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19. That dashes the hopes and dreams of my coworkers.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Dec 25, 2025, 07:33 PM

6 hrs ago

All day Wednesday they had such high hopes of never working again, of being able to sit on the steps of their trailers and smoke name brand cigarettes. But because they each scraped up $20 to get in the pool they'll be out of cigarettes until payday. The horror.

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A Powerball player in Arkansas has won a $1.817 billion lottery jackpot [View all] Omaha Steve 20 hrs ago OP

Wasn't me LiberalArkie 20 hrs ago #1

Well.......I'll just go back to bed today............ IA8IT 19 hrs ago #2

I stand a better chance being hit by lightening in December, than winning the POWERBALL. ProudMNDemocrat 19 hrs ago #3

I don't play, because I've already been hit by lightning...... lastlib 18 hrs ago #5

It is only at Christmas time I buy Scratch-offs ProudMNDemocrat 18 hrs ago #8

All purchases are voluntary. If you choose to waste your $ its YOUR decision. Callie1979 18 hrs ago #9

I dabbled in the mathematical arts myself EYESORE 9001 15 hrs ago #11

Pretty simple then,don't buy any tickets. No one is forcing anyone Bengus81 15 hrs ago #14

You can't win if you don't play mdbl 11 hrs ago #16

And you DON'T win if you DO play.... lastlib 3 hrs ago #22

Never seen lotteries as a good use of money. Aussie105 6 hrs ago #18

That happened to me and my sister also airplaneman 6 hrs ago #20

Glad you're all OK! lastlib 3 hrs ago #23

I hope they aren't, you know, Republicaaan. twodogsbarking 18 hrs ago #4

Beyond a certain level they should cap the top prize and make more smaller winners bucolic_frolic 18 hrs ago #6

I think they should break it into 180 10 million dollar prizes. Callie1979 18 hrs ago #7

Do well; do good with your new found wealth... nt EarthFirst 18 hrs ago #10

Is somone's going to buy the whole state of Arkansas!? Ranting Randy 15 hrs ago #12

And most of Oklahoma! BOSSHOG 15 hrs ago #13

Arkansas, huh? Was it one of the Walmart spawn? Mawspam2 13 hrs ago #15

What gets me is the bigger it is the more people play? 40 or 50 million ain't enough eh? Describes America to a T! n/t Cheezoholic 7 hrs ago #17

That dashes the hopes and dreams of my coworkers. taxi 6 hrs ago #19

8 people won $1million RussBLib 4 hrs ago #21

I seriously wouldn't even want that much money. Hassin Bin Sober 2 hrs ago #24