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In the states they publish your name and take pictures of you when you come to collect the cheque to show the transparency, here everything is a big secret.ruffneck_12 wrote:hover11 wrote:Trinidad and Tobago is too small for lotto to be selling and winning for the last 30 years or more and only a couple of people could say they heard a man or this man win the lotto...how is it no one could say that their brother, sister or relative win a lotto forget the crime situation for a moment? the way we does carry news and macco the whole world would have done know. I not saying it don't have winners buy just weird how we macco for everything else except this
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In the states at least they are more public with it
idk if we're a step ahead of them or we are hiding something.
Any powerball winner was hunted down for their money clown?st7 wrote:if you win the lotto, you want it to be known publicly and put a target on yourself?
So it don't have gangs in Amerika, it doesn't have crime in amerika? I trying to understand your donkey logic. Help me out here.st7 wrote:in america where the culture isnt like trinidad? who knows.
you should get back to work now, or is it a free day in govt office on fridays?
hover11 wrote:So it don't have gangs in Amerika, it doesn't have crime in amerika? I trying to understand your donkey logic. Help me out here.st7 wrote:in america where the culture isnt like trinidad? who knows.
you should get back to work now, or is it a free day in govt office on fridays?
This is understood but the fact is transparency is needed. So we gonna use the excuse we can't have transparency because we have a high crime rate?redmanjp wrote:hover11 wrote:So it don't have gangs in Amerika, it doesn't have crime in amerika? I trying to understand your donkey logic. Help me out here.st7 wrote:in america where the culture isnt like trinidad? who knows.
you should get back to work now, or is it a free day in govt office on fridays?
only in a small % of cities - like chicago. crime low in most other places.
mero wrote:88sins wrote:Odds of winning lotto, 1 in 3,246,320.00.
Now, consider the following.
This country has a population of 1,400, 000
Of that amount, less than 300,000 eligible people play lotto..
With those odds and players, we can safely estimate that everyone must play exactly 10.8 times before any one person can win, and that's the bare minimum.
Now multiply 10.8 by the number of possible combination of numbers that haven't played yet and can still be played.
Jeezus.
So umm hear nah. If we have over 1 million eligible voters in TnT, how u come up with less than 300,000 people eligible to play lotto?
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you mean he hadda go above and beyond? paying taxes and complaining like a sufferer isn't enough?Phone Surgeon wrote:when yuh leading the revolt hovie?
nemisis wrote:Is it possible for a non national to win if they bought a ticket?
Animal Pak wrote:Not quite.
Any non national can buy a ticket and potentially win.
They will not be able to collect the prize by nlcb however.
When you go in, you have to fill out a declaration form which is 2 pages long.
Questions such as:
- I am not related to any one working at nlcb.
- I am not related to any government minister.
Most significant is : I am a national of T&T.
You have to show them 2 forms of ID and give them your bank account number to issue the cheque (they do call your bank to verify).
So in theory they could win. But someone else will have to bank the winnings.
pugboy wrote:if public you will certainly become a target for a home invasion
pugboy wrote:if public you will certainly become a target for a home invasion
greggle71 wrote:I am ok with the lotto winner remaining as private as possible, it’s not fully a secret as the NLCB and the government plus banks where the funds are deposited who employ people will also know.
Let’s be honest, if the name of the lotto winner was published in the press all of us going to check their Facebook, Instagram to see who they are, what they do, we looking to see if we have mutual friends and if we are desperate enough we gonna try to approach them for help.
I know 1 lotto winner personally. He won about 10 years ago. Up till today he says “winning was a blessing and a curse at the same time” it was not a big jackpot but it allowed him to clear debt and send his kids to school but the amount of sad stories he had to hear seeking his help, takes a toll psychologically. It’s not 1 person asking for a 10,000 it’s 20 people asking for a 500
Every year a handful of people by luck get the chance to change their lives hopefully for the better, nobody forcing anyone to play or participate so take yuh chance or stay on the sidelines.
Your sourness is really next level. Just because you lost, doesn't mean you have to make the winner's life miserable. If the person wants privacy, it's their right. Additionally, playing lotto is voluntary, so if you have a problem, don't play and instead focus your attention on improving customer service in the public service.hover11 wrote:You know if you really want to know you could just go to head office nlcb , apply under FIOA they have to disclose the winner name for whatever draw, as a citizen you legally entitled to know who won....don't let anyone tell you it's a secret
Anyway, this doesn't take away your RIGHT or ENTITLEMENT to know who won if you want privacy go to a private members club funny how ppl want privacy from public institutionswing wrote:Your sourness is really next level. Just because you lost, doesn't mean you have to make the winner's life miserable. If the person wants privacy, it's their right. Additionally, playing lotto is voluntary, so if you have a problem, don't play and instead focus your attention on improving customer service in the public service.hover11 wrote:You know if you really want to know you could just go to head office nlcb , apply under FIOA they have to disclose the winner name for whatever draw, as a citizen you legally entitled to know who won....don't let anyone tell you it's a secret
hover11 wrote:Anyway, this doesn't take away your RIGHT or ENTITLEMENT to know who won if you want privacy go to a private members club funny how ppl want privacy from public institutionswing wrote:Your sourness is really next level. Just because you lost, doesn't mean you have to make the winner's life miserable. If the person wants privacy, it's their right. Additionally, playing lotto is voluntary, so if you have a problem, don't play and instead focus your attention on improving customer service in the public service.hover11 wrote:You know if you really want to know you could just go to head office nlcb , apply under FIOA they have to disclose the winner name for whatever draw, as a citizen you legally entitled to know who won....don't let anyone tell you it's a secret
hover11 wrote:Anyway, this doesn't take away your RIGHT or ENTITLEMENT to know who won if you want privacy go to a private members club funny how ppl want privacy from public institutionswing wrote:Your sourness is really next level. Just because you lost, doesn't mean you have to make the winner's life miserable. If the person wants privacy, it's their right. Additionally, playing lotto is voluntary, so if you have a problem, don't play and instead focus your attention on improving customer service in the public service.hover11 wrote:You know if you really want to know you could just go to head office nlcb , apply under FIOA they have to disclose the winner name for whatever draw, as a citizen you legally entitled to know who won....don't let anyone tell you it's a secret
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