The thought of that bothers me for some reason.

Fools

Count me in.

Just spent $9 and got my fingers crossed!

I bought 1, WTH

Got 1 number out of 30. Next drawing on Tuesday.

Well now that I am sober I might want to re-think my comment above.

Let's see in a previous topic/thread you shared that your nickname was something like Grande Serpiente (Big Snake)
I kind of like my wife so I am going to Crawfish on you baby sitting her

$10

Winner!

Did anyone win it?

No winners. Next drawing is an estimated $790,000,000

Ha, I’d return my family place back to what it once was.

Then I’d buy a big ranch in Idaho or Wyoming, and then laugh when reading about myself on a western hunting forum for destroying access and closing private property. I’d be the new Wilks Brothers 2.0

I would also pull a George Strait, buy a 72’ Viking and chase bill fish a few months out of the year down in South America

Sounds like a great idea. A few years back, the wife and I were fortunate to spend a couple weeks with Tom and Janet Hammond (owns Recordbuck Ranch) hunting on a friends place in Namibia. Janet and my wife got talking, and while she tolerates the hunting her real love is billftshing, and they keep a boat and crew in Costa Rica just so she can go down whenever she want!!! My idea of fun.

Costa Rica, it’s on my bucket list.

3 out of 5 numbers were in the 60s…

https://www.omnicalculator.com/finance/lottery-tax

Lump sum payout Annuity payout Difference
Gross payout* $464,400,000 $663,428,571 $199,028,571
Federal tax $171,764,523 $243,564,248 $71,799,725
State tax $0 $0 $0
Net payout $292,635,478 $419,864,327 $127,228,850



Estimated cash value $464,000,000.00 using a tax calculator from an online app specifically for your state taking the lump sum which I think includes all taxes Fed tax & income.
Fed tax is 24% of 464,400,000 = $111,456,000 - $464 Mil = $352,944,000.
Using the tax calculator which includes Fed tax & income tax makes the net cash payout is $292,635,478.00

Okay back to my original thought of distributing the proceeds with a couple of minor changes to include some other folks that I meant to have in the original and a little less for others.

Almost the same for each of our two kiddo's, they would each receive a $40,000,000.00 trust, total $80 mil leaving $212,635,478.00.

Family and friends will get $30 mil from each of us total $60 mil leaving $152,635,478.

$20 mil to Hospitals& Charities that take care of children and battered women and their children for free in the DFW.

$10 mil to our local DFW Police & Fire folks to help them where they really need it.
Leaving $122 Mil and some change.

Around $30 + mil for a ranch here in Texas, one in northern New Mexico or southern, Colorado and a couple of vacation homes wherever.
Guessing around $2 mill to the local fire & police dept. around our ranches.
Donations to the Republican party around $5,000,000.00

Which leaves us $80 + mil to cover the cost of everything until death do us part.

Then there is another $100,000 - $200,000 as a payoff to keep Hudbone away from my wife

Star light, star bright,
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have this wish I wish tonight.

If I were to win that much my first purchase would be a lawyer. My second purchase would be a judge..

In Texas can the winner remain anonymous?

Yes

I have to drive to Tennessee to buy lottery tickets. The Boss handed me $20 and asked if I would go buy some. I matched her $20 with another $20. Hopefully someone wins to I don't have to make another trip across the state line.

Can't buy lottery tickets in Alabama because gambling is a sin. But I can buy a bottle of hard liquor on Sunday at 10am (right after when most church services end).

Makes sense to me.

Don't some counties and cities have a lottery tax? Everybody wants a piece.

$810 million tonight. I might try my chances.