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Dagstead Bumwood

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7. With all that dough, I'd hold out for two ponies.

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 08:49 PM

Jan 2021

It boggles the mind what one could do with that much cash. Think I'd rather win a much smaller, less conspicuous jackpot, say $10M or so and avoid all that limelight. Hell, give me $500K at this point and I'd be thrilled.

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$465,948,000 minus your state income tax rate. [View all] A HERETIC I AM Jan 2021 OP

WOW! MuseRider Jan 2021 #1

I buy up farm and ranch land in colorado so... Hotler Jan 2021 #2

I often look and plots of land in suburban areas and think..... A HERETIC I AM Jan 2021 #11

Of course I'd have to have a home for critters. Hotler Jan 2021 #15

Indeed. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2021 #20

Winning odds are 1 in 302,575,350 trc Jan 2021 #3

The best way to receive it is via wire transfer to a brokerage account at a major firm A HERETIC I AM Jan 2021 #13

My SO says we could do a lot of good and ... Yonnie3 Jan 2021 #4

what's the pony's name? getagrip_already Jan 2021 #5

I'll let you know when we win n/t Yonnie3 Jan 2021 #8

Heck, if she wins, "Jackpot" sounds like a good name to me. nt Blue_true Jan 2021 #22

With all that dough, I'd hold out for two ponies. Dagstead Bumwood Jan 2021 #7

I told her that if she got that pony ... Yonnie3 Jan 2021 #10

That would pay for 1,849 years of my annual medications misanthrope Jan 2021 #6

You could buy a significant stake in the company that makes your medications and tell THEM.... A HERETIC I AM Jan 2021 #19

Great, I no longer play, been at 3 numbers too many times bucolic_frolic Jan 2021 #9

I was at a checkout anyway, and saw it was over $900M, so getagrip_already Jan 2021 #14

I would take the tax free option. $1/year for one billion years. Beakybird Jan 2021 #12

LOL! A HERETIC I AM Jan 2021 #16

well, if they keep you in 20 y.o. clone bodies whenever you need one.... getagrip_already Jan 2021 #17

Check out a TV show on Netflix called Altered Carbon. Renew Deal Jan 2021 #35

I'm down with that! getagrip_already Jan 2021 #36

It's interesting. Renew Deal Jan 2021 #37

Nice post Bobby Bonilla! Renew Deal Jan 2021 #34

My state would get enough to bolster the health plan, maybe! Shrike47 Jan 2021 #18

Is that the lump sum payout? PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2021 #21

Yes. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2021 #23

The amount that the OP listed is the the "current" value, or lump sum payout. Blue_true Jan 2021 #24

Yes. I agree that too many people take the lump sum. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2021 #41

Most people don't have an actual concept of even a $100,000 after Blue_true Jan 2021 #42

So true. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2021 #43

I like your idea about teaching kind basic personal finance in school. Blue_true Jan 2021 #44

I wish they'd break it up into smaller, but more numerous wins jmbar2 Jan 2021 #25

That would not create the excitement, and hence pull in big wagered money. Blue_true Jan 2021 #26

This sentiment is posted by someone every single time a jackpot reaches this level. EVERY. TIME. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2021 #28

I would go to the Honda dealer... Thunderbeast Jan 2021 #27

That's one expensive gasket! A HERETIC I AM Jan 2021 #29

Just thinking about what would make me happy! Thunderbeast Jan 2021 #30

No one deserves a leaky hatch. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2021 #31

It should almost be a crime against humanity to NOT be able to live on that Montauk6 Jan 2021 #32

Yet, some people who won a big amount actually have had serious problems Blue_true Jan 2021 #45

I could make it work. Renew Deal Jan 2021 #33

LOL! You and me both! A HERETIC I AM Jan 2021 #38

You could buy EU citizenship Renew Deal Jan 2021 #39

South Island of New Zealand. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2021 #40