Mega Millions jackpot is $540 million tonight

[EBodious]

I find it funny that people flock to buy tickets when the jackpot gets huge. Like 5-10 million wouldn't be enough.

puh-leaze, dude, after taxes $10 mil is chump change.

Your ticket is just as un-likely to win as any of the others.

fixed for ya

Im going to be mad if this causes me a long wait at the store to buy beer...

stop being such a snob!


and finally, i offer this from fox news' site:

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and now... i am off to get the winning ticket!


....suckas!

 

[sandmangeck]

You know what they say about the lottery........
It's a tax on people who can't do math.

 

[MatticusMania]

stop being such a snob!

Thinking about it, being a beer snob will circumvent the long line at the liquor store, so long as I buy my beer at BevMo! tonight...

 

[SolarMan]

Just picked up my ticket!

01, 02, 03, 04, 05 - (06)

.....suckas!

 

[EBodious]

colbert, ftw!

 

[funkingroovin]

Tonight's Mega Lotto is up to $540 million!! Everybody's given it thought at one time or another..What would you do if you won?

If I won,I'd take the lump-sum payment of 300 and some-odd million. I'd give every member in my family and a few friends $1 mill. I'd buy the house the wife's been casing. Then I'd log on to TB Classifieds and buy every bass,and probably everything listed in Accessories..

That would total about 25 mil...I have no idea how the remaining 300+/- million would be used. It's a nearly inconceivable amount..

 

[Waffles and Scotch]

If I had that kind of money I'd purchase this forum and ban everyone.

 

[MatticusMania]

Philanthropy, Wow!

Id go crazy buying a few houses in awesome locations.
A car or two of my fancy.
A bunch of gear that I probably dont need.
A few HUGE parties.
How much do small islands cost?
Id take an awesome vacation.
Spread the wealth to my friends and family.
Spread the wealth on to some charitable organizations.
Invest in some interesting business ventures.
Give a bunch away to homeless people.

I dont know what Id do with the other 200mil...

 

[Demon_Hunter]

You could give everyone that's registered on TB a millions dollars and still have plenty left over.

 

[Mark Wilson]

You could give everyone that's registered on TB a millions dollars and still have plenty left over.

We have 173,460 registered members.



If I won it though, i'd buy some gear, a car, put some away so i can afford insurance and that, pay off my debt, put MORE away so i can live a life, and give the rest to my mom.

 

[SolarMan]

put some away so i can afford insurance and that

I don't think you will need to buy any more insurance if you win!

btw, CBS news reports that the Jackpot is now $640 million

 

[dangnewt]

Just picked up my ticket!

01, 02, 03, 04, 05 - (06)

.....suckas!

That's a pretty good strategy - most people won't pick consecutive numbers even though they have the same chance as any other combination of numbers- so if you win, you probably win alone.

 

[AfroCubanFunkMa]

In order.. quit my day-gig, call subs for all my music gigs, hire a lawyer, hire an accountant, hire movers to come box up all my belongings and put them in storage, disappear to some ultra-exclusive Caribbean island, fly my family in and set them up, buy a big sailboat, stay missing for 6months to a year, fly my band in and record music at our leisure.. Resurface with a new CD, hire a publicist and stay on tour until people forgot I won the lottery...

 

[bassplayerbob]

I don't think you will need to buy any more insurance if you win!

btw, CBS news reports that the Jackpot is now $640 million

Home and auto insurance needs to be paid every year along with property taxes on a million dollar house... invest!!!

 

[BobWestbrook]

If I had that kind of money I'd purchase this forum and ban everyone.

Nah, just the moderators.

 

[BioDriver]

1. Bye-bye student loan debt for myself and my siblings.
2. Parents would be retiring early
3. One of my pledge brothers works at Goldman-Sachs. I'd have him turn $100 million into quite a bit more than that.
4. GEAR
5. Awesome house
6. Bentley
7. Pursue an MBA and/or read a buttload more on finance, economics, etc.
8. Live comfortably while making a career out of ensuring I stay comfortable.

 

[elgecko]

Buy 25% of the Los Angeles Dodgers!

 

[Deleted member 92857]

#1 - find a good lawyer and financial guy. I'd tell the financial guy to show me a plan to invest the money, and if it made sense I'd tell him that as long as my money makes money, he has a job. When it doesn't, he's fired and then I'd find the next best one.

I'd hire someone to keep all my best friends (and some family) that I haven't seen in 40 years away from me, as well as everyone with an invention, malady, sick baby, crack habit, or whatever cause that they think my good fortune should finance.

I'm 53. The next thing I'd do is put enough into the closest thing I could find to a 100% safe annuity that would pay me $1 million a year for 40 years. I figure I can live off of a mill a year, since I'm doing so on a few percent of that now.

And if I've received a mill a year and at age 93 I don't have enough to support myself, shame on me. That would not make me a victim, it would make me stupid. Dump my sorry ass at the edge of town and forget me.

Then I'd think about a few toys, houses, travel, and people or charities to whom I'd give some money.

 

[JimB52]

I would give half to Charity. She's my favorite dancer.

 

[colcifer]

Ha! I'd probably finance a cool movie, start a few no-kill shelters, and enjoy an extremely comfy life. And maybe go to space.