Mega Millions....

[Meso_z]

i would pay you a surprise visit then.

[Grape Ape]

I'd much rather choose who and what I spend my money on and not just allow someone else to gain from it

http://www.flixya.com/blog/278620/How-Banks-Use-Your-Money-To-Make-New-Money

Someone else will gain on it either way: either the big bad bank or the big bad government.  On both options, one of these makes the money off your money, but only you gain maximum earnings on the lump sum.  It really shouldn't even be a question.

[Tito24]

Esp poor people with a low IQ who became rich quickly, like lotto winners, drug dealers and rappers. If you can't deal with wealth, you don't deserve it.

tyson comes up in me

[dr.chimps]

How much is Canada worth?? About 10 Million. 

As of now:

198,000,000.00 USD    =    193,215,742.70 CAD

And my first FU bought with the cash will be to my buddy, Doug.    

[Doug_Steele]

As of now:

198,000,000.00 USD    =    193,215,742.70 CAD

And my first FU bought with the cash will be to my buddy, Doug.    

I would buy Canada and turn it into a "Crocodile Dundee" type of environment, but with Hockey Sticks too.

[CalvinH]

Don't you think you'll be giving a lot to your family and friends before you die ? Anytime I've read about lottery winners they always say people line up with their hands out wanting some "help" ... I'm not keen on putting a huge sum of money into a bank that will make profit .. sure the interest would be an advantage .. but the banks don't just babysit your money for free .. I'd much rather choose who and what I spend my money on and not just allow someone else to gain from it

http://www.flixya.com/blog/278620/How-Banks-Use-Your-Money-To-Make-New-Money

I would like to think that I'm a nice enough guy that I would take care of family and friends before I die.
198mil is a fokin lot of $.I wouldn't be able to spend all that before I die so I'd have to leave a will.


....and you'd better take the lump payment...do you think you're gonna have me live on an allowance

[dr.chimps]

I would buy Canada and turn it into a "Crocodile Dundee" type of environment, but with Hockey Sticks too.

That wouldn't take a lot of seed money. 

[Tito24]

I would like to think that I'm a nice enough guy that I would take care of family and friends before I die.
198mil is a fokin lot of $.I wouldn't be able to spend all that before I die so I'd have to leave a will.

i think its a shame they give away that perverse amount of money. how cant they just make 198 people very happy with one million?

[MORTALCOIL]

In 26 years, inflation will have cut the value of the payout by more than 2. 198 millions can be invested in a very secure way with a return rate around 8-9%. The payout is for pussies who'd rather let someone else take responsabilities and also the real profits.

[CalvinH]

i think its a shame they give away that perverse amount of money. how cant they just make 198 people very happy with one million?

People choose to buy the tickets.this may sound absurd but one millon would just put alot of people in debt by the time they spent it!

[DroppingPlates]

People choose to buy the tickets.this may sound absurd but one millon would just put alot of people in debt by the time they spent it!

That's how they roll in the U.S.; on the long term they spend more than they actually earn.

[w8m8]

I would like to think that I'm a nice enough guy that I would take care of family and friends before I die.
198mil is a fokin lot of $.I wouldn't be able to spend all that before I die so I'd have to leave a will.


....and you'd better take the lump payment...do you think you're gonna have me live on an allowance

I'm leaving civilization with all my money and going to live on my own island all by myself ... except for me and a few servants it will be uninhabited .. like Eden  

http://www.privateislandsonline.com/eden-beach.htm

[CalvinH]

I'm leaving civilization with all my money and going to live on my own island all by myself ... except for me and a few servants it will be uninhabited .. like Eden  

http://www.privateislandsonline.com/eden-beach.htm

Orly!


....and how do you plan on getting there

[DroppingPlates]

I'm leaving civilization with all my money and going to live on my own island all by myself ... except for me and a few servants it will be uninhabited .. like Eden  

http://www.privateislandsonline.com/eden-beach.htm

Dream on and get back to the kitchen, we want our chickin wings 

[Butterbean]

One time payout.

Who knows what the dollar will be worth down the road...possibly nothing.

Also, what is the guarantee the lotto will still have anything to pay to you?  

[Butterbean]

I'm leaving civilization with all my money and going to live on my own island all by myself ... except for me and a few servants it will be uninhabited .. like Eden  

And dogs!

Also need access to an Island close by w/a superstore (for toilet paper and the like).

[Mick33]

One time payout.

Who knows what the dollar will be worth down the road...possibly nothing.

Also, what is the guarantee the lotto will still have anything to pay to you?  If they go bankrupt, what are you going to sue them for? 

That is true too! Perhaps the one time payout is the way to go. I can get pretty carried away with spending though. I like to think I have learned my lessons, but that would be an all new kind of money. I could go up and down the street buying all the buildings next to the people I dislike and opening taverns that run from 7a.m. -3a.m., all with some sort of Germanic theme and beautiful college girls wearing lederhosen, then not let those people in!

[muscularny]

198 mil at 2% gives ya about 4 mil a year in interest, compounded over 30 years you will have 358,649,593.65 used this calc to get to this http://www.moneychimp.com/calculator/compound_interest_calculator.htm

obviously you will spend some money etc but Id say grab the money, because if you dont and in 5 years you want to cash out a lump sum it will cost ya a ton of money to get upfront money from places like jg wentworth.

[jesusbod]

Is at a jackpot of $312,000,000.00. Would you take the cash option of $198,000,000.00 or go for the 26 year payout of a steady $12,000,000.00? That's a tough call! The temptation to blow huge portions if you took the one time payout would be pretty tough to resist, but the security of knowing that you will be netting almost $8mm a year for the next 26 years is pretty satisfying! This is obviously for the Getbiggers who do not already net $8mm per year.

Most lottery rules state that if you take the 20 or so year payout is not transferable to surviving members of your family if you die. Take the lump sum.

[w8m8]

Orly!


....and how do you plan on getting there

Just like they put people to sleep for operations .. they can put me to sleep to fly me there    

And dogs!

Also need access to an Island close by w/a superstore (for toilet paper and the like).

I think I will get 4 ... all females .. and I will make arrangements for monthly shipments of necessities to be dropped onto a specially marked spot that one of my servants will carry back to the villa  .. they do that for remote areas in Alaska  

[muscularny]

i dont need a ferrari, 20M house is too big,

wonder how many people said that prior to coming into money then when they got it they changed.

[CalvinH]

Just like they put people to sleep for operations .. they can put me to sleep to fly me there    

I think I will get 4 ... all females .. and I will make arrangements for monthly shipments of necessities to be dropped onto a specially marked spot that one of my servants will carry back to the villa  .. they do that for remote areas in Alaska  

Oh great!


....5 bitc 's living together

[newmom]

Oh great!


....5 bitc 's living together

[Doug_Steele]

Oh great!


....5 bitc 's living together

Will there be sweaty pillow fights? 

[newmom]

Will there be sweaty pillow fights? 

yes, then we will skinny dip in the ocean