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$758,700,000.00

retroxler58retroxler58 Member Posts: 32,693 ✭✭✭
edited August 2017 in General Discussion
I could have sworn it was mine... [B)]


embarrassing... I work with numbers ALL day.
And I couldn't see that I had lost a few zeroes.. [V]
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  • SperrySperry Member Posts: 5,006 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    One-tenth of 1%?

    My deal is 1% ... my buddy and me keep it simple.
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  • eastbankeastbank Member Posts: 4,052 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    after all the huppla dies down that lady will only get a little over half of it due to all the taxes on it(I know its more than one person will ever need). mr myopic.[xx(][xx(]
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  • BrookwoodBrookwood Member, Moderator Posts: 13,768 ******
    edited November -1
    If I was that lucky gal, I'd sure have stayed anonymous.

    Her picture and ID are all over the internet. She will be hounded for the rest of her life!
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,497 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You left out three zeroes. She took a lump sum, which brought it down to 400-something million, of which taxes took about a quarter, leaving her with right at half the headline number. She'll scrape by on that, somehow.

    You are correct that she'll be hounded to death. She'll REALLY wish she had stayed incognito, anonymous, and unrevealed.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • jltrentjltrent Member Posts: 9,344 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Brookwood
    If I was that lucky gal, I'd sure have stayed anonymous.

    Her picture and ID are all over the internet. She will be hounded for the rest of her life!
    +1
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  • CaptFunCaptFun Member Posts: 16,678 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    As I recall at least one of the lotteries does not permit anonymous winners. The proper way to do it is create a trust or foundation and that legal entity "wins"... Easier to protect assets from the tax man between generations....
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  • droptopdroptop Member Posts: 8,363 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Who would have believed, ON THE INTERNET[:0] there are lists of 10 things to do if you win the lottery.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/23/what-to-do-if-you-win-the-lottery.html

    So far, she's probably zero out of 10.
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  • GrasshopperGrasshopper Member Posts: 17,042 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    In Illinois, you cannot remain anonymous. Some programmer for the lottery in Iowa and some other states just got 20 years trying to remain anonymous.
    Maybe she will get someone HONEST to assist her.[?][|)]
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  • retroxler58retroxler58 Member Posts: 32,693 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Rocky Raab
    You left out three zeroes. She took a lump sum, which brought it down to 400-something million, of which taxes took about a quarter, leaving her with right at half the headline number. She'll scrape by on that, somehow.

    You are correct that she'll be hounded to death. She'll REALLY wish she had stayed incognito, anonymous, and unrevealed.
    Thanks for the clarity Rocky... That was a bit embarrassing.
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  • SperrySperry Member Posts: 5,006 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Grasshopper
    In Illinois, you cannot remain anonymous.


    In Illinois ... good luck collecting! [:o)]

    Delaware you can be anonymous. Not PA.
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,497 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You'd think, of all places, Illinois would make it legal to win anonymously.

    So the crooked politicians could rig it and divvy it up.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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