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No winner yet, Powerball at $675 Million biggest in U.S History

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THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
See I was just seeing if you had heart. Now that I know you will go higher, I'm prepared to show you my true form.


NINETEEN MILLION!



$100 million

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Vex_

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I've been looking up underground bunkers. I'd really like to stay where I'm at if I win, but would like to keep my new found riches on the down low. If I could make it look like I was just building a modest addion, but also build an underground complex on my current property, that would be killer.

Exactly. People have to understand that you will have people stalking your every move. You will be an overnight celeb for a while too.

Building a "red herring" of a home first, then building a true home? Brilliant.
 

Rebel Leader

THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
You win. Make sure you make that payable to EVILORE CORP.

:p

Gaf ain't worth 100mil lol. That's hooker and drug money right there homie.

never it's gonna be pure cash and by the time he realizes 80% of it is fake.... Neogaf no longer exists.

and he'll go to jail for tax evasion!!!!
 
Of the places with amazing views of the city that I have found myself in for one reason or another, http://one57.com/ has the most incredible residential view I've seen.

The views are great, but I'm not a fan of the interior design. I like the other one better, but would probably go old school if it was for real. I like balconies and wood, but not the modern lacquered wood.
 

weshes195

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Hey not really a lotery person but i thought it woukd be fun to "waste" some money and do this!

Is Quick Pick recommended? I know nothing about the numbers so I think the computer has more of an idea lol
 
Couldn't a really rich person spend like 350 million dollars buying all combinations and still make a profit off it?

No.

Tickets are $2, not $1. So you'd have to spend twice the number of combinations.

On top of that, tickets have to be bought in person, and if you want to cover all numbers with no duplicates, you have to fill them all out by hand. Running around buying 300 million tickets that way isn't logistically possible.
 

DrForester

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if I win im using a small portion of the money to buy an apartment with this view

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and living off investment money

I'd find a beautiful piece of land in the Rocky Mountains. Probably Colorado or Montana. Build myself a retreat with a great view. Have a small river nearby I could fish from.

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Diamond

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It really is an absurd amount of money. Why not chose 600 winners with one million each or something like that ?
 
I'd find a beautiful piece of land in the Rocky Mountains. Probably Colorado or Montana. Build myself a retreat with a great view. Have a small river nearby I could fish from.

http://i.imgur.com/6o4Yu5t.jpg

idk I would get lonely out there i think. but that does look like a nice vacation home to have lol.


I'd buy one of those 30 million dollar brownstones in the West Village and call it a life.

also those too. that's a nice idea.
 
It really is an absurd amount of money. Why not chose 600 winners with one million each or something like that ?

Sure, if 600 people somehow got the same numbers or 600 got every number save for the Powerball number they could get a million each.

Granted the chance for that is even more astronomical than the one winning.
 

Vex_

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I'd find a beautiful piece of land in the Rocky Mountains. Probably Colorado or Montana. Build myself a retreat with a great view. Have a small river nearby I could fish from.

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...right. That's perfect for a horror movie like murder to happen. You go right on ahead out there with all your money into...

...a forest.... Where no one can hear you scream.... Good luck.
 

akira28

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orphan children into an army of battlesuited super soldiers, I mean, lots of video games. I wuold finaly by that Occulus Rift.
 
If I won, the first thing I would do is give my mom 50 million and my two sisters 25 million each. Then give my aunts and uncles 5 million each, my close knit circle of online friends 2.5 million each, my close knit circle of friends I hang out with 2.5 million each. After that, trust funds, bonds, stocks and treasuries oh my!! After that I would buy a nice house, big but all on one level, but not too big. It would have a den for my consoles and a few arcade games, ms pacman, galaxia, marvel vs capcom 2, time crisis 2, Daytona USA, that fzero arcade game, metal slug 3 and the elusive white whale of arcade cabinets.....THE OCEAN HUNTER!!!! And when I finally get the THE OCEAN HUNTER in my hands, I'll be dressed as one of those old timey fisherman with the long coat and captain hat. It would just feel right for me. :D
 

SmokeMaxX

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No.

Tickets are $2, not $1. So you'd have to spend twice the number of combinations.

On top of that, tickets have to be bought in person, and if you want to cover all numbers with no duplicates, you have to fill them all out by hand. Running around buying 300 million tickets that way isn't logistically possible.

If you had that much money, you could just buy a machine that would mark the scantrons for you and then rent out one or more gas stations for a few days. Not that it'd be worth it, but you COULD do it.
 

Vex_

Banned
I know the first thing I would do is move to west coast. Everything I like is there, not here on east coast. Also, I'd like to actually have a computer store or two nearby for once Jesus. Southeast is so lame otherwise.
 
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