The birthday theory didn't scare off Paul Kruzel, a retired doctor who chooses the days his children were born.
Both, however, have the same plans for winning: "make a lot of people happy."
John Olson has a more elaborate idea: He'd like to buy an island.
At a downtown Detroit convenience store, Ceejay Johnson purchased five Powerball tickets. If she strikes it rich, the analyst from Southfield, Mich., said she would buy a home for her sister in Florida. Then she would "go into hiding" and take care of her family.
"And the IRS," she added.
Associated Press photographer Jim Cole reported from Canterbury, N.H.
Associated Press photographers Paul Sancya in Detroit, David Goldman in Atlanta and Matt Rourke in Philadelphia, and AP writers David Pitt in Des Moines, Iowa, and Jeff McMurray in Chicago contributed to this report.
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People dislike Romney, because he is rich, yet spend money trying to become rich themselves, and by doing nothing except hoping for luck. Who has the greed?
Something for nothing? America glorifies this, but is critical of those who worked hard for their wealth.
I don't get it.
I've got my tickets. Plus a few hundred for my friends.