For those of you who play the same numbers when you play or have a favorite set of numbers or whatever, how do you think you would react if you didn’t play one day and your numbers hit for the powerball jackpot? I feel like it would be akin to losing a bitcoin wallet or something. I think id los...

As stated, this is a (mostly) detailed plan of what I would do if I won a truly massive jackpot in the lottery. This is assuming a post-tax win of $500m for this scenario, and the plan can adjust up or down based on the size of the jackpot. I borrowed this formatting style from u/yoloyodo22 so t...

Over the last week people have been fantizing about becoming a billionaire but I noticed that a lot of people won the 2nd tier powerball award that is 1million. That got me thinking, what would I do to maximize my winnings if I won 2nd place. Is is possible to grow a million dollar winning into ...

Have you read the article about the bankruptcy of the Publishers Clearing House? They WERE paying their winners $5000 a month for life until earlier this year, then the checks stopped. These winners were dumbfounded because their budget included a $5000 monthly payment from a form of annuity, an...

So theoretically if you buy a ticket every draw, even when the jackpot is at $20 million, wouldn't it be strategically better to wait until it's high (say $600 million or something) and then buy as many lines as drawings have passed since your last purchase? Then effectively it's like...

If I won the lottery, would it be wise to put it into an annuity? Such as with Knights of Columbus, or some other outfit?

If I had $10M, this is how I would spend. Actually this doesn't even take $10M, it would be fine even with $3M as principle creating passive interest. Health and wellness: Personal trainer three times a week. Yes I can work out on my own but I find better results and less mental bandwidth ...

So I've been thinking through everything I would do if I (really, my wife and I) won the lottery. We've already decided we'd take the annuity payments, which would start at about $9,778,093 after taxes. This honestly is a mind-boggling number, absolutely insane. So, I'm going to l...

The day the money pops into your account, and after you’ve done all the regular responsible stuff like paying off debt, getting a lawyer, etc. What are you doing? For me, I’m getting a penthouse suite in Miami and getting hot! I’ll have appointments to get my teeth done, my hair done, my eyes do...

People have mentioned before that the lottery commission checks the video from where the ticket was purchased for security. Do they really do that? In the US? If so, WHY, considering it's not the purchaser's win? Doesn't it belong to whoever signs the back?

Hi there, I’m curious on how long it takes to receive the money after coming forward? Second question, which is the best way to receive the money? Third question, how would I communicate to the bank of that size of a deposit? Thanks in advance for replying.

That’s the takeaway after taxes if you choose the annuity for the $1.1B lottery. If you take the lump sum, you’d get something in the $200M range after taxes. If I just had $20M one time I’d be set for life, but every year…I don’t even know what I’d do. A lot of philanthropy for sure. I don’t wa...

So idk much about lotteries I’m in my 20’s and have questions hopefully yall can help. Does the winner have to hire a team? Like absolutely have to? For example a lawyer? A trust? A financial advisor? (Idk what else people usually get?)Can someone just go claim their money and get it deposited in...

I will use myself as an example. I live in the state of California and my state does not allow your identity to be anonymous. What is the best advice you can give to stay low? Am I really required to show my face and do interviews? What would the process be like when I walk to the Lottery office ...

Why or why not? Tell us more. I'm retired now, but when I was working I used to daydream about winning the lottery. I'd rent an airplane to fly over the buildings at lunchtime when everyone is out and about. The plane would be trailing a sign that says "take this job and shove ...

I’m an avid options trader and used to work as an analyst in finance. No fear is money management or dealing with financial advisors. My fear is finding a trusted lawyer who isn’t gonna fuck anything up or rob me blind. How would you guys be finding a lawyer. Surely not from ads on Google.

Just wondering if any of my fellow dream chasers track their wins and losses? I did long time ago, for maybe 2 years and if memory serves I was about 4-5 grand in the red each year. Decided to track again this year and am at -$2546 as of the end of August. I guess I’m doing this to help mys...

I live near one of the poorest cities in the US. The city's local district needs about $1.5B in facility upgrades to make the buildings fit for kids: everything from HVAC, to lighting and plumbing, to structural issues, to new roofs. Rats and insect infestations are a problem in some of the w...

All I know is that's a lot of money. I would totally buy myself a trash can size margarita and sit back and whistle. God bless to all of you! I really hope one of you win.

If I ever won I already have a 5 car garage lineup planned out. Cars I would buy immediately. I get the whole “stay low key, hide your winnings” idea and honestly I would be fine living in a modest house. I am in a city so that is not really an issue anyway. But here is the problem. How do you e...

Wake up, check lottery app for life changing wins, go have a pee, prepare to go to work. Repeat cycle most days Shout out who do the same.

If I won, I’m not sure how I’d go about telling or not telling my family. I’d definitely want to share at least 20% of a giant jackpot like this one with my family, but I’ve got a BIG family and some of them would definitely tell other people. Some of them would definitely start trying to treat m...

I think I would probably spend a million or two on a house and then two or $300,000 on cars and then pay off the utilities and property tax in a trust that the utilities draw from so I literally do not have to worry about any payments at all going forward. Then I think I would Target a return of ...

A lot of people seem to be confused about the amount of money in the jackpot. They think that when they take the lump sum, the lottery gives them a fraction of that bigger jackpot and pockets the rest. "They're scamming us!": This couldn't be further from the truth. The "bi...

Remember the giant piano from the movie Big. The one that you play with your feet. If I win, I'm getting one of those. And, no, I don't know how to play.