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Talk of CNN: Powerball Lottery

Aired December 23, 2002 - 05:46   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: The next drawing for the huge Powerball lottery is Christmas and that has people talking in New Hampshire.
Mark Ericson, Danielle Carrier, better known as the WOKQ Waking Crew in Portsmouth and Manchester, New Hampshire, are on the phone with us.

Got to know guys,...

MARK ERICSON, WOKQ MORNING WAKING CREW, PORTSMOUTH AND MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE: Yes.

CALLAWAY: ... how many tickets have you bought so far?

ERICSON: You know I usually buy just like a few a week. However, when we get into this, I'll pop for like a whole 10 bucks a week.

CALLAWAY: Whew!

ERICSON: Oh yes, you know it's living large. But this is -- this is going to turn out to be a holiday president -- present, rather, for a lot of retailers in the state because New Hampshire sits between Massachusetts and Maine and Vermont, and out of all of that, really only Powerball state.

CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Oh yes.

CALLAWAY: Yes, so they're crossing over to your -- to...

ERICSON: Yes.

CALLAWAY: ... buy those tickets, aren't they?

ERICSON: Everybody is driving through the toll booths to get to New Hampshire for buying last minute Christmas things with no sales tax and ponying up cash for the Powerball tickets.

CALLAWAY: Hey, Mark, do you think it's going to go like over 300...

ERICSON: You know the...

CALLAWAY: ... million...

ERICSON: This... CALLAWAY: ... by the time it comes around?

ERICSON: They're estimating right now $280 million; but they always lowball that thing a little bit, so it might be a little bit closer to 300 million.

MYERS: Do you have a station pool going where you kind of pool your money and buy a bunch of tickets?

CALLAWAY: Because if so, we want in.

(LAUGHTER)

ERICSON: Well you know what, Chad, that's what happens is everybody gets calls from relatives and friends in non-Powerball states that can't make the drive up here. Like everybody in Rhode Island and Connecticut...

MYERS: Yes.

ERICSON: ... is going to call...

MYERS: Yes.

ERICSON: ... and ask somebody to buy me a Powerball ticket.

CALLAWAY: And they're in -- their friendship will be tested when one wins who bought the ticket, right?

ERICSON: Right. Yes. Sure

CALLAWAY: I love those stories.

ERICSON: Oh yes, here's $280 million, it's yours, really. I'm good.

(LAUGHTER)

CALLAWAY: No really, this one's your ticket and that one's my ticket.

MYERS: You know I'd split it with 10 people, that's OK. I think 28's enough.

ERICSON: Yes, that would get me through the rest of the holiday season.

MYERS: Sure. Right.

CALLAWAY: Yes, this -- the Powerball lottery, you mention the only state up there in the immediate area that has --that has this. How popular is it? Is this -- I mean obviously no one's won in a while if the lottery is that big.

ERICSON: The popularity sort of varies; but when we start getting into these, you know, hundreds of millions of dollars worth of jackpot, that's when suddenly everybody is paying attention...

CALLAWAY: Yes.

ERICSON: ... and it's time off from work to take a drive to get the tickets.

MYERS: Mark, Danielle, do you remember what the record for any one lottery was so far?

ERICSON: You know I don't remember the exact record.

MYERS: Three something?

ERICSON: This is like the -- I think the fifth or sixth largest one so far.

MYERS: Yes.

CALLAWAY: Wow!

ERICSON: But you know you get somewhere approaching $300 million, that's not too shabby.

MYERS: No.

CALLAWAY: No, it's not. Well...

MYERS: No.

CALLAWAY: ... maybe you'll win.

MYERS: That's the gross domestic product of a bunch of countries.

(LAUGHTER)

CALLAWAY: All right -- Mark.

ERICSON: Catherine, if we win, you won't be hearing from us next Monday.

MYERS: OK, I wouldn't expect it.

(LAUGHTER)

CALLAWAY: They'll be looking for a new morning show host.

ERICSON: Happy holidays, gang.

CALLAWAY: All right. Mark and Danielle, thank you very much. Have a great day.

MYERS: I have a boat for sale, too, if he wins.

CALLAWAY: Oh really?

MYERS: Sure.

CALLAWAY: All right.

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Aired December 23, 2002 - 05:46   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: The next drawing for the huge Powerball lottery is Christmas and that has people talking in New Hampshire.
Mark Ericson, Danielle Carrier, better known as the WOKQ Waking Crew in Portsmouth and Manchester, New Hampshire, are on the phone with us.

Got to know guys,...

MARK ERICSON, WOKQ MORNING WAKING CREW, PORTSMOUTH AND MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE: Yes.

CALLAWAY: ... how many tickets have you bought so far?

ERICSON: You know I usually buy just like a few a week. However, when we get into this, I'll pop for like a whole 10 bucks a week.

CALLAWAY: Whew!

ERICSON: Oh yes, you know it's living large. But this is -- this is going to turn out to be a holiday president -- present, rather, for a lot of retailers in the state because New Hampshire sits between Massachusetts and Maine and Vermont, and out of all of that, really only Powerball state.

CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Oh yes.

CALLAWAY: Yes, so they're crossing over to your -- to...

ERICSON: Yes.

CALLAWAY: ... buy those tickets, aren't they?

ERICSON: Everybody is driving through the toll booths to get to New Hampshire for buying last minute Christmas things with no sales tax and ponying up cash for the Powerball tickets.

CALLAWAY: Hey, Mark, do you think it's going to go like over 300...

ERICSON: You know the...

CALLAWAY: ... million...

ERICSON: This... CALLAWAY: ... by the time it comes around?

ERICSON: They're estimating right now $280 million; but they always lowball that thing a little bit, so it might be a little bit closer to 300 million.

MYERS: Do you have a station pool going where you kind of pool your money and buy a bunch of tickets?

CALLAWAY: Because if so, we want in.

(LAUGHTER)

ERICSON: Well you know what, Chad, that's what happens is everybody gets calls from relatives and friends in non-Powerball states that can't make the drive up here. Like everybody in Rhode Island and Connecticut...

MYERS: Yes.

ERICSON: ... is going to call...

MYERS: Yes.

ERICSON: ... and ask somebody to buy me a Powerball ticket.

CALLAWAY: And they're in -- their friendship will be tested when one wins who bought the ticket, right?

ERICSON: Right. Yes. Sure

CALLAWAY: I love those stories.

ERICSON: Oh yes, here's $280 million, it's yours, really. I'm good.

(LAUGHTER)

CALLAWAY: No really, this one's your ticket and that one's my ticket.

MYERS: You know I'd split it with 10 people, that's OK. I think 28's enough.

ERICSON: Yes, that would get me through the rest of the holiday season.

MYERS: Sure. Right.

CALLAWAY: Yes, this -- the Powerball lottery, you mention the only state up there in the immediate area that has --that has this. How popular is it? Is this -- I mean obviously no one's won in a while if the lottery is that big.

ERICSON: The popularity sort of varies; but when we start getting into these, you know, hundreds of millions of dollars worth of jackpot, that's when suddenly everybody is paying attention...

CALLAWAY: Yes.

ERICSON: ... and it's time off from work to take a drive to get the tickets.

MYERS: Mark, Danielle, do you remember what the record for any one lottery was so far?

ERICSON: You know I don't remember the exact record.

MYERS: Three something?

ERICSON: This is like the -- I think the fifth or sixth largest one so far.

MYERS: Yes.

CALLAWAY: Wow!

ERICSON: But you know you get somewhere approaching $300 million, that's not too shabby.

MYERS: No.

CALLAWAY: No, it's not. Well...

MYERS: No.

CALLAWAY: ... maybe you'll win.

MYERS: That's the gross domestic product of a bunch of countries.

(LAUGHTER)

CALLAWAY: All right -- Mark.

ERICSON: Catherine, if we win, you won't be hearing from us next Monday.

MYERS: OK, I wouldn't expect it.

(LAUGHTER)

CALLAWAY: They'll be looking for a new morning show host.

ERICSON: Happy holidays, gang.

CALLAWAY: All right. Mark and Danielle, thank you very much. Have a great day.

MYERS: I have a boat for sale, too, if he wins.

CALLAWAY: Oh really?

MYERS: Sure.

CALLAWAY: All right.

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