# Powerball Ticket

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerball-ticket/642418>\
**Category:** Marketplace\
**Created:** [November 28, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerball-ticket/642418 "2012-11-28T23:52:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![SanDiegoTim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerball-ticket/642418/1 "2012-11-28T23:52:22Z")

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I have the winning ticket for tonight’s Powerball lottery. The first $5.00 gets it.

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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerball-ticket/642418/2 "2012-11-29T04:14:27Z")

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Too late now. Go cash in your winnings instead. 😛

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**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerball-ticket/642418/3 "2012-11-29T11:43:06Z")

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Are you one of the [two winners](http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/28/15515086-two-winning-tickets-sold-in-powerball-jackpot-one-in-arizona-one-in-missouri?lite)?

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerball-ticket/642418/4 "2012-11-29T14:18:45Z")

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Winner, right here. Seven bucks. Suck it.  
And dammit, if that 28 were a 29 and that 5 were a 6, I’d be a million bucks richer. Of course, then I’d be saying “If that 14 were a 23, I’d have hit the jackpot”.
