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Originally Posted by darklord700
It has been reported time and again how many people winning $50M would go broke in two years time.
But I have a hard time imaging people winning a $1B lottery going broke anytime soon. If anything, that guy will probably die from OD before he runs out of money.
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I was talking to the guys at work about that, and they all said the same thing, that they would take the cash up front which I think is half.
They asked me what I would do, and I told them, if I won the Powerball, nobody that I knew would see me for about 5 years, they'd all get hand written letters from an untraceable address, and a one time wire transfer of a significant gift, with a legal agreement to sign that if they ever ask me for more money, they would have to pay back the original gift.
I would find a charity or two that I liked and donate a fairly significant amount, and publish in the paper that if I re-appear that I won't take calls from any other charity.
Then I would live the next five years completely away from the grid, and have a set annual allowance paid to me through trust.
I would go and work as a farm hand in Manitoba, a crossing guard in New Brunswick. A taxi Driver in Montreal, a house painter in Vancouver, a spit bucket guy for a low ranked heavy weight boxer, and write god awful fiction and poetry and self publish it.
Then after 5 years, when things have cooled off and I've lived away from the principle of the money, I'd go and do un-announced midnight visits to close family members and friends.
Then I'd decide if I wanted to vanish again or not.
That's if I ever won the big lottery prize.