Its been a few years, what would you do with the Powerball winnings?

[SERE Bear]

After a quick search it looks like we haven't talked about this for three years. Have your needs or perspective changed?


We're talking about getting over $300 million in one lump sum after taxes. ( varies by state tax rate, http://time.com/money/4908742/powerball-taxes-state/ )

What would you do with the Powerball winnings?

 

[Hawkeye OG]

- Payoff all my debt and immediate family members debt
- Buy a house in AZ on a Golf course
- Buy a nicer house in IA for the Summers
- Invest in real estate
- Invest in waste management companies (more people, more trash)
- Invest in Green energy alternatives

That's a good start, but I've only spend like $100mil. :thinking:

 

[Mitchapalooza]

Buy out Glennon's contract so trubisky can start

 

[ZOMBIE@CTESPN]

I would buy land with lots of acreage enjoy life

Of course investments in various things

I would have to give back to community also. Maybe start a youth program in Detroit for under privileged kids would be something I worthwhile.

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

Run for President.

 

[airtime143]

Buy a shit ton of land first.
Start a rescue/retirement home for dogs.
Make a private lake 1/3rd of a mile long, 20 feet deep, and line it with evergreens and a rock shoreline- perfect wakeboarding conditions 24/7.
Twin engine prop plane and a large plot of land by galt airport, to open a skydiving business.
Pay off the debts of ALMOST everyone in my family.

...Then, I would attempt something awesome- 3 of my houses are on 4 connecting lots- I would attempt to get permits creating an underground rec room of epic proportions in the middle of them.
Hell, I might even give my good neighbor access to it.

 

[Burque]

I would chill. Hike a lot with wifey and the pitties and chill.

Edit: we were talking about this today at the office and the first thing I would honestly do is start a foundation focusing on making New Mexico a better state

 

[number51]

$300M lump sum after taxes? I would be very generous with family and friends, make sure they understand it's a one time thing. I would buy this place from Rush and put HHM in charge, traffic would explode. I have enough cash so make the place a non-profit tax write off, **** google bux. Replace B&I with something more dignified, how does 'Dogmas & Avowals' sound, then as the owner I would instruct HHM to unban me, and I would proceed to unleash a libtard tsunami of fire and fury the likes of which the world has never seen. Even remy would shit himself.

Listen, you can hear crys chanting, 'don't let 51 win, don't let 51 win'.

 

[Ares]

I would build a giant bird cage.... place The Hawk in this bird cage.... and then just leave it in the middle of a White Sox parking lot

 

[Camden Cutler]

slap the shit out of everybody

 

[HeHateMe]

I will never understand how these odds work and actually trust this Powerball scam when it stating that odds to win are One in 292,000,000.00, when by the "back" of my "napkin math" there are clearly roughly 175,223,500 combinations of numbers that can be combined for a winning number. Would that make the odds 1/175.3MM? And therefore, furthermore if one were to literally buy all of those said number combinations, they would be assured a winning ticker also worth more than the sum of their overall total purchase, and after declaring losses on all of the losing tickets, pocket the difference? Why isn't this being done by anyone with billions of dollars on a regular basis? There has to be something I am not seeing here.

 

[Ares]

I will never understand how these odds work and actually trust this Powerball scam when it stating that odds to win are One in 292,000,000.00, when by the "back" of my "napkin math" there are clearly roughly 175,223,500 combinations of numbers that can be combined for a winning number. Would that make the odds 1/175.3MM? And therefore, furthermore if one were to literally buy all of those said number combinations, they would be assured a winning ticker also worth more than the sum of their overall total purchase, and after declaring losses on all of the losing tickets, pocket the difference? Why isn't this being done by anyone with billions of dollars on a regular basis? There has to be something I am not seeing here.

You have to buy the tickets and pick the numbers, which means making millions of purchases..... probably would need to have a staff of people making all the purchases to ensure you get every single number combination.... then you need some lottery vault where they bring millions of lottery tickets.... then when you win you need to find the right ticket and turn it in.... the overhead to make all the purchases, store all the tickets, and then claim the winnings would not be worth the expenditure... not only are you spending millions to make all the ticket purchases, but you are paying people to do it, paying logistical support and transportation, paying for a place to organize all of this, paying security to make sure nothing goes wrong.

And lol if you expend all that money and it turns out you missed on 1 ticket and it wins, you just spent hundreds of millions with ZERO return.... who would bother risking it?

 

[Bears_804]

Lots of puppies and a nice water view.

 

[1COBearsfan]

Pussy and weed

 

[Shawon0Meter]

I'd pay broke athletes like Allen Iverson and Terrell Owens to be on my team and play pick up games against my friends

 

[Monster]

I'd pay my debt.
Get a modest home.
Set trust funds for my kids.
Then live my life generous as hell.
I'm talking 10K tips at Denny's... Zoo's... Animal Shelters... etc.

I think it would be a blast to give back at a fully off the chain level.

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

Get a lawyer

 

[Warrior Spirit]

Nothing. I've always wanted to do nothing. Never quite got around to it.


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[SERE Bear]

I would hire a few assistants and one would always be on duty. Job description- fucking assist me, with everything! Me and my wife want to walk the beach? Assistant follows carrying anything we might need. It would be a demanding job becuase I find I need shit all the time... a beer? assistant! A snack? Assistant! Too drunk to drive? Assistant!

Mind you, There is going to be a lot of travel required for this job for the first year at least. My wife and I will be embarking on a quest to find the best beach, snorkeling, & dive spots the world has to offer. I might not even own a home for a while, unless a simple sailboat counts as a home...

 

[NCChiFan]

Purchase the Bears... I know I can run the organization better.