Lottery: Winning tickets sold in Georgia, New Jersey

gldstwmn · #1 03-07-2007, 11:56 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/07/meg....ap/index.html

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (AP) -- At least two people can claim a share of a record $370 million lottery jackpot, and there could be more -- California was still checking its Mega Millions results, officials announced Wednesday.

One winning ticket was traced to a liquor store in Woodbine, New Jersey, and another to a market in Dalton, Georgia, lottery representatives in the two states said Wednesday.

California's results were slowed by the high volume of sales, and state lottery spokesman Rob McAndrews said it would be at least midmorning before he knows for sure if there are more winning tickets out there. The other nine states struck out, said Mardele Cohen of the Ohio Lottery, which compiles all the states' information.

The winning numbers: 16-22-29-39-42, with the Mega Ball 20.

The odds of hitting it: about 1 in 176 million.

Georgia Lottery Corp. spokesman J.B. Landroche said one winning ticket was sold at Favorite Market in Dalton. New Jersey Lottery officials said another was sold at Campark Liquors in Woodbine, in Cape May County at the state's southern tip.

"It's the most wonderful thing," said Campark Liquors manager Fern Gandy. "We have so many wonderful customers here. I'm just glad it was one of them."

Tuesday night's drawing was held in New York's Times Square in ABC's television studio rather than Atlanta after brisk sales pushed what had been an estimated $355 million jackpot estimate to a record $370 million.

Even though the temperature was just 16 degrees, a handful of hopefuls showed up in Times Square to watch the drawing.

Millions of others had lined up at lottery agents in the 12 states to buy tickets Tuesday. New Yorkers bought more than 1 million tickets an hour, said Robert McLaughlin, the state's lottery director. Virginia retailers sold about 8,550 tickets per minute.

'Go to the moon'
New York construction worker Andelko Kalinic had an idea of what he would do if his Mega Millions ticket paid off.

"Go to the moon," he said. "Why not?"

Some lottery hopefuls in Ohio never had a chance. Ohio's lottery ticket system went down statewide at about 10:20 p.m., 25 minutes before the deadline, Cohen said. The cause hadn't yet been determined.

"For those people who wanted to make a wager and didn't get a chance, we're very, very sorry," she said.

The largest previous multistate lottery jackpot was $365 million in 2006, when eight workers at a Nebraska meat processing plant hit the Powerball lotto. The Big Game lotto, the forerunner of Mega Millions, paid out a $363 million jackpot in 2000.

Mega Millions tickets are sold in California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington state.

danax6 · #2 03-07-2007, 12:05 PM

Wow. I wouldn't even know what to do with that amount of money.

Okay, I lied. I do know. Think I can buy Lindsey for 370 million?

strandinthewind · #3 03-07-2007, 12:27 PM

I got three of the numbers -- so I won $7.00

Better than nothing

gldstwmn · #4 03-08-2007, 12:41 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/07/meg...ons/index.html

Georgia trucker has big lottery haul

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Sometimes it pays to run a little late.

Truck driver Ed Nabors was a little behind on his way to work Tuesday morning, so he didn't stop for coffee at his usual place.

At lunchtime he bought a cup at nearby Favorite Market convenience store and chose to spend $10 on lottery tickets.

Good decision.

Nabors, 52, of Rocky Face, Georgia, discovered Wednesday morning that he had won half the record-setting $390 million Mega Millions jackpot in Tuesday night's drawing.

"I'm still numb," he said at a news conference in Atlanta.

Nabors was handed a giant replica check for $116,557,083. He will net about $80 million after taxes, Georgia Lottery Corp. spokeswoman Tandi Reddick said.

He will receive the actual payment in about 10 days. Asked how much longer he will be a truck driver, Nabors quipped, "About 10 more days."

Nabors choked up briefly while telling reporters how he plans to use some of the money.

"My daughter has wanted a house and to get out of a mobile home for a long time," he said, "and I think she just got it."

He added that he probably would buy some lakefront property for himself.

The winning numbers were 16-22-29-39-42, plus the Mega Ball, 20.

Nabors let the store's Mega Millions terminal choose his numbers for him; the winning combination was the sixth set out of 10, he said.

Mega Millions is a multistate lottery played in California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

The other winning ticket was sold at Campark Liquors in Woodbine, New Jersey, said New Jersey Lottery Commission spokesman Dominick DeMarco.

The holder of that ticket has not yet stepped forward.

amber · #5 03-08-2007, 12:51 AM

*sigh*.

I actually bought 4 of those tix, I never do that. *sigh*.

That's cool someone gets to move out of their mobile home.

gldstwmn · #6 03-08-2007, 12:55 AM

I absolutely loved this quote from the article:

He will receive the actual payment in about 10 days. Asked how much longer he will be a truck driver, Nabors quipped, "About 10 more days."

sparky · #7 03-08-2007, 12:56 AM

Wasn't there some HBO documentary about lottery winners? Seems like I heard about it and how almost all of them end up broke again. I am sure some TV hound here has seen it.

amber · #8 03-08-2007, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by sparky

Wasn't there some HBO documentary about lottery winners? Seems like I heard about it and how almost all of them end up broke again. I am sure some TV hound here has seen it.

I've seen a couple different shows like that. One of them the couple wasn't completely broke, but they definitely blew through a ton of money before they wised up.
Many people who don't learn about what to do with money growing up, or sometime, still are the same when they get money, same habits/attitudes/lack of knowlege.
I saw the thing where they gave the homeless guy $25000 to see what would happen. They were examining whether "throwing money" at the homeless problem helps. Anyway, the guy blew it all - but he gave a lot of it away. I mean, he was used to being homeless, and I guess also had a generous spirit so didn't try to hang onto the money much.

sparky · #9 03-08-2007, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by amber

Many people who don't learn about what to do with money growing up, or sometime, still are the same when they get money, same habits/attitudes/lack of knowlege.

Bingo.

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I saw the thing where they gave the homeless guy $25000 to see what would happen. They were examining whether "throwing money" at the homeless problem helps. Anyway, the guy blew it all - but he gave a lot of it away. I mean, he was used to being homeless, and I guess also had a generous spirit so didn't try to hang onto the money much.

Clearly. Evidently Homeboy was where he wanted to be.

estranged4life · #10 03-08-2007, 01:07 AM

If I ever win a lottery, I will blow it all in weeks on the people & charities I care about...Only thing I will splurge myself on is purchasing my own music store

Oh, And purchasing MRMC (Which is for sale) so I can immediately close it ("Sorry employees...You screwed with my family, now payback has arrived!!!!") and turn it into a parking lot

Btw, my dumbass drunkard oldest brother won a $25,000 2004 Harley Davidson once by playing the lottery - Of course he was too drunk to realize he had won til his wife figured it out...So who knows, right

amber · #11 03-08-2007, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by sparky

Bingo.

Clearly. Evidently Homeboy was where he wanted to be.

Well...part of it was that he got taken by a girl. Some chick married him, and he bought her a car and blah blah, then when his money was gone, she left him. So, I'm not sure he was quite where he wanted to be, he spent a lot on her. He was pretty bummed. He thought she loved him and all. I guess he's too nice and gullible.

sparky · #12 03-08-2007, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by amber

Well...part of it was that he got taken by a girl. Some chick married him, and he bought her a car and blah blah, then when his money was gone, she left him. So, I'm not sure he was quite where he wanted to be, he spent a lot on her. He was pretty bummed. He thought she loved him and all. I guess he's too nice and gullible.

Oh Lord. He sounds like an idiot.

amber · #13 03-08-2007, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by sparky

Oh Lord. He sounds like an idiot.

well...he wasn't that much of an idiot, actually. Kind of mid level PWT. I've seen a lot dumber people. Like I was trying to explain, when you were watching the show you could tell he was really kind hearted and nice, maybe a little too much. He was neither especially dumb or especially degenerate. I think it kind of says something that chose what he thought was love over his money, in a way. We're all kind of dumb sometimes when it comes to love. So I've heard. lol.

sparky · #14 03-08-2007, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by amber

well...he wasn't that much of an idiot, actually. Kind of mid level PWT. I've seen a lot dumber people. Like I was trying to explain, when you were watching the show you could tell he was really kind hearted and nice, maybe a little too much. He was neither especially dumb or especially degenerate. I think it kind of says something that chose what he thought was love over his money, in a way. We're all kind of dumb sometimes when it comes to love. So I've heard. lol.

I suspect seeing him interviewed is different. Nonetheless, doesn't sound like it was love, and he couldn't tell. I'm sure he loved sunsets and puppies and stuff like that. But, I'm sticking with the conclusion of idiot.

estranged4life · #15 03-08-2007, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by amber

Well...part of it was that he got taken by a girl. Some chick married him, and he bought her a car and blah blah, then when his money was gone, she left him. So, I'm not sure he was quite where he wanted to be, he spent a lot on her. He was pretty bummed. He thought she loved him and all. I guess he's too nice and gullible.

^^^^^
people in my family, specifically my uncle and oldest brother, especially in my uncle's case. Once he was sentenced to federal prison (He was/is a drug dealer) and lost his fortune his wife left him in a heartbeat for another man who had even more $$$$$.

And yes, most of my family suffer from niceness and gullibility - I dont, I am an asshole supreme!!!