Principled Man Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 ....said someone in Michigan. 1 chance of winning the Jackpot. 302,575,349 chances of not winning the Jackpot. Easy peasy..... :laughing guy: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Cue up Anthony Jackson.Money, money, money, money; money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordgalaxy Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 For their sake, I hope they hire a good lawyer and accountant. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_hi_water._ Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 For their sake, I hope they hire a good lawyer and accountant....and security detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 They'll likely never have a moment of peace again in their life. Not sure I would want to deal with that curse. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Sounds like Barenaked Ladies should do a sequel to their song. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 For their sake, I hope they hire a good lawyer and accountant....and security detail. And lots of guns, and a flame thrower. And a helicopter. And a burner phone. First thing I'd do if I ever won millions in a lottery is buy a burner phone and give the lottery commission that phone number when I went in to claim my winnings. No way they get my real number, if at all possible. Imagine the onslaught of calls you'd get from charities and such. I'd donate plenty, but to charities and people that I researched on my own. I'd rather help directly, as opposed to giving $100,000 to some guy who sits behind a desk at United Way and saying, here, do something good with this. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 They'll likely never have a moment of peace again in their life. Not sure I would want to deal with that curse. Misery loves company, so I would share my misery with 39 other people. $25 million for each of us! :laughing guy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driventotheedge Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Y'all forgot For The Love of Money by The O'Jays 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Y'all forgot For The Love of Money by The O'Jays We should all forget that Marky Mark song that sampled it that was the follow up to that version of Walk On The Wild Side no one asked for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted July 27, 2022 Author Share Posted July 27, 2022 Here we go again.... MegaMillions Jackpot: $1,000,000,000.00 Madness! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 22 hours ago, Principled Man said: Here we go again.... MegaMillions Jackpot: $1,000,000,000.00 Madness! Cash Option after the Text Thieves get their cut is: $600M Madness! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 22 hours ago, JohnRogers said: Cash Option after the Text Thieves get their cut is: $600M Madness! This was something that chapped my ass hard during my time working for the Service. If you were lucky enough to win an excess amount of money in a gambling endeavor it was taxed, and if you had corresponding losses you had to be able to document it. W-2G and all that accompnying bullshit.. I came across cases were taxpayers didn't have documentation to substantiate losses and ended up getting asessed. Otoh I saw cases of "gamblers", guys whose income was totally derived on betting, primarily at the local horse and dog tracks. Two such taxpayers were totally legit, journals of their bets, wins losses, boxes of paperwork, etc. We had nothing on them and "no changed" the cases. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted July 30, 2022 Author Share Posted July 30, 2022 I drove to Illinois and bought the winning ticket yesterday, but a bunch of dirty Bear fans mugged me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordgalaxy Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 5 hours ago, Principled Man said: I drove to Illinois and bought the winning ticket yesterday, but a bunch of dirty Bear fans mugged me! As long as they didn't try to get you eat that casserole they call "pizza", you got away easy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted July 30, 2022 Author Share Posted July 30, 2022 3 hours ago, Fordgalaxy said: As long as they didn't try to get you eat that casserole they call "pizza", you got away easy. Big chucks of tomatoes and veggies…..it’s like a big tossed salad on top of toast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMontanaSKY Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 On 7/29/2022 at 4:21 AM, pjbear05 said: This was something that chapped my ass hard during my time working for the Service. If you were lucky enough to win an excess amount of money in a gambling endeavor it was taxed, and if you had corresponding losses you had to be able to document it. W-2G and all that accompnying bullshit.. I came across cases were taxpayers didn't have documentation to substantiate losses and ended up getting asessed. Otoh I saw cases of "gamblers", guys whose income was totally derived on betting, primarily at the local horse and dog tracks. Two such taxpayers were totally legit, journals of their bets, wins losses, boxes of paperwork, etc. We had nothing on them and "no changed" the cases. How interesting. Years ago I met a guy who supported himself by being a pro gambler in Las Vegas, Nevada. It's harder than one may think that sort of lifestyle is........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted November 2, 2022 Author Share Posted November 2, 2022 I think I'll meander down to the Kwik Trip and get some tasty rotisserie chicken.....and a Powerball ticket. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahLutz Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 21 hours ago, Principled Man said: I think I'll meander down to the Kwik Trip and get some tasty rotisserie chicken.....and a Powerball ticket. How about I kick you in the balls and you give me the money? But I do love the dream. I’d like to think that my life wouldn’t change much, but I think my new job would be charity instead of what it is now. I think it would take great discipline to not alter your life substantially. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordgalaxy Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Buying a lottery ticket is no different than gambling. You wager some of your money that you'll win a lot more money. Sure, the odds are astronomical, but they aren't zero and someone will win, eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 I WON $4.00! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken hawk Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Will you buy more tickets with that? haha 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted November 3, 2022 Author Share Posted November 3, 2022 1 hour ago, NoahLutz said: I think it would take great discipline to not alter your life substantially. One's personal character will decide how a huge windfall will alter his/her life - positively or negatively. As the late, great Frank Herbert once said, Power attracts the corruptible. If you have a strong moral center, you won't let all that money corrupt you, and you won't let corrupt people have their way with you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 On 11/3/2022 at 2:22 PM, Chicken hawk said: Will you buy more tickets with that? haha I actually do that quite a bit on small wins (under $10). But lately been dropping it on Mega Millions. I ain't greedy, and hell, 154 mil (estimate for 11/8) would suit me just fine. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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