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

[SERE Bear]

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

You're going to need a lil bit more money than 300 mil for that! https://www.forbes.com/teams/chicago-bears/


2.8 billion

 

[ShiftyDevil]

Buy property far away from people. Build a house, install a gokart track, an arcade and a super nice bar. Then I'd never leave.

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

Two tickets.... not one number right. :lol:

 

[Tater]

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

Everyone has a dream.

 

[AussieBear]

buy tons of land.. work out a 300 yr tx rate.. pay er off... then give most of the remainder away.. wouldnt want that target on me back... extortion wonderland....

 

[1COBearsfan]

Pussy and weed

lol, this is actually a lie. I'm not nearly that exciting.

1) pay off debt. Mine, my wife's, assorted family and friends
2) do some diligence and invest in some businesses and rentals
3) travel. Where? yes
4) buy some modest homes in some of the places we visited and liked the most
5) buy primary home on a shitload of land with YUGE, fully equipped shop
6) probably grow weed. and shrooms
7) build stuff and shoot guns

 

[Tater]

lol, this is actually a lie. I'm not nearly that exciting.

1) pay off debt. Mine, my wife's, assorted family and friends
2) do some diligence and invest in some businesses and rentals
3) travel. Where? yes
4) buy some modest homes in some of the places we visited and liked the most
5) buy primary home on a shitload of land with YUGE, fully equipped shop
6) probably grow weed. and shrooms
7) build stuff and shoot guns

Now you're talkin'!

 

[Wintermute]

Settle all debts

Make sure family is secure

Change my name

Find somewhere peaceful far, far away from the cesspool of big cities and the stench of humanity. Thinking Montana or Alaska. Maybe get one of those old, converted missile silos. But close enough to a decent medical facility so I can hopefully surive my first stroke.

Donate to a cause I find worthy, animal protection and environmental preservation spring to mind.

Retire from the human race.

 

[1COBearsfan]

lol, this is actually a lie. I'm not nearly that exciting.

1) pay off debt. Mine, my wife's, assorted family and friends
2) do some diligence and invest in some businesses and rentals
3) travel. Where? yes
4) buy some modest homes in some of the places we visited and liked the most
5) buy primary home on a shitload of land with YUGE, fully equipped shop
6) probably grow weed. and shrooms
7) build stuff and shoot guns

Wintermute's post reminded me of something else. I probably wouldn't change my name but I would absolutely change my phone number 3 or 4 times to slow down the freeloader calls

 

[Wintermute]

Wintermute's post reminded me of something else. I probably wouldn't change my name but I would absolutely change my phone number 3 or 4 times to slow down the freeloader calls

Many states require the names of lotto winners to be made public. Dont care to end up as chum. More below....
http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Lottery-officials-say-identifying-winners-a-must-6764086.php

 

[DC]

Id make everyone in my family and all my friends rich. I mean, what's the point of being rich if no one could afford to skip work for a month and live the beach life in Hawaii with you?

Id pay off mortgages and/or buy homes for those without and give everyone a one-time lump-sum to the tune of a couple hundred thousand dollars. After that, I'd buy Six badass PSL season tickets to the beloved. I buy a kick-ass condo downtown stock the ever-loving crap out of it with fine wine and cigars.

And then I would convert some property somewhere within Denver and its suburbs to a fishing pond day use area. You know one of those places where you pay to catch a fish. But it would be nice and it would be big and there would be lots of other activities including maintaining a small parcel of land for grape growing.

I would **** on all 7 continents.

 

[SERE Bear]

I would **** on all 7 continents.

Your comment made me check a map... I got 5 so far. Africa and Antartica are the only ones my wife and I havent vistited together.

 

[Monster]

Nothing... I'd read the numbers and have a heart attack.
Sure the wife would enjoy it.

 

[xer0h0ur]

As a great friend once said "orgasms for everybody"

 

[number51]

As a great friend once said "orgasms for everybody"

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[DC]

Your comment made me check a map... I got 5 so far. Africa and Antartica are the only ones my wife and I havent vistited together.

Make sure the Lions watch. Show them the true king of the jungle.

 

[Hbkrusso]

id make trusts for all my kids so they woulkdnt ever have to work ever id then buy an island and me and the wife would play in the sand and sun till I died a happy old man

and id have a bad ass boat to ride around in

 

[xer0h0ur]

id make trusts for all my kids so they woulkdnt ever have to work ever id then buy an island and me and the wife would play in the sand and sun till I died a happy old man

and id have a bad ass bought to ride around in

How many feet would your bought be?

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

I read a story awhile back about a couple in the western burbs who won a large portion of money, like $75 million or thereabouts. What they did was in the month they had (don't know if that's changed, or if this is true, just think I remember reading this) to claim it they took meetings with a bunch of different financial advisers. When they finally settled on one they portioned up the money in various trusts for their children, one to specifically pay for taxes, charitable contributions - shit like that.

That would be the first thing I do. You always hear about the rates of bankruptcy among big time lottery winners it would make sense to do everything in your power to keep as much of it as you can, and also do things to make more money off of it.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

HawkBears's idea of investing in waste management and green energy is also another good idea that I would take up. Assuming what I posted above and the investments made me more and more money, I'd basically become Illinois State's T. Boone Pickens.