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nesquiksand2 t1_iwhbkav wrote
I'd love to be able to spend more than $20 on a bottle of booze.
maxwellington97 t1_iwhc0sv wrote
From the lottery website: be sure to have your delivery address set to a fine wine and good spirits store. Not home address. And you can enter all the lotteries but if you win one you get removed from all others so be careful if you only want a specific variety.
ItsMePythonicD t1_iwht7ap wrote
I wonder what the odds are? I’d love to be able to buy one of these.
geekRD1 t1_iwhygi9 wrote
I was selected for the 2019 lottery for the 12 year.
Pretty cool experience, and even though I have other bourbon I like more (and is cheaper) it was great to pull it out for special occasions and share with others.
maxwellington97 t1_iwi0rue wrote
Same here. My guess is the Internet is broken given the nonsense with the Taylor Swift concerts today.
Responsible_Sale5460 t1_iwi0z3i wrote
Thanks for the heads up. I just entered.
oldschoolskater OP t1_iwi1tt0 wrote
Thanks for that important insight.
oldschoolskater OP t1_iwi1we1 wrote
TrustTheProcessUCF t1_iwi6unq wrote
I filled mine out yesterday and received confirmation a the end of the day, not immediately after entering.
TrustTheProcessUCF t1_iwi6xng wrote
Please stop sharing this!!! People don’t click the link it’s a trap!!
oldschoolskater OP t1_iwi897r wrote
Lol. Yeah. That's right! Please don't click!
footballwr82 t1_iwi8fol wrote
I got mine the next day
Umphreeze t1_iwieu5r wrote
I didnt get one either
vinnie5451 t1_iwifcos wrote
Why is it. Lottery and you just can’t buy them at the local wine and spirit anytime
oldschoolskater OP t1_iwifs6o wrote
They are supposed to be hard to find. I don't really follow high end whisky though.
vinnie5451 t1_iwig05h wrote
Hard to find or hard to find because they restrict the purchase to up the sales price ?
rrd0084 t1_iwigftf wrote
I got a couple not all of them
bane117 t1_iwijwu9 wrote
these are produced in limited quantities by the distilleries and the state would only have been able to purchase so many for the year. high end whiskey takes years to make and they can't always predict advance demand so sometimes stuff like this is hard to come by.
SecretConspirer t1_iwijztd wrote
Two things PA really loves: gambling and drinking. Two great tastes that taste great together.
vinnie5451 t1_iwik120 wrote
Got it thanks for explaining
itsallthesamejames t1_iwikr4s wrote
I’m an outsider, moving to PA next week, and I don’t understand this at all. Are these state-owned bottles of alcohol or have they been confiscated?
princeoinkins t1_iwimw57 wrote
States owned.
PA is a state store only state for booze
itsallthesamejames t1_iwimze5 wrote
Oh, I’ve never heard of that! Thank you for answering!
princeoinkins t1_iwinocg wrote
Yea it’s too common anymore (Alabama, Idaho, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Utah and Virginia are state store states)
Liquor licenses can be a bitch too, so you’ll see places that are either beer only (beer isn’t state owned) or if they serve liquor then they have a FULL bar (lol) there’s no in between
Also liquor stores tend to have weird hours for that reason, so never assume they are open
tempmike t1_iwiu5tf wrote
Mmmm. Gambling.
Mmmm. Drinking.
You got your gambling in my drinking!
You got your drinking in my gambling!
Delicious!
joughy1 t1_iwix21s wrote
What do you like more and is cheaper?
snuffy_tentpeg t1_iwj0bq6 wrote
Maybe those in charge will realize that grabbing any extra bottles for themselves is a bad idea.
Better yet, privatize the system and be done with it.
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jpop237 t1_iwj82ji wrote
Stinks of a marketing campaign....
maxwellington97 t1_iwj9fjf wrote
Ok I had chat with their IT people because something went wrong for me. Each email overrides the previous so even if you get multiple you are still only getting one entry for whichever lotteries you chose.
Savings-Cry-7420 t1_iwj9h4c wrote
Do I have to have a PA license? I just moved over here within 40 days and haven’t gotten my ID yet.
maxwellington97 t1_iwj9n7c wrote
Opportunity to buy one bottle.
Savings-Cry-7420 t1_iwjavxn wrote
So it’s not free? It’s just a spot to buy them?
geekRD1 t1_iwjbzr0 wrote
I'd get Angles envy (or the rye) or eagle rare (hard to find but able to get in state stores). Or even go for a basil Hayden's.
Bulleit 10 year is also a good option for less than half the price.
Also when I won the lottery it cost an addition ~$20 in shipping, even to my local store.
UnaffiliatedOpinion t1_iwjiebg wrote
On top of what the other user has mentioned...
The same distillery produces and bottles some other, more higher-volume brands, which are sold at a very reasonable price. But they're almost always sold out. And since these bottles on auction are aged 10-23 years, they can't do anything in the short-term to increase supply.
Thecrawsome t1_iwl06zk wrote
Yeah right It's an ad
Thecrawsome t1_iwl08h2 wrote
And ads disguised as news
nesquiksand2 t1_iwl1fss wrote
Yes, I'm aware...?
ktappe t1_iwligyf wrote
>it cost an addition ~$20 in shipping, even to my local store
That's some bullshit. Assuming it is coming from their warehouse already, they could ship it along with all the other booze they're sending to your store. WTF.
chuckie512 t1_iwm4asa wrote
Some of this whiskey is old enough to buy it's own whiskey.
princeoinkins t1_iwm5vkg wrote
do they do this every year?
only have paid attention to bourbons and whiskeys the past year or so.
princeoinkins t1_iwm63sx wrote
How else are you gonna find out about it?
Someone has to enter
geekRD1 t1_iwmknw3 wrote
I think so, This is also not the only one I've seen, but I don't pay super close attention.
oldschoolskater OP t1_iwh7b9x wrote
"Through the Limited-Release- Lotteries, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) will give lottery registrants a chance at 1,590 bottles of rare whiskey which includes 1,440 bottles of the highly sought Van Winkle brand.
Pennsylvania residents and licensees have until 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, to opt in to one or more of the drawings for each of the two lotteries"