Dallas_Cowboys50
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1. Luxury Box
2. City
3. Jet
4. United Kingdom
5. Chiefs
2. City
3. Jet
4. United Kingdom
5. Chiefs
Do not blame you at all. Seen some awesome pictures and videos of places next to the ocean on Irish countryside. We have some good places in the States, but I don't think we have anything that compares to those. Maybe some of those rockier shorelines by Oregon?I would definitely add a little cottage over looking the ocean on the Irish countryside. That would be in the rotation.
Probably some coastal areas in California also. Ireland is beautiful. I drove around the country a few years back and loved it. Definitely a place I would spend more time.. if I hit the lottery!Do not blame you at all. Seen some awesome pictures and videos of places next to the ocean on Irish countryside. We have some good places in the States, but I don't think we have anything that compares to those. Maybe some of those rockier shorelines by Oregon?
Naw, you take the lump sum. Life isn’t guaranteed tomorrow or even next week. Get that $$$ and enjoy it while you canBillion dollar lottery are you doing cash option or the annuity? Cash option after taxes is what 350 mil?
That kind of money I'd have to consider the payments
1. Luxury box. I actually don’t enjoy watching games in-person. Football is better to watch on TV in my opinion.I tried to keep this less personal, and for bleeps and giggles. You just won the $1 billion Powerball prize. Money is not an object.
You get one or the other on the 5 questions below:
- Dallas Cowboys 50-yard line season tickets close to the field, or a nice luxury box season ticket. Which one do you buy?
- Fancy huge penthouse condo in the big city, or large estate with plenty of acres in the country? Which one?
- You get 2 choices on long-distance travel and leisure. Decent-size Yacht, or decent-size Private Jet? (Not U.S.S. Jerry size LOL) You can only pick one.
- For a second vacation home, you can only pick one country outside of the USA (or if you're in another country reading this, that one). Which country do you build your vacation home?
- You are forced to invest your remaining money in one NFL Team as a minority ownership. Any team is open EXCEPT for the Dallas Cowboys. Which team do you pick?
Good choice #4. I may end up retiring in one of those 2 countries even without winning the lottery.1. Luxury box. I actually don’t enjoy watching games in-person. Football is better to watch on TV in my opinion.
2. Penthouse condo in big city
3. Private jet; sitting on a boat loses its appeal after awhile
4. Portugal or Spain
5. Chargers or Packers
Sweet. We can meet up on Sundays and watch American football as expats there!Good choice #4. I may end up retiring in one of those 2 countries even without winning the lottery.
We just got back after driving route 1 and the Sierra Nevada's. Beautiful state. Was in San Diego 30 years ago, never went north, wish I would have back then.Probably some coastal areas in California also.
With any assetts when you leave this world, don't forget to spend the money on a estate lawyer and keep everything out of probate!Naw, you take the lump sum. Life isn’t guaranteed tomorrow or even next week. Get that $$$ and enjoy it while you can
If you take the cash lump sum, it's only 478 million minus taxes. If you'd like the annuity, here's a table showing the yearly payments for your state.Well, I never play the lottery, but if one were to imagine...
I'd change nothing about my lifestle. Honestly, happy with my lifestyle now and where we're at as a family.
One billion dollars is a huge tax hit, to play it safe, if you take a lump sum, lets say you clear 500 million in the bank (I don't belive the tax rate is over 60% even for that much money, but I could be wrong).
What I'd do imagining...
1 - Put 100 million in some kind of annuity, annual interest alone would allow you to retire if you wanted to (I wouldn't "retire", work keeps me going as I get older).
2 - Take 10 million and divide it up for all my family, everyone gets an equal share (I do have a large entended family). Mother in law whom I love like my own mother would also get more.
3 - The rest I have no doubt both my wife and I would dontate to worthwhile charities, particuarly churches and animal care groups (NOT the SPAC LOL).
4 - Would allow us to downsize to sell the house and land to just buy something smaller, no doubt a custom build (under 1.5k square feet) and no more than 5 acres of land. Wait... if I have that much money, I could buy the same amount of land as I have now and I could pay people to keep it up instead of busting my butt over the weekends when I'm off work! LOL
5 - Annually travel the world with my wife since we will become empty nesters in a month when my last son ships off to the military. We're planning on doing that any ways, but things could get a lot nicer on where we stay and what we do LMAO
Sorry, no NFL team is getting any of my new found money!
Go the same with what I said I'd do for 478 million payout instead of a 500 million payoutIf you take the cash lump sum, it's only 478 million minus taxes. If you'd like the annuity, here's a table showing the yearly payments for your state.
https://www.usamega.com/powerball/jackpot