Powerball Jackpot - Did you buy a ticket.. and what would you do with the money?

[MNvegasgal]

DH is in a group at work - I bought 10 tickets today. If I won.. I have 7 brothers and sisters and I would pay off all their houses.. if they don't have a home, I would purchase a home for them as well as set up month maintenance accounts for insurance and utilities. Nieces and Nephews would get any college loans paid off, as well as sum towards a house downpayment - Great nieces and nephews would all get college funds set up. Retire- DUH, DH and I would purchase a home in the Florida Keys.. maybe our own island, preferably with an airstrip so we could fly people in and out to visit.. (and be able to fly to Vegas).

Donate a LARGE sum to my favorite local Rescue group - and the National Kidney foundation.

It is all so surreal.. but if it is really a billion dollars.. how could you ever spend that much money.

I can't think of anything crazy I would really do....

[dvandentop]

Bought 10 tickets I programmed net jets hot line into my phone on speed dial for Vegas flight.

[treyster]

Bought 10 tickets I programmed net jets hot line into my phone on speed dial for Vegas flight.

Think bigger. You could buy Net Jets

[MNvegasgal]

Bought 10 tickets I programmed net jets hot line into my phone on speed dial for Vegas flight.

That is funny.. I was just googling "cost of private jets".. If I win we will stop in SD and pick you and Amy up!

[treyster]

Winning that kind of money creates huge problems.

[zeus]

I have not bought any. Thought about it last night when at the store, but didn't do it.

CeCe, could you swing by Charlotte on your way to SD? If that is too much I would settle for two tickets to Vegas. 1st Class, of course.

[MNvegasgal]

I have not bought any. Thought about it last night when at the store, but didn't do it.

CeCe, could you swing by Charlotte on your way to SD? If that is too much I would settle for two tickets to Vegas. 1st Class, of course.

I will do that for you and Allen - that is a sure way to finally meet! We could be high rollers and max bet pennies at Aria playing Choy Sun Do.. Who knows maybe we would be bigshots and MAX bet nickles with that kind of cash :).

[dvandentop]

That is funny.. I was just googling "cost of private jets".. If I win we will stop in SD and pick you and Amy up!
Hell yeah haha

[Nhcris]

We decided we would go to 7-Eleven and buy burner phones and throw ours away. Then we would fly first class to Hawaii and stay at the 4 Seasons until we decide how to spend the money.

[slotbender]

First thing I would do is relocate with no forwarding address. 2nd, take care of family (nieces & nephews included) so they have no worries about money in their lifetime. 3rd, invite all you Jokers to Las Vegas for one hell of a party in a casinos convention room w/catered gourmet food & open bar - top shelf liquor (with all transportation/lodging fees reimbursed and/or paid for along with a starting cash BR for everyone).

[Mimi]

It's almost surreal to think about that much money! I'm with @nhchris, burner phones, but I would be on a yacht somewhere.

DH and I talked and first thing would be no high school athlete in our area would ever have to pay to play! A foundation that would anonymously make peoples lives better.

[dvandentop]

1 hr 7 minutes till lehr jet needs to land in sioux falls!

[dvandentop]

First thing I would do is relocate with no forwarding address. 2nd, take care of family (nieces & nephews included) so they have no worries about money in their lifetime. 3rd, invite all you Jokers to Las Vegas for one hell of a party in a casinos convention room w/catered gourmet food & open bar - top shelf liquor (with all transportation/lodging fees reimbursed and/or paid for along with a starting cash BR for everyone).
My kinda idea also! Can you imagine how crazy that would be. Give everyone 10k br see who can make it into the biggest pile of cash over 24 hrs.

[slotjunkie]

DH and I were playing the "what if" game last night just for fun. If we won, first thing would be hiring a first class financial attorney (I used to work for one, so guess who would get my business)?, set up a LLC and have them collect the winnings - why make it easy for someone to stalk and harass you for money?, a financial planner from a large money market firm, a CPA that deals in nothing but large estates and portfolios so the government doesn't get more than they are allowed, and last but not least a forensic accountant to make sure everybody stays honest. With that much money, the temptation is way too great. Our kids would have trust accounts with quarterly withdrawals set up; we don't want them to ever get the idea that they don't have to pull their own weight - no "affluenza" with this family. Next up, a list of relatives and friends and a set amount (@1 mil. each) set up into trust accounts for them with a suggestion for them to get their own financial planner. Anyone coming out of the woodwork for a handout would have to go through the attorney and financial planner for approval. Definitely get a burner phone, move until it calms down and then have some fun. We have our own pet charities that we support, but we would like to take a cross country road trip and help where there is a need. Small town hospital needs a NICU; done. Homeless vets need housing and essentials; done, rural SPCA's need food, bedding, and supplies; done. There is no way on earth that we could go through that much money before we are dust, so why not put it to good use for others who really need it? That being said, yes, I would have my "secret stash" and hit some casinos on our road trip !!!

[MNvegasgal]

DH and I were playing the "what if" game last night just for fun. If we won, first thing would be hiring a first class financial attorney (I used to work for one, so guess who would get my business)?, set up a LLC and have them collect the winnings - why make it easy for someone to stalk and harass you for money?, a financial planner from a large money market firm, a CPA that deals in nothing but large estates and portfolios so the government doesn't get more than they are allowed, and last but not least a forensic accountant to make sure everybody stays honest. With that much money, the temptation is way too great. Our kids would have trust accounts with quarterly withdrawals set up; we don't want them to ever get the idea that they don't have to pull their own weight - no "affluenza" with this family. Next up, a list of relatives and friends and a set amount (@1 mil. each) set up into trust accounts for them with a suggestion for them to get their own financial planner. Anyone coming out of the woodwork for a handout would have to go through the attorney and financial planner for approval. Definitely get a burner phone, move until it calms down and then have some fun. We have our own pet charities that we support, but we would like to take a cross country road trip and help where there is a need. Small town hospital needs a NICU; done. Homeless vets need housing and essentials; done, rural SPCA's need food, bedding, and supplies; done. There is no way on earth that we could go through that much money before we are dust, so why not put it to good use for others who really need it? That being said, yes, I would have my "secret stash" and hit some casinos on our road trip !!!

You really put some thought into this! Kudos to you plan.. If you win.. And you head through Minnesota.. I would love to be an extra set of hands to do the work on your good deeds, willing to volunteer for any jobs :)


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[darrellk]

LMAO We bought 5 tickets for the group at work. One of my coworkers said to our boss with that kind of money we could buy out our owner. We looked at each other and have a good laugh cause you wouldn't have to work anymore. I said I would have my toes in the sand with a drink in my hand.
Alas the best we could do is 2 numbers on one of our tickets.


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[foamy]

Well s*** looks like I'm going to work Monday

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[slotbender]

Well s*** looks like I'm going to work Monday

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The best that I got was the Powerball # with 1 line # foamy. Not much to crow about. No more work for me though - been retired for 3 years now. Maybe no one hit and we could get another shot at it? (we won't know until morning).

[slotbender]

foamy , recheck your #'s. The Pa. lottery site didn't post tonight's #'s until later (after our forum postings). You might not have to work on Monday after all? hhh

[treyster]

I bought one ticket. I hit one and the powerball, odds of that are 92:1. I won $4. Now you know why I don't play this rotten game....payouts suck

[bosshoggmd777]

Just heard nobody hit it. Over a billion tickets sold but only 75% of the combos were covered. Unreal $1.3 billion next time..

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[slotbender]

Yay! I get another shot at it!

[MNvegasgal]

I couldn't figure out how to spend 590 million, how the hell am I going to figure out how to spend 1.3 Billion. I guess this is just the way for the Lottery Gods to get me better prepared by allowing me a little more time to get my ducks in a row. ;0. I did win $4.00.. so i live to fight another day.

[owls]

Won $4.00, but will play again.

[goldengreeke]

I doubled my money! Bought one ticket for two bucks and got #13 on the power ball and won $4. :)

[zeus]

I doubled my money! Bought one ticket for two bucks and got #13 on the power ball and won $4. :)
If only we could all do that on the slots. [emoji106]

[dvandentop]

Just insane I wonder what the number of possible combo is

[TwoArmedBandito]

I doubled my money! Bought one ticket for two bucks and got #13 on the power ball and won $4. :)
You're living right.

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[charlie50]

Well s*** looks like I'm going to work Monday

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Dont feel like the Lone Ranger .

[sondor]

Just insane I wonder what the number of possible combo is


175,223,510 is the number I found....

[slotjunkie]

You really put some thought into this! Kudos to you plan.. If you win.. And you head through Minnesota.. I would love to be an extra set of hands to do the work on your good deeds, willing to volunteer for any jobs :)

Sent from my iPad using Tapatalkyup, we would be going through MN; my folks live in Woodlake - beautiful area, but the humidity in the summer just kills me !!

[slotjunkie]

I couldn't figure out how to spend 590 million, how the hell am I going to figure out how to spend 1.3 Billion. I guess this is just the way for the Lottery Gods to get me better prepared by allowing me a little more time to get my ducks in a row. ;0. I did win $4.00.. so i live to fight another day. yup, I won $7 out of 10 tickets; time to go buy a couple more with my winnings !!!

[charlie50]

Yup we got some ... but of course we didnt hit chit ....HUmmm ....but if we won .......wow that such an insane amount of $$$ even if ya had to split with some one it would still be a ton...I would think it would be difficult to go from not having much to having a bunch of $$$ but if i could find a way to hide it in the system so that not every tom dick and harry would come gunning for ya cuz they wouldn't know who to look for .I dont know.. i dont think i would change my life a lot . i mean of course we get a new house some where quiet and some cars (nothing to fancy no lambos or anything Ha) I would probably have to have a garage full of my toys some where safe . travel a lot go to all of the casinos/places we never visited . But i dont think we would travel out side to u s a whole lot the world has turned in to such a crap hole . just wouldn't feel safe depending on the place .

[charlie50]

yup, I won $7 out of 10 tickets; time to go buy a couple more with my winnings !!!
Lucky you LOL ..between us and Donna's work we had 20 chances and only hit 1 number on 5 tics ...HHH no wonder this thing is up near 1 billion the odds must be just astronomical .

[dwwright12]

Bought a ticket with two numbers + the multiplier. 13 was the powerball number on both (quick picks) Won $24!!

[owls]

Had one PB 13...$4.00 win...have my ticket for Weds 1.3 Billion

[dodger3131]

I bought some tickets with a group. Going to try again for next drawing :)

[hytail]

Pressing my $4 win. Letting it ride.

If win, going underground for a few months and hiring legal and accounting folks to sort out how to claim advantageously. Then arrange security. I do like the earlier idea of referring requests to the pro's to evaluate/recommend - I imagine a lot parasites will come out if they know who and where you are. A good over the top Joker party sounds like a fantastic idea.

Best of luck!!


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[slotmonkey]

$250 million jackpot in California.