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Nobody won the 600M powerball | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 37829000  United States05/23/2013 06:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 20155308 United States05/23/2013 06:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So somebody in a tiny, broke, FL town won half a billion dollars and they have't claimed it yet? In FL lottery winners cannot remain anonymous, yet silence. I started thinking like a PTB and it occurred to me that that kind of cash would turn somebody into a superpower. They could run for office, buy Blackwater or a news station, if they took all of it and bought silver they could bankrupt JP Morgan - and that's just off the top of my head.. I started to think about it and letting somebody have that kinda cash who didn't earn it is dangerous. Too dangerous to let it happen. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 37829000 If they do announce who won it, $100 says its not real people. Why would the government give Joe Blow that kinda cash when they're capable of rigging elections, insider trading, murder and terrorism? I suspect the answer is; they don't. 330ish million after taxes isnt enough to be some kind of cartoon supervillan. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 25765737  Netherlands05/23/2013 06:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 30462411 United States05/23/2013 06:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So somebody in a tiny, broke, FL town won half a billion dollars and they have't claimed it yet? In FL lottery winners cannot remain anonymous, yet silence. I started thinking like a PTB and it occurred to me that that kind of cash would turn somebody into a superpower. They could run for office, buy Blackwater or a news station, if they took all of it and bought silver they could bankrupt JP Morgan - and that's just off the top of my head.. I started to think about it and letting somebody have that kinda cash who didn't earn it is dangerous. Too dangerous to let it happen. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 37829000 If they do announce who won it, $100 says its not real people. Why would the government give Joe Blow that kinda cash when they're capable of rigging elections, insider trading, murder and terrorism? I suspect the answer is; they don't. Some Mariel Boatlift Cuban bastard won it, bought an inner tube and sailed back to Guantanamo to join the Al CIAda hunger striker look alike contest. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 23681948 United States05/23/2013 07:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So somebody in a tiny, broke, FL town won half a billion dollars and they have't claimed it yet? In FL lottery winners cannot remain anonymous, yet silence. I started thinking like a PTB and it occurred to me that that kind of cash would turn somebody into a superpower. They could run for office, buy Blackwater or a news station, if they took all of it and bought silver they could bankrupt JP Morgan - and that's just off the top of my head.. I started to think about it and letting somebody have that kinda cash who didn't earn it is dangerous. Too dangerous to let it happen. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 37829000 If they do announce who won it, $100 says its not real people. Why would the government give Joe Blow that kinda cash when they're capable of rigging elections, insider trading, murder and terrorism? I suspect the answer is; they don't. Can they generate energy in cities by making sewers able to use the flow of the waste like how hoover dam does with water? or something along those lines? |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 37829000 United States05/23/2013 08:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't mean cartoon villain, I mean serious thorn in the side. You could buy lobbyists to sway policy, you could buy an entire police force, you could hire mercs to wreck shop - just saying - I don't think a government can put somebody randomly in a position of power like that. Yeah, a few mil and the winner is broke in a year. Half a billion makes a motherfucker dangerous and there's no guarantee some idiot is going to win. You couldn't leave that number to chance - not when you have complete control of the outcome to begin with. |
Pyractomena borealis  User ID: 20793638 United States05/23/2013 08:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Lottery winners can remain anonymous if they don't sign the ticket and hire a lawyer. The lawyer is obliged to the confidentiality of his client. So we may never know.  There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange ~ Daniel Webster Omnia Vincit Amor ~ Virgil The more you learn, the less you know ~ Socrates That writer does the most, who gives his reader the most knowledge, and takes from him the least time. ~ Charles Caleb Colton |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1432018 United States05/23/2013 08:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Drunk Uncle User ID: 33731653 United States05/23/2013 09:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 37829000 United States05/23/2013 09:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Lottery winners can remain anonymous if they don't sign the ticket and hire a lawyer. The lawyer is obliged to the confidentiality of his client. Quoting: Pyractomena borealis So we may never know. Not in Florida. Law states the winner has to be revealed. I wager the delay is twofold; wait until people have mostly forgotten about it, quietly realease name of fake person with government supplied bg that no one will look twice at. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 9128390 Australia05/23/2013 09:03 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 37829000 United States05/23/2013 09:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Umm, no he doesn't, 300 million isn't shit, couldn't even buy a major sports team let alone bankrupt JP Morgan..  Its more like 400m and you could totally fuck JPM and the Crimex with that kinda dough. In fact, the last time silver went to $50 an ounce in the 80's thats almost EXACTLY what happened. |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 37829000 United States05/23/2013 09:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Not EVERYTHING is a conspiracy. This may have been the largest ever, but there have been several large winners since they changed it form $1 to $2. Quoting: NolaRising Yeah, and they were all split between several winners and taxed double. Kinda amazing considering the odds of winning are one in 176 million. |
| Drunk Uncle User ID: 33731653 United States05/23/2013 09:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Umm, no he doesn't, 300 million isn't shit, couldn't even buy a major sports team let alone bankrupt JP Morgan.. Its more like 400m and you could totally fuck JPM and the Crimex with that kinda dough. In fact, the last time silver went to $50 an ounce in the 80's thats almost EXACTLY what happened. Then why the fuck would the other half a million people on earth who are worth over a billion do just that? You are really stretching here, but I can appreciate that, Im drunk already to!!!  |
| Juggalo User ID: 1072087 United States05/23/2013 09:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So somebody in a tiny, broke, FL town won half a billion dollars and they have't claimed it yet? In FL lottery winners cannot remain anonymous, yet silence. I started thinking like a PTB and it occurred to me that that kind of cash would turn somebody into a superpower. They could run for office, buy Blackwater or a news station, if they took all of it and bought silver they could bankrupt JP Morgan - and that's just off the top of my head.. I started to think about it and letting somebody have that kinda cash who didn't earn it is dangerous. Too dangerous to let it happen. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 37829000 If they do announce who won it, $100 says its not real people. Why would the government give Joe Blow that kinda cash when they're capable of rigging elections, insider trading, murder and terrorism? I suspect the answer is; they don't. We won $100,000 Jan. 21, 2009 and nobody took our names or pics. The Lottery office just took our ticket and handed us a check for $75,000 ($25k was taken out for tax) We deposited the check into our brokerage UBS and 4 days later just bought more PBT (Permian Basin Trust) Gas & Oil Royalties You can remain anonymous if you want to. One Tequila! Two Tequila! Three Tequila, ...... Floor! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 33367788 Australia05/23/2013 09:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So somebody in a tiny, broke, FL town won half a billion dollars and they have't claimed it yet? In FL lottery winners cannot remain anonymous, yet silence. I started thinking like a PTB and it occurred to me that that kind of cash would turn somebody into a superpower. They could run for office, buy Blackwater or a news station, if they took all of it and bought silver they could bankrupt JP Morgan - and that's just off the top of my head.. I started to think about it and letting somebody have that kinda cash who didn't earn it is dangerous. Too dangerous to let it happen. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 37829000 If they do announce who won it, $100 says its not real people. Why would the government give Joe Blow that kinda cash when they're capable of rigging elections, insider trading, murder and terrorism? I suspect the answer is; they don't. 330ish million after taxes isnt enough to be some kind of cartoon supervillan. yeah, a few hundred million just doesn't go as far as it used to...  hell, yahoo just forked up a billion to purchase tumblr..  -how the hell does yahoo have an extra billion to spend any way?? -and I really don't understand why companies pay so much to advertise on these sites...have you ever even clicked a link on an ad??-or purchased something because you saw an ad on a site?? I don't think I ever have...people must though.. getting off track, aren't I?? ...ha oh yeah powerball...I thought we were talking of the other nobody...carry on.. I only think same thing with all that crappy adverts, i'd imaginw they're all linked somehow so the company paying for adverts is owned by the company selling it lol? be some sort of tax gain there..and again I repeat myself about the cayman islands 21 trillion dollars of un taxed (mostly illegal) money just sitting there accumulating interest! doesn't any1 see this? $21,000,000,000,000 accumulates how much interest p/a? people should be outraged, nope nothing |
| MOSIX User ID: 39252372 United States05/23/2013 09:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So somebody in a tiny, broke, FL town won half a billion dollars and they have't claimed it yet? In FL lottery winners cannot remain anonymous, yet silence. I started thinking like a PTB and it occurred to me that that kind of cash would turn somebody into a superpower. They could run for office, buy Blackwater or a news station, if they took all of it and bought silver they could bankrupt JP Morgan - and that's just off the top of my head.. I started to think about it and letting somebody have that kinda cash who didn't earn it is dangerous. Too dangerous to let it happen. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 37829000 If they do announce who won it, $100 says its not real people. Why would the government give Joe Blow that kinda cash when they're capable of rigging elections, insider trading, murder and terrorism? I suspect the answer is; they don't. We won $100,000 Jan. 21, 2009 and nobody took our names or pics. The Lottery office just took our ticket and handed us a check for $75,000 ($25k was taken out for tax) We deposited the check into our brokerage UBS and 4 days later just bought more PBT (Permian Basin Trust) Gas & Oil Royalties You can remain anonymous if you want to. I'm in North Carolina and the same is true for us but Florida has a law that compels the winner to identify themselves: [link to www.cbsnews.com] Drew |
| Morris User ID: 19066355 United States05/23/2013 09:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 6630717  Canada05/23/2013 09:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why would the government give Joe Blow that kinda cash when they're capable of rigging elections, insider trading, murder and terrorism? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 37829000 Because Joe Blow is almost certainly a dumb fucking sheep that doesn't know about or understand a fraction of the possibilities that you bring up. Extremely unlikely the winner would be any sort of threat to anything. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 7929103 United States05/23/2013 09:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 27124566 United States05/23/2013 09:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Most lottery winners of major cash, are actors placed there by the cheaters. They are provided with a piece of the action. All lotteries are fixed, just think about it. The computers know what numbers were not chosen in combination and they print that ticket. Then they show you live on television the numbers being drawn, except that is where the editing comes in. They edit the winning numbers together to make it look as though the drawing took place before your very eyes. Edit, splice and print. Add the continuous music in the background and voila. Who gets all the money? The government does. It is just another scheme to rob you. Wake up people. |
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Lady Jane Smith Forum Administrator User ID: 24411442  Sweden05/23/2013 09:56 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If I had won, I would not have come forward yet either. I would still be making arrangements with my lawyer & financial planner to place funds in trusts & whatever else in necessary to protect me & my family from the hordes of predators that invariably appear. Fate whispers to the warrior "You cannot withstand the storm" the warrior whispers back "I am the storm" INTJ-A  |
| Drunk Uncle User ID: 33731653 United States05/23/2013 10:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If I had won, I would not have come forward yet either. Quoting: Lady Jane Smith I would still be making arrangements with my lawyer & financial planner to place funds in trusts & whatever else in necessary to protect me & my family from the hordes of predators that invariably appear. And figuring out what island you and I are escaping to...  |
