MegaMillions $1.6 billion

vraiblonde

Board Mommy
PREMO Member
Patron
You win. Now spend it.

After Uncle Sam gets his cut, let's say you're left with $500 million - still a hefty chunk of change.

I'd get a condo in all the places we love - PCB, Gatlinburg, St. Augustine, Bastrop, Cody, Rapid City, Lincoln. Then I have a place to live when I visit and friends/family can use them too.

I'd figure out what we want to do with the motorhome - stick with Class A, go with a 5th wheel - then get something perfect for us. We enjoy campground living and would still roam.

I'd be a "Secret Santa". Find needy families and help them out. Help out enterprising young people to get their dreams started. Help out seniors who are having a tough time. No publicity because that's not fun. No "charities" because I'm more about direct help and not funding some bigwig's outrageous salary.

I cant think of anything else I want. I'm a cheapskate by nature, so fancy cars and homes and yachts don't appeal to me. I'd probably still shop at Goodwill and be excited by $2 shirts. I just want stuff that facilitates my wandering gypsy and makes other people happy.

What would you do with it?
 

limblips

Well-Known Member
PREMO Member
I would do the same thing the rich democrats and liberals do with their money, keep it while I tell the masses how evil the 1% are.
 

black dog

Free America
I would buy King Ranch...
I also would do great things that no one ever knew I did.
And I would never stop laughing.... ####ing Never...
And Kid Rock and Bocephus would be my new best friend's.
Did I mention I would never stop laughing????
 

Hijinx

Well-Known Member
I would set up trust funds for my kids and grandchildren first off.
Do some traveling, incognito. Take my friends on a cruise.
I have some friends who could use some help,and maybe a new hospital named after my Mom and Dad.

I really have no need for such a vast amount of money and am perfectly happy as I am, I have friends and family and a pretty good life.
I would hate to spoil it with that kind of money.
 

JMM4

Member
First I would pay off all my debt. Then I would buy a new house and buy all my children a house. Then I'd purchase several vacation homes in areas such as Vermont/ New Hampshire and North Carolina. I would help out any other family members that needed financial assistance and donate quite a bit to charities. Anything left would go towards retirement.
 

littlelady

God bless the USA
The lottery thing is a scam. Just another way for gov to make money. You have more chance of being struck by lightening, than winning the lottery. I think about the brave soldiers that were drafted. That was the ultimate lottery with a no win situation. And, save the comments about making this thread political. Thanks. If I bought a ticket and won, I would give it to veterans that tried/try to keep our country free. Especially, the homeless ones. People spend their two bucks to buy a ticket, but it adds up; then the gov takes half. :doh:
 
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22AcaciaAve

Well-Known Member
The lottery thing is a scam. Just another way for gov to make money. You have more chance of being struck by lightening, than winning the lottery. I think about the brave soldiers that were drafted. That was the ultimate lottery with a no win situation. And, save the comments about making this thread political. Thanks. If I bought a ticket and won, I would give it to veterans that tried/try to keep our country free. Especially, the homeless ones. People spend their two bucks to buy a ticket, but it adds up; then the gov takes half. :doh:

Your are right about the scam. Government sponsored lotteries prey on the people who can least afford to play it. Someone will eventually win, and they will be set for life. But how many people who are barely getting by throw money that they cannot afford into it on the hope that it will end their poverty? It's government hypocrisy to talk about putting more taxpayer money into safety nets to help those who are struggling, yet being all to willing to take money from the same people who they wish to provide those safety nets for. Two bucks to play a massive mega-millions game isn't a problem. The people who go to lottery dispensers every day with a sheet of numbers to play for the daily number amounts to nothing more than government stealing their money on the hope that they can hit and collect. Obviously some do hit. I doubt that any of them keep track of what they spend day in and day out on losing tickets. If they did, they would quickly realize that the one big hit failed to offset the numerous losses they suffered at the hands of the state.
 

black dog

Free America
Your are right about the scam. Government sponsored lotteries prey on the people who can least afford to play it. Someone will eventually win, and they will be set for life. But how many people who are barely getting by throw money that they cannot afford into it on the hope that it will end their poverty? It's government hypocrisy to talk about putting more taxpayer money into safety nets to help those who are struggling, yet being all to willing to take money from the same people who they wish to provide those safety nets for. Two bucks to play a massive mega-millions game isn't a problem. The people who go to lottery dispensers every day with a sheet of numbers to play for the daily number amounts to nothing more than government stealing their money on the hope that they can hit and collect. Obviously some do hit. I doubt that any of them keep track of what they spend day in and day out on losing tickets. If they did, they would quickly realize that the one big hit failed to offset the numerous losses they suffered at the hands of the state.

This you speak of are addicted gamblers, they will never admit over the years they loose money.
They will talk about what numbers or scratchoff with the lottery that won or what slot machines hit the most ( lol ) at the local casino. And what they will do when they do hit the big one.
We have a casino in the county I live in, We go maybe once a month because my bestie likes to play poker, and then we go to the seafood buffet. I would bet judging by the pos parked in the parking lot 75% of the patrons have no business being there. From the young ones with nothing burning a paycheck to the geriatrics on oxygen smoking there social security check looking for the big one.
I see the same folks every day burning money they don't have on lottery tickets, some so much if they had invested all that money 25 years ago in a 401 they would have a few hundred + grand in the bank for retirement.
Oh well, that's why they call it gambling..
 

frequentflier

happy to be living
You win. Now spend it.

After Uncle Sam gets his cut, let's say you're left with $500 million - still a hefty chunk of change.

I'd get a condo in all the places we love - PCB, Gatlinburg, St. Augustine, Bastrop, Cody, Rapid City, Lincoln. Then I have a place to live when I visit and friends/family can use them too.

I'd figure out what we want to do with the motorhome - stick with Class A, go with a 5th wheel - then get something perfect for us. We enjoy campground living and would still roam.

I'd be a "Secret Santa". Find needy families and help them out. Help out enterprising young people to get their dreams started. Help out seniors who are having a tough time. No publicity because that's not fun. No "charities" because I'm more about direct help and not funding some bigwig's outrageous salary.

I cant think of anything else I want. I'm a cheapskate by nature, so fancy cars and homes and yachts don't appeal to me. I'd probably still shop at Goodwill and be excited by $2 shirts. I just want stuff that facilitates my wandering gypsy and makes other people happy.

What would you do with it?


Pay off the house. Donate a lot of it to help animals and rescues. I would put some away for "retirement" since I have none. Help some friends that are having a tough time.

Oh and buy my husband a brand new plane to fly us to cool places :lmao:
 

luvmygdaughters

Well-Known Member
The usual stuff, trust funds for kids, grandkids, help my family, donate to charity, fund a dog rescue, etc. After all that, just travel all over the good old USA!
 

Kyle

ULTRA-F###ING-MAGA!
PREMO Member
I'd donate to a few select charities and organizations, setup family members and friends with something financially secure.

Buy a nice chunk of land in Wyoming or Montana, build a log home on the property complete with a gun room and bunker even Burt Gummer would envy.
 

stgislander

Well-Known Member
PREMO Member
Sounds like most of us all have the same ideas. Pay off debt, give to charities, purchase retirement property, travel, etc.
 

PsyOps

Pixelated
Start a foundation for college scholarships for aspiring musicians.
Start a foundation for injured veterans.
Open a recording studio for students to record their music for free.
 

mAlice

professional daydreamer
I'd buy a larger piece of property, build a compound, over stock it with everything I'd need for WTSHTF, build a homeless shelter and help people get back on their feet.
 

SamSpade

Well-Known Member
I know I'd just HAVE TO set aside a bunch of money to just WASTE frivolously, because sooner or later, I'd want to do it, no matter how good my intentions would be.

So I suppose I'd have to rent out a huge mansion or get a crowd to go with me to Vegas and rent out part of a hotel and gamble it away.
That would kill a few million, but it would be fun. I always said one thing I'd do is buy a company that hired someone I didn't like, fire him
and replace him with a chimpanzee. Maybe buy a lot of toys. But sooner or later, just stop.

If I were younger, maybe I would have gone to exotic places around the world, race cars and gamble at Monte Carlo - but - eventually, just stop.
Do things that nag at this gut feeling of mine that makes me fear leaving this world without having made it better.

And that's a challenge for me - do I make it better by making things better for people who won't have anything better - or try to make it
better by say, creating a school that teaches a valuable skill or researching a technology that could save the world? I don't know.
Something in my gut says charity for PERSONS is always preferable to charity for MANKIND.
 

glhs837

Power with Control
Stumbled across this interesting tidbit.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/22/mega-millions-powerball-jackpots-come-with-big-tax-bite.html


The IRS lets you give up to $15,000 to as many individuals as you want each year. Those gifts do not count as charitable contributions or come with any tax benefit to the giver, and they do not generate a tax for the recipient. So if you really wanted to, you could give $15,000 to each of your friends and the IRS wouldn't even need to hear about it.
 
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