# I won the Powerball!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2013, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-the-powerball/658729 "2013-05-19T06:39:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-the-powerball/658729/21 "2015-02-13T00:56:38Z")
Yeah, that’s a weird thing about the prize structure if you look at it. There are two circumstances where matches with different odds get the same prize. I dunno why. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-the-powerball/658729/22 "2015-02-13T01:06:22Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > … and nothing else. > > Four bucks, baby! 🆒 Hookers and blow; hookers and blow. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-the-powerball/658729/23 "2015-02-13T01:57:21Z")
Someone started a Powerball pool at work yesterday. We won $24. That’s $2.66 for each of us. . ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-the-powerball/658729/24 "2015-02-13T02:34:58Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > On our ONE ticket, we got ZERO numbers. > Then again - we play one single set of numbers but buy in advance for the next 10 drawings…and seriously, we would be quite happy with “only” $40 million ($25.1 million cash) on the Wednesday game…I never understood people who only play when the jackpot gets up to some ridiculous amount. People were standing in line, _outside in the desert_, here on the Nevada/California border for NINE HOURS to buy tickets yesterday!!! Idiots!!! This is why I like the NY Lotto. Two plays for a dollar and a reasonable enough jackpot. I’d be thrilled to hit the $9 million or so it’s currently up to. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-the-powerball/658729/25 "2015-02-13T03:14:30Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > And WTF would I do with 600 million? Buy a whole county in Georgia or Alabama? > [@kopek](#): > > Hookers and blow; hookers and blow. Meh, getting a bit old for all that, let’s forget the blow. Now if you’ll excuse me there’s some dude an hour and a half south of here who really needs to hire a competent personal assistant… ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-the-powerball/658729/26 "2015-02-17T15:30:54Z")
We won the lottery, we won the lottery! Of course it’s the race entry lottery, with odds of almost 4 out of 5, which gives me the privilege to _pay_ money to join tens of thousands of other people in running, but a win’s a win, right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-the-powerball/658729.md?page=1)