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Powerball jackpot at $1.7 billion after no-winner draw - Reuters (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2023 OP
I'll get ONE ticket today. One is all it takes. Oopsie Daisy Oct 2023 #1
so markie Oct 2023 #2
maybe not all of them, but a good start,,, getagrip_already Oct 2023 #4
yes not all... markie Oct 2023 #7
mine, Mine, MINE!!!!! getagrip_already Oct 2023 #3
You are going to need a second stroke of luck or some lucrative investments. TexasTowelie Oct 2023 #5
I have two cats I value at $1B each, getagrip_already Oct 2023 #6

Oopsie Daisy

(2,754 posts)
1. I'll get ONE ticket today. One is all it takes.
Tue Oct 10, 2023, 05:14 AM
Oct 2023

My weekly lotto budget is $4.00. I keep trying. Maybe someday.

markie

(22,759 posts)
2. so
Tue Oct 10, 2023, 06:22 AM
Oct 2023

this informs me this fine morning, that collectively we have enough discretionary income to significantly help house the homeless and feed the hungry.... or something like that oh, our collective priorities are so interesting

getagrip_already

(14,935 posts)
4. maybe not all of them, but a good start,,,
Tue Oct 10, 2023, 09:59 AM
Oct 2023

You would get somewhere between $600M-$700M before taxes if you took a lump sum payment. Figure 40% for taxes, fees, bloodsuckers, and the like.

So maybe you would end up with $350M out of that pot? That's a conservative estimate of course.

Houseing 500 families a month would cost about $1M. So $12M/year for 500 families. You can see that pot isn't infinite.

getagrip_already

(14,935 posts)
3. mine, Mine, MINE!!!!!
Tue Oct 10, 2023, 09:50 AM
Oct 2023

And I'm going to use it to humiliate tiny by getting on the forbes 400 list with it. Hey, if he can do it with less than 500 million, so can I!

Then I'll become the next george soros. Bwa ha ha ha ha,,,,,,,,,,,

TexasTowelie

(112,623 posts)
5. You are going to need a second stroke of luck or some lucrative investments.
Tue Oct 10, 2023, 10:00 AM
Oct 2023

The cutoff to get on the Forbes 400 list in 2023 was $2.9 billion.

getagrip_already

(14,935 posts)
6. I have two cats I value at $1B each,
Tue Oct 10, 2023, 10:04 AM
Oct 2023

and a 2008 honda odysey thats worth at least $500M. Plus my kids beanie babie collection; those are worth at least $10M each!

No problemo.

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