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heading to Lake Tahoe from Utah Salt Flats on I80 West; 

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Lake Tahoe (cool fresh air like the area around Yellow Stone lake)
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#92
this man got the winning numbers from a fortune cookie






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On a whim, Roland Reyes pitched $2 into an office pool, along with 10 colleagues at his Wells Fargo office in San Jose, trying to win the largest prize in California lotto history.

The 11 financial workers, ranging in age from 21 to 60, won the $543 million Mega Millions jackpot with a quick pick ticket and claimed the prize at the Hayward lottery office the day after the July 24 draw.

“If I could win, anybody could win. We’re just normal people!” Reyes said in a press release.

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All 11 winners have chosen to take the lump sum of $320.5 million, which for each member amounts to $29,140,281 before federal taxes (the state of California does not tax lottery winnings). The lotto earnings will be taxed at the highest bracket, 37 percent, which will come to a whopping tax-bill of roughly $10.7 million.

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In addition to Reyes, the winners were identified as Marigold Villaruz, Rita Sinha, Murad Kureshi, Nga Lam, My Nguyen, Solonachchige Dissanayake, Isabel Dominguez, Alejandra Villanueva, Alice Socorro and Joji Ziegele. They all work for a Wells Fargo branch in San Jose.

The size of the prize that each member takes home is truly life-changing. It’s enough to buy 220 Tesla Model Xs, or purchase 12.2 homes in Santa Clara — or pay half of Warriors Steph Curry’s annual salary. Instead of splurging, however, the winners said they plan to pay off mortgages and kids’ college tuition, help family members, go back to school and travel.

Banding together to play the lottery has proved extremely lucrative for other office workers. In 2016, 20 workers at a Tennessee auto parts plant — who twice a week bought $120 worth of lottery tickets — won a $421 million Powerball jackpot.





Some office pool wins don’t end quite so happily.

In 2013, seven hair stylists at an Indiana salon sued a co-worker who had bought a winning state lottery ticket. The seven claimed it was part of a
regular group-purchase arrangement. The dispute eventually ended in a settlement over the $9.5 million prize.


A group of seven Kaiser Permanente co-workers in Southern California split a $315 million Mega Millions jackpot in 2005, after winning a legal battle against four other colleagues seeking a share of the loot.

In 2009, a New Jersey construction worker was sued by six colleagues, with whom he regularly pooled cash and bought lottery tickets. When he purchased a winning Mega Millions ticket worth $38.5 million and didn’t tell the rest of the ticket-buying group, a court ordered him to split the money with them.

Jason Kurland, who markets himself as “The Lottery Lawyer,” says he fields a couple calls a year from people involved in disputes over office-pool lottery winnings. But preventing such conflicts is fairly straightforward, said Kurland, who is based in Long Island.

Whoever buys a ticket for the group should email the ticket number or a photocopy of the ticket to the entire group, along with text specifying the draw date and stating that those receiving the email are the members of the pool. The email also should include how the winnings are to be divided, Kurland said.

“You don’t want there to be any confusion,” he said, adding that legal disputes over lottery winnings can be extra-costly, because the eventual winners lose out on interest they could’ve earned by receiving the money right after winning.

It’s unlikely that this group will have such problems, however, said Russ Lopez, a spokesperson for the California lottery. He met some of the winners on July 25 and said they had no issue collecting and splitting their money.

“They were extremely friendly, very smart,” said Lopez, “Their heads were on straight.”

“They are casual players, they don’t usually play the lottery,” said Lopez, who added that the size of the jackpot convinced them to try this time.



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Jackpot drawings started on May 8. It took 22 rolls before the group’s winning ticket matched the numbers 19-2-4-1-29 and the Mega number 20. Reyes purchased all of the group’s tickets at Ernie’s Liquors in San Jose because he figured they would have a better chance at a mom-and-pop shop.



Ernie’s Liquors owner, Kewal Sachdev, was overjoyed when he heard the news that Reyes and the 10 others had claimed the prize.

“Man, that’s great!” he exclaimed, “That’s wonderful!”

He didn’t recognize the name of the winner, but said that he could likely identify him if he showed up at the store.

Sachdev is waiting for his own million-dollar check to arrive in the mail, his reward for selling the ticket, and he offered some words of advice for the 11 winners.

“They should take care of their family and their friends,” he said, adding that “They need a financial planner and adviser.”

One thing they didn’t need to do was call their supervisor, because he was one of the winners. According to the press release, one winner said she plans to invest wisely instead of becoming a “one-time millionaire.”
Staff writers Jason Green, Robert Salonga and Khalida Sarwari contributed to this report
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Cullinan Ranch (North of San Francisco):
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Looking out the San Francisco Bay from the Golden Gate Bridge:
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San Francisco Bay: it was cold and windy (around 55 degrees), and this was in July, and there were people kite-surfing :), though they had wet suit on.
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looking at the bridge from San Francisco side:
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#94
Anh Còn Nợ Em




Xót Xa





Thu Sầu




Tình Chết Theo Mùa Đông




Ngọn Trúc Đào


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the other side of the SF bay:
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from the fishing pier,
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Carmel-by-the-sea beach: it was breezy and kinda cold for late June (about 65 degrees).[Image: Carmel1.png]

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the Pebble Beach golf course:
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a view from the golf course:
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Almond-Orchard-Along-I5-San-Joaquin-Valley; you can see the DELTA-MENDOTA CANAL (California Aqueduct that runs thru the central valley)
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young almonds
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area near Dos Amigos Pumping Plant (in Central Valley)
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cute kid
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young pistachio

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canal in Central Valley, CA
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San Francisco:
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Hayden Valley in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming
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cute kid:
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Mojave desert, California in early July
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thorny bushes
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yet on thorns, there're yellow flowers
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"Mariposa Traicionera" [điệu RUMBA]





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this road runs through the desert. if you take this road and go straight, you'd hit I-15 North to Las Vegas
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a small community in the desert. 
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[điệu RUMBA]


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Colorado-River-At-Cali and Arizona border
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Northern New-Mexico-Along-I40-East
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Outside Albuquerque
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somewhere on I40 East in New Mexico:
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East-Of-Armarillo-TX (millions of years ago, this area was under water (the Western Interior Seaway lasted for about 60 million years)
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a beautiful pole in Armarillo-TX ;)
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Duyen Tinh by Y Van:


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Lee and Joe Jamail Bay Park in Galveston, Houston, TX
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San Luis beach in Galveston, Houston, TX
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San Luis beach in Galveston, Houston, TX
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San-Luis-Pass-County-Park:
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