30-07-2005 14:43									#1
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quote: A ticket bought in the Irish Republic has scooped a record £77m in the National Lottery Euromillions draw. The prize had reached £77m (112m euros) after nine successive roll-overs, making it the biggest lottery win Europe has seen. Euromillions tickets are sold in the UK, Austria, Belgium, the Republic of Ireland, Portugal, France, Luxembourg, and Spain. Friday's winning numbers were 3, 19, 26, 49 and 50, and Lucky Stars 4 and 5. Lucky Stars To win the Euromillions jackpot, players need to match five main numbers from 1 to 50 - and 2 Lucky Star numbers from 1 to 9. Europe's previous biggest lottery draw prize was £72m (105m euros) won on the Italian Superenalotto in May. The UK's top Euromillions jackpot winner is Marion Richardson, from Gateshead, who won £16.7m on 9 April, 2004, two months after the game was launched. The largest UK National Lottery jackpot win in history was £42m shared by three ticket holders on 6 January, 1996. The UK's biggest single winner revealed to date is Iris Jeffrey, from Belfast, who won £20.1m on 14 July, 2004. The world's largest individual jackpot prize was taken by Andrew Whittaker, who won $314.9m (£197.4m) in the US playing Powerball in 2002.

What a waste. Anyone want to guess how much will be spent on Guiness?

	30-07-2005 15:02									#2
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Lotteries are a regressive tax on the stupid.

	30-07-2005 15:12									#3
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"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."

George Best

	30-07-2005 15:45									#4
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You know if I had that kind of money I couldn't even begin to imagine what I would do with it as my tastes are not particularly extravagant anyway. It would make life easier that is all I know - perhaps too easy.

	30-07-2005 16:00									#5
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quote: my tastes are not particularly extravagant anyway.

dont worry, you would adapt

	30-07-2005 16:10									#6
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I'm sure I would

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Women from everywhere would flock to you.

	30-07-2005 16:45									#8
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Yeah, I would just need to establish some new challenges in life...

	31-07-2005 12:00									#9
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Many lottery winners end up broke because the money doesn't cure stupidity.

	31-07-2005 12:04									#10
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quote: Originally posted by Dauphin Lotteries are a regressive tax on the stupid.

The Mass Lottery also put $700,000,000 into things like Education, Public Housing, and Public Works.

	31-07-2005 12:45									#11
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European lotteries are for pansies. Powerball doesn't even really start until it passes $120 million

Lotteries are, if nothing else, *voluntary*. You cannot assume any competent adult human being is stupid, and that failure is the biggest failure of most self-considered-intelligent people. If someone makes $17,000 a year and wants to play the lottery with $2,000 of it - that is their competent adult choice. It may well bring them more happiness than $2,000 worth of better housing or more food.

	31-07-2005 13:09									#12
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think how many times I could buy with a prostitute with that kind of money.

	31-07-2005 16:45									#13
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i don't think you would have to, dis, with that kind of money...

	31-07-2005 16:52									#14
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I think the only question is, can he buy all the beer in Europe with that money? My guess is he can't, but we'll see!

	03-08-2005 07:55									#15
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Yeah, such a large increase in demand spurs an increase in supply...

	03-08-2005 08:28									#16
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Lotteries are a regressive tax on the stupid