# Lotto will kill you?

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotto-will-kill-you/48543>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [May 16, 2008, 6:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotto-will-kill-you/48543 "2008-05-16T06:41:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 6:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotto-will-kill-you/48543/1 "2008-05-16T06:41:20Z")

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[http://www.buffalonews.com/258/story/348328.html](http://www.buffalonews.com/258/story/348328.html)

:fail:

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**Author:** ![ineedacar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/48db29/32.png) [@ineedacar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ineedacar)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotto-will-kill-you/48543/2 "2008-05-16T06:42:40Z")

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sad but… trains are pretty fuckin loud. sympathy is limited

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**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotto-will-kill-you/48543/3 "2008-05-16T06:43:33Z")

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> [@ineedacar](#):
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> sad but… trains are pretty fuckin loud. sympathy is limited

i have none. i laughed.

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**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 6:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotto-will-kill-you/48543/4 "2008-05-16T06:44:33Z")

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> A **48-year-old** Lackawanna **man**  **walking** on **railroad tracks** while **engrossed in** a scratch-off **lottery** ticket  
> … eh.

I’m gonna go ahead and say that this isn’t a real big loss.

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**Author:** ![ineedacar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/48db29/32.png) [@ineedacar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ineedacar)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotto-will-kill-you/48543/5 "2008-05-16T06:45:01Z")

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> [@Nikuk](#):
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> … eh.
> 
> I’m gonna go ahead and say that this isn’t a real big loss.

bwahahaha

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**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotto-will-kill-you/48543/6 "2008-05-16T06:45:50Z")

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but was it a winner?

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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotto-will-kill-you/48543/7 "2008-05-16T07:04:24Z")

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I’m sure his family is talking to a lawyer about suing the state for not having a warning on the ticket about the dangers playing while walking on train tracks.

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**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotto-will-kill-you/48543/8 "2008-05-16T07:09:08Z")

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the only thing i don’t understand in this story is why didn’t the train swerve around the guy?

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**Author:** ![Rsnake91](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rsnake91/32/4996_2.png) [@Rsnake91](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rsnake91)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotto-will-kill-you/48543/9 "2008-05-16T07:20:54Z")

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> [@newman](#):
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> the only thing i don’t understand in this story is why didn’t the train swerve around the guy?

LOL newman

i honestly laughed. how can u not hear a fucking a train seriously.

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**Author:** ![micah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/micah/32/7257_2.png) [@micah](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/micah)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotto-will-kill-you/48543/10 "2008-05-16T07:27:21Z")

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WHAT A DOPE

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**Author:** ![jay\_g](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jay_g/32/111288_2.png) [@jay\_g](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jay_g)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotto-will-kill-you/48543/11 "2008-05-16T07:29:41Z")

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> The train was blaring its horn for 45 seconds or a minute straight

> Wittenberg, who was returning from fishing with a friend, was walking between the rails, about 40 feet behind his friend,

wtf was the friend doing, why didn’t he look back and see his buddy not moving out of the way

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**Author:** ![airhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/airhead/32/7471_2.png) [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotto-will-kill-you/48543/12 "2008-05-16T08:39:04Z")

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So, did he win?

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**Author:** ![RLB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rlb/32/5196_2.png) [@RLB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RLB)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotto-will-kill-you/48543/13 "2008-05-16T08:39:43Z")

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did he win anything?

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**Author:** ![RLB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rlb/32/5196_2.png) [@RLB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RLB)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotto-will-kill-you/48543/14 "2008-05-16T08:40:01Z")

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besides a darwin award that is.

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**Author:** ![suzukiriderman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/suzukiriderman/32/7421_2.png) [@suzukiriderman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/suzukiriderman)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotto-will-kill-you/48543/15 "2008-05-16T08:55:59Z")

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People and those fucking scratch-offs. Do they really think that by spending their last 3 dollars on scratch-offs every week they are going to win big?

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**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotto-will-kill-you/48543/16 "2008-05-16T11:44:27Z")

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God, this reminds me of a standup comic skit.

“if you ever happen to be attacked by a train, i’ll give you some survival tips”

:he takes a step to the side:

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**Author:** ![Johnnylude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2acd7d/32.png) [@Johnnylude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johnnylude)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotto-will-kill-you/48543/17 "2008-05-16T13:19:26Z")

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Mega Millions is at 196 million

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**Author:** ![Bigairskier1580](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigairskier1580/32/7612_2.png) [@Bigairskier1580](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bigairskier1580)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotto-will-kill-you/48543/18 "2008-05-16T13:24:21Z")

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Haha, tard.

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**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotto-will-kill-you/48543/19 "2008-05-16T13:26:15Z")

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> [@suzukiriderman](#):
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> People and those fucking scratch-offs. Do they really think that by spending their last 3 dollars on scratch-offs every week they are going to win big?

I won 250 off a dollar ticket before.  
(I actually still have the ticket, the guy gave it back after i cashed it in)  
That was a good day.  
Valentines day last year, I was at wilson farms getting a paper, and I bought a 10$ lotto ticket with it.  
Won 100$

So win big, probably not, but sometimes you can get lucky and make a few extra dollars.

Edit/ but why the fuck would you be A) walking on railroad tracks  
or B) doing lotto while on railroad tracks and ignoring a train horn, which is ridic. loud.

Reminds me of I think dane cook talking about how to dodge a train.

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**Author:** ![Bassdegrime](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bassdegrime/32/5027_2.png) [@Bassdegrime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bassdegrime)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotto-will-kill-you/48543/20 "2008-05-16T13:51:32Z")

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I won a thousand bucks in the course of a week on scratch offs.

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