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01-19-2005, 05:22 PM | #31 |
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A question for those in the US and Canada. Is there a maximum amount that can be won on your lotteries? Or is the jackpot 'rolled over' till the next week if not won? The largest in the UK I think was around £20 million, (around $30 million US). We've still got some way to go before we reach Spains level - 33 million Euro weekly jackpots are quite regular.
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01-19-2005, 05:59 PM | #32 |
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"The largest Powerball jackpot was captured last year by a West Virginia contractor who won $314.9 million on Christmas Day. The richest lottery prize in U.S. history was $363 million in the Big Game jackpot, split by two players in 2000."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/...in562719.shtml
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01-19-2005, 06:15 PM | #34 |
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I know they have an anonymity box for lottery winners over here. A fella from Yorkshire won about 22mil after it rolled over a few months and nobody knows who he is. Very low profile geezer.
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01-19-2005, 06:18 PM | #35 |
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My first purchase would be a Lamborghini Diablo VT Roadster that they have in Modena Cars just round the corner to where I work. The next would be 500 gallons of petrol and a stack of new tyres.
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01-19-2005, 06:46 PM | #36 | |
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01-19-2005, 06:55 PM | #37 |
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Oh, and a five mile patch of Bonneville salt flats...
I did the "geting caught at 106mph" a few years back!
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01-19-2005, 06:57 PM | #38 | |
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01-19-2005, 07:46 PM | #39 |
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Take note of any mid-east looking geezers trying to buy Howitzers for $4999.95. Them buggers is up to no good!
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Ah, but that's why I want a patch 'o' the Flats too. It wasn't that bad, I only got two weeks off the road, £250 fine. And I got sent to work in Ireland for the first week of the ban. Bonzer!
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01-19-2005, 08:14 PM | #43 |
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"Speed restrictions" is an oxymoron.
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01-19-2005, 08:52 PM | #44 |
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Bonzer?
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01-19-2005, 09:21 PM | #45 |
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A less dangerous type of moron that I see every day on the road!
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