Someone just won nearly 1/4 billion dollars...

[BlackRider]

...from the local multistate lottery and all I got from that drawing was $2. Since it's a new year I've got to start my gambling records over again. So now I'm at $2 in, $2 out. :P<br><br>After federal and state withholdings I wonder if the winner is going to break $100 mil. (I really doubt it if he takes the cash option.)<br><br>One of these days my number will come up. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START 8) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/glasses.gif ALT="8)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:red;font-size:large;">C</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:orange;font-size:large;">O</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:green;font-size:large;">L</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:blue;font-size:large;">O</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:indigo;font-size:large;">R</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:violet;font-size:large;">S</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:pink;font-size:xx-large;">!</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></p><i></i>

[XMEN Gambit]

Lottery: Retirement plan for the mathematically challenged.<br><br><br>(But I bought a ticket, too... <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> ) <p></p><i></i>

[Ambush Bug]

Man, if I ever won a lottery of that size, I'd be like "OK, you want half of this in taxes up front if I take it all as one lump sum? Fine by me!" Then I'd take the fifty million or whatever, put it in a good bank, and live off the interest, after tossing around about $300,000 for various useful things.<br><br>I mean, come on, half of a quarter billion is still a LOT of money! <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i></i>

[BlackRider]

Is $100 mil enough for a 360 Spider for Monday, a 355 Spider for Tuesday, an F50 for Wednesday, an F40 for Thursday, a 550 Barchetta for Friday, a Delorian for Saturday, and an Auburn Boat-tail Speedster for Sunday? (I know, I spend way too much time daydreaming. :P)<br><br>Actually I'd be more than happy with $1 mil so I could go to college and learn everything I ever wanted to learn and have 5 or so degrees. Then I could be "over qualified" to work anywhere. :P<br><br>Oh and half of a quarter of a billion is 1/8 of a billion or $125 mil <p><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:red;font-size:large;">C</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:orange;font-size:large;">O</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:green;font-size:large;">L</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:blue;font-size:large;">O</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:indigo;font-size:large;">R</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:violet;font-size:large;">S</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:pink;font-size:xx-large;">!</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></p><i></i>

[Perc]

Mega was 222 Mil last I saw.<br><br>Someone in Virginia won, it wasn't me.<br><br>If you took the cash option, after taxes you get to keep about 73 Mil...you lose more than half right from the start.<br>($3,450,000.00 per 10 million after taxes.)<br><br>Just remember the old saying.<br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"Spending more than a dollar on lotto is like standing on a milk crate to get a better look at the sun"</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->.<br><br>Of course, I spent 7 dollars on this one and I am envious of the 2 bucks blackrider won! ROFL <p></p><i></i>

[Mavicator]

BR, you win $125 million and you buy a Delorian? <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.camerasupport.com/oV/mavsigr ... <!--EZCODE IMAGE END--></p><i></i>

[BlackRider]

Yeah... one of the gold plated ones... <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :bounce --><img src=http://www.thzclan.com/forums/images/sm ... bounce.gif ALT=":bounce"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br>*edit* Last year I spent $36 on the lottery and won $27. I may not be the luckiest person in Ohio but I must be close to one of most consistently lucky. :P <p><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:red;font-size:large;">C</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:orange;font-size:large;">O</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:green;font-size:large;">L</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:blue;font-size:large;">O</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:indigo;font-size:large;">R</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:violet;font-size:large;">S</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:pink;font-size:xx-large;">!</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub141.ezboard.com/bxmenclan.sho ... ckRider</A> at: 2/21/04 4:27 pm<br></i>