Entries from Phillyist tagged with 'lottery'
September 26, 2008
Hey kids, in case you haven't noticed, Powerball is up to $200 million bucks. That's pre-tax, of course, and only if you take the annuity payouts. Heck, even if you take the lump-sum, that's over $100 million before taxes, and you're still gonna clear in the mid-to-upper eight figures. Yahtzee! Okay, so odds are, we're not gonna win Powerball. That won't keep us from buying a few tickets, of course. Heck, we wouldn't mind winning......
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Undercover officers were standing in as prostitutes on Kensington Avenue yesterday afternoon and Wednesday, cracking down on prostitution. Some lucky schmuck bought the winning Powerball ticket last week at the Turkey Hill Minit Mart in Willow Street, PA, just south of Lancaster. This Phillyist can sadly report that it wasn't him. But whoever it was will be revealed at 10 this morning. A group of residents in Yorktown feel their community is being threatened because......
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