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bucolic_frolic

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1. when is next draw? should I play?

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 09:17 AM

Sep 2

What good is 1.1 billion dollars? Everyone would be after you. Taxes and CFP's would never quit. A million I could fathom. But $1.1 billion won't enable me to eat more. The world will still have the same problems.

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Powerball jackpot rises to an estimated $1.3 billion after no winning ticket sold [View all] Omaha Steve Sep 2 OP

when is next draw? should I play? bucolic_frolic Sep 2 #1

Buy and fund a public hospital? Build a public housing project? LiberalArkie Sep 2 #2

yeah, philanthropy is all there is bucolic_frolic Sep 2 #4

I am going to pick up one today also LiberalArkie Sep 2 #5

I'd eat like a champion, and sleep like a baby Polybius Sep 3 #11

I'd buy media... Chemical Bill Sep 3 #14

Not the answer we were looking for. twodogsbarking Sep 2 #3

Lol, we all have different needs Polybius Sep 3 #12

I was at a charity run this weekend and overheard several people talking about taxes on the payout. Probatim Sep 2 #6

I always get irate when I hear that. mercuryblues Sep 2 #7

Not just that - they have less than a snowball's chance in hell of winning and they're still upset about taxes. Probatim Sep 3 #8

If they're that angry over paying those taxes then give the ticket to me.... Bengus81 Sep 3 #9

Yeah...because stories about how lives weren't ruined by winning is boring Bengus81 Sep 3 #10

I knew a guy... Chemical Bill Sep 3 #15

more like 37% RussBLib Sep 3 #13

I read that the winning numbers for tonight, Wednesday, tavernier Sep 3 #16