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Old Aug 3, 2013 | 08:23 AM
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Hi Member's,
My boss got all the employee's a Power Ball Ticket
We decided to share if anyone of us won..
We all signed a agreement (just in case: )with our #'s
Now, we are all just dreaming..
I think it's worth a $2, just to be able to dream about
what you would do `if you won
What would you do ?
WoW


News for power ball August 3, 2013


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  • Powerball excitement hoists jackpot to $300M for Saturday

    Posted: Aug 02, 2013 12:43 PM EDTUpdated: Aug 03, 2013 12:44 AM EDT


    The Powerball jackpot has hit an estimated $300 millionto a single annuity winner. Georgia Lottery officials announced today that strong sales raised Saturday's jackpot from $290 million.
    With a growing jackpot, the excitement is spreading across Georgia.
    The jackpot has grown since June 26 and has rolled 11 times.
    Powerball offers two jackpot payment options: the $300million annuity prize paid over 29 years in 30 graduated payments; or the cash option, which is approximately $172 million.
    Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Players can add the Power Play feature for an additional $1 per play to multiply non-jackpot prize winnings.
    As with all other Georgia Lottery games, proceeds from Powerball will benefit education in the state of Georgia.
    Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $14.6 billion to the state of Georgia for education. All Georgia Lottery profits go to pay for specific educational programs, including Georgia's HOPE Scholarship Program and Georgia's Pre-K Program. More than 1.6 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.2 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.
    POWERBALL FAST FACTS
    Draw Date: Saturday, August 3, 2013
    Estimated Jackpot Amount: $300 million
    Annuity Amount: Jackpot prize paid over 29 years in 30 graduated payments
    Cash Option Amount: Approximately $172 million
    Cost to Play: $2 per play; an additional $1 per play to add the Power Play multiplier feature
    Drawings: Air at 11 p.m. (ET) every Wednesday and Saturday in Georgia
    Latest Time to Purchase Tickets: Until 10 p.m. on days of drawings; until 1 a.m. other days
    Overall Odds of Winning Any Prize: Approximately 1:32
    Odds of Winning Jackpot Prize: Approximately 1:175 million
    Number of Jurisdictions: 45 (43 states, District of Columbia, U.S. Virgin Islands)
    Date Jackpot Began Rolling: June 26, 2013
    Number of Rolls: 11
    Last Winning Jackpot Ticket: June 22, 2013 - $131.5 million jackpot (Pennsylvania winner)
    #1 Powerball Jackpot: May 18, 2013 - $590.5 million jackpot (Florida winner)
    For more information on the Georgia Lottery Corp. and Powerball, please visit:www.galottery.com, www.lotterybenefitsgeorgians.com andwww.powerball.com
    Play Responsibly – It's All About Fun!

    <cite style="color: rgb(0, 153, 51); font-style: normal;">WTVM</cite> ‎- 20 hours ago
    The Powerball jackpot has hit an estimated $300 million to a single annuity winner. Georgia Lottery officials ... Draw Date: Saturday, August 3, 2013. Estimated ...
 

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Old Aug 3, 2013 | 08:42 AM
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Yep I do. I wanna retire ASAP. So far no luck though
 
Old Aug 3, 2013 | 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Tadcaster
Yep I do. I wanna retire ASAP. So far no luck though

Hi `Tadd, you are lucky in so many other ways, but having a ticket is a lot of fun dreaming about what you would do `if you did win

Wish you & member's that play or don't play> Good Luck in Life...Sometimes > many times I think a person just has to create their own luck > & pray!!!!
 
Old Aug 3, 2013 | 09:21 AM
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I have vowed to myself to never buy a lottery ticket. Yea, if I tried and won it would be amazing but I don't want to waste my money on something I'll probably loose out on when I can use it on something else..
 
Old Aug 3, 2013 | 10:13 AM
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Lizzy and I randomly purchase our lottery tickets...
Like Tad, we also wish to retire "Comfortably"!
We normally either get just 1 number ...or none at all!
Maybe during our vaca we will find a winning store to hit the Jackpot!
 
Old Aug 4, 2013 | 09:54 AM
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Hi Member's, I just checked my Power Ball number's &

did not get any of the #'s & my Lotto dream(s) comes to an end 4 now

POWERBALL August 3, 2013 Winning Numbers, Jackpot Grows To $400 Million




TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- No one won last Saturday night's POWERBALL August 3, 2013 jackpot, so the estimate for the Wednesday, August 7, 2013 jackpot has now grown to $400 million ($230.3 million cash value).


When is Wednesday night's POWERBALL drawing? The over a third-of-a-billion dollar POWERBALL drawing will take place at the Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee at 10:59 p.m. Eastern Time / 9:59 p.m. Central Time / 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time.

The winning POWERBALL numbers for Saturday, August 3, 2013 are:


21-24-36-42-45-15

On Saturday, no Power Play winners matched 5 of 5 numbers. There were, however, two winners from Florida and Texas who matched 5 of 5 numbers to win $1 million.



The overall odds of winning the POWERBALL jackpot are 1 in 175,223,510.

Odds aren't 2 good are they , but it only takes one ticket 2 win

In addition to the large POWERBALL jackpot prize, players have the opportunity to win lower-tier prizes from $4 to $2 million by matching any of the non-jackpot-winning combinations. There have been more than 739,000 Florida POWERBALL winners in this series of rollovers, winning more than $11.1 million in prizes.


POWERBALL jackpot prizes are paid in 30 annual installments or as a one-time, lump-sum payment. Jackpot prizes must be claimed within 60 days after Saturday’s draw to receive the cash option of $230.3 million. Winners have 180 days from the applicable drawing to claim their prize.


Since POWERBALL launched in Florida in January 2009, Florida has had the strongest POWERBALL and Power Play sales of any U.S. lottery, exceeding more than $1.8 billion and yielding $756 million in education funding to date. Additionally, the Florida Lottery has had the most winners in the nation, winning more than $719 million in prizes, including six jackpot winners.


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Old Aug 7, 2013 | 04:38 PM
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Old Aug 7, 2013 | 05:18 PM
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My work took a collection and far be it I not chip in (knowing my luck, if I didn't, they would win and I'd be the only one left lol).

Every Friday me and 2 friends play MegaMillions ($5 each). We have a small strategy that revolves around playing the same numbers and just some whacking coincidental data I collected a couple years back.

If I was part of a winning group, well, I'm not sure I'd give up a day job (most lotto winners go broke doing that). I think I'd pay off the house, the wife and I buy a couple expensive selfish things and then the greater percentage, find a method to invest it so we live off the return on investment. Even if it means it helps with a retirement plan (hopefully an early retirement plan lol).
 
Old Aug 7, 2013 | 06:37 PM
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Sometimes i play, usually just instant games. But when jacpots get huge i'll usually buy some tickets.
 
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