Mega Millions at $1.1 BILLION
 

Get yer tickets !

I need a bigger boat!

And a lakehouse!

And a Lake!

On my own Island!

Got mine

I would buy Chiefs Planet!

Will you bring back email?

You want a lake on an island? Isn’t that a bit of overkill?

I bought 5 plays for each of the next two draws and selected the numbers instead of a QP.

Pretty sure I got this.

I like water .

Finally might be worth enough to actually buy a ticket.

Imagine if they picked 1100 numbers to win 1 million.

That'd be so much better.

Just threw a few bucks toward this. Buying an island with a lake that has an island in the lake.

3 words: Sharks with lasers

Sure. And no mega threads. :)

Granted, I'm probably one of the most boring people out there when it comes to money. (I invest in index funds, don't gamble, and don't buy lottery tickets.)

But I've never understood why people get so excited to participate when the numbers get crazy high. Even the most modest payouts of a few million dollars would be life changing. The difference in actual happiness between $100 million and $1 billion is almost certainly zero if not less than zero (since you'd have more stress dealing with everyone who wants a piece).

Odds are like picking the right inch in 4775 miles. Or the right inch between KC and the East Coast of Russia. Good Luck

I like this idea.

Change 1,100 + friends and family's lives as opposed to 1 + friends and family.

Would make a hell of a lot more sense, especially in times like these.

It's how you use your inch.

He's got a few choices out there. Can get an island in a lake on an island if he wants. Or even deeper than that.

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According to Tyreek Hill and OBJ you just don't understand moneys.

Winning the lotto can ruin a persons life. It has happened to quit a few winners.

I've always believed in working for my money.

That's why while I was selecting my numbers I pretended it was a job and took it quite seriously.

At 1 billion I'd just hire a firm as a contact barrier just to tell people no on my behalf.

I would buy the Chiefs and hire Chiefs Planet as my coaching staff.

You guys realize that the winner is only going to get around $700 million right?


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Well **** it then..

Guess I will settle for an USFL team.

Like Tommy in shawshank said "Just gimme that chance!"

Paid my idiot tax. About the cost of a burger and fries. $10.

Oh, no. You'll only be able to buy one yacht instead of two.

Better question: would you take the lump sum or annuity?

I know they say you can take the lump sum and make more in returns off interest by investing wisely, but I feel like there's potential to lose a lot (in a bad market, like now) and the idea of massive amounts of money hitting my account yearly is just so attractive.

I'd be an annuity guy.

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Definitely annuity. I don't trust myself, let alone others with that lump sum. I figure it's much easier having a yearly guaranteed allotment. Keep me from doing something too stupid. :D

I would burn the winning ticket on live television. It would be the strongest exhibition of free will in the history of humankind. And I want to be rich keep in mind.

Dostoevsky would be proud.

Both annuity or payout would need to be handled by a trust. You have to put your faith in someone(s) to best manage that money at some point.

Or you could be remembered as an incredible dumbass who could have fed the poor with your winnings.

Take the lump sum.

Set up a trust that pays you out so much at a time if you don't trust yourself.

Don't immediately sign the ticket if you win, then you can't get the cash anonymously. Set up a trust that can claim it without having to disclose your name.

I don't know how it works. If you take the annuity does it stop if you die? Or would it keep going into the trust if you did?

Lucky for Life you can win $1,000 a day for life, but what about Powerball or mega millions?

Would annuity payments of 25 million a year need to be handled by a trust?

You can pass the annuity off to heirs.

Lump sum.

And if i happen to blow through it with reckless abandon then you can bet your ass i lived life to the fullest.

You get one life. Live it. Take care of your fam, make sure they're set for life and **** the rest.

You can pass it but I believe its taxed again at that point

Oh well, doubt I'd survive my first trip to Amsterdam anyway...

One day you will stand in front of a green door on the Prinsengracht.

Well, at least probably before you win the lottery. Maybe the right inch is in Amsterdam. :hmmm:

hookers and blow. the way to go.

I'm not sure.

But taking the lump sum right now would be about 475 mil after tax.

You could theoretically get 5% on that yearly, which is about 24 mil.

Mind Bottling

I woudln't want anyone to know I won. I'd continue things as normal, then have an "back injury" that wouldn't allow me to continue to practice and I'd "retire".

Ride off into the sunset.

Have some friends that before they were married they were sitting watching TV. A lottery commercial came on and she turned to him and asked, "Honey, if you won the lottery, would you ever call me again?".

His response was, "From where?"

I'm thinking that the money would be so large in either instance that even managing the annuity payment yourself would be a full time job. You have to hire someone to manage that money either way to at least live some semblance of a life. Taking an annuity payment in this instance because you can't put your trust in someone will quickly be rethought over once tax season comes around.

Most states you don't have the luxury of staying anonymous.

Secretly buy my neighbors house and bulldoze it.

Start my own school

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I always thought it'd be fun to be rich and then drive around the most piece of shit vehicles.

No lie, i would for sure buy a 1983 Dodge Colt with a wooden spoiler and a Folgers can hood scoop.

Maybe even put some nitrous on it and a thumpin' swap meet brand audio system....some of the fake plastic spinner hubcaps....livin' it big time.

Set up a trust to claim the winning ticket, I believe, woudl allow you to stay anonymous.

EDIT: Blind trust. I think.

I live in one

I'd do 2 chicks at the same time

I'm a fan of this classic:

"A man comes home one day and says, "Guess what, honey? Pack your bags, I won the lottery!"

The wife squeals with delight and says, "That's great! Should I pack for the mountains or the beach?" He says, "I don't care, just get out!"

In Amsterdam

You could do as many as you wanted

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With that kind of money, you'd have to worry about kidnapping and shit like that.

Nah.

Def stay anonymous.

Sell your existing and move to something nicer with some land.

Be a benefactor, rather than the administrator that has to deal with all the political bullshit.

A million would greatly change my life ;)

I did some light Googling on it a while back.

From what I remember, the annuity can be left to heirs so that's a plus.

I believe, when you compare the full amount received, you actually stand to keep more of your winnings if you go with the annuity (assuming you live to see the final payout).

It looks like, with the annuity, you'd receive an initial payout, followed by 29 more payouts over the next 30 years. The payouts increase by 5% annually to combat inflation.

Basically sell it to them for how many millions of dollars?

Wonder how much it would cost yearly to have some one manage it instead of selling it.

Wonder if there is a anonymous state where you can establish residency quickly within the time frame the ticket would need to be redeemed.

Ahh you worry too much.

You're not a celeb or an athlete. Get a nice spot in a gated wealthy community, you'll be fine.

To make things as simple as possible, let's just say the jackpot is $1 billion. Assume, after taxes, you end up with $500 million whether you take the lump sum or annuity.

You're looking at $500 million today

or

$16.6 million today and another $16.6 million every year for the next 30 years

Give me the half a billion.

Signed, sealed and delivered.

I know a shit ton of people who have more money than the lotto winner would right here at the Lake and none of their places are guarded that secure. I think you would be fine.

I'll take the 500 million please

If I win, I'm buying you all hookers and blow!

And if I win I will buy you a bulldozer.

And if I win.. I'll buy you gas for teh bulldozer!

Most states won't allow you to do that. A few do though. It all depends on where you win.

I'll slip them a few million to keep it hush hush.

Do you trust the government to hold onto your money and not **** it up somehow?

You could say the same thing about a trust or anything like that....but at least there would be a legal recourse if they did.

There are states that allow kidnapping?

I'd give everyone in my hometown of SAINT JOSEPH MISSOURI $4.20

Oh please. If anyone cared about the poor, this lottery wouldn't exist and they'd just pay the money to charity now.

As Navin R. Johnson says in The Jerk, "Charities? Send them away. There are people a lot more deserving than me"

Soooo...keeping it in garbage bags in the basement is probably not the way to go then?

I'm not talking about what what anyone else thinks. I'm talking about what you think.

Which is, you clearly don't care for the poor either.