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Registration For The Gary Bjorklund Half Marathon Opens Monday February 11th

David Drew — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:45:50 +0000

Get ready to hit the training roads, or treadmills, and cross you fingers because lottery registration for the 2013 Gary Bjorklund Half Marathon begins Monday, February 11th. You can register individually or as a group so you either all get in or nobody gets in. According to their press release, registration will continue through Friday, [...]

If You Won The $500 Million Powerball, Would You Quit Your Job? [POLL]

Ken Hayes — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:12:52 +0000

It’s a HUGE powerball jackpot now at a record 500 million dollars. What would you do if you won? Would you still keep your current job, or would you quit it like a bad habit? Cathy and I have different views. She would keep her job, and I would quit. Not because I don’t love [...]

$465 Million May Make Your Life Worse

Chris Allen — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:50:16 +0000

Nobody won the Powerball drawing from last Saturday, so now the prize grows to $425 million, the largest jackpot ever for the game. What is the first thing you would do or buy if you had the Jackpot? I think the first thing I would do is pay off my bills, family bills, and close [...]

Would You Quit Your Job If You Won the Lottery? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:09:48 +0000

According to a new survey from CouponCabin.com of 2,570 adults, 50 percent play the lottery. And of that percentage, 65 percent would continue to live frugally it they happened to win big. But would a frugal life include keeping their job and continuing to draw their salary? Maybe not so much. The survey found that only 36 percent would remain at their current [...]

5 Most Annoying People At Convenience Stores

Ken Hayes — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:40:52 +0000

I stop at the convenience store nearly every day. Usually just to grab a cup of coffee, a quick in and out trip. All too often this short trip is disrupted by some annoying person, completely oblivious to how they are totally screwing up your day from the start. 5. Stoner buying blunts – Drives [...]

$228.9 Million Powerball Ticket Bought in Minnesota Yesterday

Nick Cooper — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:17:25 +0000

Did you happen to buy a Powerball ticket in the Twin Cities yesterday? Check your numbers, because the Minnesota State Lottery is saying a ticket with Wednesday’s winning numbers was purchased in Dakota County. This means that somebody has won the $228.9 million dollar prize that comes along with it. The winner has one year [...]

'Win A Baby' Lottery for Couples Having Trouble Conceiving Causes Controversy in England

B105 Staff — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:05:32 +0000

For about $35, couples in England who are having trouble conceiving can purchase a lottery ticket that could win them customized fertility treatments in one of the nation's top clinics.

Britain's Gambling Commission approved of this bizarre game late last month. As of now, the tickets can be purchased online, but they may soon also be available at newsstands.

Janitor Wins $3.4 Million Lottery — and Continues to Be A Janitor [VIDEO]

B105 Staff — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:32:18 +0000

Tyrone Curry doesn’t have to wake up at 4 a.m. and mop the floors at Evergreen High School in Seattle. Not after the custodian won the Washington State lottery to the tune of $3.41 million five years ago. Curry stayed on because he was happy with his life. “I’m just Joe Citizen,” he told ‘Today.’ [...]

Man Finds $9 Million Lottery Ticket in the Nick of Time

Tony Hart — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:30:05 +0000

Doing your taxes is a pain, and many people put off their preparation until right before the mid-April filing date. Chicago man Irving Przyborski is certainly grateful he got a bit of a jump on his 2010 taxes .

That's because when Przyborski went into his tax files last week, he found a lottery ticket he had bought almost a year before among the paperwork. When Przyborski checked the numbers, he realized he was a winner to the tune of $9 million dollars!