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		A Phoenix man wins $1 million in the Powerball lottery ....six times in the same day (accessatlanta.com)		44
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AbbeySomeone		2012-05-12 09:56:31 AM

Well that's nice, they quit investigating him for fraud and let him have his winnings.

Dead for Tax Reasons		2012-05-12 10:28:37 AM

I like these numbers so much i'll play them six times?

Either something is fishy or this is the luckiest moron on the planet

AbbeySomeone		2012-05-12 10:35:44 AM

Dead for Tax Reasons: I like these numbers so much i'll play them six times?

Either something is fishy or this is the luckiest moron on the planet

Each ticket had a different Powerball # on it. 5/6 wins 1M. Not bad for an investment of 12.00.

diaphoresis		2012-05-12 01:12:19 PM

Hopfully he will donate $1 million of it to the Defense of Sheriff Joe Fund.
That poor man needs all the help he can get. God Bless you Joe!

studebaker hoch		2012-05-12 01:15:48 PM

Ironic.
Ironic.
Ironic.
Ironic.
Ironic.
Ironic.

/dontchathink?

wxboy		2012-05-12 01:16:55 PM

he picked up his $6 million in winnings over the course several visits to the Arizona Lottery's headquarters

That must have been fun for him.

"Hi, remember me? I'll take another $1m. Thanks."

mikdeetx		2012-05-12 01:18:33 PM

AbbeySomeone: Dead for Tax Reasons: I like these numbers so much i'll play them six times?

Either something is fishy or this is the luckiest moron on the planet

Each ticket had a different Powerball # on it. 5/6 wins 1M. Not bad for an investment of 12.00.

That's how I play. But I change a regular number and not the PB.

/Had one win with regular lotto...3 with 4 numbers and 1 with 5 = $3964

Teknowaffle		2012-05-12 01:19:16 PM

I can see how that could happen. You have your regular 5 "lucky" numbers, and then buy a bunch of tickets, and have variable mega ball numbers on each one. Say, one with your wife's age, another with your kids birthday's and so on.

ArcadianRefugee		2012-05-12 01:19:19 PM

AbbeySomeone: Dead for Tax Reasons: I like these numbers so much i'll play them six times?

Either something is fishy or this is the luckiest moron on the planet

Each ticket had a different Powerball # on it. 5/6 wins 1M. Not bad for an investment of 12.00.

This. if his lucky numbers are, say, 1 2 3 4 5 and then he also plays numbers, say, involving his children - say, their birth days - I can see him being odd and playing 12345 16, 12345 22, 12345 19, etc.

Numbers come up 123459 and bam, he gets six hits.

/say

ABQGOD		2012-05-12 01:24:17 PM

It's the extreme coupon-ing of the lotto world. Just pick your favorite five numbers and then play all 35 different possible Powerball tickets?

miss diminutive		2012-05-12 01:29:50 PM

Ward, you're pissing me off. Now you're insulting my intelligence; what you think I am, a farkin' idiot? You know goddamn well that someone had to get into those machines and set those farkin' numbers. The probability of one winning ticket is a million and a half to one; the probability of 6 tickets in a row; it's in the billions! It cannot happen, would not happen, you farkin' momo! What's the matter with you? Didn't you see you were being set up on the second win?

itsfullofstars		2012-05-12 01:31:03 PM

An Arizona Lottery spokeswoman says the Glendale man claimed six $1 million prizes after purchasing six Powerball tickets with the same winning numbers late last month.

The tickets were good for a half dozen second-place prizes. And he picked up his $6 million in winnings over the course several visits to the Arizona Lottery's headquarters in Phoenix.

It's a good thing this article isn't any longer, the poor author would have to find more ways to write "six".

Odoriferous Queef		2012-05-12 01:36:02 PM

itsfullofstars: It's a good thing this article isn't any longer, the poor author would have to find more ways to write "six".

One half score minus 4?

neuroflare		2012-05-12 01:41:48 PM

Odoriferous Queef: One half score minus 4?

There's a good way to confuse the mouth breathing peasants.

Kar98		2012-05-12 01:41:56 PM

itsfullofstars: An Arizona Lottery spokeswoman says the Glendale man claimed six $1 million prizes after purchasing six Powerball tickets with the same winning numbers late last month.

The tickets were good for a half dozen second-place prizes. And he picked up his $6 million in winnings over the course several visits to the Arizona Lottery's headquarters in Phoenix.

It's a good thing this article isn't any longer, the poor author would have to find more ways to write "six".

VI.

Teknowaffle		2012-05-12 01:44:41 PM

Odoriferous Queef: itsfullofstars: It's a good thing this article isn't any longer, the poor author would have to find more ways to write "six".

One half score minus 4?

A fathom million dollars.

AbbeySomeone		2012-05-12 01:53:21 PM

Kar98: itsfullofstars: An Arizona Lottery spokeswoman says the Glendale man claimed six $1 million prizes after purchasing six Powerball tickets with the same winning numbers late last month.

The tickets were good for a half dozen second-place prizes. And he picked up his $6 million in winnings over the course several visits to the Arizona Lottery's headquarters in Phoenix.

It's a good thing this article isn't any longer, the poor author would have to find more ways to write "six".

VI.

Pity the translators.

TheShavingofOccam123		2012-05-12 01:57:49 PM

AbbeySomeone: Dead for Tax Reasons: I like these numbers so much i'll play them six times?

Either something is fishy or this is the luckiest moron on the planet

Each ticket had a different Powerball # on it. 5/6 wins 1M. Not bad for an investment of 12.00.

Too bad one of his tickets didn't have the Powerball. 5 $1 million dollar winners and one MAMA BABY WANT winner. That would have been fun.

nanim		2012-05-12 02:08:39 PM

So, another surprising side benefit of alzheimers?

foxyshadis		2012-05-12 02:25:22 PM

If we're going to keep reporting every time someone does this, now, can we move it to another tab? Entertainment would be good. Up until the ultimate lottery, this happened every week or two in the past, why does anyone care about it now?

Mods, stop greening this, it always has the exact same reason for happening. Find us some actual lottery scandals.

jigger		2012-05-12 02:27:05 PM

So, basically he proved that evolution is true.

Descartes		2012-05-12 02:41:27 PM

I do the same thing.... have 6 "lucky" numbers, play 'em in different combos with different powerball numbers, because it's a mortal sin to commit suicide if i pick the all the right numbers, but get the wrong powerball number.

Honest Bender		2012-05-12 02:52:20 PM

A friend of mine likes to tell a story about how a friend of his bought a scratcher at 7-11 on his 21st birthday. Just for fun because he was old enough. He won $20,000. Happy birthday indeed.

Fat-D		2012-05-12 02:59:31 PM

Apos		2012-05-12 03:01:14 PM

A reminder of the special fondness I've always had for Phoenix....

Perducci		2012-05-12 03:01:23 PM

wxboy: he picked up his $6 million in winnings over the course several visits to the Arizona Lottery's headquarters

That must have been fun for him.

"Hi, remember me? I'll take another $1m. Thanks."

He keeps returning again and again, like some sort of bird rising from the ashes. If only there was a relevant simile to use here.

Yakk		2012-05-12 03:01:45 PM

Biff?

Mikeyworld		2012-05-12 03:03:30 PM

Odoriferous Queef: itsfullofstars: It's a good thing this article isn't any longer, the poor author would have to find more ways to write "six".

One half score minus 4?

'One half score less 4' would really bend their britches

/yes, britches, baitches
//3 again?
/// 3 virgules

thelackey3326		2012-05-12 03:04:51 PM

Nevermind that! It's not even news worthy. Didn't anyone else notice that Anne Hathaway has a Hot Bikini Bod? It's right there! On the right, in the Entertainment Video section, you can see it! Anne Hathaway, a woman, wears a bikini to the beach. That's news.

THANKS E!

Kar98		2012-05-12 03:38:13 PM

Fat-D: Kar98: itsfullofstars: An Arizona Lottery spokeswoman says the Glendale man claimed six $1 million prizes after purchasing six Powerball tickets with the same winning numbers late last month.

The tickets were good for a half dozen second-place prizes. And he picked up his $6 million in winnings over the course several visits to the Arizona Lottery's headquarters in Phoenix.

It's a good thing this article isn't any longer, the poor author would have to find more ways to write "six".

VI.

110

Bravo.

Posh Naranek		2012-05-12 04:00:09 PM

HAX

apachevoyeur		2012-05-12 04:25:21 PM

ballhack

/or numberbot... dudes a cheater. I quit.

UsikFark		2012-05-12 04:49:56 PM

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dandude28		2012-05-12 06:05:35 PM

He will probably blow it all on more lottery tickets

Packersfan823		2012-05-12 06:07:59 PM

The5thElement		2012-05-12 07:05:48 PM

Nineinchnosehair		2012-05-12 08:48:15 PM

Dead for Tax Reasons: I like these numbers so much i'll play them six times?

When I had to drive the lottery machine at the package store several years ago we had several customers who played the same numbers several times.
I just never saw any of them actually win anything.

Mock26		2012-05-12 11:12:50 PM

Dead for Tax Reasons: I like these numbers so much i'll play them six times?

Either something is fishy or this is the luckiest moron on the planet

Well, in a way it makes sense.

DON.MAC		2012-05-13 03:48:03 AM

A guy I knows buys the group ticket for work. He also buys a second ticket with the same numbers. He figures if they ever win, he wants to win bigger.

Descartes		2012-05-13 09:21:42 AM

The5thElement: There are 10 kinds of people in this world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who divide people into groups, and those that don't.

redhook		2012-05-13 11:02:15 AM

Honest Bender: A friend of mine likes to tell a story about how a friend of his bought a scratcher at 7-11 on his 21st birthday. Just for fun because he was old enough. He won $20,000. Happy birthday indeed.

Why did he wait 3 years to buy a ticket?