Big Wednesday

[short-circuit]

Fuck it.

Work as usual tomorrow for me

[Creeping Death]

Same......:angry:

[PrincessBandit]

Haha, I thought about getting a ticket earlier today then promptly forgot all about it. Oh well, back to work for us too.

[sil3nt]

Forgot to buy a ticket.

[Reido]

what were the numbers?

[gilly]

what were the numbers?

9, 11, 19, 24, 28, 39 Heads

[Reido]

9, 11, 19, 24, 28, 39 Heads

:crybaby:
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[Hiflyer]

Courtesy of the nz herald "Imagine a stretch of road one metre wide and 50 metres long. Carpet it with sewing needles measuring 2cm by 1mm and get someone to nominate one needle. Your chance of picking out the same one is about the same as winning Big Wednesday, said Dr Philip Sharp, associate head of Auckland University's department of mathematics."

Don't be disapointed haha

[short-circuit]

Don't be disapointed haha

Nup - doesn't help :crybaby:

[Hiflyer]

yea tru it didn't help me eitha haha

[ducatilover]

I must have dropped the winning ticket because I don't seem to have it. If anybody finds it please return it to me, $40 reward :crybaby::yawn:

[Creeping Death]

Chances?Apparrently flipping a coin to land on the same side 22 times in a row is the magic number...:eek5:

[wickle]

Anyone know what the govt take is on these big tickets, out of a dollar spent I thought it was
seven cents to retailer
balance tax, prizes, organizer.
therefore last week 2.9 million tickets at say $10 each( probably a bit low) so govt tax would be 9 milloion odd.
ANYONE DEPRESSED NOW!

[98tls]

:argh:Got 1/2 way there,3 numbers on a line.:crybaby:

[bart]

36.1 million to Masterton.

[RantyDave]

2.9 million tickets at say $10 each( probably a bit low) so govt tax would be 9 milloion odd.
Well there we are - government was looking for nine million bucks to ask some daft question ... problem solved.

Dave

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36.1 million to Masterton.

Mother fucker!!!

One bastard actually won the lot!!!

And it wasn't me.

It just gets worse!!!

[hayd3n]

nuffin here

[davebullet]

Mother fucker!!!

One bastard actually won the lot!!!

And it wasn't me.

It just gets worse!!!

I live in Masterton... and GUESS WHO WON IT!!!!!! - well not me actually and I don't live in Masterton...

Apparently, the first thing he is paying for is the smacking referendum.

[short-circuit]

Apparently, the first thing he is paying for is the smacking referendum.

It gets fucken worse still !?!

[oldrider]

I'm glad we didn't win it, it would have stuffed up my misery! :sick: ..............:argh:

[Kendog]

$34,453,401
+ Audi R8
+ Porsche Cayenne
+ American Express Platinum Card $250,000
+ $250,000 worth of LuxuryTravel
+ Four Winns V258 Boat
+ $750,000 cash towards a bach

[sil3nt]

I am glad one person won it all. Sick of everyone saying the money should be shared around.

[mynameis]

I am glad one person won it all. Sick of everyone saying the money should be shared around.

0oh bugger, the money should have been won by many and shared around.

[Laava]

You guys are all beginners! Buy the ticket, speculate all evening about how you will divvy it all up, discipline yourself to not actually check the ticket but take it in to the shop to scan, one month later throw it out as you can't be bothered, Start process all over.
Avoid disappointment!

[skidMark]

:argh:Got 1/2 way there,3 numbers on a line.:crybaby:

u still get some moohlah then i think....


36.1 million to Masterton.

jesus christ... masterton isnt even worth that much

[Beemer]

It's probably the same prick who robbed the Kuripuni Post Shop last week - bought the ticket while casing the joint! They also sold a second division ticket that won close to $700,000.

Lucky, lucky bastards. Hope it was a syndicate and they all get about $3.5M. Our tickets were crap, as usual, best was two numbers on the same line I think.

Oh well, back to finding shit to sell on TM to make ends meet...:angry2:

[Gremlin]

It gets fucken worse still !?!
well... you DID start the thread... :lol:

gotta be in it to win it... I wasn't in it, had other things on my mind...

[marty]

Chances?Apparrently flipping a coin to land on the same side 22 times in a row is the magic number...:eek5:

someone is masterton is pretty fucking good at flipping coins then.....

[icekiwi]

Fuck!!!
is all I have to say....

[Beemer]

And the worst thing is, the same ticket that won the big prize also won the second division, so they got $34,453,401 in cash, plus the luxury prizes AND the second division prize of $696,795.

To be honest, I'd be rapt if I'd won the $795 right now...

[James Deuce]

Kuripuni eh? The number of P labs in Masterton will rocket.

[Finn]

I went to New World near Vic Park last night to get some shampoo and intended to buy a Big Wed ticket. Now being a firm believer of "there's no such thing as a quick buck" I very rarely buy lotto but thought, what the heck, I could do with a bit more dosh. Upon entering there was a really long queue. Oh dear, I don't queue for anything so that's me out but what an incredibly sad site.

About 40 people standing like zombies with completely blank looks in their eyes. It was like they were aligned along a wall ready to be shot, so desperate to end their monotonous, meaningless lives.

For fuck sake people, snap out of it and try living (and a little bit of work) for a change.

[oldrider]

I went to New World near Vic Park last night to get some shampoo and intended to buy a Big Wed ticket. Now being a firm believer of "there's no such thing as a quick buck" I very rarely buy lotto but thought, what the heck, I could do with a bit more dosh. Upon entering there was a really long queue. Oh dear, I don't queue for anything so that's me out but what an incredibly sad site.

About 40 people standing like zombies with completely blank looks in their eyes. It was like they were aligned along a wall ready to be shot, so desperate to end their monotonous, meaningless lives.

For fuck sake people, snap out of it and try living (and a little bit of work) for a change.

I wonder what the average $$$ of just those 40 zombies was being spent on the Lotto ? :pinch:

[James Deuce]

I felt like a big spender buying heads AND tails of the basic variety. The woman in front of me bought 6x$20.

[ducatilover]

I felt like a big spender buying heads AND tails of the basic variety. The woman in front of me bought 6x$20.

I got the same as you and I didn't win. :(

[James Deuce]

Neither did the toothless, multiple shopping bag transporting individual who bought $120 worth of tickets in front of me.

[Duke girl]

Kinda of strange to think that we are going thru a recession and yet there were thousands of tickets sold trying to win the Big 35 Million. I guess you have to be in it to win it but I wonder how many of those people who spent money they really didn't have trying to buy that winning ticket are felling today knowing that they didn't. Disappointed crosses my mind.:(

[slofox]

Bastards sold me a fucking dud ticket as well...I complained about the quality of their tickets and they just bloody laughed in my face...arseholes!

[James Deuce]

If you feel disappointed you don't have the brain power to gamble in the first instance.

[Ronin]

There are 3 camera crews accross the road from here outside the store that sold the ticket. I just went and mentioned to one of the camera men "You do realise they aint gonna show don't you?" :rolleyes:

[merv]

They also sold a second division ticket that won close to $700,000.

Same person isn't it just with the opposite Heads/Tails thing so it didn't win the big one?

Now I'm on the second page I see you caught up with that.

[merv]

I went to New World near Vic Park last night to get some shampoo

Huh, did you mean polish :lol: or was it for your latest chick?

[James Deuce]

We've been here before Merv. He shampoos his pubes to stay in practice, just in case the head hair cuts back in.

[Finn]

...or was it for your latest chick?

You make me sound like some sort of Casanova. I'm a gentlemen with the best of intentions with my current partner.

But yes, the shampoo was for the bitch.

[Beemer]

The winners are going to front up to a press conference this afternoon - this is from Stuff:

LATEST: Two sisters who won a share in last night’s Big Wednesday lotto millions will hold a one-off press conference today to discuss their win.

Lotteries Commission spokeswoman Karen Jones said the two would be representing the winning Masterton extended family who won the $36 million last night.

Ms Jones said four winners would be sharing the prize.

"They have stressed that this will be the only opportunity for media to ask them questions and to take photos, and there will be no follow up media interviews granted."

The man carrying New Zealand's most valuable lottery ticket initially suggested he meet Lotteries Commission staff at a Wellington bar.

But he was told that if he wanted to keep a low profile, verifying his record haul at Molly Malones on Courtenay Pl probably was not an option.

The ticket was bought at Masterton's Kuripuni Take Note Lotto and Post Shop and netted the lone first division winner $34,453,401 in cash, plus a slew of luxury prizes. The winner also claimed the second divison prize of $696,795. Last night's win follows a $5.5m Powerball win just 12 days ago in Masterton.

Lotteries Commission staff are due to meet the man at an undisclosed location in Wellington early this afternoon, after he claimed his prize over the phone within an hour of last night's draw.

Meanwhile, the Masterton region's 22,623 inhabitants are scrambling to work out who the country's newest multi-millionaire is.

A man phoned Masterton Mayor Garry Daniell this morning and discussed in some detail several council projects that could benefit from a substantial cash injection.

Mr Daniell believed this person was the winner, but Lotteries Commission staff are still trying to verify the caller's identity.

He said this morning that if the caller did turn out to be the winner, Masterton's single women should not get their hopes up.

"I wouldn't conclude that he was single at all," he said outside Take Note Lotto and Post Shop.

The winner's identity would spread through the community and he expected most locals would know who it was by the end of the day.

It was the ninth first division prize for Take Note and its second in two weeks after a win of about $500,000 on June 13.

Lotteries Commission spokeswoman Karen Jones said the winner had a "sleepless night".

"They were thinking seriously about keeping the Audi. They haven't yet made up their mind. There aren't many Audi R8's in New Zealand are there, but they love the car.

In an unprecedented move, the Lotteries Commission set up an 0800 phone number so last night's winner could claim the prize in "total secrecy".

Ms Jones said the number was set up so the winner could sidestep the usual process of turning up to the Lotteries Commission in Wellington.

"The winner's privacy is very important. We don't want them rocking up to a store or to our offices, because there is intense interest."

The winner had provided proof of the winning ticket, though several people had called thinking they had won, she said.

Last night two Lotteries staff members were sent to Masterton to help support the Kuripuni Take Note Lotto and Post Shop store today.

Local residents Doug and Liz Wishart said the excitement last night had been "almost too much to bear".

Though not the holders of the winning ticket, like everyone they wanted to know who the newly-minted multi-millionaire was.

"It's not something they are going to be able to keep quiet for long. Masterton is just too small and there are too many tongues that wag," said Liz Wishart.

So far this morning, dozens of punters have flooded through the doors at the store where the winning ticket was sold. Media crews have staked out the shop since 6am, hoping to catch sight of the big winner.

Shop owner Maureen Taute believed the winner was local. The shop is tucked away in a small shopping village and away from the beaten track of visitors.

"Most people who come in here are regulars and live locally. The guy who won $5.5 million from a ticket bought here recently came in ten days later to say very privately and quietly, thank you."

The store was robbed by a masked intruder on Monday.

[MD]

0oh bugger, the money should have been won by many and shared around.

Agreed. The Lotteries Comm have really screwed the pools to entice the gullible into spending heaps for a single unobtainable big prize.
What the hell. They could have made 36 millionaires last night. A much better outcome. Each would upgrade the home, car, holiday, ...spread the good word through the economy. Yes, I'm sure the winners are lovely deserving people.

4,700,000 tickets sold this week. Just one Buyer got Div. 1 $36m AND the same Buyer gets div 2 $696,000. So what goodies did the next in line winners get...wait for it. Don't butter that toast NZ.. it's big, it's fair, its...they got $988 Whoa! And it gets worse. Only 813 people got that whopper princely sum of $988

No way does anyone need to win more than $6m or so to be happy. Anything above $6m or there abouts should be spread down the next divisions. Atleast then the rest of us Losers have a chance of still getting something reasonable. Stuff me, you almost get the $36m but for second place you only get $988

The old Golden Kiwi had a fairer system. There was the single ticket 1st prize of $100,000. Then a set number of winners each got..something like $25,000 from memory. Next a bigger number of winners got , say $10,000 and so on it went. But you always knew that 2nd, 3rd div. were going to be worthwhile.

Oh, if you haven't picked it up. I didn't win.

[Beemer]

...4,700,000 tickets sold this week. Just one Buyer got Div. 1 $36m AND the same Buyer gets div 2 $696,000. So what goodies did the next in line winners get...wait for it. Don't butter that toast NZ.. it's big, it's fair, its...they got $988 Whoa! And it gets worse. Only 813 people got that whopper princely sum of $988...

The old Golden Kiwi had a fairer system. There was the single ticket 1st prize of $100,000. Then a set number of winners each got..something like $25,000 from memory. Next a bigger number of winners got , say $10,000 and so on it went. But you always knew that 2nd, 3rd div. were going to be worthwhile...

We were also discussing this last night and said the Golden Kiwi was a fairer system - x-many tickets sold, each with an equal chance of winning the big prize, then next drawn got a reasonable prize and so on. And every now and then they got a bigger prize and the tickets were $25 and I think the first prize was $1M.

I honestly thought that with so many tickets being sold for Big Wednesday that it would be shared out among more people. Yes, I'm a little envious I didn't win and wouldn't mind if I'd got the lot and I don't begrudge the people who won as they seem genuine and lovely, but it would have been nice if 36 people had won $1M each, or if the prize pool for the lower down prizes was higher. While I wouldn't sneeze at $988 right now, I would be really pissed off with $36.1M first prize, $696,000 second and - oh, $988 for third.

I don't know how they could make it fairer - perhaps have set prize pools and guaranteed minimum prizes. Yes, if you get three and the bonus (for Lotto) you usually double your money, but if you'd bought a Triple Dip, that's about $14 and often the prize you win is just $18 so it's not much of a return. Yes, we don't buy a ticket to win divisions four or five, but it would be nice to know that the smallest amount you could win was say $50. So what if less money went to the Hero Parade that year?

[mynameis]

Agreed. The Lotteries Comm have really screwed the pools to entice the gullible into spending heaps for a single unobtainable big prize.
What the hell. They could have made 36 millionaires last night. A much better outcome. Each would upgrade the home, car, holiday, ...spread the good word through the economy. Yes, I'm sure the winners are lovely deserving people.

4,700,000 tickets sold this week. Just one Buyer got Div. 1 $36m AND the same Buyer gets div 2 $696,000. So what goodies did the next in line winners get...wait for it. Don't butter that toast NZ.. it's big, it's fair, its...they got $988 Whoa! And it gets worse. Only 813 people got that whopper princely sum of $988

No way does anyone need to win more than $6m or so to be happy. Anything above $6m or there abouts should be spread down the next divisions. Atleast then the rest of us Losers have a chance of still getting something reasonable. Stuff me, you almost get the $36m but for second place you only get $988

The old Golden Kiwi had a fairer system. There was the single ticket 1st prize of $100,000. Then a set number of winners each got..something like $25,000 from memory. Next a bigger number of winners got , say $10,000 and so on it went. But you always knew that 2nd, 3rd div. were going to be worthwhile.

Oh, if you haven't picked it up. I didn't win.

+1 ;) Agree on the Golden Kiwi