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Old 01-08-2016, 10:46 AM   #1
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*Lottery Thread* Powerball/MegaMillions/ect

With all of the buzz about the now $800 million dollar Powerball jackpot, I thought it would be fun to discuss all things lottery.

So, what is your strategy to win the jackpot? More importantly, how would you spend the money if you won??
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    I'd do two chicks at the same time.
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    I'd do two chicks at the same time.
    and I'd bet if you had a million dollars you could pull something like that off.
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    I'd get a bunch of hookers and cocaine.
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    what is your strategy to win the jackpot? More importantly, how would you spend the money if you won??

    Strategy? my strategy is that I hope the numbers on my ticket match the numbers that are drawn

    First thing I do if I win? Hiring a team of lawyers, accountants, and financial planners as well as establishing a LLC or trust of some sorts so I can collect anonymously

    Also, I'm sure someone will say it so I will, "it's a tax on those who can't do math"

    The $2 in my pocket will either go towards junk food or a lotto ticket. It's fun to play the "what if" game, especially since I'm not a lotto junkie. Better than spending it on unhealthy food
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    Old 01-08-2016, 10:58 AM   #6
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    I'd get a bunch of hookers and cocaine.
    I cant believe this wasn't the first response.
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    will call a lawyer first, then potentially a security team
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    bills are paying the jags o-line coach 4 million this year.

    that will be a tough one for the aliens to figure out.
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    I'd do two chicks at the same time.
    I think if you were a millionaire you could hook that up too, because chicks dig dudes with money.
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    Old 01-08-2016, 11:02 AM   #9
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    Lawyer up, charity, pay for my sibling's education, Cubs season tickets, travel during every cubs offseason, beer
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    Old 01-08-2016, 11:04 AM   #10
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    I actually think the first response was pretty on point! $800 million would probably get you high class chicks too. We are talking top shelf gold diggers and hookers!
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    Old 01-08-2016, 11:05 AM   #11
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    Lawyer up, charity, pay for my sibling's education, Cubs season tickets, travel during every cubs offseason, beer


    I Would definitely have season tickets to my favorite teams. I would be at the garden a lot for Rangers games.....or at least until I got tired of all the
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    Old 01-08-2016, 11:08 AM   #12
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    I actually think the first response was pretty on point! $800 million would probably get you high class chicks too. We are talking top shelf gold diggers and hookers!
    I was surprised, and more so kidding, because this was literally brought up on the news yesterday.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvE84AGMWpE
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    Old 01-08-2016, 11:11 AM   #13
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    So, what is your strategy to win the jackpot? More importantly, how would you spend the money if you won??
    The only "strategy" to an online game like Powerball or Megamillions is that you let the computer pick your numbers. If you pick the numbers yourself, you have a good chance of LOWERING your odds of winning.

    For example, let's say you decide to pick 3 "lucky" numbers and then randomly pick the other numbers. The "lucky" numbers are probably something like birthdays, where the only numbers they can be are between 1 and 31. This despite the fact that all numbers will come from a group between 1 and 69. Then after you pick a few of those, you randomly pick the rest and probably go for higher numbers (since you don't have any). Again, you're drawing numbers from only half the pool.

    Letting the computer decide ensures all numbers will be unbiased and chosen from the complete pool of numbers. Want to pick your daughters birthday? Use it for the Powerball number. At least then you'll only be removing 5 numbers from the pot.
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    Lawyer up, charity, pay for my sibling's education, Cubs season tickets, travel during every cubs offseason, beer
    I would do season tickets for nearby teams for the hell of it, but I think my biggest regular expenditure would be going to all sorts of premier games

    oh, lsu and alabama in death valley? might as well bring a friend or two and go on the field
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    that will be a tough one for the aliens to figure out.
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    Old 01-08-2016, 11:17 AM   #15
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    I was surprised, and more so kidding, because this was literally brought up on the news yesterday.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvE84AGMWpE
    Got to love people's response to questions on the news.

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    The only "strategy" to an online game like Powerball or Megamillions is that you let the computer pick your numbers. If you pick the numbers yourself, you have a good chance of LOWERING your odds of winning.

    For example, let's say you decide to pick 3 "lucky" numbers and then randomly pick the other numbers. The "lucky" numbers are probably something like birthdays, where the only numbers they can be are between 1 and 31. This despite the fact that all numbers will come from a group between 1 and 69. Then after you pick a few of those, you randomly pick the rest and probably go for higher numbers (since you don't have any). Again, you're drawing numbers from only half the pool.

    Letting the computer decide ensures all numbers will be unbiased and chosen from the complete pool of numbers. Want to pick your daughters birthday? Use it for the Powerball number. At least then you'll only be removing 5 numbers from the pot.
    I read this advise yesterday too. I always let the computer pick when I do decide to play.
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    Old 01-08-2016, 11:26 AM   #16
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    I'll usually do one play with my "lucky" numbers (4, 13, 24, 55, 69) then 3-4 random plays.

    As far as the spending, first thing I'd do is form some sort of business entity where I could invest a good chunk of my winnings and have the tax liability way lower. Maybe buy a bar because that's something I've always been interested in. I'd pay off my student loans faster than you could fucking blink, buy myself and my fiancee a new house and new cars, and then hook my family up with, say $1 million each just for good measure. Even with all those fantasy expenditures I'd still have like $350 million left. So then I'd donate maybe 10% to a few charities.

    I tell you what I would most definitely not do, is give a single cent to any of my alma maters. They bled me dry for years, fuck em.
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    Re: *Lottery Thread* Powerball/MegaMillions/ect

    I was just coming here to start a thread. We did an office pool between the five of us and we've all been talking about what we'd do if we won.

    First things first, all the obvious lawyer and financial planner stuff.

    Pay off my wife's student loans.
    I can't remember what kind of car it is, but whatever my father said was his first car, I would find one and get one for him.
    Buy a modest house and car. I would never feel the need to buy some big fancy house or Porsche. Just not my thing.
    Build a music studio in the basement of the new house.
    Pay off my in-laws house.
    Travel
    An old friend of mine has a really nice studio and production company outside of Columbus. I would book whatever time necessary and record a full length album with some of my old music buddies. That would be one of the top things I'd like to do. I've always wanted to record an album but never had the money to invest in that kind of project.

    I don't think I could just never work again. So I would focus my energy on things I love doing. Maybe open a vinyl shop that also sells comics and probably just play music. There'd be no pressure as a musician as I'd already have the money of a famous musician so I could just play wherever I could whenever I could.

    Unfortuantely for me I won't be winning so I will continue to struggle through life like the rest of the pack :-) Most likely when someone wins it will be some 65 year old woman living in a trailer in the middle of Missouri.
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    Oh, Kev, I forgot to mention in my post, I'd 1000% buy a replica, custom-fitting, fully-functional Batman suit to display and wear whenever I wanted. No doubt about it.
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    I would do season tickets for nearby teams for the hell of it, but I think my biggest regular expenditure would be going to all sorts of premier games

    oh, lsu and alabama in death valley? might as well bring a friend or two and go on the field
    Just wouldn't wear a dorky visor and bright orange ugly Marlins jersey.
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    Mike, I just laughed so hard everyone around me had to ask why. If I win you and I can open our own comic book store. Hell, we could even make our own low budget Batman movie! Genius!
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    this

    as to what I'd buy? Probably open up a bar somewhere and a vacation home on Nantucket.
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    No strategy. I would get a lawyer and accountant. Give $1 million to each of my 4 siblings, $2M to my mom, then grab the wife and dog and move to England.
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    this

    as to what I'd buy? Probably open up a bar somewhere and a vacation home on Nantucket.
    Thanks to this, I've now started a spreadsheet for how I'm going to divide the jackpot.
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    My former uncle - divorced from my aunt before I was born - hit the NY Lottery. He actually gave half of it away as a tip to a waitress. They made a movie about it starring Nicolas Cage called "it had to be you"




    If you win more than $10 m, get a lawyer, accountant, and everything in place before you collect. Basically draw up trusts, college funds, etc. less than $10 m? Why bother? Just throw it in your checking & have fun.
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    I'd buy lifetime subscriptions to every porn site on the internet. Just because.
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    I would hire a personal ball washer, obviously
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    My former uncle - divorced from my aunt before I was born - hit the NY Lottery. He actually gave half of it away as a tip to a waitress. They made a movie about it starring Nicolas Cage called "it had to be you"




    If you win more than $10 m, get a lawyer, accountant, and everything in place before you collect. Basically draw up trusts, college funds, etc. less than $10 m? Why bother? Just throw it in your checking & have fun.
    So is your aunt the Rosie Perez character?
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    So is your aunt the Rosie Perez character?
    They divorced long before that. Rosie would be his 2nd wife.


    There's a story associated with the real reason he gave the waitress half the money buy in real life he never left wife #2 for the waitress
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    you have better odds of being struck by lightning WHILE drowning, then winning the powerball

    #thislife
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    I'd buy lifetime subscriptions to every porn site on the internet. Just because.
    You know, with even a net worth of half a million dollars, let alone millions and millions, you can convince plenty of hot sluts to bang you for real...
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