I don't have to win the $1.8 billion lottery to be happy. But, I would want to clear $100 million. I would start a few businesses that would help pay me in the long run. I would like a Brazilian steak house, a Dave and Busters-like bowling alley, an international buffet, and a tiny cabin rent...

I'm guess it's going to take between eight and nine weeks for the jackpot to rise enough so I can give a decent amount to my family and keep a good chunk of change for myself.

I have no major debt right now except normal monthly credit card debt for groceries, gas, and paying bills automatically. I just pay that off monthly. That aside, I’d first-off plan to resign my IT career once and for all and step away from that increasingly messy and unsatisfying tech world. ...

Was thinking about this today. I play Powerball when its big and I know realistically it’s just for fun. The odds are sht, but I like the dream part of it. There are also apps that give free entries for smaller prizes (I assume they make money from ads), and then stuff like scratch-offs where yo...

Tonight is the EuroMillions draw for €17,000,000 (tax-free). While everyone is chasing massive mega-jackpots, I’ve already planned my life with this entry-level win. I’d move straight to the South West of France. Imagine a wooden villa right on the Arcachon Bay or by the lake in Hossegor/Capbret...

If you win a progressive jackpot that increases every time it doesn’t hit, do you get the last batch of sales as well? For example PB is at 45 mil. If you hit it tonight do you win 45 mil before cash value & taxes or do you win something closer to 55 mil because it includes ticket sales since...

Quick question- does anyone know where I can find this show- it was actually enjoyable watching it years ago, especially the episode about the man who built a lazy river in his backyard..

A friend and I were day dreaming and talking about what we’d buy. We talked about planes. He would buy one, but not me. He wants to buy one and just absorb the cost so he can skip the airport waiting. Even if he just travels once a month. For me, I can’t justify it. I’d rather buy business cla...

1.6B….over 400M post tax. We all know what we’d buy if we won…… But what popular thing/service/membership etc wouldn’t you buy if you hit it big on Monday (or for any other massive win), that you feel most people would buy? Also who in your family/friends would you leave out of helping out?

Back of the napkin calculations: If you take the cash option, after taxes, and put the remaining in some super-safe investment with a measly 2 or 3 percent return, every month you'd generate more than a HALF MILLION dollars of after-tax cash. Over $15k a day for doing absolutely nothing. It...

I will lead off with lets not get stuck on the post tax breakdown of it all.. I was talking with my wife last night of the what if we won...... I was like I would do 60% for us, 15% for each family and 10% for all of our friends and other random things we felt like giving it away too. So lets ...

I'm currently over $14k in debt from student loans. Once that's paid off, I'd help my sister with hers, get my mom a better trailer house, then travel the country before going global. There's also 3 or 4 charities I wanna help out so each one will get $5k then I'm investing an...

15m, no taxes to be paid. What does your last days of 2025 look like if you won? If I won tonight, it would be the itchiest four days of my life. That wait until Monday for the lottery agent would probably be a dissociative experience, me and my wife wandering around in a complete daze. Next...

I mean . . . do you really want that? Even considering that OK, whoever wins doesn't actually become a billionaire, but they are immediately worth something like $250 million after taxes. I'm not sure I actually want that. Once you break spending about a million a year, maybe even less,...

I wouldn't want to light 200k on fire just for a mediocre experience. There are other options for more reasonably levels. I've gone before with just GA and its still fun and a must see if you are even a little into Golf.

Nobody won tonight so the Powerball is up to $1,500,000,000, or $686,500,000 if you decide to go with cash. How does this change your “investment” compared to what you normally do? Also, at this level of money, does it change your plans in anyway? Would you share any of it or still choose to ...

I've got a stepmother, ooh she made a lot of my life really hard. I'd need to somehow give my Dad some money and set him up nicely but not necessarily her. Tricky! Anyone else have a person who you automatically think nope, none for them!?

As that title says. Would you rather be permanently peaceful and spiritually enlightened, on your last birth in samsara. Or would you rather be how you are today but win a 3 billion dollar powerball?

I'll start, but please contribute your own. Don't tell your mom. You're really going to want to tell your mom. After a while, it's even going to feel like you're lying to her, or perhaps living a double life, if you don't tell her. Don't do it. Don't tell her. Don...

I know that upon winning we should have financial advisors and a trust lawyer. I think the financial adviser will make investments so that the money makes more money right? Will you invest in rentals? Buy stocks or crypto? What are some other ways to keep money coming in? I would like to not have...

Like, the actual lottery winner? Who shows and talks about what they do, how they do it, living life after going from relatively normal to a life of multi millions plus (we're talking a massive Powerball jackpot win here). No, I don't want the usual youtube channels like Timothy Schulz be...

If you ever daydream about winning the lottery, what’s the first thing you’d actually do the moment you find out? I buy most of my entries online through Lottoland because it’s quick, and sometimes I imagine what I’d do if a notification actually popped up saying I hit something huge. Everyone ta...

I would love to go see the Great Barrier Reef Australia New Zealand Germany Oktoberfest Ireland kiss the Blarney Stone the UK get some fish and chips France and Spain. The places that I would never go are probably the Middle East China and Russia and North Korea. Every place else though I definit...

If anyone has experience or knowledge, let's say you win a jackpot. If you won on day 1, and you set up a trust, hire a lawyer, accountant and all the different people. Then you go claim prize and see the money in bank account (obviously a new different bracket), how fast would all that happ...

Here in Brazil you need to a go to a CAIXA bank branch (the name literally means "box") and speak to the manager to start the process. The money is deposited into the account within a maximum of 5 business days, but it usually takes less than 48 hours. Anonymity is guaranteed by law. No...