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Powerball question...how would you spend your first week after winning?

Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:20 pm
Posted by Costanza
Member since May 2011
3275 posts
Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:20 pm
How do you spend your first week once the winnings are securely in your bank account?

Assume $500M after taxes is your bank balance.

Who do you tell, where do you go, what do you buy, what do you do?

Walk us through your first week.
This post was edited on 3/28/19 at 8:25 am
Posted by TheWalrus
Land of the Hogs
Member since Dec 2012
48096 posts
Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:24 pm to
I know the popular answer is hookers and blow, but I’d go with whores and coke.
Posted by JPinLondon
not in London (currently NW Ohio)
Member since Nov 2006
7881 posts
Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:24 pm to
I post porn and type n**g*z on the O-T, then throw a few thousand $$ at Chicken for an immediate un-ban and his written apology.
Posted by Huey Lewis
BR
Member since Oct 2013
5166 posts
Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:26 pm to
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This post was edited on 9/26/20 at 12:33 am
Posted by GetBackToWork
Member since Dec 2007
6602 posts
Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:26 pm to
quote:

what do you do?


Sit on the interstate waiting in traffic.
Posted by TBoy
Kalamazoo
Member since Dec 2007
29108 posts
Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:28 pm to
Don’t do or say a damn thing.
Posted by pwejr88
Red Stick
Member since Apr 2007
37954 posts
Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:32 pm to
Give 10% to church
Pay off debt
Buy new cars
Give to family
Go on vacation
Get volunteer/part time job
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
17787 posts
Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:33 pm to
Great question. That’s why I play Powerball when it’s gets to a high number. I have zero expectations of winning, but that $2 I spent on a ticket allows me to day dream for the next 30 minutes. And of all the stupid shite I spend money on, a 30 minutes day dream of having hundreds of millions of $ is worth the $2.

But to answer your question, the thought I have most often is strolling into work the next few weeks before I claim the ticket and have zero fricks about what is going on. Then...

...I would travel the world in the best accommodations for a year. And invite family and friends to join me one at a time. Ibiza with my college buddies. Then Switzerland with my parents. Then Paris with my best man and wife. Set them up with first class tickets and the finest hotels and monkey butlers
Posted by Costanza
Member since May 2011
3275 posts
Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:36 pm to
You’d get a part time job in the first week? What in the actual F
Posted by Costanza
Member since May 2011
3275 posts
Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:37 pm to
Tell me more about monkey butlers.
Posted by tiggerthetooth
Big Momma's House
Member since Oct 2010
64638 posts
Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:40 pm to
quote:

Assume $500M after taxes is your bank balance.


Not possible even in the states with the lowest taxes.
Posted by Costanza
Member since May 2011
3275 posts
Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:41 pm to
Thanks Poindexter
Posted by Tigerbythetale
Las Vegas
Member since Aug 2014
1458 posts
Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:42 pm to
If it rolls, floats, flys or fricks, LEA$E
Posted by 50_Tiger
Arlington TX
Member since Jan 2016
43528 posts
Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:44 pm to
quote:

Give 10% to church


Sucker born everyday
Posted by 50_Tiger
Arlington TX
Member since Jan 2016
43528 posts
Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:48 pm to
Id give myself 10 million to blow. The rest in Mutual Funds that will get me at least 3% ROI.

I actually enjoy my career and what I do. I would still go to work but make lab lunches EPIC.

So:

575m x 0.396 = 227.7m in taxes

347.3m left after

(10m) blow off money -> 337.3m left

337.3m x 3% ROI Annually = 10.119m a year to blow every year never touching the principle.
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
17787 posts
Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:50 pm to
quote:

Tell me more about monkey butlers.




There will be one at first. Then he will train others.
This post was edited on 3/27/19 at 9:55 pm
Posted by ugastreaker
South Ga
Member since Jun 2015
4664 posts
Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:51 pm to
Spend about 200k and buy Auburn and burn that shithole to the ground. Then take the next six days and rest.
Posted by Picayuner
Member since Dec 2016
3867 posts
Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:57 pm to
I would buy El Cid Close to the stadiums for game days.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53809 posts
Posted on 3/27/19 at 10:00 pm to
quote:

I actually enjoy my career and what I do. I would still go to work but make lab lunches EPIC. 

Me too but I'd retire tomorrow if I had 5 million dollars
Posted by Spankum
The Sip
Member since Jan 2007
63270 posts
Posted on 3/27/19 at 10:04 pm to
I am not impulsive at all, so I probably wouldn't do much of anything different for a few weeks.
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