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Just gotta hide out until the next giant winner takes the heat off.
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Germstore posted:Just gotta hide out until the next giant wiener beats the meat off.
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Retail Slave posted:This right here. I'm fairly sure that the lotto obligates the winners to give some sort of promotion for the win. Showing that Joe lunchbox can win inspires other schlubs to try. Though there was a couple in Canada that won part of the largest jackpot (at the time) and the lotto only released the names, the couple didn't take pictures and they lawyered up and vanished.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 15:50 |
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Indolent Bastard posted:I'm fairly sure that the lotto obligates the winners to give some sort of promotion for the win. Does it? I'm almost positive there have been previous winners who have chosen to remain anonymous.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 15:52 |
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Retail Slave posted:Does it? I'm almost positive there have been previous winners who have chosen to remain anonymous. There are a handful of states that will allow you to claim the prize anonymously but the rest of them are going to try to use you for promotional purposes.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 15:56 |
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Zyklon B Zombie posted:I'm pretty sure winning this amount of money publicly would figuratively turn your life into a blasted hellscape and destroy you in every aspect of your life. I'd like the chance to disprove your theory but I'm pretty sure you're correct. Every person you've ever known will come to you for money or wanting you to invest in their business idea. Your friends will hate you if you DON'T give them a few million each and there are plenty of people who will just want to rob/kidnap you. Add to that all the people who make their living suing rich people for no reason other than to settle out of court for some amount and the fact that a middle class schlub honestly has no idea how to manage that kind of money. I'M UP FOR THE CHALLENGE.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 15:58 |
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Retail Slave posted:This right here. From what I understand depending on the state, you may have to go stand out there with the big cardboard novelty check, although there are a handful of states where people can collect their winnings anonymously. If I win the big jackpot, I will use my money to lobby that all future Powerball jackpot winners can collect their money without a press conference.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 15:59 |
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Ok this is getting out of hand. When someone finally wins this we're going to see a spike in suicides. Our slave society only works if becoming this rich is impossible for the lower classes.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 16:03 |
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800M ceases to be "hire a good money manager" territory. It's "literally hire the best money manager on this gay rear end planet" money.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 16:16 |
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Germstore posted:800M ceases to be "hire a good money manager" territory. It's "literally hire the best money manager on this gay rear end planet" money. My cousin Darnell went to college. I'm gonna hire him. EDIT: srsly tho I'm gonna get ahot real estate agent and make her s my d to complete the sale of the giant house im buying anyway
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 16:42 |
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Germstore posted:800M ceases to be "hire a good money manager" territory. It's "literally hire the best money manager on this gay rear end planet" money. Doesn't take a genius to do it yourself. Just max out the 401k and invest in some property, doesn't seem hard to me.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 16:43 |
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Tots posted:Doesn't take a genius to do it yourself. Just max out the 401k and invest in some property, doesn't seem hard to me. LOL it's $18,000 you loving goober. You're the kind of bumpkin that goes broke in 5 years.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 16:44 |
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Tots posted:Doesn't take a genius to do it yourself. Just max out the 401k and invest in some property, doesn't seem hard to me. Setting up a trust for yourself seems like a pro move. That way if you get your rear end sued off you can only lose so much.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 16:44 |
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praxis posted:I'd like the chance to disprove your theory but I'm pretty sure you're correct. Every person you've ever known will come to you for money or wanting you to invest in their business idea. Your friends will hate you if you DON'T give them a few million each and there are plenty of people who will just want to rob/kidnap you. Add to that all the people who make their living suing rich people for no reason other than to settle out of court for some amount and the fact that a middle class schlub honestly has no idea how to manage that kind of money. Pro tip, just do what people who have money do, move into a gated AF community and let the police keep the poors away from you, get an estate lawyer, buy a small business that runs in the black, give your friends and family job preference. People with money don't just walk outside their gated community into roving bands of mad max like bandits, also you have money, just hire a good loving lawyers, lol if you think having money is some kind of ridiculous burden, although im sure there are upper middle class educated people who think they can pick stocks so maybe you will graduate from losing money on the lotto to losing lots of money on hilariously bad bets you think are "investments". Like do people really think suddenly not having to worry about making money for the rest of your life is so goddamned hard?? Fake Edit: These are probably the people who think its better to make 15k a year rather that 150k a year because you lose so much money moving up those tax brackets, goddamned you people are loving dumb. Fake Edit 2: Literally pants on head dumb, maybe thats why they play the lotto though. Turtle Sandbox fucked around with this message at 17:08 on Jan 10, 2016 |
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Turtle Sandbox posted:Pro tip, just do what people who have money do, move into a gated AF community and let the police keep the poors away from you, get an estate lawyer, buy a small business that runs in the black, give your friends and family job preference. you sound mad
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 17:11 |
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EngineerSean posted:you sound mad Im always mad, but its literally baffling to me how people who have no money think having money will make life suck even more.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 17:13 |
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Turtle Sandbox posted:Im always mad, but its literally baffling to me how people who have no money think having money will make life suck even more. I hope they're thinking more "turn my life upside-down" rather than "make me more miserable than I am right now." You'd face a different set of concerns and hassles, but hassles much more preferable to "How am I gonna pay the power bill AND put food on the table."
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 17:20 |
haha! nobody won the jackpot!! fuckers!!!!!
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 17:23 |
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think of all the the handwritten "1" signs taped to a lot of three-digit displays now, this powerball is a job creator
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 17:24 |
*a butt slowly enters from stage left. a muffled rumble emits from it and then a ball shoots out!!! it has a number on it* ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 17:29 |
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Turtle Sandbox posted:Im always mad, but its literally baffling to me how people who have no money think having money will make life suck even more. It's obligates a high-stakes transition from the known to the unknown for you and everyone connected to you. Don't get me wrong, I'm buying a ticket but if I won then my first thought would , "I am so completely hosed."
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 18:12 |
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Accretionist posted:It's obligates a high-stakes transition from the known to the unknown for you and everyone connected to you. If your first, very first loving thought, after having won 1.3 billion dollars is "I am so completely hosed", you have brain issues. 3rd thought, ok. But if your first reaction isn't gibbering squealing celebration, there is no hope for you.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 18:16 |
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Accretionist posted:It's obligates a high-stakes transition from the known to the unknown for you and everyone connected to you. "I am fine" (Has no money, no retirement savings, fears expensive medical conditions that would ruin you) "I am completely hosed" (Is a multi millionaire) Literally just live like you do now, but without the need to do work you don't enjoy and with a newfound freedom to go anywhere and do anything you wish. Having no money means your future is unknown, once you have money you know you will be fine until you die.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 18:17 |
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VendaGoat posted:If your first, very first loving thought, after having won 1.3 billion dollars is "I am so completely hosed", you have brain issues. Oh, underlying the sense of impending doom would be a great deal of zest and moxie, I assure you. Edit: Turtle Sandbox posted:Literally just live like you do now This is how you get Whittaker-ed. Don't be like Jack Whittaker: quote:Jack Whittaker, a Johnny Cash attired, West Virginia native, is the poster boy for the dangers of a lump sum award. In 2002 Mr. Whittaker (55 years old at the time) won what was, also at the time, the largest single award jackpot in U.S. history. $315 million. At the time, he planned to live as if nothing had changed, or so he said. He was remarkably modest and decent before the jackpot, and his ship sure came in, right? Wrong. Accretionist fucked around with this message at 18:21 on Jan 10, 2016 |
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Accretionist posted:Oh, underlying the sense of impending doom would be a great deal of zest and moxie, I assure you. Jack Whittaker posted:Because I can
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 18:25 |
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How many people in this thread actually believe there is even the slightest possibility of winning big on these racket? It seriously takes very little brain power and knowledge to understand how truly wasteful it is to gamble with such odds. What is even harder to believe is people who see a pattern to scratchers and don't realize that the winners are completely calculated. The real pattern is that you buy tickets and win half your money back, so you buy more until you've spent all your winning money on losing tickets.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 18:25 |
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Accretionist posted:Oh, underlying the sense of impending doom would be a great deal of zest and moxie, I assure you. Its almost like people who play the lottery don't understand the value of money, like its really a tax on the poor and the dumb. I know what I would do if I won the powerball, but im also not going to waste even 2 dollars on a ticket, the miniscule amount of calories it could buy me would be a better option. czarmonger posted:How many people in this thread actually believe there is even the slightest possibility of winning big on these racket? People who buy scratch tickets don't understand the sunk cost fallacy, color me surprised. Turtle Sandbox fucked around with this message at 18:30 on Jan 10, 2016 |
# ? Jan 10, 2016 18:26 |
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eh if you buy one ticket knowing it's a waste, that's not too different than spending a couple of bucks on gum or something, doesn't really matter in the long run. it's just about the idle fantasies you can entertain before some other numbers are drawn anyways
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 18:29 |
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czarmonger posted:How many people in this thread actually believe there is even the slightest possibility of winning big on these racket? What a hot take. I don't think anyone in this thread knows what 1:300,000,000 means. e: scratch offs are gently caress, and anyone who buys them is an idiot, but $2 for an idle fantasy is- I mean hell a coke zero is roughly the same price.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 18:29 |
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VendaGoat posted:loving Lol. quote:Whittaker already had a net worth of over US$17 million before his Powerball windfall. Dude was already rich, he should've known better. He was just a crazy moron.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 18:30 |
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czarmonger posted:How many people in this thread actually believe there is even the slightest possibility of winning big on these racket? Incorrect, you're likely to win back less than 10%. And it's basically a way of donating both to the state budget and to someone who gets to live for real what the ticket lets you daydream about with unreasonable seriousness for a few hours. It's entertaining!
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 18:30 |
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boom boom boom posted:Dude was already rich, he should've known better. He was just a crazy moron. Holy lol.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 18:31 |
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Accretionist posted:Incorrect, you're likely to win back less than 10%. And that's honestly all Gambling is. If you even, for a moment, attempt to rationalize any casino game, any lottery as anything else beyond entertainment, for a very short time, you're falling into a trap. These games are designed, by their very nature, to take a portion of your money. The longer you play, the less money you will have. "But VendaGoat, what about the people whom win?" I'm glad you asked that dear forums Hive Mind. Small sample size.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 18:34 |
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Accretionist posted:Oh, underlying the sense of impending doom would be a great deal of zest and moxie, I assure you. Surprise. If you live in a backwards shittown people are going to act like backwards shitlords. He should have moved to a real city where no one would have cared.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 18:39 |
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VendaGoat posted:Small sample size. And where do you think the $1.3b came from? Edit: Necc0 posted:Surprise. If you live in a backwards shittown people are going to act like backwards shitlords. He should have moved to a real city where no one would have cared. Yeah, if I won, I'd've moved to Manhattan where you can be rich as balls and the only thing that matters is you don't stop in the middle of hte loving sidewalk
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 18:39 |
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czarmonger posted:How many people in this thread actually believe there is even the slightest possibility of winning big on these racket? I hope a lot of people share a view similar to mine. Of course it would be great to win but you're really just spending $2 for the ability to imagine what you would do with that much money. It's an entertainment expense (with an infinitesimal chance at return) not an investment strategy. Edit: Yeah, what Accretionist said.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 18:44 |
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I actually believe deep in my heart that I am going to win and use the money to make sure Trump takes the White House
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 18:46 |
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Also, at least in my state, 50% of the money goes to education and they can probably use it.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 18:49 |
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Necc0 posted:Also, at least in my state, 50% of the money goes to education and they can probably use it. check this out bud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PK-netuhHA
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 18:50 |
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praxis posted:I hope a lot of people share a view similar to mine. Of course it would be great to win but you're really just spending $2 for the ability to imagine what you would do with that much money. It's an entertainment expense (with an infinitesimal chance at return) not an investment strategy. I just imagined what I would do with the money and I still have 2 dollars to do with what I please, checkmate atheists.
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