1.3 Billion USD PowerBall Jackpot

[Baxter Renegade]

Money sent last night, I also sent cash for an additional share this morning. Please let me know if this is fly CgyGeo.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

I'm heading off to bed so getting in on the group buy is done (hmmhmmcamo, TSXCman and killer_carlson are in for the draw but we just need to get things finalized.)

Participation got very busy tonight and we're up to 55 shares. We should be good for around 600 tickets.

Just curious, can those be bulk bought? Or does someone have to enter 600 ticket buys? That could take awhile...

[MrCallahan]

Too late to get into this? Would love to join in!

[I-Hate-Hulse]

Originally Posted by caff

The website is back now.

Down again. Why do I not have a lot of faith in this site if you actually won?

[killer_carlson]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

i saw something on facebook that suggested it was somehow illegal to bring a US lottery ticket in to Canada and then back to the US.

If this is true, then I am glad that lawmakers are protecting us from stuff like this as it is almost as dangerous as terrorist groups and what not

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/powerba...-way-1.2733537

This article seems to suggest the same thing.

If you leave the tickets in the US though, and then go back to get them I think you'll be ok.

So a PO Box type thing?

[newts]

Originally Posted by killer_carlson

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/powerba...-way-1.2733537

This article seems to suggest the same thing.

If you leave the tickets in the US though, and then go back to get them I think you'll be ok.

So a PO Box type thing?

No source other than a thread I was reading on red flag deals, but someone mentioned that US Border Officers in Washington State have been confiscating tickets from Canadians who went down and bought PowerBall tickets

[nfotiu]

Originally Posted by newts

No source other than a thread I was reading on red flag deals, but someone mentioned that US Border Officers in Washington State have been confiscating tickets from Canadians who went down and bought PowerBall tickets

That would be people bringing their winning tickets back to the US? Otherwise how would the US Border Officers be involved?

[newts]

Originally Posted by nfotiu

That would be people bringing their winning tickets back to the US? Otherwise how would the US Border Officers be involved?

Good question. I copied and pasted most of that from the RFD site. But after re-reading, people would be crossing Canadian customs to re-enter the country, which would have nothing to do with the US customs.

[JonDuke]

As per CJAY 92, there's a 2 hour wait at Alberta/Montana border right now. Hopefully, Mike got there early.

[linecook]

My uncle went down to Sweet Grass to buy some tickets, waited 2.5 hours in line to buy them. That's not including trying to get across the border.

[Robbob]

Best of luck to you guys. I'm pulling for the CPNext entertainment complex.

[Leondros]

Interesting article on buying all 292 million combinations of the tickets:

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/...ations/423930/

Would be worth doing if powerball got up to $3B.

Issues include:

- Logistics of getting each combination
- Logistics of checking and signing each ticket
- Risk of not getting the full lotto amount (splitting)

[Envitro]

Just read that about the confiscation of tickets at the border. First of all that's stupid and they would never do that. It's not illegal to buy tickets as a Canadian and the tickets are worthless until after the draw, so there's no monetary value associated with them (except for what you spent on it), which you wouldn't have to declare until you went to claim the prize and bring it back across the border to Canada.

[ken0042]

Guys, if you want to discuss the border issues with tickets for the third time in this thread, please be sure to read the entire thread. We are going in circles here.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Robbob

Best of luck to you guys. I'm pulling for the CPNext entertainment complex.

I hope that CP wins enough to make that a reality...without my share though!

[polak]

People driving all that way for nearly impossible odds of winning this lotto is outrageous.

[calgarygeologist]

Picked up $1200USD worth. Left them down in Sweet Grass for safe keeping. I will send out pictures when I get home. Wait at the border was 20 minutes, wait to get tickets was just over an hour.

[Dan02]

Good luck CPers

[Nammer403]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

Picked up $1200USD worth. Left them down in Sweet Grass for safe keeping. I will send out pictures when I get home. Wait at the border was 20 minutes, wait to get tickets was just over an hour.

Thanks for doing this!!

[darklord700]

Thanks, you are my favourite geologist.