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But if we are doing this for realz, as the title suggests, I really wonder if my marriage would survive it.  I would have great difficulty in having anyone remotely suggest what, when, and where I was going to be spending my time and money.  Scratching off half of that might be the simplest play.

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17 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

But if we are doing this for realz, as the title suggests, I really wonder if my marriage would survive it.  I would have great difficulty in having anyone remotely suggest what, when, and where I was going to be spending my time and money.  Scratching off half of that might be the simplest play.

Or give yourselves a $1-2 million a year, each,  discretionary spending budget. 

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The potential tax bite

(Assumes no reduction in taxable income and no additional local taxes owed)

Element $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot $620 million Powerball jackpot
Lump sum option $904 million $354.3 million
24% federal tax withholding less $217 million less $85 million
13% more (diff. bet. 24% and top tax rate of 37%) less $117.5 million less $46 million
State tax of 0% to 8.82% less 0 to $79.7 million less 0 to $31.3 million
After-tax bottom line $489.8 million to $569.5 million $192 million to $223.3 million
 
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Is there a helipad near DKR-TMS? If I win $500 million after taxes, I'm prolly gonna skip that I-10 to 71 drive on Saturdays in the fall.

Bernard

If you're worth half a billion why are you staying in Houston? Or at least driving up earlier and renting a penthouse?

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6 hours ago, ShaggyBevo RIP said:

If you're worth half a billion why are you staying in Houston?

Forbes 400 includes 11 Houston Billionaires and excludes any poor Billionaires whose net worth falls below $2 Billion. Houston is a great place to live. It’ll be my home base, but my NetJets account will be used like my current Uber account. I won’t be here in August though. Ever.

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1 hour ago, Bernard said:

Forbes 400 includes 11 Houston Billionaires and excludes any poor Billionaires whose net worth falls below $2 Billion. Houston is a great place to live. It’ll be my home base, but my NetJets account will be used like my current Uber account. I won’t be here in August though. Ever.

Bernard

That's because they're all tied to their businesses, and/or are crusty old fucks lounging in their AC'ed estate or cadillac anyway

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1 hour ago, Bernard said:

Forbes 400 includes 11 Houston Billionaires and excludes any poor Billionaires whose net worth falls below $2 Billion. Houston is a great place to live. It’ll be my home base, but my NetJets account will be used like my current Uber account. I won’t be here in August though. Ever.

Bernard

should I win, there is ZERO chance I'm staying anywhere near Houston.  The summers suck ass and there are better places to winter...

fuck hurricanes.  Fuck two showers a day. Fuck 8 month long sauna bullshit.  Fuck traffic.  Fuck the massive insecurity complex.

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Question for you lottery buffs, from Friday's draw.  I will check at lottery station after work, but do matching any of these numbers mean I get some small winnings?  Like a couple bucks?Matching numbers bolded.

Winning Numbers:  15-23-53-65-70-*07

My Numbers: 05-15-16-49-67-*07

I matched the PB, or whatever the 07 is.

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11 minutes ago, ernest_t_bass said:

Question for you lottery buffs, from Friday's draw.  I will check at lottery station after work, but do matching any of these numbers mean I get some small winnings?  Like a couple bucks?Matching numbers bolded.

Winning Numbers:  15-23-53-65-70-*07

My Numbers: 05-15-16-49-67-*07

I matched the PB, or whatever the 07 is.

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should I win, there is ZERO chance I'm staying anywhere near Houston.  The summers suck ass and there are better places to winter...

fuck hurricanes.  Fuck two showers a day. Fuck 8 month long sauna bullshit.  Fuck traffic.  Fuck the massive insecurity complex.

but Cyclone Anayas tho

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21 minutes ago, ernest_t_bass said:

Sweet.  $4 for me.  Thanks.

consider the chances that as a consequence of the big bang, an environment such as Earth was born; and as a consequence of a much smaller bang with about a million little sperms, you were born... the odds of winning the Jackpot aint that bad

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Forbes 400 includes 11 Houston Billionaires and excludes any poor Billionaires whose net worth falls below $2 Billion. Houston is a great place to live. It’ll be my home base, but my NetJets account will be used like my current Uber account. I won’t be here in August though. Ever.

Bernard

Do you run an oil and gas corporation or own a Houston pro sports team?

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Anything i want. Probably try and buy a well established vineyard in Napa that is cash flow positive, buy that, live there most summers, and not fuck it up.  Keep Houston as home base.  It much else really. Start a foundation that helps homless vets with mental health, hunger and housing, and possibly job post combat/ptsd.  Something like that. 

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On 10/23/2018 at 3:10 AM, Bernard said:

Forbes 400 includes 11 Houston Billionaires and excludes any poor Billionaires whose net worth falls below $2 Billion. Houston is a great place to live. It’ll be my home base, but my NetJets account will be used like my current Uber account. I won’t be here in August though. Ever.

Bernard

are you not fat yet?

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