Mega Millions @ 220 million - Page 2

Kodos · 04-29-2009, 01:58 PM

When my game was complete, there would be no need to play FOF ever again.

Kodos · 04-29-2009, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Mustang

Because football games with long development cycles and no compromises historically turn out well. We have to start calling you Kdoos?

Jackass!

LloydLungs · 04-29-2009, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Passacaglia

You people all have lofty goals. No one would just sit around playing FOF all day?

Well, that and OOTP and FBCB.

Yeah, I wouldn't work anymore. I'm not one of those people that claim they couldn't sit around all day. I would sit around like a mofo. But I would do a hell of a lot more traveling. And I would buy my alma mater an FBS football program. Go UNO!

Lathum · 04-29-2009, 03:20 PM

after paying you guys off I would go back to work.

Honolulu_Blue · 04-29-2009, 03:40 PM

If I won $220 million?

I would definitely quit and relish in it.

I would likely do nothing for a while. Just sit back and enjoy life. I'd probably try to get in better shape, but other than that, it would be a lot of chillaxing with my wife, family, friends and dog.

I would certainly donate a lot of money (with someone else managing it) to certain charities/causes I believe in. Other than over-seeing things at a very high level, I don't think I'd get too terribly involved.

I would take care of my family/close friends.

At some point I would like to get involved in something I really enjoy, be it hockey, video games, comics, role playing games, something like that. No idea in what type of capacity, but it'd be something I'd look into. Eventually.

stevew · 04-29-2009, 04:13 PM

I'd buy the 3 houses on the left side of me, and the two on the right. Then build a massive house in the Neighbors back yard, way off the road.

But other than that I'd get a 58" tv, maybe a few comfy chairs

B & B · 04-29-2009, 08:12 PM

was gonna go out and blow 20 bucks on this but realized its not in my state.
*shurg*

MJ4H · 04-29-2009, 08:24 PM

-apoc- · 04-29-2009, 09:35 PM

I only play the lotto when the odds become +EV which for the fl lotto is when it gets over 24 million but that hasnt happened in awhile.

Wolfpack · 04-29-2009, 10:35 PM

I'll take the flyer and put myself in the thread.

[Leslie Nielsen]Remember, Lathum, good luck, we're all counting on you.[/Leslie Nielsen]

Neuqua · 04-29-2009, 10:41 PM

I don't think I won.

damnMikeBrown · 04-29-2009, 10:46 PM

Good luck Lathum! My retirment is counting on you.

Noop · 04-29-2009, 11:23 PM

Interesting turn of events... earlier I decided to play the Powerball and quickly I saw the numbers on the news not realizing it was tonight it draws. I know for certain I have the powerball number and two others but I am not certain the rest because it was so quick and I was distracted...

Lathum · 04-29-2009, 11:30 PM

ummm

it was tonight?

cartman · 04-29-2009, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Lathum

ummm

it was tonight?

No, Mega Millions drawings are Tuesdays and Fridays.

Lathum · 04-29-2009, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by cartman

No, Mega Millions drawings are Tuesdays and Fridays.

thats what I thought

EagleFan · 04-29-2009, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeVic

VOTE LATHUM

Is that correct?

Now there's a post I can get behind...

vote Lathum

EagleFan · 04-30-2009, 12:07 AM

I'll have to pick up a few tickets. Getting tickets for the poker group, a group at work pick them up and here will probably be a larger group from work getting them too.

My theory is that I hve even less of a chance to win because I usually have the "what if" plan in my head if I did win.

If I won on my own:
- My daughters would have a nice fund set up for them for when they turn 18.
- SEVERAL friends and family members would be made quite happy.
- Scholarship fund setup for the school which I went to (anonymously).
- I would start my own business.
- The usual travel and enjoy stuff as well (kick ass entertainment room setup in the new house which I would have built).

Karlifornia · 04-30-2009, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Noop

Interesting turn of events... earlier I decided to play the Powerball and quickly I saw the numbers on the news not realizing it was tonight it draws. I know for certain I have the powerball number and two others but I am not certain the rest because it was so quick and I was distracted...

I'm positive you won. Just go ahead and start spending.

sterlingice · 04-30-2009, 08:13 AM

I think of a lottery ticket as buying a little fun for the day (or a couple of days), like 1/8th of a movie ticket. It's always a conversation piece- the inevitable "what would you do if you won $X million". It's like buying a fun little bit of hope for $1.

SI

Noop · 04-30-2009, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Karlifornia

I'm positive you won. Just go ahead and start spending.

Won a hundred bucks.

I had 6-36-50 and the powerball 13. I guess I get a free tank of gas or a hundred lotto tickets. It's up to 77 million now.... I might just play 100 tickets since the money isn't mine away.

sterlingice · 04-30-2009, 08:46 AM

And if you don't win, then try 200 tickets

SI

Noop · 04-30-2009, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

And if you don't win, then try 200 tickets

SI

LOL. I turned $1 into $100 I highly doubt I will be able to win but before yesterday I didn't have the extra $99 so I will treat it like it isn't even mine. It would be nice to win 77 million dollars though last night I went to bed thinking I might have won. That feeling is sort of like a drug because when I woke up to check I crashed...still at least I slept good.

sterlingice · 04-30-2009, 09:11 AM

Like I said, it's like buying a little hope and good feelings. Any more than that and you're probably wasting money.

SI

JeeberD · 04-30-2009, 10:36 AM

I would probably quit my current job ('cause I'm sure as hell not working 50 hours a week if I'm a millionaire) and then get some part time job (because the vast majority of my friends are people that I've worked with at one point or another...I'm not good at making friends outside of work).

Then I would become the T Boone Pickens of UTEP, donating millions of dollars to the school and getting my name on a few buildings. And then I would help my siblings out with any monetary issues they may have.

I would by a nice house for the wife and I (nothing too extravagant, but bigger than our current house) and a Porsche for myself, and the rest goes into savings so we can live off the interest...

flere-imsaho · 04-30-2009, 10:40 AM

GO LATHUM!!!

I think if you take the lump sum you get about half, and then taxes will take another half, so the $220 million jackpot ends up being around $55 million net.

You'd probably have to keep working....

cartman · 04-30-2009, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by flere-imsaho

GO LATHUM!!!

I think if you take the lump sum you get about half, and then taxes will take another half, so the $220 million jackpot ends up being around $55 million net.

You'd probably have to keep working....

According to the Texas Lottery website, the lump sum amount is $143.5 million. And if you set up a trust correctly, you should be able to keep around 65% of that.

Samdari · 04-30-2009, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by JeeberD

get some part time job (because the vast majority of my friends are people that I've worked with at one point or another...I'm not good at making friends outside of work)

Just start chatting dudes up in the waiting rooms of brothels.

Or go to strip clubs a lot. The girls there will all want to be your friend.

In any case, don't get a part time job to meet people. With that kind of money, you'd find lots of folks approaching you, thus taking the awkwardness out of the situation.

Noop · 04-30-2009, 11:22 AM

I don't think I would take the lump sum...

JeeberD · 04-30-2009, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Samdari

With that kind of money, you'd find lots of folks approaching you, thus taking the awkwardness out of the situation.

Yeah, I'm sure those are the kind of people I would want to be friends with...

Lorena · 04-30-2009, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Samdari

Just start chatting dudes up in the waiting rooms of brothels.

Or go to strip clubs a lot. The girls there will all want to be your friend.

In any case, don't get a part time job to meet people. With that kind of money, you'd find lots of folks approaching you, thus taking the awkwardness out of the situation.

That's one of my biggest fears if we ever came across a lot of $$. Loooong lost relatives or friends coming out of nowhere, "OMG, Lorena!1!one!!eleven How've you been!? I've missed you sooo much!" Eh, no you haven't, you just found out I'm filthy rich and you want a piece.. no way Jose.

Lorena · 04-30-2009, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by JeeberD

Yeah, I'm sure those are the kind of people I would want to be friends with...

Exactly.

flere-imsaho · 04-30-2009, 11:33 AM

To avoid all this, some lottery winner in Illinois spent the time to set up a trust and then had it collected by a representative of the trust, with the result being that the public never knew the real identity of the winner.

Lathum · 04-30-2009, 02:33 PM

got $5 worth of tickets today

Barkeep49 · 04-30-2009, 03:11 PM

I gladly vote Lathum. But frankly I've always been modest enough in my ambition that I would be happy with the 250k 2nd place prize. I would be able to clear off some debt and have more than enough to have a nice down payment. With the 220, I think a year of travel would about do it for me. After that I would need to get back to work. I work at what I do because I like it. I hope that would be enough to keep my motivation.

Bad-example · 04-30-2009, 04:52 PM

Two dollars invested. Not sharing with you all if I win.

However, if I do win I will be offering many of your girlfriends and wives some contract work for the business I will be opening in the San Fernando Valley area.

fantom1979 · 04-30-2009, 07:56 PM

If I win the Lottery I am going to invest the money. My adviser says that I can just put the money in the stock market. He says that the stock market always goes up, and I can just put my money in there and forget about it.

Noop · 04-30-2009, 08:07 PM

Brought 93 tickets minus snacks from the gas station. If I win I want to fight a member from this board for 10,000 dollars UFC style. (I might be joking)

Lathum · 04-30-2009, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Noop

Brought 93 tickets minus snacks from the gas station. If I win I want to fight a member from this board for 10,000 dollars UFC style. (I might be joking)

I'm game.

Noop · 04-30-2009, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Lathum

I'm game.

Oh yeah? Too bad it isn't your ass I want to kick. (No homo)

Or maybe for 5000 I show up at their house and kick them in the nuts.

Lathum · 04-30-2009, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Noop

Oh yeah? Too bad it isn't your ass I want to kick. (No homo)

Or maybe for 5000 I show up at their house and kick them in the nuts.

whose ass do you want to kick?

Noop · 04-30-2009, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Lathum

whose ass do you want to kick?

That my friend will be revealed when I win this 77 million on Saturday.

JeeberD · 05-01-2009, 12:47 AM

JiMG, Noop?

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Originally Posted by Barkeep49

I gladly vote Lathum. But frankly I've always been modest enough in my ambition that I would be happy with the 250k 2nd place prize. I would be able to clear off some debt and have more than enough to have a nice down payment. With the 220, I think a year of travel would about do it for me. After that I would need to get back to work. I work at what I do because I like it. I hope that would be enough to keep my motivation.

SOME debt?!?!

stevew · 05-01-2009, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Noop

I don't think I would take the lump sum...

I gather you learned nothing in college about the present day value of money?

I understand more, if you think you'd blow it all on hookers and cocain in the first couple years.

I'd probably heavily invest in gold and precious metals, hopefully that would protect against inflation.

Noop · 05-01-2009, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by JeeberD

JiMG, Noop?

Nope. I actually I am not bothered by him at all. Though some of his views are a bit extreme(I am sure mine our too) I respect that he is frank and open about it.

Noop · 05-01-2009, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by stevew

I gather you learned nothing in college about the present day value of money?

I understand more, if you think you'd blow it all on hookers and cocain in the first couple years.

I'd probably heavily invest in gold and precious metals, hopefully that would protect against inflation.

I am too young to have that kind of money. I wouldn't spend it on coke and hookers but I would spend it on stupid things. I am fully aware that I am not mature enough to handle that much money.

So I would take the payments and learn to mature. So for the first year or two I can go ape shit on a budget then settle down and live like a undercover millionaire.

Lorena · 05-01-2009, 10:08 AM

Cash value is 143.5 million, per the tickets I just purchased.

Let's see, we'd pay off all our debt, buy a couple new cars (nothing extravagant), buy a house (again, nothing extravagant), and buy houses for our family out here in Austin, they either take 'em or leave 'em. Start trust funds for our nieces/nephews and kids so they can have $$ for college, pay off family's debts, and invest the rest.

Lorena · 05-01-2009, 10:14 AM

dola,

and travel for a bit, of course.

cartman · 05-01-2009, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Lorena

...buy a house (again, nothing extravagant), and buy houses for our family out here in Austin, they either take 'em or leave 'em.

There are still a ton of houses for sale in my neighborhood. You can start your own compound.

spleen1015 · 05-01-2009, 10:45 AM

We have Powerball here.

Thanks, Lathum.

04-29-2009, 03:40 PM	#55
Honolulu_Blue Hockey Boy Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Royal Oak, MI	If I won $220 million? I would definitely quit and relish in it. I would likely do nothing for a while. Just sit back and enjoy life. I'd probably try to get in better shape, but other than that, it would be a lot of chillaxing with my wife, family, friends and dog. I would certainly donate a lot of money (with someone else managing it) to certain charities/causes I believe in. Other than over-seeing things at a very high level, I don't think I'd get too terribly involved. I would take care of my family/close friends. At some point I would like to get involved in something I really enjoy, be it hockey, video games, comics, role playing games, something like that. No idea in what type of capacity, but it'd be something I'd look into. Eventually. __________________ *Steve Yzerman*: 1,755 points in 1,514 regular season games. 185 points in 196 postseason games. A First-Team All-Star, Conn Smythe Trophy winner, Selke Trophy winner, Masterton Trophy winner, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Olympic gold medallist, and a three-time Stanley Cup Champion. Longest serving captain of one team in the history of the NHL (19 seasons).

04-29-2009, 08:12 PM	#57
B & B College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: A sports era long ago when everything didnt require a Nike logo	was gonna go out and blow 20 bucks on this but realized its not in my state. shurg __________________ Nobody cares about Kyle Orton because he's black. -PT

04-29-2009, 08:24 PM	#58
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	in __________________ My YouTube channel My Twitch channel My Sharona

04-29-2009, 09:35 PM	#59
-apoc- H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Satellite Beach, FL	I only play the lotto when the odds become +EV which for the fl lotto is when it gets over 24 million but that hasnt happened in awhile. __________________ Share and enjoy

04-29-2009, 10:41 PM	#61
Neuqua Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago, Ill	I don't think I won. __________________ Our Deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?

04-29-2009, 03:20 PM	#54
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	after paying you guys off I would go back to work.

04-29-2009, 04:13 PM	#56
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	I'd buy the 3 houses on the left side of me, and the two on the right. Then build a massive house in the Neighbors back yard, way off the road. But other than that I'd get a 58" tv, maybe a few comfy chairs

04-29-2009, 10:35 PM	#60
Wolfpack Pro Rookie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC	I'll take the flyer and put myself in the thread. [Leslie Nielsen]Remember, Lathum, good luck, we're all counting on you.[/Leslie Nielsen]

04-29-2009, 10:46 PM	#62
damnMikeBrown College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Cincinnati, OH	Good luck Lathum! My retirment is counting on you.

04-29-2009, 11:23 PM	#63
Noop Bonafide Seminole Fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Miami	Interesting turn of events... earlier I decided to play the Powerball and quickly I saw the numbers on the news not realizing it was tonight it draws. I know for certain I have the powerball number and two others but I am not certain the rest because it was so quick and I was distracted... __________________ Subby's favorite woman hater.

04-29-2009, 11:30 PM	#64
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	ummm it was tonight?

04-30-2009, 12:07 AM	#68
EagleFan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA	I'll have to pick up a few tickets. Getting tickets for the poker group, a group at work pick them up and here will probably be a larger group from work getting them too. My theory is that I hve even less of a chance to win because I usually have the "what if" plan in my head if I did win. If I won on my own: - My daughters would have a nice fund set up for them for when they turn 18. - SEVERAL friends and family members would be made quite happy. - Scholarship fund setup for the school which I went to (anonymously). - I would start my own business. - The usual travel and enjoy stuff as well (kick ass entertainment room setup in the new house which I would have built).

04-30-2009, 08:13 AM	#70
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I think of a lottery ticket as buying a little fun for the day (or a couple of days), like 1/8th of a movie ticket. It's always a conversation piece- the inevitable "what would you do if you won $X million". It's like buying a fun little bit of hope for $1. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

04-30-2009, 08:46 AM	#72
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	And if you don't win, then try 200 tickets SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

04-30-2009, 09:11 AM	#74
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Like I said, it's like buying a little hope and good feelings. Any more than that and you're probably wasting money. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

04-30-2009, 10:36 AM	#75
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	I would probably quit my current job ('cause I'm sure as hell not working 50 hours a week if I'm a millionaire) and then get some part time job (because the vast majority of my friends are people that I've worked with at one point or another...I'm not good at making friends outside of work). Then I would become the T Boone Pickens of UTEP, donating millions of dollars to the school and getting my name on a few buildings. And then I would help my siblings out with any monetary issues they may have. I would by a nice house for the wife and I (nothing too extravagant, but bigger than our current house) and a Porsche for myself, and the rest goes into savings so we can live off the interest... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

04-30-2009, 10:40 AM	#76
flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	GO LATHUM!!! I think if you take the lump sum you get about half, and then taxes will take another half, so the $220 million jackpot ends up being around $55 million net. You'd probably have to keep working....

04-30-2009, 11:22 AM	#79
Noop Bonafide Seminole Fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Miami	I don't think I would take the lump sum... __________________ Subby's favorite woman hater.

04-30-2009, 11:33 AM	#83
flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	To avoid all this, some lottery winner in Illinois spent the time to set up a trust and then had it collected by a representative of the trust, with the result being that the public never knew the real identity of the winner.

04-30-2009, 02:33 PM	#84
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	got $5 worth of tickets today

04-30-2009, 03:11 PM	#85
Barkeep49 Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Not too far away	I gladly vote Lathum. But frankly I've always been modest enough in my ambition that I would be happy with the 250k 2nd place prize. I would be able to clear off some debt and have more than enough to have a nice down payment. With the 220, I think a year of travel would about do it for me. After that I would need to get back to work. I work at what I do because I like it. I hope that would be enough to keep my motivation.

04-30-2009, 04:52 PM	#86
Bad-example College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: san jose CA	Two dollars invested. Not sharing with you all if I win. However, if I do win I will be offering many of your girlfriends and wives some contract work for the business I will be opening in the San Fernando Valley area.

04-30-2009, 07:56 PM	#87
fantom1979 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sterling Heights, Mi	If I win the Lottery I am going to invest the money. My adviser says that I can just put the money in the stock market. He says that the stock market always goes up, and I can just put my money in there and forget about it.

04-30-2009, 08:07 PM	#88
Noop Bonafide Seminole Fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Miami	Brought 93 tickets minus snacks from the gas station. If I win I want to fight a member from this board for 10,000 dollars UFC style. (I might be joking) __________________ Subby's favorite woman hater.

05-01-2009, 10:08 AM	#97
Lorena Unregistered Join Date: May 2004	Cash value is 143.5 million, per the tickets I just purchased. Let's see, we'd pay off all our debt, buy a couple new cars (nothing extravagant), buy a house (again, nothing extravagant), and buy houses for our family out here in Austin, they either take 'em or leave 'em. Start trust funds for our nieces/nephews and kids so they can have $$ for college, pay off family's debts, and invest the rest. Last edited by Lorena : 05-01-2009 at 10:13 AM.

05-01-2009, 10:14 AM	#98
Lorena Unregistered Join Date: May 2004	dola, and travel for a bit, of course.

05-01-2009, 10:45 AM	#100
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	We have Powerball here. Thanks, Lathum.

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