$1.35 Billion

[Arizona_928]

NYT's stated after taxes it's 200mil lump and total of 580ish after taxes...


Dream on. Is all I say.

[stevej37]

^^^ RF
I think they save their comments to a file...and re-use them for every lotto post...
It's almost like a Baptist Church.

[sc_rufctr]

When the Math-impaired won't accept reality. Madness on full display.

[stevej37]

[jyl]

Originally Posted by LWJ

I buy about one ticket every twoish years. When the pot is enormous.

And, I have a plan:

I talk with my family and we all have a "lottery wish item." My son was a Lake Placid Blue 1963 Stratocaster. My daughter was a dog that wears a sweater. My wife was an Italian home. Mine was a nice sailboat. This dreaming, is worth the $2 easily.

And, on the VERY remote chance of a big win, I will do the following:

Set up 1/2 in a charitable trust that I control. I will spend the rest of my life giving this out.

Spend the other 1/2 - after I have gifted a few important people in my life meaningful amounts.

First step is to hire a legal team, PR team, accounting team and possibly move and change my name.

So yes, I am pretty damn cheap. Look at all the mileage I get from $2.

What car(s) would you get?

[stevej37]

I play the Michigan Lottery On-Line Games every morning.
They have about a hundred different choices of instant games available.

I usually bet $5-$7 dollars on each game. If I win anything over my bet...I quit playing.
If I don't win anything..I quit playing.

It's a fun option for a mornings routine.

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by ramonesfreak

ther e has never been a time in my life since jr high when i couldn’t afford to spend $2. never. i will happily be buying 3 tickets for friday. i don’t understand the usual anti-lotto ticket buying attitude that gets posted every time a lotto thread is started. i know a woman that wine $1million twice playing NY lotto. it happens. 2 bucks is very small price to pay for the chance to win.

It's not the $2 for me....it's the horror if I won.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by ramonesfreak

........i don’t understand the usual anti-lotto ticket buying attitude that gets posted every time a lotto thread is started. i know a woman that wine (won) $1million twice playing NY lotto. it happens.

Sheena Rose Friedmann. I know her.

What you don't know is.............

Sheena is a punk rocker

Edit: Well, New York City really has it all.

[stevej37]

"Michigan has been particularly lucky with Mega Millions jackpots on Friday the 13th, winning four of them (June 2008, May 2011, June 2014 and October 2017). That 2017 jackpot was shared with a winner in Rhode Island. Other jackpots on Friday the 13th have been won in New York (March 2009) and Ohio (November 2015). None of them, however, came close in size to the estimated $1.35 billion up for grabs later this week."


I'm good..Friday the 13th is an omen.

[Sooner or later]

I bought one ticket, two actually, one for me and one for my bartender buddy, Madison.

[stevej37]

One thing is certain...if you don't play, you will never win.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by LWJ

I buy about one ticket every twoish years. When the pot is enormous.

And, I have a plan:

I talk with my family and we all have a "lottery wish item." My son was a Lake Placid Blue 1963 Stratocaster. My daughter was a dog that wears a sweater. My wife was an Italian home. Mine was a nice sailboat. This dreaming, is worth the $2 easily.

And, on the VERY remote chance of a big win, I will do the following:

Set up 1/2 in a charitable trust that I control. I will spend the rest of my life giving this out.

Spend the other 1/2 - after I have gifted a few important people in my life meaningful amounts.

First step is to hire a legal team, PR team, accounting team and possibly move and change my name.

So yes, I am pretty damn cheap. Look at all the mileage I get from $2.

Been saying that for years, I'm not buying the tickets, I am buying the "What if" fantasy, like spending $20 for a movie, you do that to escape. Kinda like when you were a kid, going to the Saturday matinee, and finding a star on the bottom of your cup.
Those of a certain age know exactly what I am talking about.

[ramonesfreak]

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

Sheena Rose Friedmann. I know her.

What you don't know is.............

Sheena is a punk rocker

Edit: Well, New York City really has it all.

Oh yea, oh yea.

[jamesnmlaw]

A trip to outer space. Maybe drop something.

[The Synergizer]

You could make a play for MacKenzie Scott too. Your odds might be better in a country of 300,000,000

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebrity/billionaire-philanthropist-mackenzie-scott-is-officially-divorced-from-her-second-husband/ar-AA12mIUS?cvid=c9e274b1115b4dbf89b18261b115bf96

[URY914]

Here's a question for the group:

IF I win and we can claim the prize as a couple (husband/wife) and take the installment method of payment over say 20 years but are killed in a plane crash in 8 years do the payments stop or do they continue to our children?

Asking for a friend....

I guessing this is one of those, "It depends" answers.

[Sooner or later]

Your chosen lottery beneficiary or to your estate.

[URY914]

Originally Posted by Sooner or later

Your chosen lottery beneficiary or to your estate.

Good news, now I just need to win. Thx

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

It is just a tax on the math impaired.

Another cut-and-paste platitude.
Gambling is voluntary. Taxes aren't. Big difference.

Bob, you have great taste in yard art! Maybe you could make an action sculpture depicting that thing chasing the Christmas squirrel.

[stevej37]

Anyone looking to spend a couple bucks (or more).....there's only a few more hours to buy for this drawing.
Buying online is the easiest way.