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General Discussions => Spunk => Topic started by: antbach on February 16, 2006, 10:11:02 am

Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: antbach on February 16, 2006, 10:11:02 am: What would YOU do if you won the jackpot? Let\'s say after taxes and whatnot it actually pays $170 million.

I can\'t even fathom the idea.

Also, is there any interest in a .info pool for tickets? I\'d be willing to set it up.

\'eh, screw, lets try it, maybe it\'ll be more successful than my super bowl pool :lol:

antbach\'s thebreakfast.info Powerball Pool for Saturday February 18, 2006 drawing.

Cost: $5.00 per person

Payment info: Cash or Paypal (request an invoice FIRST, and do not mention Powerball, Lottery, Gambling, etc.). If paying by PayPal add 50 cents to cover fees.

Purchase info: Seeing as I will be in two Powerball states over the next few days this is a good opportunity to get tickets at multiple locations.

All payments must be received by 5:00pm Saturday. I will purchase computer quick picks once today (9:00pm), twice tomorrow (once when I leave work in Rhode Island at 4:30ish, once around 8:30 or 9:00pm in Connecticut) and once on Saturday (5:00pm).

I will post all ticket numbers to all players in a mass Private Message after the last batch is purchased on Saturday (if I can find a scanner I will scan them in for confirmation of tickets, or I\'ll bring them to the Iron Horse).

If we win: If one of the tickets wins the jackpot, all players who payed for the pool will be required to meet in either Rhode Island or Connecticut (whichever state the ticket is from) on a select date and time to be determined so we can claim our prize as a group. The payout will be a LUMP SUM payment.

Other prizes: Note that tickets will not include the $1 extra for Power Play. Please visit http://ctlottery.org/powerball.htm#POWERBALL for payout table for non-jackpot winning tickets. Non jackpot prize amounts up to $100 will be donated to .info. Non jackpot prize amounts over $100 will be split evenly (after taxes, if applicable) between the players.

To play, contact me through .info PM, AIM - Ant8tnA, email - abachinski@snet.net, or phone (203) 214-5627.

For those going to the Iron Horse and want to play, I will front the money for you and you can pay me in person at the show (this also gives me a great reason to not miss the show:) )
Confirmed Players:
antbach, Todd, Robyn, Spacey, Derick W, Dave Bach, Mark, Dave Peck, Lisa Peck, obsession600, kindm\'s, BigMamaBlueberry, helluvahat, plainandsimple

EDIT: PayPal changed from 25 cents to 50 cents (just figured out the fee is 30 cents plus a percentage between 1.9 and 2.9%, thanks dave)
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: davepeck on February 16, 2006, 10:24:47 am: ha, i was just gonna suggest a .info powerball pool!

drawing is saturday..

TAKE THE LUMP SUM!!
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: Overexjoesure on February 16, 2006, 10:29:03 am: I would start my own band and record/tour until I reached the age of 50. At this point I would retire from the stage and become a school librarian.
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: Spacey on February 16, 2006, 11:19:31 am: don\'t even bother buying tickets, I already purchased the big winner.
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: davepeck on February 16, 2006, 11:48:53 am: ant - one thing about powerball pools - shouldn\'t the winning $$ distribution be relative to the about of $$ one puts in?

EDIT: nevermind, i see you\'re just doing $5 per person...
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: Spacey on February 16, 2006, 11:58:15 am: so if we win, we can all quit our jobs, buy the band a big rig, some new equipment and a tour bus and we can follow them.

who am I kidding, bands don\'t get hand outs like that, we\'d probably just get a flat tire and be stranded and broke somewhere.
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: Todd on February 16, 2006, 01:28:48 pm: Quote from: Spacey
so if we win, we can all quit our jobs, buy the band a big rig, some new equipment and a tour bus and we can follow them.

I certainly would do all of the above.....and thensome. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: FrankZappa on February 16, 2006, 01:43:36 pm: Quote from: Todd
Quote from: Spacey
so if we win, we can all quit our jobs, buy the band a big rig, some new equipment and a tour bus and we can follow them.

I certainly would do all of the above.....and thensome. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

then it would really be tim preforming a secret show at the \'hotel tka\' :P
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: antbach on February 16, 2006, 01:45:42 pm: to quote an older CT Lottery catch phrase:

"You can\'t win if you don\'t play!"

Got $15 (3 people, myself included) so far. Lets make it happen, folks!
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: derickw on February 16, 2006, 02:00:08 pm: i\'m in, i\'ll see you Friday night or Sat.
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: antbach on February 16, 2006, 02:19:29 pm: Other stuff I just thought up:

If you know anyone who is a .info member who may not see this in time and would be interested, please contact them to let them know so they have the opportunity and won\'t feel left out when we win ;)

Also, if someone is going to see/talk to the band ask them too and let me know.

Could you imagine the publicity we\'d get if we won? "Online Forum Members for Jamband The Breakfast\'s Fans Wins Record Jackpot" :lol:

Last, but not least, the post with the stuff about the pool will be updated with confirmed (as in I have them written down and are on my list) people. If you have tryed to contact me and do not see your name on the list as the deadline approaches, CALL ME! Make sure you leave a message with your name and number, I screen my calls ;)
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: Marcial on February 16, 2006, 04:04:33 pm: Condo in NYC, condo in Miami, Mega-Mansion in Birmingham, lots of fast cars, new snake breeding facility... other than that, I would do a whole lotta nothin\'.
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: antbach on February 16, 2006, 07:12:50 pm: Quote from: Marcial
Condo in NYC, condo in Miami, Mega-Mansion in Birmingham, lots of fast cars, new snake breeding facility... other than that, I would do a whole lotta nothin\'.

that mean you want in?

we\'re up to 7 people/ 35 tickets

Quote from: davepeck
ant - one thing about powerball pools - shouldn\'t the winning $$ distribution be relative to the about of $$ one puts in?

EDIT: nevermind, i see you\'re just doing $5 per person...

to answer your question since you and lisa both paid $5, hypothetically if it came out to 10mil a person, you would both get 10mil, married or not, per person is per person. Now, if you wanted to toss in an extra five bucks for Tyson, that wouldn\'t be acceptable, or if someone gave me $10 for themself to win two parts of the split, it wouldn\'t be acceptable either. (Reasons why I listed you both seperate in the players list and not as Dave and Lisa Peck)
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: obsession600 on February 16, 2006, 09:02:56 pm: If I won the whole sum I would go to the space station (http://www.spaceadventures.com/company/programs)
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: antbach on February 16, 2006, 09:15:30 pm: off to buy todays tickets, so far we have 10 players/50 tickets! (note: all 50 tickets for the amount of players as of now are not being purchased tonight in one shot)
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: skalnbyc on February 17, 2006, 12:03:46 am: Hey Antbach, as someone who is perpetually broke and faces a 1/hundreds of millions chance of winning, you may as well save the cash for a Breakfast show.

:rip:
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: davepeck on February 17, 2006, 08:41:52 am: ant - i copied all the info into the first post of the thread, just because...
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: antbach on February 17, 2006, 09:09:01 am: Quote from: alexanderzurflu
Hey Antbach, as someone who is perpetually broke and faces a 1/hundreds of millions chance of winning, you may as well save the cash for a Breakfast show.

:rip:

:lol: good point, but I am only broke on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. I\'m one of those people who live paycheck to paycheck ;)

And Al, we need a non-northeaster/NYer to play so its a country-wide group of players, you know you don\'t wanna be "that guy" on the board who coulda been a multi-millionaire but decided not to to play ;)
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: kindm's on February 17, 2006, 09:57:13 am: Thats what I was thinking. I would hate to be the 1 person on the board who still had to work and such while all the rest of you were enjoying your millions

:)
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: antbach on February 17, 2006, 10:12:03 am: it\'s also a good opportunity for those who don\'t live in or aren\'t close to any Powerball selling states to have a chance to play.

Update: we\'re up to 13 Players/ 65 Tickets as of now.
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: antbach on February 17, 2006, 04:25:48 pm: 2nd ticket purchase to be done when I leave here in 5 minutes. I bought 25 tickets this morning on the way in (found out RI shuts their lotto down at 9:00pm instead of 10). I am going to purchase an additional 25 today. All additional tickets will be bought in CT tomorrow. So we will have 50 tickets from RI Retailers and ?? from CT Retailers.
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: obsession600 on February 17, 2006, 08:19:56 pm: :takes off clothes, waits for money to roll around in:
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: antbach on February 18, 2006, 02:53:39 pm: bump.
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: Spacey on February 18, 2006, 03:05:00 pm: We better win because I made some large purchased with other people money and credit.
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: davepeck on February 18, 2006, 03:16:07 pm: we\'ve GOT to win!! :lol:
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: Spacey on February 18, 2006, 03:17:46 pm: How great it would be to be able to quit the job on Monday and go live on a tropical island by Tuesday.

I don\'t see how we can possibly lose.
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: davepeck on February 18, 2006, 03:22:20 pm: i\'d be quitting on tuesday, since i just recently found out i\'m OFF for president\'s day.. woo hoo!! :banana:
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: Spacey on February 18, 2006, 03:25:26 pm: No dancin\' banana for me. Gotta work Monday but have Tuesday and Wednesday off. Might just go to RI for the Phil shows and stop at the casino on the way home to blow my winnings.
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: antbach on February 18, 2006, 03:27:41 pm: the mashuntucket pequots would give you the penthouse suite free for life if you decided to go drop a few million to them ;)
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: Spacey on February 18, 2006, 03:29:58 pm: Quote from: antbach
the mashuntucket pequots would give you the penthouse suite free for life if you decided to go drop a few million to them ;)

i\'d move right on in.
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: antbach on February 18, 2006, 04:58:19 pm: deadline is being extended to 6:00pm as I am stuck in a poker tournament. Any last minute players?? We\'re still at 13/$65
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: plainandsimple on February 19, 2006, 02:57:25 am: 1/146.1 million chance to win. Do you feel lucky?
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: davepeck on February 19, 2006, 03:04:52 am: winning ticket sold in nebraska.

15-17-43-44-48-29
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: antbach on February 19, 2006, 11:16:26 am: good thing I flew out to Nebraska to buy some of our tickets.

We walked away with total winnings of. . . $22.00 on 4 tickets (subject to verification through the machine, as I may have missed something while checking them by eye).
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: davepeck on February 19, 2006, 12:17:00 pm: Quote from: antbach
We walked away with total winnings of. . . $22.00

:lol:

yep, sounds about right...
Title: $365,000,000 Powerball Pool/Discussion
Post by: antbach on February 19, 2006, 01:17:43 pm: donation to .info sent as promised for anything under $100. if it comes to more than $22 after letting the computers check the tickets another will be made.