Comments on: Powerball Jackpot Hits $1 Billion. And Yes, Officials Say There Have Been Previous Florida Winners http://www.northescambia.com/2025/08/powerball-jackpot-hits-1-billion-and-yes-officials-say-there-have-been-previous-florida-winners Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Sun, 12 Apr 2026 05:51:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nothing but luck http://www.northescambia.com/2025/08/powerball-jackpot-hits-1-billion-and-yes-officials-say-there-have-been-previous-florida-winners/comment-page-1#comment-575054 Nothing but luck Sat, 30 Aug 2025 17:56:25 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=595552#comment-575054 The odds of winning a jackpot are about 1:292,000,000. Like one person out of the entire nation low odds. Instead of losing all that money, simply deposit that amount of ticket money to a Roth IRA. Pay taxes up front, and the rest is yours down the road, and a better future for you. With the lottery, your future is being entrusted to luck. That’s why I voted against the lottery decades ago, and I’d vote against it again. The cause (education) doesn’t justify the means (lowering household savings). Probably one of the reasons poverty keeps expanding. The odds of winning a jackpot are about 1:292,000,000. Like one person out of the entire nation low odds.

Instead of losing all that money, simply deposit that amount of ticket money to a Roth IRA. Pay taxes up front, and the rest is yours down the road, and a better future for you. With the lottery, your future is being entrusted to luck.

That’s why I voted against the lottery decades ago, and I’d vote against it again. The cause (education) doesn’t justify the means (lowering household savings).

Probably one of the reasons poverty keeps expanding.

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