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saganista · 01-19-2005, 05:22 PM

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.

Troubleshooter · 01-19-2005, 05:59 PM

"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

saganista · 01-19-2005, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

"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

Wow! Lovely! Hope they all deserved it.

Roosta · 01-19-2005, 06:15 PM

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.

Roosta · 01-19-2005, 06:18 PM

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.

saganista · 01-19-2005, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Roosta

The next would be 500 gallons of petrol and a stack of new tyres.

And the rest on speeding tickets?

Roosta · 01-19-2005, 06:55 PM

Oh, and a five mile patch of Bonneville salt flats...
I did the "geting caught at 106mph" a few years back!

xoxoxoBruce · 01-19-2005, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

And that $9500 was purposefully $500 less than $10000, wasn't it? He expected you to report a cash transaction of $10000 or more to the IRS...

I heard that had been lowered to $5k not long ago. Part of the terrorist tracking thing.

Roosta · 01-19-2005, 07:46 PM

Take note of any mid-east looking geezers trying to buy Howitzers for $4999.95. Them buggers is up to no good!

saganista · 01-19-2005, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Roosta

Oh, and a five mile patch of Bonneville salt flats...
I did the "geting caught at 106mph" a few years back!

Hmm... Lets see... You've already been done for 106mph, and you want to buy a monster Lambo. Wouldn't it be a good idea if you started with, say, a Robin Reliant and work your way up? At least until you grasp the concept of speed restrictions?

Roosta · 01-19-2005, 07:52 PM

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!

saganista · 01-19-2005, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Roosta

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!

But don't you think running up and down a patch of salt flats is a waste of this cars posing potential? Could you really resist thinking every time you went past a 70 MPH sign - "my car can do nearly three times that"?

xoxoxoBruce · 01-19-2005, 08:14 PM

"Speed restrictions" is an oxymoron.

footfootfoot · 01-19-2005, 08:52 PM

Bonzer?

saganista · 01-19-2005, 09:21 PM

A less dangerous type of moron that I see every day on the road!

01-19-2005, 05:59 PM	#32
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	"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 __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

01-19-2005, 06:15 PM	#34
Roosta Nutter. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: England Posts: 221	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. __________________ Back from the brink...

01-19-2005, 06:18 PM	#35
Roosta Nutter. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: England Posts: 221	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. __________________ Back from the brink...

01-19-2005, 06:55 PM	#37
Roosta Nutter. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: England Posts: 221	Oh, and a five mile patch of Bonneville salt flats... I did the "geting caught at 106mph" a few years back! __________________ Back from the brink...

01-19-2005, 07:46 PM	#39
Roosta Nutter. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: England Posts: 221	Take note of any mid-east looking geezers trying to buy Howitzers for $4999.95. Them buggers is up to no good! __________________ Back from the brink...

01-19-2005, 05:22 PM	#31
saganista Fellow-Commoner Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 10	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.

01-19-2005, 07:52 PM	#41
Roosta Nutter. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: England Posts: 221	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! __________________ Back from the brink...

01-19-2005, 08:14 PM	#43
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	"Speed restrictions" is an oxymoron. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-19-2005, 08:52 PM	#44
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Bonzer? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-19-2005, 09:21 PM	#45
saganista Fellow-Commoner Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 10	A less dangerous type of moron that I see every day on the road!

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