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The Mark Simone Show

Mark Takes Your Calls!

The Mark Simone Show

iHeartRadio and Mark Simone

News

4.3694 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Phil in Queens, NY, called Ken to inform him that the price of buying lottery tickets has increased significantly. It's now $5 to play the Powerball or Mega Millions per ticket. Sam in Staten Island, NY, calls Ken to praise him on his broadcasting style.

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0:00.0

now more of the mark simone show on seven ten w o r filling in for mark here again is ken rosado and we go

0:09.0

straight to our busy phones to phil in queens good morning phil yeah how you doing ken i'm good

0:15.8

thank you oh fantastic um so i go to my local deli, and I buy a Powerball ticket, right?

0:23.9

And it's like $900 and something million.

0:26.7

Yeah, like I'm going to win.

0:27.8

But anyway, I bought one.

0:29.2

And it's just $2 quick pick, one line you get.

0:32.8

And I said, how much is the mega millions?

0:35.4

Now it's $5 for a ticket, and it's only one line.

0:40.3

And I'm like, what the hell?

0:41.7

So where's his money going?

0:45.3

It's like this money was supposed to go to the schools.

0:48.8

And just the tip for anybody that does win, I would not take the cash buyout.

0:56.8

I would just say, no, no, I'll give you, I want the whole thing. And, you know, through the years, you're getting paid every year.

1:02.5

You can always go to the bank and get a loan. And the loan, you don't have to pay any tax on.

1:08.8

Well, I'm going to pause you right there, because you're partially're partially right because I'm I'm a lottery a hollick so

1:14.5

let me just correct a couple of little things on that so number one if something

1:18.3

happens to you do you know that not in every state has its own rules about

1:22.5

Powerball and Mega they all have their own rules because even though they're part

1:25.8

it's a national jackpot so it's it's not local but what goes to the schools is a lotto i don't know that they ever

1:33.6

promised any of the other lotteries that money goes to the school lotto specifically goes to school

1:39.1

not necessary i mean it may but they don't they never promised that mega and everything else goes

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