Powerball winner!

audioluvr
audioluvr Posts: 5,601
edited November 2022 in The Clubhouse
So some lucky bastage in L.A. won nearly 2 billion. Funk! Now I have to go back to work and apologize to my boss!
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There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,446
    997.3 million if you took it all at once. After taxes, about 550 million.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,300
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    997.3 million if you took it all at once. After taxes, about 550 million.

    997.3 million in Texas...no lottery taxes
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  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,117
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    997.3 million if you took it all at once. After taxes, about 550 million.

    I could struggle along on the 550.

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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,300
    audioluvr wrote: »
    So some lucky bastage in L.A. won nearly 2 billion. Funk! Now I have to go back to work and apologize to my boss!

    Your boss...pfft

    I have to apologize to my wife and unpack all my hunting and fishing gear :'(
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  • invalid
    invalid Posts: 1,372
    The lump sum option can be more or less depending on interest rates, even the lottery takes interest rates into consideration.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,300
    In general most cases I would always take the lump sum. For this amount I would have consulted to take the 29yr dispersal due to my age. This amount could fortify 2-3 generations of my entire family not just immediate.

    Home down payments, education, family emergency
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  • invalid
    invalid Posts: 1,372
    When you take the annuity payments, it starts out at a lower amount and then increases with each payment.
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  • la2vegas
    la2vegas Posts: 674
    The winning ticket was sold 7 miles away from my home. I was so close.
    Of course I might have had a better chance of winning if only I had bought a ticket. :D
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,300
    la2vegas wrote: »
    The winning ticket was sold 7 miles away from my home. I was so close.
    Of course I might have had a better chance of winning if only I had bought a ticket. :D

    You can always put up a tent in front of their home to live in
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,601
    If I'd have won I'd have been dead in a couple weeks from all the hookers and blow. My daughter would get the rest.
    Gustard X26 Pro DAC
    Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
    Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,300
    audioluvr wrote: »
    If I'd have won I'd have been dead in a couple weeks from all the hookers and blow. My daughter would get the rest.

    Honesty is the best policy...

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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,601
    la2vegas wrote: »
    The winning ticket was sold 7 miles away from my home. I was so close.
    Of course I might have had a better chance of winning if only I had bought a ticket. :D

    Dumb a$$! Or wait. You're just saying that as a diversion aren't you. Pal! Buddy!
    Gustard X26 Pro DAC
    Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
    Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
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  • la2vegas
    la2vegas Posts: 674
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    la2vegas wrote: »
    The winning ticket was sold 7 miles away from my home. I was so close.
    Of course I might have had a better chance of winning if only I had bought a ticket. :D

    You can always put up a tent in front of their home to live in

    Although home prices in Altadena hover above 1 mill, I doubt that the winners will remain in this riff raff part of town. :o
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,556
    Shoot!! How am I going to buy North Korea now?
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  • la2vegas
    la2vegas Posts: 674
    It was sold at a Mobil gas station...God knows I cheap out and go to the Arco across the street.

    Darn 7 cents less. :(
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited November 2022
    I just want a nice little, actually little, 2 bedroom apartment (edit: meant house) with garage and a new uncrashed car. Then lots of toys.

    I would have legitimately bought every long standing member on this board a pair of speakers or piece of equipment.
    Post edited by Nightfall on
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited November 2022
    Definitely would be a TLX Type S, fancy but not look at me I have money fancy
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    And there's a couple people that would never work again for the rest of their life.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,566
    I tried to win but failed, we won $4 though so I almost broke even.

    I was dreaming of a life well lived had I won. Oh well.
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  • la2vegas
    la2vegas Posts: 674
    Nightfall wrote: »
    And there's a couple people that would never work again for the rest of their life.

    Back to work on Monday. :D
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