Half A Billion Powerball

The jackpot for this Saturday is (OR WAS) standing at 675 million.....

I bought a ticket but I really wonder IF ANYONE REALLY EVER WINS!!!


They say they do BUT THAT DOESNT MEAN SQUAT!! (And the actors on TV saying they won DONT MEAN ANYTHING unless you can personally prove it)

 

It now stands at 700 million and is expected to rise to an estimated 3/4 of a Billion

Lump Sum Cash Option 428.4 Million :dizzy2:


Hotwater

 

If I win my new home will include an Olympic Size Swimming Pool, Home Theatre, Basketball Court, Bowling Alley, Gymnasium, Billiard Room, and Library. Hired staff, a butler, a maid, and a personal chef



https://youtu.be/8wx7TKxxJM0



Hotwater

 

The chances of winning are about the same whether you buy a ticket or not.... I'mma save my money and not buy a ticket. Hope I win!

 

if I win Ill give half of it to st jude get on the board of trustees and rid the airwaves of those crying cancer kids once and for all

 

its a nice amount. whoever wins, i hope they don't go crazy and kill themselves.
i'd probably do something stupid and go into politics.
there's places to gambol all over the place around me where i live.
somehow i never seem to get around to doing so.
the prizes are a lot smaller, but the odds are proportionately at least a little better.

 

You'd have a lifetime supply of chocolate milk.

 

We have a pool going at work, but I didn't join in.

 

Jackpot is currently an estimated $800,000,000!

I have tickets for the powerball and megamillions.

There are likely to be several winners for the powerball.

I don't know what I would do if I was the sole winner. I guess the 30 payout would be nice! I have a niece and no kids of my own. I'd give at least 1% to each family unit that is close to me.

 

I'd help those Ilove.....give much away to animal organizations.....expand this house to mega size with new kitchen that is huge, fireplace in another room, etc.....and maybe get another house somewhere else, too...but whay am I dreaming...i am not playing.........

 

When--oops--if I win, I'll set the family up in a compound and give the rest away to help women and children, animal organizations, get me a '50 Olds, a case Ripple, and cruise main for chicks.

The lottery is a self imposed tax on fools, of which obviously--I am.

 

(a case OF Ripple--damn edit button).

 

It could go toward changing a lot of bad that goes on in the world

 

id build my own town that would be full of affordable housing for all the single people and sick people with no kids that dont qualify for all the welfare handouts

 

I don't think I would have any wild and crazy ideas about what to do with the $. People usually have those but I would see the $ as a chance to live a 'normal' life.

 

Practically speaking, a ticket is only worth buying for the entertainment value.

You would have to spend roughly $600 million dollars on tickets in order to guarantee that you'd win the jackpot. You'd have to pay about half of your winnings in taxes. This means that you could expect to make about 33 cents back for every dollar you spent on tickets.

If you factor in the chances that you'd have to share the jackpot, it drops to about 11 cents or less for every dollar that you spend

Beyond that, do you really that much money?

It's only worth it if buying a ticket is going to give you $2 worth of fun (or at least $1.90 worth of fun) imagining the slim but non-zero chance of winning

 

or become part of it lol

 

ironically there is still a chance.. most likely to win is genocide19 ..

 

Great idea. Use restored sea containers as housing; rainwater tanks and 100 acres of solar panels and wind fans.

 

Id burn diesel for power, and inefficiently so theres lots of black smoke

I have half a billion dollars now, I can do what I want