Friday Night Mega Millions Drawing at $500 million!
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[QUOTE=shian;35344876]I want to use all that money and make it into a house, and live in it.[/QUOTE]
I'd buy some island and live on it.
Quick, everybody buy $50 in lottery tickets so our chances of winning go up!
[QUOTE=faze;35344895]I'd buy some island and live on it.[/QUOTE]
With this money you could have an island made and live on it.
Personally I'd put it all in the bank and collect interest. Id have a research boat/yacht hybrid built and use it to explore the ocean. I would also start an ocean exploration company. Tons would go to philanthropy also.
Just bought a ticket
If I ever win huge sums of money with lottery or any other means, totally using a Swiss bank account.
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;35344137]Is the 500 million before or after you pay taxes for it?
Big difference.[/QUOTE]
OH NO WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH THE 200 MILLION after taxes!!!
#first world problems
[QUOTE=faze;35344115]I'm strongly considering dropping $20 into this..[/QUOTE]
It's not worth buying any more than 1 ticket. Your odds are so low, any increase in 1 in amazingly minimal.
[QUOTE=OvB;35344777]If you put it all in an interest account you would make well over a million off interest alone each year.[/QUOTE]
Yeah but splitting it into seperate offshore accounts would reduce the amount of tax paid on it which would save far more in the long run
[QUOTE=JustExtreme;35345292]Yeah but splitting it into seperate offshore accounts would reduce the amount of tax paid on it which would save far more in the long run[/QUOTE]
Then you'd probably be arrested for tax evasion.
[QUOTE]EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN AMERICA would get $1.7 million.[/QUOTE]
Yes there are 311 people in America.
if I win I'm gonna buy the all the railworks DLCs.
the leftover money will be burned in a giant bonfire.
The reason rich people are rich (and remain so) are because they don't spend their money like everybody says they would if they were rich.
If I won it I'd go with the annutiy. 19 million per year for doing exactly fuck all sounds like quite the nice life.
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;35344137]Is the 500 million before or after you pay taxes for it?
Big difference.[/QUOTE]
Before, read the article, you win alone you'd be getting 359 [I]million [/I]after taxes.
[QUOTE=faze;35344156]Before. If you take it in a lump sum it's like $390 million. Otherwise you get 26 monthly payments.
It's actually at $540 million now. The largest jackpot in world history.[/QUOTE]
You can take the cash option, or you can get the full sum over payments consisting of 26 [B]years[/B]. And that's before taxes, which is a little less than 1/3 of the total amount.
[QUOTE=MrEndangered;35345300]Then you'd probably be arrested for tax evasion.[/QUOTE]
Start a small corporation and use it mainly for tax evasion, then you'll just get fined at most or just let off :P
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;35344285]I'd more likely die from a meteor hitting me on a walk to the lottery store than I would be to win the lottery.[/QUOTE]
Not true at all, the rarity of even finding a meteor that is going fast and big enough to kill you is a hundred times less of a chance than winning the lotto.
The few people that were killed by tiny meteorites were possibly the most unlucky people that ever lived.
I would buy Somalia.
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;35344137]Is the 500 million before or after you pay taxes for it?
Big difference.[/QUOTE]
It says 359mill
[QUOTE=ewitwins;35348512]I would buy Somalia.[/QUOTE]
You would own one of the most problematic countries in the world. I'm sure you'd love that.
I think the lottery is all wrong. No one deserves to have that much money, there instead should be 500 winners with 1 million each or even 1000 winners at 500k each. This money if spread out more could really help people just live up alittle, pay off debts and maybe buy a house.
Most millionares just squander their money while others suffer, it's totally wrong.
[QUOTE=SilverKnight;35348641]I think the lottery is all wrong. No one deserves to have that much money, there instead should be 500 winners with 1 million each or even 1000 winners at 500k each. This money if spread out more could really help people just live up alittle, pay off debts and maybe buy a house.
Most millionares just squander their money while others suffer, it's totally wrong.[/QUOTE]
Typically someone wins before it gets this high. They're usually around 12-100 million dollars before taxes and everything. After the federal tax and state tax if there is one, depending on how much you win it might be nowhere near what the original amount is. If you win 1,000,000 through a lotto you end up with like 500,000 or less in some cases. This has just gotten out of hand because no one has won it yet, but when they get this high more and more people buy tickets so it jacks up the winning amount.
[QUOTE=OvB;35348793]Typically someone wins before it gets this high. They're usually around 12-100 million dollars before taxes and everything. After the federal tax and state tax if there is one, depending on how much you win it might be nowhere near what the original amount is. If you win 1,000,000 through a lotto you end up with like 500,000 or less in some cases. This has just gotten out of hand because no one has won it yet, but when they get this high more and more people buy tickets so it jacks up the winning amount.[/QUOTE]
Shit I would be happy with 100k.
[QUOTE=bunnyspy1;35346033]if I win I'm gonna buy the all the railworks DLCs.
the leftover money will be burned in a giant bonfire.[/QUOTE]
Leftover?
[QUOTE=bunnyspy1;35346033]if I win I'm gonna buy the all the railworks DLCs.
the leftover money will be burned in a giant bonfire.[/QUOTE]
Wouldn't be a very big bonfire.
i got my 4 quick picks ready to go
If I won this, I would probably start my own Drum Corps. Make tuition affordable or free for people who want to march, but don't have the money. Then I would live comfortably for the rest of my years as a High School tech teacher. It will be a good life.
[QUOTE=ewitwins;35348512]I would buy Somalia.[/QUOTE]
Why would you buy that place? That place is a dump. I would buy Finland.
EDIT: If I actually won, I would invest a large amount in SpaceX.
Bought my first lottery ticket. The hype got to me.
I would buy some jetpacks for myself and my family/friends, along with training in the art of wielding swords and stuff. We would then go on to be the greatest warriors to ever be on the Earth.
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