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FOUR LEAF CLOVER January 22, 2011
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Mega Millions reports 2 winning tickets in $355 million jackpot | MLive.com January 13, 2011
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Mega Millions reports 2 winning tickets in $355 million jackpot
Published: Wednesday, January 05, 2011, 6:21 AM Updated: Wednesday, January 05, 2011, 9:33 AM
GRAND RAPIDS — Two lottery ticket holders are millions of dollars richer today, but they aren’t from this part of the country.
Mega Millions officials said the holders of one ticket sold in Idaho and another in the state of Washington will be sharing the lottery game’s $355 million jackpot.
The winning numbers were 4, 8, 15, 25 and 47, with 42 being the Mega Ball number.
Arizona Lottery spokeswoman Cindy Esquer said the prize is the fourth-largest in U.S. history and the second-largest in Mega Millions history.
The jackpot’s cash option works out to about $224 million. Besides the jackpot, other prizes range from $2 to $250,000.
The princely sum drew huge interest across the country as thousands of people lined up to buy tickets in 41 states, including Michigan, and Washington, D.C., where the game is available.
“We got a pretty good, steady flow of traffic as far as buying the tickets goes,” said Bill Evans, owner of Beaver Dam Service Station in northwest Arizona. “As the day progresses we’ll have a line out the door, I’m sure.”
Hundreds of people poured into the tiny Arizona towns of Littlefield and Beaver Dam, crossing into the state from Nevada and Utah, where Mega Millions tickets are not sold.
Locally, at Party World, 5568 Alpine Ave. NW, co-owner Anna Bekins said a line reached from the counter to the back of the store for parts of the day Tuesday as customers came to try their chance at winning millions.
The store has sold its share of winning tickets, including prizes of $1 million, $300,000 and $100,000 in recent years, Bekins said.
And although the idea sounds crazy to some, Bekins attributes the luck to a four-leaf clover her husband found in the store’s back room shortly after opening 26 years ago. That clover now is taped to the lottery ticket machine, and he makes sure to wipe each customer’s ticket over it before making the sale.
“A lot of people don’t want it wiped even once, but twice. They might even have to touch it themselves,” Bekins said of the clover. “One lady a couple years ago tried to walk out the door with it, but we stopped her.”
Store owners appreciate the increased business large jackpots generate.
“We’re always happy when the jackpot gets high,” Bekins said. “We’re always happy to see a lot of new faces and get new faces in the store.”
For those who are unfamiliar with how it works, the Mega Millions game is similar to Powerball — players try to win by matching five regular numbers plus the “Mega ball.” Tickets cost $1.
Larry White, who bought a ticket in Atlanta, said he would use the money to help his family if he claimed the multimillion dollar prize.
“I’m going to take care of my family — buy them new houses, new cars and travel a little bit,” he said.
Others said they would use the money to start foundations, retire or take vacations.
Sheila Twine, in Atlanta, said she would pay off her and her daughter’s bills and help people in need.
“With all this money, I could help a lot of people,” she said.
The game expanded last year under a cross-selling agreement with Powerball to become available in 41 states and Washington, D.C.
The game’s website was down Tuesday night, around the time that the winning numbers would be posted. Officials stripped the site down to a simple Web page with the logo and the jackpot amount, to help speed connections because of “unprecedented traffic.”
The minimalistic change made it impossible for several hours early this morning to learn anything about whether anyone won the jackpot.
— The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Get Lucky by Playing the Matching Game January 8, 2011
You look at your watch and with great excitement you notice that it is 5:oo PM and time to leave the office to head home to relax for the night. You’ve got a whole bunch of new shows and movies waiting to be watched as you eat your dinner and down a few beers. You get up from your desk, stretch and head out the door.
Wait a second. Before you head out the door, play a little matching game with yourself.
Round One
Take out a piece of paper and a pen and fold it in half, directly down the middle. On the left side, write down each activity you performed that day. Then write down how long it took you to perform each particular activity. When you are done, move over to the right side of the page and write down a list of the activities you were supposed to or wanted to perform that day. Then write how long each of the activities should take to perform. When you are done, try and match up the tasks on the left and right sides and see how many matches you get. Good job, you just finished round one.
Round Two
From all of the matches that you have on your sheet, try and match up all the times (the amount of time you wrote down next to the task) between the left and right sides. If the right side is a lower number or equal to the left side, consider it a match. For more advanced players, feel free to use accomplishments instead of activities performed.
The more points you get, the better you did.
Obviously this game will only work if you are 100% honest with yourself. You can also play this game at home to see how much time you spend being productive and how much time you end up wasting.
Once you have played this game a few times, try playing the game in reverse by writing down the tasks on the right side before starting your day. How do you think your day will turn out? I’m guessing a little more productive. What about you?Similar Posts:
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