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Originally Posted by Tcoat
Well see I don't know the rules there but here if you win that much you are going to be plastered all over the news. There would be no hiding it. Also like almost any horror story we hear about the winners that got ruined but nothing about the other 95% that lived life royally without and issue.
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Yeah I always thought it could be claimed anonymously (in CA, the sunny one, not the snowy one) and I've heard that you can have a lawyer/agent claim the prize for you.
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Originally Posted by Dadhawk
There was a news story just this morning in Georgia (one of the Powerball states, and where you aren't anonymous) where they have been considering changing the rules so that you could be anonymous if you "buy it" by donating a portion of your winnings back to the scholarship fund. basically a privacy tax. I almost drove off the road when I heard it...
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What's a couple million when you've got a few hundred more?
This thread has stumped me, people grubbing for an extra $10 million on top of the hundreds of millions you already have? Jesus, I can't even comprehend that level of gluttony.
Most expensive thing I could see myself doing is going racing, but if you're not trying to compete at the top levels you're only looking at a few million a year tops. Just read a quote that Dale Earnhardt Jr. says his Nationwide team costs $200k/race, that's about $7mil to run a season. And we're talking about enough money to run 10 cars for 100 seasons and potentially turn a profit doing so and still have a few hundred million leftover as a safety net.
Again, these numbers are mind boggling.