Powerball Drawing: Clues From Previous Lottery Winners
By MEGHAN KENEALLY
Jan 9, 2016, 6:07 AM ET
If you were disappointed that you had to go back to work earlier this week rather than being able to quit and start living a lavish lifestyle after winning the Powerball jackpot, never fear. There is another drawing tonight.
Even though there was no grand prize winner on Wednesday night, there were quite a few people who still got a piece of the winnings. According to the Powerball website, some winners will take home $1 million or $2 million (before tax) because they had five of the six winning numbers (the $2 million winners paid a little more for the “power play” option). Non-jackpot prizes totaled $65,947,617.
But there is plenty more where that came from: the jackpot has now reached an estimated $800 million, far surpassing the previous record set by the 2012 Mega Millions jackpot of $656 million.
The jackpot is expected to grow even larger. Want to win? If history is any indicator, here are some ideas.
Leave the Number Picking to the Computer
Rather than picking numbers based on birthdays, anniversaries or other meaningful dates, lottery organizers note that the majority of past winners have left the big decisions up to the computer.
About 70 percent of past winners used Quick Picks, the computer system that spits out numbers, according to the official Powerball website.
“Does this mean that you are more likely to win with a computer pick ticket? Maybe,” the site states.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/powerball-drawing-clues-previous-lottery-winners/story?id=36143401
I would thoroughly enjoy every remaining day of my life, knowing that I would never have to work again. I would spend a lot of my time seeing the world at a leisurely pace, traveling in comfort and style.
Ditto
I would build a parking garage on the old ken smith lot, and buy the land. and name it after me.
Since this is a fantasy: after setting aside plenty for my retirement and people I care about who needed it, and giving generously to charities of my choice, I would pay a selected but shockingly large number of Ridgewood officials and employees enough for them to quit their jobs and leave town (for those who don’t live here anyway, that part would be easy), and in their place hire unbiased, unselfish, non-arrogant, non-vindictive, competent, intelligent, enthusiastic, cooperative, experienced professionals. Some fantasy, eh?
After the paramedics resuscitated me, I would help all those I know who desperately need it, leave my job and open a “No Kill” Animal Shelter on the site of the old Ken Smith lot. 🙂