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    ITs even sweeter since it wasnt a quick pick

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    Thats sweet! Grats!

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    That's low for cash 5

    but congrats to winner/grandpa!

    Good story and thanks for sharing

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    That's awesome...

    Is he sharing some of that with his grandson?

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    cool story! payout seems way low though.

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    good stuff

    Hope he has a few tonight

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    Tell him to double down on one hand of Black Jack.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iwinyourmoney View Post
    The jackpot is only 20k???

    How much are tickets, 25 cents?

    The Cash 5 in Colorado is played every day I think, and there are only 32 numbers to choose from which is why the odds of matching all 5 are much better then say Powerball. That is why the jackpot is only $20k, I thought it was pretty low too when he first told me how much he had won but it makes sense what you read about the game.
    Last edited by Nittany Lion; 08-12-11 at 02:44 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TexansFan View Post
    Good for him. How much do you think he has spent over the years buying tickets?
    He is not a huge lotto player, every year I would estimate he spends less then $300 in lotto tickets and a couple hundred at the slots in the casinos, he plays the nickel and dime machines only.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TobiasFunke View Post
    That's awesome...

    Is he sharing some of that with his grandson?

    Last month he loaned me $16K so I could buy a new car without having to go to the bank so that was awesome. Once it's mostly paid back he will probably say I don't need to give him anymore, which he has done with my other cousins.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nittany Lion View Post
    He is not a huge lotto player, every year I would estimate he spends less then $300 in lotto tickets and a couple hundred at the slots in the casinos, he plays the nickel and dime machines only.
    Bottom line is he's up, good for him. It's funny when you see these old ladies playing three slots at once, usually dollar machines, and they get all excited when they hit a 2K jackpot or something.

    That's nice and all, but they don't think about the 4K they shoved in to win it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by davebmf View Post
    The lottery is a tax for people who can't do math.

    -Thomas Menzies

    Hah, looks like a got a lurker to create an account and make his 1st post. Welcome to SBR! And yeah my one friend always says the lottery is a tax for stupid people. I tend to agree, but at least it gives some people hope to hit a big one like PowerBall and never have to work again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shari91 View Post
    woohoo Grandpa! That pic made me smile - thanks for sharing Nittany

    me too.. he looks full of piss and vinegar now doesn't he ??

    how old is he..

    and Congrats!

    tell him to take you to cracker barrel

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    $5,800 tax thats ****** up, here its tax free. but great to hear he won some $$$

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    Quote Originally Posted by samgurt View Post
    That's awesome. It was announced yesterday that the $230 million powerball winning ticket yesterday was sold in my county in MN...everyone got all giddy and then pissed after they checked their tickets. The winner hasn't come out yet. I hope I know the person
    just found out the ticket was sold in my hometown....oh how i hope I know the winner! Probably don't tho

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    Happy for him...

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    nice

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    congrats gramps!

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    Props to Gramps. He must be lovin life.

    Good to see a citizen get a nice break for a change.

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    Do him a favor. Is there a racetrack by you? Do you know an owner of a store that sells lottery tickets? If so, collect 20k worth of tickets, not that hard really, to offset the winnings.

    Maybe it doesn't matter because he is older. Scrap that then.

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