re: what major fishing or hunting purchase would you make if you won the powerball tonight?

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Nope, the OP was correct.

Lump sum tonight is estimated at $700 million.

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Not correct,the top of the tickets say

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$700,000,000 Annuity
$443,300,000 Cash

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Then you have to pay taxes on the payout, which would bring the take home in Louisiana to ~$254,020,000 If filing jointly.

Not that this matters when playing the "hypothetical game", I was just trying to point this out.