Tulpa | 3,715 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 (edited) 40 minutes ago, RH said: I think I’d have to contact a lawyer and see if I could move to a state with that option before cashing it in. I’m not sure how that works but I don’t think NC has that rule and my wife and I would 100% want it to be anonymous. Pretty sure it applies to the state where you bought the ticket, not the state where you end up. These states you can remain anonymous, so buy your tickets there: Arizona Delaware Georgia Kansas Maryland New Jersey North Dakota Ohio South Carolina Texas Virginia Edited July 31, 2022 by Tulpa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,940 Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 https://www.thedailybeast.com/these-lottery-winners-scored-big-but-their-friends-and-family-turned-on-them “I think if you have something, there’s always someone else that wants it. I wish I’d torn that ticket up.” Lottery winners should have the right to remain anonymous. As @Tulpa noted, some states do allow for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,533 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Tulpa said: Pretty sure it applies to the state where you bought the ticket, not the state where you end up. These states you can remain anonymous, so buy your tickets there: Arizona Delaware Georgia Kansas Maryland New Jersey North Dakota Ohio South Carolina Texas Virginia I think you can set up blind trusts anywhere in the country and that will mask your identity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,715 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Tabonga said: I think you can set up blind trusts anywhere in the country and that will mask your identity. You can, but some states will still require you to publicly disclose lottery winnings within a certain time after the redemption of the ticket. And some specifically state that a blind trust doesn't absolve that. Others just straight up make your name public record. Poking around the intertubes says that Massachusetts allows the blind trust loophole, but some of the others are "don't even try that shit." Edited July 31, 2022 by Tulpa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estil | 1,291 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 1 hour ago, avatar! said: https://www.thedailybeast.com/these-lottery-winners-scored-big-but-their-friends-and-family-turned-on-them “I think if you have something, there’s always someone else that wants it. I wish I’d torn that ticket up.” Lottery winners should have the right to remain anonymous. As @Tulpa noted, some states do allow for that. Well a fellow from Illinois somehow beat the astronomical odds. Like I said, I hope he/she does the 30 year thing and doesn't get hit with this lottery curse/dark side. PS: My would be numbers were not even close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyree_Cooper | 859 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 i win the lottery, i buy ebay and the right to keep all auctions sold, so imma have all full sets of all games sealed, cib, loose, broken, all magazines, all soundtracks, all posters, all prototypes, all arcade cabinets, motherboards, everything will be automatically shipped to a hangar i will build somewhere with a lot of space, like on the moon or in a huge undeground cave. will have robot guards 24h and robot employees opening the packages and storing all nicely in cabinets, will also have robot testers to test games and pack back all manuals and everything properly inside. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 5,115 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 You do that, also remove the fees on shipping and tax. Also redo it so people have fair and traditional auctions, so those that end, end where they should, not whoever snipes, snipes last wins. That'll rattle some cages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrslam | 485 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 22 hours ago, Tyree_Cooper said: i win the lottery, i buy ebay and the right to keep all auctions sold, so imma have all full sets of all games sealed, cib, loose, broken, all magazines, all soundtracks, all posters, all prototypes, all arcade cabinets, motherboards, everything will be automatically shipped to a hangar i will build somewhere with a lot of space, like on the moon or in a huge undeground cave. will have robot guards 24h and robot employees opening the packages and storing all nicely in cabinets, will also have robot testers to test games and pack back all manuals and everything properly inside. Sounds like my garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,871 Graphics Team · Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Now I'm curious how much money it would take to get every game I've ever wanted in my collection... Of course, there are still games I'd like that aren't even available no matter how much cash you're willing to throw at them haha. (Red Sea Crossing, for example.) -CasualCart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,940 Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 3 hours ago, CasualCart said: Now I'm curious how much money it would take to get every game I've ever wanted in my collection... Of course, there are still games I'd like that aren't even available no matter how much cash you're willing to throw at them haha. (Red Sea Crossing, for example.) -CasualCart Well, I suppose it depends on condition etc. How about a complete NES collection for $60k? https://www.ebay.com/itm/303728350933 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captmorgandrinker | 1,654 Administrator · Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 On 7/30/2022 at 11:45 PM, Tyree_Cooper said: i win the lottery, i buy ebay I don't think you could buy ebay with what's left of a 1.1 billion dollar jackpot up front after taxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,715 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Yeah, their market cap alone is 27 billion. Maybe talk Elon into buying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyree_Cooper | 859 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 was a joke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeatherRebel5150 | 1,096 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 5,212 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 I actually looked at the math on that way back when the lotto first breached the $1B mark. I can't remember the specifics but, obviously, you want to take the one-time pay out, which lowers it, plus you need to pay taxes, which varies from state to state. In the end, you could come out ahead BUT since most always when the lotto breaks $1B people come out of the woodwork to buy tickets, your chances of winning and tying with at least one other person is considerably high. In that case, you split it and your profits are gone. And if it's a three-way split (also viable) then you're really, really screwed. Not only that but IIRC, there's also no way to buy mass amount of lotto tickets. You might be able to buy them online now, and maybe you can buy 10x at a time, but way back years ago, you had to go into a convenient store and order a lotto ticket. To have 303m tickets, you'd have to network with many, many, thousands of people to purchase all of those tickets for you. It's literally impossible to buy that many lotto tickets at once. I could be wrong but I'm guessing it's designed that way so that on some off-chance we saw something like a +$3B lotto prize, no wealthy Elon Musk type would go and take the gamble on buying millions of lotto tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Tank | 1,098 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 15 minutes ago, RH said: I actually looked at the math on that way back when the lotto first breached the $1B mark. I can't remember the specifics but, obviously, you want to take the one-time pay out, which lowers it, plus you need to pay taxes, which varies from state to state. In the end, you could come out ahead BUT since most always when the lotto breaks $1B people come out of the woodwork to buy tickets, your chances of winning and tying with at least one other person is considerably high. In that case, you split it and your profits are gone. And if it's a three-way split (also viable) then you're really, really screwed. Not only that but IIRC, there's also no way to buy mass amount of lotto tickets. You might be able to buy them online now, and maybe you can buy 10x at a time, but way back years ago, you had to go into a convenient store and order a lotto ticket. To have 303m tickets, you'd have to network with many, many, thousands of people to purchase all of those tickets for you. It's literally impossible to buy that many lotto tickets at once. I could be wrong but I'm guessing it's designed that way so that on some off-chance we saw something like a +$3B lotto prize, no wealthy Elon Musk type would go and take the gamble on buying millions of lotto tickets. On a smaller scale, but it didn't stop them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeatherRebel5150 | 1,096 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 @RH your already figured it out lol. I didn’t show the second half of the posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel_Doyce | 491 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 I like how that guy thinks he is posting some really spectacular insights that couldn't be reached via 30 seconds of thought 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Tank | 1,098 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 2 minutes ago, Daniel_Doyce said: I like how that guy thinks he is posting some really spectacular insights that couldn't be reached via 30 seconds of thought Some people just lack the ability to think things through, common sense... etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel_Doyce | 491 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 I was curious regarding the minimum # of tickets that need to be sold for there to be a >50% chance of 2+ winners. Since it follows a Poisson distribution, you can calculate p(0) + p(1) = 0.5 instead. The lambda, or mean, equals (num tickets) * (prob of winning). It turns out the answer is 507,826,412. Of course, the numbers aren't truly random since some people pick their own. Also, if you take him literally, i.e. 50% chance of exactly 1 winner, or p(1) = 50%, well, that's not possible. The max probability of exactly 1 winner is when 1/prob of winning tickets = 302,575,340 are sold, and that probability ~= 36.79% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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