This is weird.. the NEWS TRIBUNE today has an article about someone who won $47 Million of a $94 Million powerball jackpot not claiming their money yet. It's been 3 weeks since the drawing and the moron (MY choice of words) hasn't claimed their portion. WTF? Unless they're already a big millionaire why would you sit on a ticket worth that much?
Hopefully it's just someone who has no clue they won... but that could mean the ticket will never be claimed.
Some of the possibilities are:
Clint Harris, the state lottery’s executive director, is eager to award the Powerball jackpot — the first since his 2004 hiring.
“Maybe they’re waiting because they don’t want to impact their taxes this year,” he said Wednesday. “Maybe someone’s talking to a tax attorney or financial planner. Maybe the ticket is sitting behind a magnet on someone’s refrigerator and they just forgot about it. Or maybe it’s lost. All those possibilities are there.”
I know *I* didn't win nor did I buy any powerball tickets that day.
I've been buying $5 of 'Hot Lotto' myself since it's at something around $14 million(a record high easily) and hasn't been won in weeks. It's supposed to be easier to win because there's not as many states playing... but.. noone's won in a long time
I went and bought a newspaper just to see the "big sales" for what is called "black Friday." Nothing stood out as a superb deal really. I might actually go visit some of the companies on MY WEBSITE to do my Christmas shopping. Most of the places that are selling stuff are offering gift cards to be used online OR in stores if there is an available store.
The Internet's just so much easier than dealing with the huge crowds of people, and parking at the mall.
Congratulations to JUSTIN MORNEAU, the American League Most Valuable Player! It's amazing also that Joe Mauer and Johan Santana were in the top 7 in voting for the same award!
Even though the Twins didn't make their playoff run last, they had a huge 2nd half of the season winning the American League Central on the last day of the season. I think they just ran out of gas at the end.
GO TWINS!
Fox News **FINALLY** got smart and cancelled the OJ Simpson bullshit they were going to air next week titled 'If I Did It.' DUH.. *IF?????*
The moron Simpson on foxnews.com said Simpson told The Associated Press in a phone interview late Monday he could not comment on the situation "until I know legally where I stand."
He added, "I would like nothing better than to straighten out some things that have been mischaracterized. But I think I'm legally muzzled at this point."
