# Any big lottery winners here? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 26, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-big-lottery-winners-here/694070 "2014-07-26T01:23:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![weef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@weef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weef)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-big-lottery-winners-here/694070/1 "2014-07-26T01:23:10Z")
I’ve won $2 once and $1 the other day. My daughter won $18 on a $1 scratch off and none of my friends have ever done any better. Because I never win I rarely play but tonight will be different - I feel I’m going to hit it big! Has anyone here ever won a substantial amount in a lottery? ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-big-lottery-winners-here/694070/2 "2014-07-26T03:53:22Z")
Does $35 on a scratch off count? ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-big-lottery-winners-here/694070/3 "2014-07-26T04:01:31Z")
Not me but back in the 80’s my grandparents won $100,000.00. With that they were able to buy a house and a boat. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-big-lottery-winners-here/694070/4 "2014-07-26T04:01:39Z")
I guess I take the lead, so far. 200 dollars once playing Arizona’s The Pick. That was one of the few times I actually played the lottery (of about 8-10 times total). ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-big-lottery-winners-here/694070/5 "2014-07-26T04:13:28Z")
The most I’ve won is around $45. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-big-lottery-winners-here/694070/6 "2014-07-26T05:25:12Z")
$52. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-big-lottery-winners-here/694070/7 "2014-07-26T06:10:04Z")
I won $25 on a scratch ticket a couple of weeks ago, which is my biggest lottery win so far. Years ago, when the lottery was new in our state and there was only one style of scratch ticket, I went into a convenience store to buy a drink and a ticket before work. Turned out I only had enough change to buy the drink and the fellow behind me wound up getting my ticket. He scratched it off right there and then and won fifty bucks. Not a fortune but I could have used it back then. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-big-lottery-winners-here/694070/8 "2014-07-26T06:32:38Z")
Should add that when the lottery was new here, Pops knew a co-worker and a former co-worker who each won just over a million dollars, which was a big deal back then. The co-worker was on the verge of divorce. One day, just after the big win, he came in with his almost-ex-wife hanging all over him. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-big-lottery-winners-here/694070/9 "2014-07-26T06:59:38Z")
I personally won $10 dollars (came out $10 ahead) on a vegas video poker machine while I was in the airport one time. When I was a kid, we played Keno at a restaurant and we all picked numbers, including my dad, mom and sister. Dad split the winnings with us since we helped him win. I think he won about $400. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-big-lottery-winners-here/694070/10 "2014-07-26T08:02:38Z")
I’ve never played lottery, and I’ve only bought 3 scratch tickets ever. What’s funny is that I bought and scratched those three in succession, paying for the next with the previous one: the first one delivered 5 euros, the second one also 5 e, and the third one a nice 300 e. The kiosk cashier couldn’t believe her eyes. I was happy and called it quits. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-big-lottery-winners-here/694070/11 "2014-07-26T10:06:09Z")
I think my biggest win was ~£80. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-big-lottery-winners-here/694070/12 "2014-07-26T13:26:25Z")
I won a little over $21k (CDN) on a 50/50 at a hockey game several years ago. Tax free, woot. ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-big-lottery-winners-here/694070/13 "2014-07-26T16:58:45Z")
I won KZ 5000 a short while ago.[Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=668503)is a list of other winners. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-big-lottery-winners-here/694070/14 "2014-07-26T17:02:13Z")
Once every 5 years or so I’ll buy a handful of scratch-offs. I break even every single time.