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Would you support an American El Gordo?
Dec 28th 2015, 10:16 pm
#32
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Re: Would you support an American El Gordo?
American lotteries could learn a lot from the UK. Whatever one may feel about lotteries, the British lottery is the most successful lottery in the world. It has raised billions for good causes, which is the reason for lotteries in the first place.
Dec 28th 2015, 10:37 pm
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Re: Would you support an American El Gordo?
You could learn a lot about the legal framework that constrains the permissible activities of all gambling-related businesses in the US, rather than making oblique, ill-informed criticisms of how lotteries work in the US.
Dec 28th 2015, 10:40 pm
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Dec 28th 2015, 10:47 pm
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Re: Would you support an American El Gordo?
You really don't know anything about the cultural history and legal framework of the US. [I am not even going to phrase that as a question! 
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Clue: the state I call home is more "progressive" than many and yet I am still surrounded by "dry" towns and counties. If you think that the vast bulk of the US, The South, The Bible Belt, The Heartland, and other vast tracts far, and not so far, from SF, LA, Boston, NYC, DC, and Miami, you should have another think!
]Clue: the state I call home is more "progressive" than many and yet I am still surrounded by "dry" towns and counties. If you think that the vast bulk of the US, The South, The Bible Belt, The Heartland, and other vast tracts far, and not so far, from SF, LA, Boston, NYC, DC, and Miami, you should have another think!
Dec 29th 2015, 4:54 am
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Re: Would you support an American El Gordo?
There are too many Americans who look like El Gordo thanks to places like McDs
Jan 10th 2016, 6:06 am
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Re: Would you support an American El Gordo?
This jackpot seems pretty decent.
No winning Powerball tickets sold; jackpot hits $1.3 billion - LA Times
No winning Powerball tickets sold; jackpot hits $1.3 billion - LA Times
Jan 10th 2016, 6:40 am
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Re: Would you support an American El Gordo?
I like the Massachusetts lottery, the revenue raised is distributed to local governments and they can spend it as they wish. It is also the only US lottery that offers subscriptions throughout the United States, including in the states that don’t have state lotteries. If you live in the US, check them out.
Jan 10th 2016, 6:46 am
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Re: Would you support an American El Gordo?
Why in heaven's name would I want to participate in a lottery that does not benefit my state? If I were to win, I would have to pay state tax to the state I live in as well as to the state that held the lottery.
Besides, there is a "general" lottery which is played by a number of states across the US. Why do you need one just for Christmas?
Besides, there is a "general" lottery which is played by a number of states across the US. Why do you need one just for Christmas?
Jan 11th 2016, 9:04 am
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Re: Would you support an American El Gordo?
I wont even play now. I do not need the headache of how to deal with that much money. After a better house and perhaps a corvette I likely would find myself living on 50K a year
Jan 11th 2016, 9:57 am
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Re: Would you support an American El Gordo?
If I played and if I won the whole thing, I would see no need to keep it all:
1) Pay off car
2) Keep driving above car
3) Buy some land, build custom house. Including built in aquarium.
4) Do some travel.
Put enough away so I don't need to work and can live a modest but comfortable lifestyle.
Give the rest to a non-profit or 2 that do good deeds.
1) Pay off car
2) Keep driving above car
3) Buy some land, build custom house. Including built in aquarium.
4) Do some travel.
Put enough away so I don't need to work and can live a modest but comfortable lifestyle.
Give the rest to a non-profit or 2 that do good deeds.
Jan 12th 2016, 1:13 am
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Re: Would you support an American El Gordo?
I'd finance my own Presidential campaign if I won the Powerball and run as an Independent and become Trump and Cruz worst nightmare
