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MaC122
MaC122 Posts: 797
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So lets say you won.  How would you go about collecting the ticket and be safe at the same time?
St. Johns County, Florida
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  • Thatgrimguy
    Thatgrimguy Posts: 4,729
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    Go to your lawyer first, open a trust, have it collected in trust.
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,186
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    Thatgrimguy said:
    Go to your lawyer first, open a trust, have it collected in trust.
    ...while I'm doing naked cartwheels in front of the lotto office. 
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  • MaC122
    MaC122 Posts: 797
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    who could you trust?
    St. Johns County, Florida
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 16,989
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    Driving my company vehicle into the Ohio and using Uber to go get it.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
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    I would be so disappointed if we won it now.  Told folks at work to watch on Monday for my entrance.  If I walked in backwards with my pants down, that was the signal that I had won and they could kiss my a$$ good bye.  Now that I'm retired, all the fun would be gone.

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • Ragtop99
    Ragtop99 Posts: 1,570
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    Jeepster47 said:
    I would be so disappointed if we won it now.  Told folks at work to watch on Monday for my entrance.  If I walked in backwards with my pants down, that was the signal that I had won and they could kiss my a$$ good bye.  Now that I'm retired, all the fun would be gone.
    Split it with me and you and I can do that together at my office...
    Cooking on an XL and Medium in Bethesda, MD.
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  • MaC122
    MaC122 Posts: 797
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    ill be more specific. I won.....holy ****! I have this ticket that needs to get to the state lottery office. I could drive there. I could get a limo. Would you guys get some sort of security?
    St. Johns County, Florida
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  • Dobie
    Dobie Posts: 3,365
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    Hire tax attorneys, quit job in poor fashion 
    Jacksonville FL
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
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    I'd drive.  Only normal personal security.  My accountant and attorney to meet me there.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
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    Go to the bank on Monday ... open a safe deposit box ... put ticket in box ... lock it away.  Go to lawyer's office ... set up new will and financial plan.  You're rich, now comes the task of trying to keep as much as possible out of the government's hands.  Hire good financial lawyers and listen to them.

    Think seriously about the possibility that this much money will screw up your kids, your grand kids and your great-grand kids.  Make a concerted effort to address the possibility.

    The odds of winning the lottery and not going broke within the next decade is not that great.  All of us have a comfort zone, and when pushed outside of that zone, we seem to work extremely hard to get back in.  In the case of lottery winners, they seem to be very good at getting back to zero.

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • Sea2Ski
    Sea2Ski Posts: 4,088
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    $700,000,000 +.

     Even losing half for taxes and then half again on stupid stuff, that is a ton of money to blow to end up at zero. 

    I'd like to give it a try. 

    I just want enough to pay off the mortgage and life the life I have now, but not have to work. 
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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
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    @Sea2Ski ... only 700,000,000?  Have you been sleeping this afternoon? It's now over $900,000,000.

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • SoCalTim
    SoCalTim Posts: 2,158
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    I asked my boss this morning what he would do if he won ... he told me, 'first I divorce my wife, then I go collect my money' ...
    I've slow smoked and eaten so much pork, I'm legally recognized as being part swine - Chatsworth Ca.
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  • YEMTrey
    YEMTrey Posts: 6,829
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    Yep.  Setup a trust, live off the interest, and generations are set from here to eternity.
    Steve 
    XL, Mini Max, and a 22" Blackstone in Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • YukonRon
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    northGAcock said:
    First thing I am going to do is buy each of you a new egg of your choice.  
    Then I will need to win the lottery to keep grilling. (MEDIUM, by the way)
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • fishepa
    fishepa Posts: 211
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    No winner apparently 
    War Damn Eagle!
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,186
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    Next pot $1,300,000,000+
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  • BrookieP
    BrookieP Posts: 135
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     I'd build my dream house with an amazing outdoor kitchen. The rest would go to more Eggs and accessories. My XL takes all my money now, I don't think that would change.
    XL BGE & 36" Blackstone
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  • Mikee
    Mikee Posts: 892
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    Hire a cheap attorney, they'll only want (steal) 25% of the winnings vs the normal 33%.
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  • MaC122
    MaC122 Posts: 797
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    really...no winner...that cant be right.....btw I had no numbers. absolutely no numbers hit. wow  
    St. Johns County, Florida
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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
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    Hmmm ... the missus bought one ticket ... she's a math major who's taught probability and statistics and should know better.  She let the machine pick the numbers ... it guessed the power ball number correctly and doubled her money.  Now I'm afraid ... really afraid ... might have to hide her car keys.

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • johnmitchell
    johnmitchell Posts: 6,581
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    I would contribute it all to Hillary's campaign.... "Hillary for 2016"..
    Greensboro North Carolina
    When in doubt Accelerate....
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  • Terrebandit
    Terrebandit Posts: 1,750
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    Can one choose to remain private in these situations?  Surely, that is an option. 



    Dave - Austin, TX
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  • jtcBoynton
    jtcBoynton Posts: 2,814
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    @Terrebandit   In some states yes, in others no. 
    Southeast Florida - LBGE
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,029
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    My neighbors growing up won the lottery. (My sisters best friend family) 90 million after taxes. They were divorced 6 months later
    "The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan

    Minnesota
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  • Schoot
    Schoot Posts: 13
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    My question is how do you manage it banks are only secured up to million....
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  • milesvdustin
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    SoCalTim said:
    I asked my boss this morning what he would do if he won ... he told me, 'first I divorce my wife, then I go collect my money' ...
    Thats an easy court win for his would be ex wife if he did that. There is already legal precedent from similar cases. 

    2 LBGE, Blackstone 36, Jumbo Joe

    Egging in Southern Illinois (Marion)

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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
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    the lottery is a tax on people who can't do math ;)
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,832
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    Darby_Crenshaw said:
    the lottery is a tax on people who can't do math ;)
    I always thought it was a tax on the dumb, but that works too.
    They/Them
    Morgantown, PA

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