This Is What The Powerball Ticket Line Looked Like In Nevada
Seven years ago, America was promised hope and change. The change never came, but at least there is still hope, and it comes in the form of a voluntary tax known as the Powerball lottery. The only problem: it happens to be everyone else's hope too, and to even get a chance to buy a ticket, one has to wait in lines such as this one on the California-Nevada border.
The line to buy Powerball tickets at the Nevada to California border line today is UNREAL!!!! ???? pic.twitter.com/prehiIeM3i
— Dan Fleyshman (@DanFleyshman) January 13, 2016
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yeah i recall a cheap phone i had for old people with larger numbers, and an LED screen. that went for ever before needing charging, ot also had no features but being a ph and text.
anyhow i only post this cuz a sght i go to does a lottery formum, the guy who runs it also has this app, so figure i could support him. and as too lotto! yeah a tax on stupid, but fro $2 you could get 600M in cash! beats working hard for it. last time i checked thats 15 tonne of gold. sure long odds, but its fucken a $2 bet,
Just a tax on idiots that can't do math.
Greed, BTChez
Voluntary taxes are the best taxes...
Still makes you wanna live away from such people.
You always see this Lotto fever when the EconOMY is shit. And the MSM whip the sheepoeples into a bovine frenzy that may finally escape and live like the Kartrashisans.
Very sad reflection of USSA.
This is what the modern day "Soup Lines" would look like if you took away the EBT cards from 51 Million Americans.
Even scarier is what would the amount of homeless be, without Section8 housing subsidy. I bet 30-50% of multi-unit buildings in neighborhoods surrounding me in the Boston area, are Sec8.
The lottery is a tax, the easiest way to collect tax from the poor. When the house keeps about 55% of the pool, you are playing a game against all odds.
In Vegas the casinos keep only a few percent.
Some payout in the high 90s.
In Vegas the customers keep only a few percent and the temperature is in the high 90s.
You've got the best return in the game!
Except most winners pour those "winnings" back into the casino.
Except most "losers" pour those winnings back..there, fixed it.
Except most "losers" pour those winnings back..there, fixed it.
55%?immediate payoff gives 50% and then 39.6% IRS "share" eats at the remainder. Seems like the overall haul is 30% for you and 70% for .gov. But it is all good, right, "'cause it goes to public education."
Correction:
62% of jackpot is the cash payout. (Calculated from new stories. We actually can't find this rate on the Powerball website.)
CA Tax = 13.3% (CA's top tax bracket. Ref. http://www.bankrate.com/finance/taxes/state-taxes-california.aspx
IRS = 39.6% of what's left (As a courtesy to you, lotto sends 25% up front to IRS, but you owe 39.6% as income tax)
So in the end, 32.45% of the jackpot goes into your pocket for your life, liberty and pursuit of being a tax donkey.
Hope and your change.
When you see "999" posted on the Jackpot Estimate Signs and the term - "Over one Billion Dollars" (actual Cash Value was lower, IIRC) - mentioned over the airwaves and the Web, People - even those who usually don't buy into the deal - will buy some Tix.
You're all winners!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9b3_O7hEl4
Say what you want...At some point, it will be won.
all them dreamer's...and if you win, NIGHTMARISH
Speaking of power balls, now that the kids are asleep, time to quick prick the wife. Be back in a couple minutes.
:P
What? "Time to quick prick the wife"...please... powerballs are to be used with loving care..they are generated with an extra dose of testosterone ... and are to be used only on special occasions... now you go apologize to your wife... buy her flowers and spend some quality "powerball" time with your woman...you will end up as a winner... :)
Those sandwiches don't make themselves, ja know...
The new 'low-cut waist' style in pants (even if you don't get the emo hip-huggers) makes it tough on my powerballs.
NEED MORE ROOM!
Too bad I can't wear my breechcloth at work.
I don't think I'm a fool for buying a ticket it's fun and yes I know the math behind the entire thing still fun.
Stand in line?
Oh hell to the no!
Bought mine while I was buying some gas.
You will not win if you don't buy a ticket that is true :)
"You will not win if you don't buy a ticket that is true :)"
What are my odds of finding the winning ticket that someone else lost?
I bought mine at some seedy liquor store...
It was on Pacific Coast HiWay. I think? can't remember the name for sure Ocifer.
Those line were in California because Powerball is illegal in Nevada due mostly to the casino lobby. You don't have to wait in line to pay for gas. If you want to bypass the lines in California buy some gas. Then when you pay for the gas ask the clerk for some Powerball tickets. QED
I only play when the overall lump sum is over $300 mil in fiat paper, which doesn't happen that often. That way, I can have multiple boats for multiple boating accidents, like lost anchors, dropped boxes of coins, lost fishing poles that happen to be very shiny, and a few other things.
If I win the Powerball, I'll just get a submarine. Boats are getting boring.
dosnt anyone else find it srange that they are all syrian men of fighting age?
US Powerball jackpot worth $2.1 billion now open to Australians
http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-powerball-jackpot-worth-21-billion-now-op...
Now imagine that at the front of that line is a guy selling toilet paper...
Welcome to the future.
I'ts called sheepherding.
aren't they going to be late for work ??
I bought a ticket because it only took me 10 seconds to purchase. Time is more valuable than money, and with the odds as miniscule as the Powerball, it's still better odds than the zero odds of me wasting my time in that line to buy a ticket.
In case people are baffled by the line. Lottery tickets cannot be purchased in Nevada. Primm NV is 45 minutes south of Vegas on I-15 on the California-Nevada border. The California Lottery store is just over the state line into California at Primm.
The line was like that on Tuesday too. I drove down from Vegas, saw the line, went back.
If you live in Vegas, why bother? Just head down to the local casino, walk up to a roulette table, put $5 down on red or black and if you lose, walk away. If you win, let it ride. If you win 28 times in a row, you'll get a similar payout with similar odds - and free drinks.
Not true.
Tables have betting limits...
So you cannot let it ride once it surpasses the table limit.
However, at Binion's Horseshoe in Downtown Las Vegas your first bet is the limit if you want to play high roller...if that option still exists. (It has been awhile since I have been there...)
I realize that, but they also wave those limits from time to time - like for people who have bet their life savings on a single spin, for example. Since the chances of this working are about 1 in 300 million, and the publicity opportunities are pretty good, I think you'd find some takers. - Or just drop in to Binion's, if that's still their policy, every day for a month. And if you do that, be sure to check out the old school steakhouse on the top floor. That's one of my favorite dinner spots in Vegas.
"Like our previous winners, Whitman, Price and Haddad, you remember them? At this very moment basking under the Maui sun, their debt to society, paid in full."
Running Man
"I'll be back."
"Only in re-runs."
Fuckin sad. Thought going west was smart,guess not.
I always hear "You can't win if you don't play"
well you can't lose if you don't play either.
Money spent on this Lottery is better than a case of beer. Brings hope, dreams of a possible payout, liver healthy and fewer calories. lol
The only known winning Powerball ticket was sold in Chino Hills, CA the 6th highest income place (pop size 65,000 — 250,000) in the country
Down-voted for the spoiler. Dream dasher!
how many tickets did you buy Secret :P - I keeed, I keeed
I can't imagine going broke after getting millions overnight. But, it does happen:
When Lou Eisenberg won $5 million back in 1981 it was the biggest lottery payout at the time. He went from making $250 a week changing light bulbs to being a multimillionaire overnight. Today he’s making about $250 a week again through his pension and social security; he’s also living in a trailer. Where did all his money go? Well, he spent a lot, but the real reason he went from rich to broke is a string of failed marriages and divorce settlements. His days at the track betting didn’t help either.
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Callie Rogers
At 16, Callie was the youngest person ever to win the lottery in the United Kingdom, and her inexperience was sadly evident in the way she managed her money. Today she has nowhere near the 1.9 million pounds she was awarded in 2003 when she was just 16 years old. She blew the money on plastic surgery, drugs and parties. Now 26, Rogers says she is much happier, and is studying nursing. Her wealth drove her to despair, she has since reported, and at her lowest point she even attempted suicide. As of last year her net worth totalled no more than 2,000 pounds.
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David Lee Edwards
After spending a good portion of his life in jail after he robbed a gas station, David Lee Edward’s luck changed when he won $27 million in a powerball jackpot in 2001. His luck went back to the bad not long after, though. He blew his money on drugs, exotic sports cars and even a jet. Just five years later, the money was all gone. His daughter believes all the lavish items he bought were eventually sold off to buy more drugs and pay off his debts. Edwards died broke and alone; he was cremated because his estranged family couldn’t afford to bury him.
Surely for every bad story, they're other good ones? Although it's not lost on me that the poorest probably play these stupid fuckign games.