Powerball Jackpot Reaches $1.5 Billion, Largest Lottery in U.S. History

[agentfazexx]

[QUOTE=Snoberry Tea;49526341]That's why once you find out you won, you go take a shot or three of whatever liquor is in your cabinet, hire a lawyer immediately to draft up a basic financial plan/trust and get you a police escort to your local lotto HQ, then go to sleep.[/QUOTE]

Oh if/when I win this kinda money I'm gonna get shit fucking drunk and sleep for a week and then call a CPA, lawyer and so forth. It'll be great.

[OvB]

First thing I'm gong to buy if I won would be an apocalypse-proof safe to stick it in.

[agentfazexx]

[QUOTE=OvB;49526374]First thing I'm gong to buy if I won would be an apocalypse-proof safe to stick it in.[/QUOTE]

I'd just call out sick to work and drive right to the claim center, with the ticket in a fire proof safe.

[dai]

20 minutes til somebody gets a smartcar and/or banned because they refuse to give me $20

[The Commander]

I'll laugh if an Australian wins it.

[OvB]

If no one wins I wouldn't be surprised if it broke 2 billion next draw.

[Missing User]

I think its weird that any of you could possibly wrap your head around how much money this is. If I were to win I wouldnt know what to spend the money on besides personal and immediate family debts.

Retaining a lawyer would be step 1 and go from there I guess.

[OvB]

How high would it have to be for the cash option after taxes to be a billion dollars?

[The Wroth]

High as a kite.

[agentfazexx]

[QUOTE=Code3Response;49526444]I think its weird that any of you could possibly wrap your head around how much money this is. If I were to win I wouldnt know what to spend the money on besides personal and immediate family debts.

Retaining a lawyer would be step 1 and go from there I guess.[/QUOTE]

I'd give my in laws a few hundred thousand to pay off their DMV debts because they're cheap. I'd invest some stuff, buy some real estate and maybe start a business. Probably a gun store to keep it simple, since I wouldn't have to work. I'd have a decent sized house with a 4 car garage. Ferrari California, Nissan GT-R, several Porsches, Lambos, etc. My 2 year old daughter and my second child that isn't a thing yet would both be set for life as would their children. It'd be nice.

[dai]

[QUOTE=OvB;49526445]How high would it have to be for the cash option after taxes to be a billion dollars?[/QUOTE]

judging by the cash output on their site (930m), it's 62% of the total, so 1,612,903,226

[editline]13th January 2016[/editline]

[QUOTE=Code3Response;49526444]I think its weird that any of you could possibly wrap your head around how much money this is.[/QUOTE]

if you earned 1000 dollars an hour and were paid 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, it would take you a bit into 114 years to collect $1.5bn

[TentuZero]

Good luck gents. Don't be too mad if you don't win.

[agentfazexx]

[QUOTE=TentuZero;49526523]Good luck gents. Don't be too mad if you don't win.[/QUOTE]

I won't win. But I think I might start playing weekly. It's fun to think about this kinda stuff for $2 bucks a ticket.

[Demache]

[QUOTE=agentfazexx;49526541]I won't win. But I think I might start playing weekly. It's fun to think about this kinda stuff for $2 bucks a ticket.[/QUOTE]

Real talk, it is pretty cheap. And your odds of winning are low. But you can't win if you don't play right? :v:

[agentfazexx]

[QUOTE=Demache;49526557]Real talk, it is pretty cheap. And your odds of winning are low. But you can't win if you don't play right? :v:[/QUOTE]

As Robin said today on the Stern Show... $2 for entertainment is well spent

[dai]

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I win

[TentuZero]

Winning numbers are:
8 27 34 4 19 Power 10

[agentfazexx]

[QUOTE=TentuZero;49526583]Winning numbers are:
8 27 34 4 19 Power 10[/QUOTE]

GOD FUCKING DAMMIT

[The_J_Hat]

Hopefully somebody won

[MasterKade]

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[Toro]

Now that I think about it, it can't be that hard to just forge a powerball ticket after the winning numbers get released, unless powerball tickets have some sort of specific seperate code with info to tell if it's valid or not.

Edit: just sayig, I'm not condoning forging powerball tickets, if anyone thinks that.

[OvB]

I won nothing

[TentuZero]

gg wp. Hopefully no one won so it can just balloon again.

[Nahash]

if i matched with only 1 number, i get nothing right?

[agentfazexx]

[QUOTE=TentuZero;49526631]gg wp. Hopefully no one won so it can just balloon again.[/QUOTE]

This. Lol. I wanna play again. Gimme mah moneyz

[Demache]

[QUOTE=Toro;49526615]Now that I think about it, it can't be that hard to just forge a powerball ticket after the winning numbers get released, unless powerball tickets have some sort of specific seperate code with info to tell if it's valid or not.

Edit: just sayig, I'm not condoning forging powerball tickets, if anyone thinks that.[/QUOTE]

They have unique ids on them. And I'm sure they check.

[agentfazexx]

[QUOTE=Svinnik;49526636]if i matched with only 1 number, i get nothing right?[/QUOTE]

Read the stuff on powerball.com

[OvB]

[QUOTE=Svinnik;49526636]if i matched with only 1 number, i get nothing right?[/QUOTE]

You get nothing, like me. Need at least a powerball, or 3 regular balls matching. The winning conditions are online.

[agentfazexx]

[QUOTE=OvB;49526652]You get nothing, like me. Need at least a powerball, or 3 regular balls matching. The winning conditions are online.[/QUOTE]

I had 3 matching the last time. I got 7 bucks.

Gambling is a shit addiction. lol

[dai]

[QUOTE=TentuZero;49526583]Winning numbers are:
8 27 34 4 19 Power 10[/QUOTE]
I won a grand total of $0

we had five draws and not a single number lines up, except for a 10 but it's not the power ball, yay