Powerball! Yikes!

[flytire 0]

The grand prize now stands at $1.9 billion with a cash option of $929.1 million for the next drawing on Monday, Nov. 7.

[Steeldrifter 0]

Yeah but after taxes you would only get just over a Billion ...so what's the point in that ya know 😂

[vicrider 0]

I've been waiting years to win the Power Ball or even any of the local or State drawings but then someone told me the other day you have to buy a ticket before you can win. Darn.

[niveker 0]

I found a $100 bill once, I was pretty psyched. That's probably the luckiest I'll get, but I still buy a ticket occasionally. 

[DFoster 0]

I could use a billion dollars...🙂

[Poopdeck 0]

I feel like a winner because I still have the two bucks I didn’t spend yesterday. I think I’ll parlay that into 4 dollars on the next drawing. 

[niveker 0]

You can't lose if you dont play, my Grandad always said. 

[vicrider 0]

9 hours ago, Poopdeck said:

I feel like a winner because I still have the two bucks I didn’t spend yesterday. I think I’ll parlay that into 4 dollars on the next drawing. 

Yep, I have hundreds of dollars not spent on powerballs in an envelope for next fishing trip. I did play a one-armed bandit with a friend of mine at casino once. Invested a $20 bill, ended up with about $45. Friend said, "You're not going to quit with found money, are you?". Darn right. I sipped a free coke while I watched him lose about $100.00. I did throw in a $20 with 3 other couples and they bought scratch offs at a VFW. We each ended up almost a $100 and they wanted to "Reinvest". I said mine goes toward our motel bill. They stuck with it until the table was covered in scratch offs and their re-investment was gone.

[vicrider 0]

On 11/7/2022 at 3:09 PM, niveker said:

I found a $100 bill once, I was pretty psyched. That's probably the luckiest I'll get, but I still buy a ticket occasionally. 

I was at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally once and went to a counter and there was over $300 just sitting there. I picked it up, asked if anybody had been looking for it. They said NO. I got a coke and sat on a bench for awhile until a guy and gal came to the counter frantically looking for the money they'd left. I could have been long gone and it's not I couldn't have used it but I walked up, gave 'em their money, told 'em to have a great time and left.  They tried to give some but it was their money and I was happy it found it's way back to them.