What would you do with $1.6 billion dollars? - Page 2

mapuc · 10-23-18, 05:49 PM

We all have dreams about what we would do if we won the big lottery.

The question that pops up in my head is:

How would we react mentally and psychologically

Of course to begin with we would be overjoyed, but what after a year or two ?

I have some memory from Danish and Swedish news article about people who have won big time in the local lottery.

After 2 or 3 years after they were broke and had a huge debt and they were really down psychologically.

Markus

Platapus · 10-23-18, 05:56 PM

Winning a lottery does not suddenly make a person smart, nor does it get rid of any problems/issues the person may mentally have.

In some cases, sudden wealth will enable a faster destruction of the person. Drug addicts would be one example.

However smart people with their act together win lotteries and we never hear about them because they are quietly living their lives sensibly.

em2nought · 10-23-18, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

The question that pops up in my head is:

How would we react mentally and psychologically

Of course to begin with we would be overjoyed, but what after a year or two ?

Markus

Don't worry, I'll be fine.

mapuc · 10-23-18, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Winning a lottery does not suddenly make a person smart, nor does it get rid of any problems/issues the person may mentally have.

In some cases, sudden wealth will enable a faster destruction of the person. Drug addicts would be one example.

However smart people with their act together win lotteries and we never hear about them because they are quietly living their lives sensibly.

That's true.

Here in Denmark and if I remember correctly also in Sweden the state lottery have an advisor who help people who have won big time.

Markus

em2nought · 10-23-18, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

That's true.

Here in Denmark and if I remember correctly also in Sweden the state lottery have an advisor who help people who have won big time.

Markus

We have something similar called the IRS, they'll help themselves to a portion.

Mr Quatro · 10-24-18, 06:06 AM

Sorry guys I have to cancel the all free subsim party in Hawaii maybe next time

Yes, Someone Did Win that $1.6 Billion Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot

http://fortune.com/2018/10/24/mega-m...ottery-winner/

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Some lucky person may get a cash payout of $904 million, after their ticket won the largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. According to NPR, the winning ticket for the $1.6 billion Mega Millions draw was sold in South Carolina. A total of 280 million tickets were sold for the event.

em2nought · 10-24-18, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

Sorry guys I have to cancel the all free subsim party in Hawaii maybe next time

Yes, Someone Did Win that $1.6 Billion Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot

http://fortune.com/2018/10/24/mega-m...ottery-winner/

Every single person who called in sick today at work in South Carolina is now suspected of winning by their fellow employees.

Mr Quatro · 10-24-18, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by em2nought

Every single person who called in sick today at work in South Carolina is now suspected of winning by their fellow employees.

Don't you just love it when the big lottery winners say things like, "I'm going to get a new home and keep my old job"

Mr Quatro · 10-24-18, 01:44 PM

Seems this wasn't the largest lottery ever played ... false advertising of a payout of 1.6 billion dollars was just an estimate.

a convenience store on a country road in South Carolina sold a single winning ticket worth $1.537 billion

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/so...ket/ar-BBOPE74

"The final total was less than the $1.6 billion estimate,"

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An earlier Mega Millions estimate of $1.6 billion would have been a world record for lotteries, but actual sales came in below the $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot prize shared by winners in California, Florida and Tennessee in January of 2016.

The ticket is worth about $877.8 million in a lump-sum cash payment, which most winners choose to take, rather than collect the full amount in annual payments over three decades.

Mr Quatro · 11-14-18, 12:22 PM

What if some drunk bought the winning ticket and went home and undressed and threw the pants in the washing machine

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Lottery officials in South Carolina on Tuesday said the winner of the $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot has still not stepped forward even though the drawing was nearly three weeks ago.

South Carolina’s WLTX reported that the winning ticket was sold in the town of Simpsonville. The report said that the winner has 180 days to step forward. The winner’s time runs out on April 21.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/1-5b-mega...ze-report-says

Eichhörnchen · 11-14-18, 01:24 PM

I'd establish a trust fund and link it to a sheltered residential area (with live-in staff) for autistic and other special-needs people, to remove the worry about their futures

em2nought · 11-14-18, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

What if some drunk bought the winning ticket and went home and undressed and threw the pants in the washing machine

There could be other explanations.

Eichhörnchen · 11-15-18, 01:21 AM

Give it to Norway to buy a new frigate

Jimbuna · 11-15-18, 08:40 AM

Or to Mrs May to help toward the £39 billion Brexit bill.

STEED · 11-15-18, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Or to Mrs May to help toward the £39 billion Brexit bill.

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mapuc Fleet Admiral Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 17,877 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	We all have dreams about what we would do if we won the big lottery. The question that pops up in my head is: How would we react mentally and psychologically Of course to begin with we would be overjoyed, but what after a year or two ? I have some memory from Danish and Swedish news article about people who have won big time in the local lottery. After 2 or 3 years after they were broke and had a huge debt and they were really down psychologically. Markus