Originally posted by: Safeway
Which is better -- Lump Sum or Annual payment? I could definitely invest the lump sum wisely ...
Risk versus rewardOriginally posted by: KarmaPolice
I don't get why people start buying tickets when the amount gets to some insane number.
Originally posted by: KarmaPolice
I don't get why people start buying tickets when the amount gets to some insane number. If you want buy lottery tickets you should buy them at any point. When its down to 50million how is "well its just not enough for me to take the chance" make any sense. 4million would change your life just as much as 300million would. Doesn't make any sense to me.
Ive bought tickets but ive never gotten any money on any of the ones i've picked. How many of you pick the numbers and how many of you do it at random from the machine. It would be intersting to see the % of people who pick and win and the% of people who do random, and then the % of people who win at random.
Actually, the odds of 1,2,3,4,5,6 coming up are EXACTLY the same as any other six digit combination. Anyone who says "yeah, but picking 1,2,3,4,5,6 is really stupid" yet still plays lotto is, in fact, according to their own definition, stupid.Originally posted by: d3n
I think the advantage is with people who let the machine pick the numbers.
Originally posted by: KLin
http://www.megamillions.com/
:shocked: I guess I'll take a chance and waste 5 bucks .
Originally posted by: her209
^^^ Rightttt...Originally posted by: Svnla
There is no such curse. If you win that much money and then broke less than 10 years, then you are a fool and don't deserve to live.Originally posted by: K1052
It isn't so much a curse as it is a test of character and sense that a lot of people happen to fail.Originally posted by: Mallow
Someone's gonna win and have their life ruined! Ever hear of the lottery curse?
<<---- will buy a nice house, nice vehicle <all pay in cash> then put the rest in saving/investment and live in interest income and travel first class around the world if he wins
The moment you win, relatives are going to be asking for handouts. Charities will be asking you for handouts. Criminals will be looking ways to extort money out of you. People will try to sue you for every penny. The way you look at and judge people around will change.
Originally posted by: Svnla
Originally posted by: her209
^^^ Rightttt...
The moment you win, relatives are going to be asking for handouts. Charities will be asking you for handouts. Criminals will be looking ways to extort money out of you. People will try to sue you for every penny. The way you look at and judge people around will change.
Ever hear of lawyer? If I win, I will NEVER EVER show my face/name but a lawyer or lawyers/financial advisers will represent an entity/trust that will handle all the money.
No name/annymously FTW. Maybe it is just me. I rather keep my mouth shut and enjoy the money or brag about it and be like that old fart idiot <from W. Virginia IIRC that won over 300 mil yet he said he was broke.
Originally posted by: Siddhartha
Originally posted by: KLin
http://www.megamillions.com/
:shocked: I guess I'll take a chance and waste 5 bucks .
New York state
$8.8 million for 26 years
or
$136.6 million cash payment
The lottery is a form of gambling not a tax on the stupid.
Originally posted by: latino666
I would do that as well. If the word got out that I was the big winner I already have a list of people that I would help. Other family members or friends would get the cold shoulder.
Originally posted by: Sinsear
In it to win it. Pooled up with a few people from work.
Originally posted by: djheater
Originally posted by: Sinsear
In it to win it. Pooled up with a few people from work.
Me too.
I'll meet you here tomorrow so we can talk about how the people who won didn't deserve it.