I do wonder how possible it is to win that much money and have no one find out
I'd be scared I'd have to move somewhere, or get body guards just to prevent getting me or my family from getting ransomed
But in less paranoid terms. Probably go on several week long vacations across the world, with various people that are my friends.
Give a bunch of folks I know on minimum wage a cool $100,000.
Buy a decently sized but not ridiculous house + car
Hire an accountant for the rest and figure out the best way to make it continue to modestly grow because when we're talking about a billion dollars a modest rate of growth is plenty
Found a small game studio that hopefully becomes self-sustaining relatively quickly
Assuming it does, donate any and all investment returns on the initial winnings to charity
In fact, I could live off 500,000 dollars a year for the rest of my life so just consider the remaining ~$900 million to be there for charity work and the only reason it's not all given away immediately is because it can turn into more charity money if it's invested wisely
i don't know that i would buy the wrestle factory outright, but i might try to buy into chikara as a silent partner tbh this is true
keep my hands off of booking and training, but like, see for myself if the rumors about carny dealings are true, and use my money to fix them if they ARE true, and also to make sure those wrestlers are paid better in general because no matter what they're making it isn't enough
chikara pro is, no matter what, very close to my heart, and that would feel to me like a good way to give back to an organization that has given me a great deal
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
I find it interesting that some folks have said "put it in a secure savings scheme and live modestly off the interest". 806 million dollars returning 1% interest per annum would be over 8 million dollars a year... Even if you only spend a quarter of that and put the rest back in the account, that's still 43 times the national average wage (in the USA).
And if you walk into a bank with a cheque for 806 million dollars and the manager says "the best interest rate I can give you is 1%", kill that bank manager because they intended to steal tens of millions of dollars from you every year.
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
Invest in medical tech and bioengineering (smart crops and such) with the ultimate goal of having plenty of cheap or free health care and food for everyone on the planet
Of course this would result in further population growth and overcrowding so I'd also have to chuck some towards space colonization efforts
As god is my witness I will turn us into the healthy, well fed, long lived, spacefaring supermen we were always meant to be
Future, wealthy GG.
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Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
I'd probably go full on super-villain.
I mean the only thing holding me back has been resources.
I'd buy a nice island out of the path of worrisome weather, start fortifying it and invest the money to financially live off it while also profiting from gains in science/military advancements.
Ha ha, yep probably. Kidnapped, ransomed, and murdered.
that's why I would not tell anyone and try to turn it in anonymous and go to ground as fast as I can because I would not trust this state to keep it a secret if asked
A lot of canadians are apparently using third party websites to buy powerball tickets.
I just couldn't do it. Even if the 1/292M odds picked me, I would view the chance that the third party intermediary wouldn't just take the money/ticket and disappear as even worse odds.
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Pay off my parents house and set them up for life with a trust. Put the rest in trusts and funds per however is recommended at the time by an actual accounting firm/lawyer. Then i would go back to school for just such a field but I would still keep the accounting firm when i got out if they were doing a good job. Only then would i spend more money than i usually do. And I would buy land, lots of land. Go full ted turner.
I mean the only thing holding me back has been resources.
I'd buy a nice island out of the path of worrisome weather, start fortifying it and invest the money to financially live off it while also profiting from gains in science/military advancements.
I'd probably start buying some politicians.
Be livin' the dream.
Let me know if you need henchmen and you're willing to provide full benefits.
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Travel the world.
Build a Gundam.
Travel the world in my Gundam.
I dunno, all that smart stuff like invest it or donate portions of it, I hadn't really thought of it. Take care of my Mom, dunno about the rest of my family. Build a fortress. maybe Groundhog Day this shit and finally play all my video games, learn some languages, learn some instruments.
Maybe look into what would be involved in hiring lobbyists to hassle congress about things like transgender rights 'n undoing citizens United and whatnot
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Build a replica of Serenity.
Live there.
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I heard dave lang made a girl cry at the wrestle factory
I'd be scared I'd have to move somewhere, or get body guards just to prevent getting me or my family from getting ransomed
But in less paranoid terms. Probably go on several week long vacations across the world, with various people that are my friends.
Give a bunch of folks I know on minimum wage a cool $100,000.
fucking, just fucking as much as humanly possible
Buy a decently sized but not ridiculous house + car
Hire an accountant for the rest and figure out the best way to make it continue to modestly grow because when we're talking about a billion dollars a modest rate of growth is plenty
Found a small game studio that hopefully becomes self-sustaining relatively quickly
Assuming it does, donate any and all investment returns on the initial winnings to charity
In fact, I could live off 500,000 dollars a year for the rest of my life so just consider the remaining ~$900 million to be there for charity work and the only reason it's not all given away immediately is because it can turn into more charity money if it's invested wisely
http://www.audioentropy.com/
i don't know that i would buy the wrestle factory outright, but i might try to buy into chikara as a silent partner tbh this is true
keep my hands off of booking and training, but like, see for myself if the rumors about carny dealings are true, and use my money to fix them if they ARE true, and also to make sure those wrestlers are paid better in general because no matter what they're making it isn't enough
chikara pro is, no matter what, very close to my heart, and that would feel to me like a good way to give back to an organization that has given me a great deal
Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
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And Freedom
And that's sad that it gets both of those
You know, the stuff that's different colours
And if you walk into a bank with a cheque for 806 million dollars and the manager says "the best interest rate I can give you is 1%", kill that bank manager because they intended to steal tens of millions of dollars from you every year.
Ha ha, yep probably. Kidnapped, ransomed, and murdered.
Future, wealthy GG.
I mean the only thing holding me back has been resources.
I'd buy a nice island out of the path of worrisome weather, start fortifying it and invest the money to financially live off it while also profiting from gains in science/military advancements.
I'd probably start buying some politicians.
Be livin' the dream.
that's why I would not tell anyone and try to turn it in anonymous and go to ground as fast as I can because I would not trust this state to keep it a secret if asked
Rig it with remote controls so I can drop a bowling ball on the floor whenever I want.
Finally get revenge on the people who live in the apartment directly above my own.
No, that's called a reference.
I just couldn't do it. Even if the 1/292M odds picked me, I would view the chance that the third party intermediary wouldn't just take the money/ticket and disappear as even worse odds.
You know I read it in a magazine
Close!
I'd buy a law firm. Then an accounting firm.
Invite people I don't like
Stage an "accidental" failure of security systems
Eat popcorn
become a better Tyler Perry
Let me know if you need henchmen and you're willing to provide full benefits.
Build a Gundam.
Travel the world in my Gundam.
I dunno, all that smart stuff like invest it or donate portions of it, I hadn't really thought of it. Take care of my Mom, dunno about the rest of my family. Build a fortress. maybe Groundhog Day this shit and finally play all my video games, learn some languages, learn some instruments.
Probably invest way too much into kickstarters.
Steam
One of the spare War Rigs from Mad Max off of George Miller. He's gotta know where they are, right?
http://www.audioentropy.com/
Live there.
"Readers who prefer tension and romance, Maledictions: The Offering, delivers... As serious YA fiction, I’ll give it five stars out of five. As a novel? Four and a half." - Liz Ellor
My new novel: Maledictions: The Offering. Now in Paperback!
Except @Zonugal, good job.