No lotto Winnings For you in Illinois
August 29th, 2015 at 8:00:21 PM
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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/illinois-lottery-winners-have-to-wait-for-payout-due-to-budget-impasse/ar-BBmcsLF?ocid=mailsignout
For Whom the bus tolls; The bus tolls for thee
August 30th, 2015 at 4:36:58 AM
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Another reminder that it's OK to welch if you are big enough and powerful enough.
the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: “Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell!” She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
August 30th, 2015 at 7:09:03 AM
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What idiot set this system up? You take in millions from suckers (the lottery being such a bad bet) and you don't have a system that allows them to be paid no matter what the budget situation is? That is batshit crazy!
August 30th, 2015 at 7:32:37 AM
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California had a similar problem with having to hand out IOUs during one (or more) of its annual budget crises.
You would think at least one bank would step up and say, "We will accept your IOUs without any surcharge."
You would think at least one bank would step up and say, "We will accept your IOUs without any surcharge."
August 30th, 2015 at 11:19:20 AM
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If a government cannot pay its obligations, that is nothing but a default. Illinois now joins Greece and Puerto Rico in the sewer.
August 30th, 2015 at 12:39:38 PM
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Now I've heard everything !
The Illinois lottery website even promotes itself with a list of winners:
Illinois Bureaucrats are Screwed Up
The Illinois lottery website even promotes itself with a list of winners:
Illinois Bureaucrats are Screwed Up
There's emptiness behind their eyes
There's dust in all their hearts
They just want to steal us all and take us all apart
August 30th, 2015 at 1:14:45 PM
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First, this is an example of why you should always take the lump sum.
Second, I am sure the lawyers are lining up. This is fraud and a breach of contract. Additional punitive damages should get awarded.
Second, I am sure the lawyers are lining up. This is fraud and a breach of contract. Additional punitive damages should get awarded.
August 30th, 2015 at 3:40:37 PM
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Wow, just awful
November 12th, 2015 at 3:09:33 PM
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Update (Summary: Sales are Somewhat down)
Recent Article
Recent Article
There's emptiness behind their eyes
There's dust in all their hearts
They just want to steal us all and take us all apart
November 12th, 2015 at 4:30:19 PM
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It's just another example of corruption in Illinois in my home state. Lotteries are basically an authorization to print money. For the fund to dwindle people or organization have had to tap into it. The "corruption tax" in Illinois is over $1300 per person and for a family of 4 it is well over $5000. This is just par for the course here unfortunately
A flute with no holes is not a flute, a donut with no holes is a danish
