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USS Rankin Lottery Pool #5
This is the complete web page of a past lottery pool. It is here for historical purposes only.  The rules, procedures, information, etc. shown here do not necessarily apply to other pools.
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This page provides details about the USS Rankin Lottery Pool running from 11/1/08 through 1/28/09. Information about other pools can be found HERE.
All players in the pool have been sent a list of the numbers we are playing. They will participate in the multistate Powerball drawings shown in the table below. More information about the pool appears below the table.  
You can see the Pennsylvania Lottery site, with recent winning numbers HERE
You can see extensive information about the Powerball game HERE
You can view or download a complete list of Powerball jackpots and winners HERE
You can have the winning numbers emailed to you by signing up HERE
Please let us know if you have questions or comments about our pool or this page.
Regards,
Louis "Skip" Sander
USSRankin@aol.com
LOTTERY RESULTS

#
 Day
 Date
 Jackpot
Annuity Value*
Tickets Bought
Cash Value of
1 Share After Taxes **
Winning Numbers
(Powerball in Red)
Our Pool's
Winnings
Our Pool's
Winnings To Date
  1
Sat
11/01/08
$15,000,000
75
$85,000
4
6
26
40
41
15
$3.00
$3.00
  2
Wed
11/05/08
$20,000,000
75
$115,000
4
8
18
33
36
32
$3.00
$6.00
  3
Sat
11/08/08
$25,000,000
60
$140,000
2
4
21
36
40
41
$4.00
$10.00
  4
Wed
11/12/08
$32,000,000
65
$175,000
1
18
25
29
45
2
$14.00
$24.00
  5
Sat
11/15/08
$42,000,000
65
$215,000
3
7
8
12
44
37
$3.00
$27.00
  6
Wed
11/19/08
$50,000,000
65
$260,000
8
13
38
39
45
31
$14.00
$31.00
  7
Sat
11/22/08
$30,815,336
65
$315,000
17
19
26
32
45
14
$7.00
$38.00
  8
Wed
11/26/08
$15,000,000
65
$80,000
11
26
31
34
52
14
$6.00
$44.00
  9
Sat
11/29/08
$20,000,000
65
$115,000
5
33
36
39
55
21
$17.00
$61.00
10
Wed
12/03/08
$25,000,000
65
$135,000
16
17
21
25
55
3
$7.00
$68.00
11
Sat
12/06/08
$30,000,000
65
$165,000
9
35
39
43
53
10
$3.00
$71.00
12
Wed
12/10/08
$35,000,000
65
$210,000
6
15
24
37
41
37
$3.00
$74.00
13
Sat
12/13/08
$40,000,000
65
$240,000
14
26
28
31
40
13
$3.00
$77.00
14
Wed
12/17/08
$50,000,000
65
$300,000
7
11
18
24
30
26
$14.00
$91.00
15
Sat
12/20/08
$58,000,000
65
$377,000
3
14
19
32
54
24
$3.00
$94.00
16
Wed
12/24/08
$62,000,000
65
$395,000
2
17
22
32
41
8
$6.00
$100.00
17
Sat
12/27/08
$70,000,000
65
$455,000
12
15
26
31
43
10
$3.00
$103.00
18
Wed
12/31/08
$80,000,000
65
$520,000
7
8
11
17
53
36
$4.00
$107.00
19
Sat
01/03/09
$90,000,000
65
$575,000
17
22
24
38
55
24
$3.00
$110.00
20
Wed
01/07/09
$105,000,000
70
$665,000
23
31
33
38
52
24
$4.00
$114.00
21
Sat
01/10/09
$125,000,000
70
$765,000
8
10
18
43
56
9
$7.00
$121.00
22
Wed
01/14/09
$146,000,000
80
$865,000
8
25
34
39
46
34
$10.00
$131.00
23
Sat
01/17/09
$97,966,542
80
$980,000
2
5
9
23
59
26
$13.00
$144.00
24
Wed
01/21/09
$20,000,000
70
$120,000
20
26
38
46
54
23
$14.00
$158.00
25
Sat
01/24/09
$25,000,000
70
$150,000
6
20
25
37
42
25
$17.00
$175.00
26
Wed
01/28/09
$30,000,000
70
$170,000
5
10
18
23
32
4
$8.00
$183.00
* Jackpot amounts shown in white are estimated annuity values, paid out over 30 years. Jackpots actually won, if any, are shown in gold. (Sooner or later, somebody does win.) If a Jackpot was taken in cash, the amount is shown to the nearest dollar. Otherwise, it is an estimated annuity value, rounded to the nearest million.
** "Cash Value of 1 Share After Taxes" is the estimated after tax winnings of each pool member if we take our winnings in cash. (Most Jackpot winners do that, and we probably will, too.) For the lowest possible jackpot of $15,000,000 estimated annuity value, each of our players should get about $80,000 cash after 35% federal income taxes. If we had won the $139,421,731 cash jackpot of 3/15/08, each player's after-tax share would have been about $1,615,000.
NOTES AND UPDATES
1/28/09 - The pool is over. I've cashed in our tickets, which were worth $199.00. My running total up above is off because of an error in my spreadsheet, which has now been corrected.
The next lottery pool starts on Saturday, 1/31/09 and runs through April. Watch this space for information. I'll be away for the first drawing, but we have our tickets and I'll be looking for jackpots.
1/18/09 - Well, somebody won the big Jackpot, but it wasn't us. We DID win $13.00, though. That's a lot better than walking away empty-handed. There are only three more drawings left in this pool—send us $25 to be sure you get in the next one.
1/15/09 - I bought the ten extra tickets for Saturday.
1/14/09 - Stil running with the large jackpot. I'll buy ten more tickets. Same deal as last time.
1/12/09 - The jackpot is large, so I bought ten more tickets for the next drawing. If they will small money, it goes into the bank account. If they win big money ($10,000 or more), it gets distributed to all who have ever played any of our pools, in proportion to how much they have contributed. If  one of them hits the jackpot, the smallest winner would get about $80,000 after taxes. The largest winner would get about $1,200,000. Wish us LUCK!
1/5/09 - I bought the rest of the tickets today. Same numbers, except those with Powerball 40 now have Powerball 4 and 20. Tickets with Powerball 41 and 42 now have Powerballs 10 and 13, respectively. There are also five new tickets with new numbers. If you want to know what they are, please contact me. It's too costly to mail them to 65 players, just for 7 more drawings. Wish us luck.
1/4/09 - The final drawing for the "old" Powerball lottery is over. We still can't buy tickets for the "new" one, but it is said that they will go on sale tomorrow. We'll see. I plan to buy 70 tickets for each of the remaining 7 drawings, for a total of $490 in purchases. This will come from $7 x 63 = $441 from the original players, plus $25 from player #64 = $466 for Lottery Pool #5 players alone. The extra $24 will come from Pool 5's winnings. The whole numbering scheme is changing, but I'll try to buy as many of our "old" numbers as I can. Whatever happens, I'll use my discretion in making sure we have good plays for the final 7 drawings.
12/24/08 - We have a 64th player, Ms. L.B., who saw this web page and wanted to get in on the fun. She will share in our winnings starting tonight. I'll use her $25 to buy additional tickets for the 1/7 through 1/28 drawings.
By the way, I've asked two lottery retailers about the new system said to be coming in after 1/3, and neither of them know a thing, but they hinted there may be some sort of problem with the cutover to the new system. Whatever happens, I'll make sure we have tickets for all the drawings between now and January 28.
12/16/08 - I now know what changes are coming in the Powerball lottery. Effective with the 1/7/09 drawing, there will only be 39 Powerball numbers (it's now 42), and the highest main number will increase from 55 to 59. Four of our existing number sets will no longer work because they have Powerballs higher than 39.
Tickets for the drawings on 1/7/09 and later won't go on sale until 1/4/09. At that time, I'll buy the rest of our tickets for this pool. Except for the four that are no longer good, I'll buy the same numbers we've been buying all along. I'll buy Quick Picks for the four that are no longer good.
For the next pool, Pool #6, I plan to buy all new numbers.
11/17/08 - We now have a full complement of tickets for all drawings through 1/3/09. I've learned that there will be significant changes in the Powerball at that time. Probably the matrix of available numbers will change, which means that we will probably pick a whole new set of numbers for the remaining drawings in our pool. When I know more, I'll reveal it here.
11/16/08 - The Pennsylvania Lottery is changing to new machines effective 1/4/09, and that's why the advance draw system has been sick. Right now, one cannot buy tickets for drawings past 1/3/09. I'm trying to get 65 tickets bought for every draw until then, but the folks who sell the tickets aren't cooperating. Most of them don't know how to order tickets for advance drawings. When I tell them how to do it, some of them screw it up. The above chart shows what tickets I have as of now. I'll get 20 more for 11/22 through 1/3 after Wednesday's drawing. I'll get tickets for 1/7 through 1/28 as soon as they are available.
11/13/08 - The advance draw system is still not fixed. Today I bought tickets for Saturday's drawing.
11/13/08 - Money is still trickling in. I plan to send out the list of players and numbers on Saturday. Also, changes in the Pennsylvania Lottery temporarily prevent buying tickets far in advance. I'll buy them drawing by drawing until the normal situation returns.
11/8/08 - We have 60 players right now, but money is still trickling in. I'm going to wait before buying the remaining tickets and sending out the list of players, numbers, etc. In the meantime, I bought 60 tickets for tonight.
11/4/08 - I've bought 75 tickets for each of the first two drawings in this pool. At this writing, we have 55 players. I'll buy tickets for the rest of the drawings after the Saturday mail delivery. The number I buy will depend on the number of players at that time.
RULES & PROCEDURES OF THE USS RANKIN LOTTERY POOL
By contributing to the pool, players agree that it will be conducted according to these rules and procedures. If you disagree with anything in here, please let Skip Sander know so he can try to fix things. If he can't, you agree that any unresolved disputes or disagreements will be settled forever by the return of your contribution to the pool.
Not Part of the Association
This pool is NOT an activity of The USS Rankin Association (hereafter The Association). It is exclusively conducted by and for those contributing to the pool.
Participants in the Pool
A person becomes a participant in the pool when his or her contribution is deposited in the pool's bank account. If the pool wins a large prize before your money has been deposited, you will NOT have a share in the winnings. Participation is open to anyone, but Pennsylvania law limits lottery participation to people 18 years of age or older.
Skip Sander in Charge
The pool is conducted by Skip Sander, who endeavors to operate it in an honest and open way, and who has a record of doing so since Pool #1 in 2007. Players agree to abide by his decisions and to hold him harmless for any action or inaction in connection with the pool. Players agree that any and all disputes between a player and Skip Sander, the pool, or other players, will be settled in full by the refund of their contribution. In spite of the above, players and Skip Sander agree that any dispute involving ten or more players will be settled by arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association.
Chances of Winning a Prize
The chance of winning a Powerball jackpot is about one in 146 million. In other words, the chance of winning a jackpot is nearly zero. (Nevertheless, SOMEBODY wins, sooner or later, and with 60 tickets, OUR chance of winning jumps up to one in 2.4 million.) Your primary reason for participating in this pool should be the fun that you and others have by participating. Just imagine, in the unlikely event that we win a Jackpot, there will be a LOT of smiling faces in the picture of all those people holding the giant check!
The chance of winning a prize other than the Jackpot is about 1 in 36. Because we buy tickets covering all possible Powerball numbers, we will win at least one small prize in every drawing. That's no big deal, but it CAN give you the feeling of luck or accomplishment.
Bank Account
Skip Sander maintains account #621937-347-6 at the Perry Branch of Citizens Bank in Pittsburgh, for the sole purpose of holding contributions to and winnings from the USS Rankin Lottery Pools. These items can be tracked by contributions and withdrawals for this account. Any player can see the records of the account at any time, upon request to Skip Sander.
Collecting Money
$25 contributions to the pool can be made to USS Rankin Lottery Pool, c/o Skip Sander, 153 Mayer Drive, Pittsburgh, PA  15237-1840. Make checks payable to USS Rankin Lottery Pool.
Pools run for three months, beginning with the first Powerball drawing of the month. Money will be collected until 5:00 PM on the day of the first drawing. At that time, Skip Sander will complete an accounting of the names and contact information of all contributors. Contributions received after the deadline will be handled at the sole discretion of Skip Sander.
Picking Numbers
The pool participates in the multistate Powerball lottery, and occasionally in others. Skip Sander will pick numbers as he sees fit, possibly including "Quick Picks" by the lottery machine. As much as is practical, the same numbers will be played for every drawing.
Buying and Handling Tickets
Tickets will be bought at the sole discretion of Skip Sander. To minimize complexity, confusion, and chance for error, he will endeavor to buy tickets for all drawings at one time.
When a ticket is bought for the pool, Skip Sander marks the front with the letters "RN," and the back with his signature and a USS Rankin Association rubber stamp. He keeps all tickets, even losing ones, in a safe until one year after their drawing date.
From time to time Skip Sander also buys lottery tickets for himself and other people. Such tickets will NOT have the RN mark and stamp, and will be marked it a way to clearly differentiate them from tickets belonging to the pool.
Extra Tickets
When the jackpot is large, or when there is a drawing for which a specific USS Rankin Lottery Pool does not have tickets, Skip Sander may, at his sole discretion, buy one or more tickets for the pool, using money from past winnings. Purchase of these tickets will be announced on the USS Rankin web site. If one of them wins $10,000 or more, the proceeds will be distributed to every person who has ever participated in one of our lottery pools, in proportion to that person's total contribution to all the pools. That means that anybody who has ever participated shares in the wealth.
Informing the Players
At the start of the pool, Skip Sander will send each player, by postal mail, a list of all the players, including their names and contact information, plus a list of all numbers being played, plus a copy of these rules and procedures.
After that he will endeavor to keep players informed by posting information on the USS Rankin web site at www.ussrankin.org/lottery.htm and by sending periodic emails to players whose email addresses are known to him.
At the end of the pool, he will send each player, by postal mail, a written accounting of money received, spent, and won during the pool.
What if a ticket wins?
The Powerball lottery offers several ways to win between $3 and $100. If a ticket wins one of these prizes, the ticket will be held until the end of the pool, then cashed in. The winnings, if any, will be deposited into the lottery pool's bank account.
There are also ways of winning $10,000 or $200,000. If a ticket wins one of these prizes, the participants in the winning ticket will be notified promptly, the ticket will be cashed in, and the winnings will be distributed equally among them, with one full share going to The USS Rankin Association.
If one of the tickets from the pool wins a multimillion dollar jackpot, the money will be distributed equally among the participants, with one full share going to The USS Rankin Association.
Skip Sander likes to encourage ticket sellers to wish us luck. He does so by promising them the car of their choice, within reason, if one of the tickets hits the jackpot. He hopes that if we hit a jackpot, we can all pitch in and buy the ticket seller a car. Players will decide individually whether or not to contribute.
If we win a jackpot, Skip Sander will hold the winning ticket until the following steps are completed:
Players are notified by telephone and/or postal mail.
The Executive Board of The USS Rankin Association (hereafter The Association) designates a person to represent its interests and to act on its behalf.
The winners, including The Association, engage a qualified and experienced financial advisor agreeable to them all. The purpose of the financial advisor is to advise the group about taking the winnings in cash or in the annuity offered by the lottery, and to perform other tasks normally associated with financial advisors.
The winners, including The Association, engage a Certified Public Accountant agreeable to them all. The purpose of the CPA is to determine the amounts to be distributed, to distribute the money, to make necessary tax filings, and to perform other tasks normally associated with CPAs.
In the event that the winners do not agree on one or more of the above three persons within 30 days of receiving notification of their winning status, or in any event within 45 days of the drawing of the winning ticket, Skip Sander will act as The Association's representative and will engage the financial advisor and CPA.
When the above steps have been completed, or before that, if in his judgment it is in the best interests of the winners, Skip Sander will release the winning ticket to the appropriate lottery officials.

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