PowerBall ticket purchase proxy
 

Anyone in Az. or Wa. willing to pick up a PowerBall ticket for me? I'll PayPal $10.00 plus change to cover the pp fees and you can scan and forward the ticket to me.
I'll sweeten the pot by sharing 10% of any winnings.
Anyone??
Thanks SmileWavy

How about if I find out tonight if it's a winner before forwarding it to you ?

Be careful doing things like this, I am not sure if a scanned copy and paypal receipt would stand up in court if your ticket won, and whoever bought it for you decided to keep.

Thats true but I know three people in Az. or Wa. who are honest enough to justify the $10.00 risk.

The way to keep them honest is to have it mailed and postmarked to you today. Sorry, but I'm probably not going out again today. Got mine yesterday at the grocery store.

Why AZ or WA? They sell them here in MO and many other states. I'll pick you up one this afternoon. Any special numbers?

It takes $500 million to bring you out of hiding? :)

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My wife called me to talk about someone on The Today Show who won the lottery and it destroyed their life. She then told me to pick up $10 worth of powerball on the way home.:rolleyes:

We all have our price!!:)

I think I'm gonna light a couple $1 bills on fire tonight. Unlike the lottery tickets I'll get something useful out of it - some temporary heat, light and entertainment.

If you processed one lottery number per second it would take you almost six years (no eating, sleeping, bathroom breaks, etc.) to find a winner. Good luck but no thanks for me.

Anyone who watches the Today Show is not far behind those broke lotto winners. ;) Money doesn't build character, it reveals it. I would never let anyone, other than lawyer and accountant, know if I won and that would prevent most of the problems that come along with it.

I don't even know about those two heathen types, (although I am with you on not telling anyone but some states require you publicize it I think) . I'll bury the damn pile in my back yard and see if anyone can get past Maxx ;)

Since this one is a large multistate pot, I'm sure the winner will have to give a press conference or make some kind of public appearance. I'd appear with a lawyer, not say a word, well, maybe a "thank you," and then leave. I'd change my phone number and go stay in a hotel until things calmed down. My biggest worry would be family members finding out. I wouldn't even speak to friends or strangers about it, but dealing with all the relatives' outstreteched hands would be a problem, no matter how I did it.

Normally she doesn't stoop so low.:cool:

As much as I admire your idealistic notions, I wonder if it is realistic. History says that it is not. While I like to think that I would be able to keep it a secret, in my opinion nothing short of cutting ties and moving away from your current location would allow you to do so. Nobody would notice that you quit your job? Bought new car(s) significantly nicer than your could previously afford? Bought a new house? Started traveling more? Even if you saved the vast majority and lived within your means, living within your means after winning over $500M is a pretty big change from the life most of us live.

So when your friends and family start coming out of the woodwork because they know you have money from "somewhere", how do you respond? Give them all money and eventually go broke? Tell them no and be hated? I've seen relatively small sums of money tear families apart on several occasions. This much money would be like a nuke going off in your life.

Well, they might figure I have a lot more money than I used to, but I'm under no obligation to explain it to them. My personal finances are no one's business at all. My parents don't even know how much I earn now, but they think I'm well off. The closest family I have live a three hr. drive from here, the next one a two hr. flight and my folks a four hr. flight. It's not like they'd be dropping in unannounced and I am not the type to go out an immediately buy a bunch of toys anyway. I'd live on a strict allowance of interest and dividend income, which wouldn't even start paying for several months. I don't need money immediately and am in no rush at all. I wouldn't claim the prize for several weeks or even months after winning. I'd get my ducks in a row first and plan meticulously. Anything I gave to family would be anonymously through a third party and probably with a non-disclosure agreement. I feel no obligation at all to tell anyone anything or to show off.

I like your perspective, but I don't believe it.:D

Boy you have this all planned out and quite well I might add. Something to think about. Not that I'll need to :(

Why? I have most of the toys I ever wanted already, like my job, already work from home in my underwear, ride my motorcycle on business trips and take a few int'l. vacations each year. What about winning the lotto would change my wants and needs overnight? I don't think anything. One character flaw I don't share with most other Americans is a burning desire to be loved, liked or thanked. I knew the value of anonymity long ago and will always cherish it.

i wouldnt even come forth to claim the ticket without hiring a lawyer first. a great lawyer. i want all the mechanisms and loopholes in place before the tax man puts me in his crosshairs.

and..do you think we will ever be able to buy lotto tixs online?

For starters, I don't think you could keep it a secret no matter how hard you tried. I also don't think that most people, when given a significant amount of money, wouldn't make some significant changes or purchases. You like your job so much that you'd continue to work even when the pay constitutes pocket change? Have all the toys you want? Live in the house you want? It's really easy for us to say that now, but in the moment I suspect that your humanity would get the best of you.

My honest assessment of what I'd do? I'd buy a place with some land outside of town, build a nice shop, and start a company buying/restoring/reselling classic and interesting cars. And I'd invest the hell of it into conservative funds and live off of the dividends.

I'd probably do this too. And I would quit my job once I had my replacement hired and up to speed. I don't owe anyone an explanation as to where I'm going or why I'm quitting. I get along great with my boss and would just tell him I'm taking a break from the grind for a while, but am always happy to chat or consult. He lives on the east coast, so we're not gonna bump into each other.

Sure, I'd buy another house. But I would really take my time in doing so and would not shy away from spending money to keep my anonymity and privacy intact. I'd also be setting up a place in Europe and China..... as my monthly allowance allowed. The only personal correspondance I have gotten in the mail in many years are b-day and Xmas cards and letters from an elderly German lady. So I wouldn't even look at my mail. I'd just change all bills to a PO box or have my accountant pay them. No fan mail, no pleas for help, no marriage offers, nothing. I'd never even see the piles that get shredded.

I've seen plenty of shows on lotto winners who totally screwed themselves by flaunting their new wealth. Friends sticking their mortgage statements under their windshields, strangers needing operations, etc. All of it would be non-existant for me, as no one would know me or where to find me. As it is, only friends and family know how to find me now.

And I'd be totally ok with the anonymity. I could care less what others think of me. Cutting ties and moving would be no issue either, I have no relationships short of my wife and kids that are incredibly close, though I would maintain friendships that were unaffected by money. Biggest issue would be with my wife and her 9 siblings, many of which I'm certain would quickly become leeches. Not "helping" them through life would be a problem for her, she's not very good at saying no. Fortunately I am, after an initial sharing I would have no desire to be the family welfare provider. Which of course would probably lead to she and I fighting, and so it goes.

Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) neither of us will have the opportunity to find out. Though if you stop posting tomorrow I'm going to wonder......

I just bought my tix here in western NY. In a hotel so nothing better to do then to walk across the street for a 6 pack & lottery tickets. So if I win I shouldn't tell my Pelican friends?

My ideology is somewhere between RICK LEE, and ONEWHIPPEDPUPPY in that I really don't care what other people think. This is the whole reason I live on my 10 acre farm 10 miles from town and do whatever I want on my property. I would definitely wait to claim the big prize while I contacted my local lawyer and figured out the tax implications along with setting up annuities for family and friends who I deem worthy (and responsible enough) to accept a nice payout that could change their lives for the better.

My own plans would be to buy 100-500 acres somewhere (undisclosed at this time) in the wilderness overlooking a nice river or lake where I could build my log horse ranch with a heated indoor riding arena, big heated shop for my dabbling in vintage road racing, and all the equipment to have my own hay operation to feed my livestock. My true friends and my parents, and in-laws would have visitation rights in the guest-house, but not just anybody would be allowed down the driveway.

I think it would be neat to set up a charity to help single mothers, and other people who honestly try to get ahead, but just can't catch the break they need to excel. It would have to be an anonymous charity that the recipients didn't actually ask for help (NO PLEA LETTERS), but through a network of churches or trusted friends, we could help them with a reliable vehicle, a clean, safe place to live, and medical help at our discretion.

I think I'll pop "Waking Ned Devine" into the Blue-Ray player tonight. Good luck, guys. SmileWavy

Personally I'd enjoy interviewing the folks. No faces to clutter things, behind a curtain, whatever vs. just giving cash to someone else and letting them decide. I would get more pleasure helping as you said CK than the actual $.

Well unless i could buy some really REALLY super hot shallow chick that likes to bone. Hell I'd interview them face to face though :D

If I'm not online tomorrow it's because I won.

As my wife is from China, she has no siblings. I have a relative who would be a leech, but they'd never learn of my windfall and I wouldn't be heartbroken if they did and then got upset. Biggest issue would be keeping my wife's mouth shut. She'd end up spilling the beans when she agrees to be featured on Hoarders or Buried Alive because a lotto payout would just feed her shopping compulsion, and she'd end up needing a warehouse to store all the stuff she'd buy that she'd then never touch again.

I am just seeing this post now but my thoughts exactly. I know it is getting late but I can pick one up for you. I'm in NJ. SmileWavy

Posting here so there is no question. Kevin's winners:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1354141654.jpg

Hmmm... we could start a Pelican pool - split among all those who post pics of their 5 numbers. Anybody interested?

The state of Georgia (lottery) has just gone live with their site a few days ago, but it has had a few glitches.

I always thought that you could set up a trust to collect the winnings anonymously in the USA. Or is that state by state tax laws? That way no one would know you won except the lawyer who set up the trust. It would be more fun if no one knew you had the bank.

A buddy up here won 34 million a year ago. He's been gone for a year.

I won, I won!!!



No I didn't. :( Didn't even play. :D

Kurt must've been one of the two winners. :)

On Kevin's ticket.:D

Well, there WAS one sold in Missouri...

The math impaired people were THICK at the local gas stations that sell lottery tickets. Fortunately I did not need to go to one of the stores for anything. The parking lots were full and there were lines of people at the stores. I was in traffic on my way to a local grocery store that does NOT sell the tickets. Sitting at the traffic light watching the lines of people at the stores just made me shake my head in amazement.

I see it as a tax on math impaired people. I chose not to participate. Good luck to those that want to donate their money to the dream. I prefer to waste my money on beer :)

some math impaired person in Arizona and another math impaired person in Missouri won 550mil and 5 math impaired people in Louisiana won 2mil each

But several hundred million tickers were sold to a humdred million losers.