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Anyone have office pools going? 
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I don't need $550 million dollars, so I won't be playing.
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I think the cash value is only 320 million and after fed and state taxes, you may get only 195 million. So yeah, I'd say go for it. 
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Nish Nishant wrote: only 320 million
Yeah, peanuts!
/ravi
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Well, Mr. Slacker did not want to win more than he needed. 
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I also do not want to win more than I need, but my needs are *very great*! 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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I wouldn't mind winning it all and seeing how much I really needed.
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The idiot in me likes to think that if I won, it would be an immediate injection of cash into the country's coffers on my account. While I hate being without the money, I love paying tax and thinking of all the good my contribution might possibly be doing.
The way I choose to look at it - my money is 100% efficient and is the money that is actually doing fantastic stuff. It's all the other poor buggers that are paying for bureaucratic stuff-ups and waste.
I try to save realism for when it matters. 
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Pretty darn close you are...
Here in frigid Wisconsin; lump sum take home after initial taxes(US 25% WI 7.5%) would be about 235M.
Then the 2018 tax form will grab another 12% and leave me with 193M
So... I guess the final factor is one of the widest recognized chips of all times... Multiply the original amount by .555 to get the final answer
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That's sound logic. 
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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On another topic.. it's finally 2018!
Pretty significant for you, right?
What's gonna happen?
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Super Lloyd wrote: What's gonna happen?
The same thing that happens every night. Try to take over the world!
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Hahah!
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Tell ya what: As a Canadian, I don't think I'm allowed to get a Powerball ticket...however, there's nothing that prevents you from getting one (or a few), and if you win, keep what you'd like (I won't even put a figure on it), and give the rest of it to me. Deal?
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I'm guessing the odds of winning are about the same as the odds of them accidentally sending me the check... so why bother buying a ticket?
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I usually buy it because it gives me more of a realistic feeling when I fantasize about spending my millions. If I don't buy it, the suspension of disbelief needed overrides the pleasure I get from fooling my brain into actually thinking that I am super rich. 
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I think this is one of the most realistic (and primary) reasons that I have heard on why people buy lottery tickets (knowing they will most like not win).  More or less, I have the same feeling about it.
Now my brother made a big mistake year's ago. He plays the same numbers, and has for years. He "has" to buy a ticket now, because if his winning numbers came up, and he didn't play, he said he would have to dance in on-coming rush hour traffic. yikes!
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Yeah, same numbers mean it's for life. Else there's always that risk there 
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This isn't true - I've done it. I used to play the same numbers and thought the same, but they put the price up one time too many for me & I decided to stop.
What actually happens is, if you don't play the lottery, you have no interest in the results & you simply have no idea what the numbers were & it doesn't affect you.
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Slacker007 wrote: Now my brother made a big mistake year's ago. He plays the same numbers, and has for years. He "has" to buy a ticket now
One advantage of the same numbers is that you do not have to actually compare the numbers.
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Yup, 22 people - that increases our odds of winning from infinitesimal to slightly, vaguely, mostly improbable.
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Good luck!
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I forgot to buy one yesterday. I'll try my luck.
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