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I wouldn't begin to know how to spend it, but I'd sure like to try. I used to say if I won the lottery I wouldn't stop working. I've changed my mind. I would keep busy, but I wouldn't work.
What would someone do with 200 million?
Bill Gates Donald Trump, Warren Buffet, athletes, and celebrities all find something to do with that kind of money....and I certainly could too.
I was looking for a pool to join but no one at work was doing one so now i'm in the position of hoping there is no winner tomorrow, so I can have time to join a pool by Tuesday's drawing.
When I said that at work, one co-worker said he'd rather just win the FIRST DRAWing AFTER the big one, the starting jackpot at 10 million -- which would still be more than enough for him -- AND he could win it and likely be able to stay fairly anonymous -- because hardly anyone cares about those winners, they get hardly any attention at all. And especially after THIS big jackpot who 'll care who wins a measly 10 million.
That's somewhere around $400 million cash...new cars for all licensed or permitted drivers in family plus a friend or two and never having to worry about paying bills again, oh yes, priceless!
What would someone do with 200 million?
Bill Gates Donald Trump, Warren Buffet, athletes, and celebrities all find something to do with that kind of money....and I certainly could too.
Warren Buffett claims to live on around 50K a year. Both he and Bill Gates donate a whole lot of what they earn. None the less, there are reasons they are rich, and stay rich.
Warren Buffett claims to live on around 50K a year. Both he and Bill Gates donate a whole lot of what they earn. None the less, there are reasons they are rich, and stay rich.
Yes, of course. Even donating money to charity would still me making use of -- or finding something to do with -- the money.
The jackpot is actually high enough that if you use the probability rules [favored by poker players, etc] it is actually mathematically correct to buy two tickets--that is, even with the remote chance of winning the prize is so great that it's worth risking a couple of dollars for a chance to win half a billion dollars.
Note that this is how high the jackpot has to get before it would be considered a good decision to buy lottery tickets, though.
I saw one of those shows on lottery winners and the trouble some get into...it advised winners to form a blind trust and claim the winnings through that in order to stay anonymous. I'd probably do something like that and then just up and move.
I would fly a team of Chippendale dancers up from Vegas, to do a "show" for a certian person, and end the show with a "full moon salute". Now, that is worth thinking about...
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I wouldn't begin to know how to spend it, but I'd sure like to try. I used to say if I won the lottery I wouldn't stop working. I've changed my mind. I would keep busy, but I wouldn't work.
