 23:22 2
  - Here's a million cause you were too cheap to join our lottery group? F that noise. -- nm - Beaker Apr 1, 05:04 1
    - I would probably throw a party for my co-workers. That's about it. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 1, 05:47

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