Comments on: Powerball Winner At Large – What Would You Do?

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 18 May 2010 03:55:02 +0000

I’d send copies of my W-2′s to EVERY girl who wouldn’t go out with me in high school!!!!

By: Boggy

Boggy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:18:26 +0000

I’d pay off my debts, set up my family, put aside a nice retirement fund, then blow the rest.

By: david

david — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:54:20 +0000

i would probably collect it, deposit it and go back to my daily life. maybe stop working at my job and start taking better care of myself and my loved ones.

By: health-is-wealth

health-is-wealth — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:35:28 +0000

I would spend every cent to get my health back so I could go back to complaining about things that don’t matter.

By: Lela Davidson

Lela Davidson — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:10:42 +0000

Certainly it’s wise to make some plans before claiming the winnings. And isn’t it fun to speculate?

By: Dr. Woo

Dr. Woo — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:14:41 +0000

I’ve heard that many people claim their winnings in the name of a family trust. Not because they will pay less lump sum tax on the winnings, but because the interest on the winnings will be taxed more favorably.

By: diane

diane — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:09:46 +0000

Whoever it is -probly in shock !!!
I like the idea of having a lawyer pick it up for me, not that i trust lawyers that much – i think i’d hire my best friend to go down for me. Lunch on me of course. (lol)

By: JC

JC — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:51:08 +0000

I figure the final amount the winer will receive, after taxes, will be about $85 million…wow! I would take care of all my relatives somehow – although that would be hard since IRS regulations make it hard to give money to people without penalties on them…so I’d probably buy them houses and cars and pay off their debt. That would probably leave me with $80 million – not bad! From there I’d take half and invest in modern “tax shelters” and I’d donate a few million to charities and to my alma maters. Then it’s a few houses, lots of cars and lots of vacations! I mean, $85 million, with half invested, will last a lifetime!! Good luck to you all!

By: james

james — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:09:33 +0000

Sorry about my bad punctuation.

By: james

james — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:08:16 +0000

I would take about 5-7 days to decide how I was going to get atleast half put away the moment I got it. Of course I read a bunch of financial advice the other day hoping to win.lol… I would try to find the best financial advisors in my area and do what one of the previous recent winners did and try to make it into a billion. I mean why wouldn’t you? I wouldn’t want to win and then be broke buying everyone stuff. Of course my parents my wifes parents, and her siblings wouldn’t have to worry again. I want to open up a few businesses and I would just see winning the powerball as a headstart and getting rid of loans that wouldn’t be needed so I dont have to go bank to bank. But I agree its only been one day and everyone is like why didn’t they come forward? only idiots go get the prize right away so they can blow it on some bs.