MEGA MILLIONS OVER 250,000 BILLION $$$ MARK!!!!

[jsroland]

Sucks that they kill you with the tax, I think in Ireland you get to keep it all, not sure though.

If you won that kind of money (190mil after taxes), would you really complain about the tax you have to pay? Hello-o-o-o-o?

Yes. Every little bit counts.

[Realgirls4me]

Sucks that they kill you with the tax, I think in Ireland you get to keep it all, not sure though.

If you won that kind of money (190mil after taxes), would you really complain about the tax you have to pay? Hello-o-o-o-o?

Yes. Every little bit counts.

You've got to be kidding me?

[jsroland]

Sucks that they kill you with the tax, I think in Ireland you get to keep it all, not sure though.

If you won that kind of money (190mil after taxes), would you really complain about the tax you have to pay? Hello-o-o-o-o?

Yes. Every little bit counts.

You've got to be kidding me?

Nope, im saving up to buy my own country. Almost there.

[BeardedOne]

Nope, im saving up to buy my own country. Almost there.

Is Sealand still on the block? I'm sure Prince Roy would take $190 mil for that.

[SarahG]

Sucks that they kill you with the tax, I think in Ireland you get to keep it all, not sure though.

If you won that kind of money (190mil after taxes), would you really complain about the tax you have to pay? Hello-o-o-o-o?

That tax kills people all the time for stuff that they've won when it isn't cash.

Suppose you win a car in a contest, you're not gonna have the cash to pay the tax unless you're well off fiscally OR are able to sell the car off in time.

That guy who caught that home run ball that whatever that athlete did recently ended up auctioning it off because he was just a normal, everyday person and didn't have the MILLIONS the irs thought he now owed for catching the ball.

[tsluva]

C'mon, do you guys really want the problems that come with winning that kind of money? You'd be expected to contribute to every charity under the sun, pay for every meal out with friends, and discover you had more second and third cousins than you could ever imagine. Is that what you really want?

If I ever won that kind of obscene amount, I would have my lawyer receive it for me -- I would not want my face known in other words.

Wow, I could "rent" any TS for sale for a month in Tahiti. What's $35,000 to a person worth tens of millions?

... The recently departed charitable Brooke Astor was quoted as saying that money is like fertilizer, in that it should be spread around. I still think that after a lottery reaches some astronomical amount, like say, 100mil, that it should be split ten ways, as in ten prizes for ten million each. I posit that after it is split ten ways, the lotto would see another surge of ticket buyers because the odds of winning would therefore increase: there would be ten chances of winning millions instead of just one. One person winning it all just doesn't seem fair.

i would not give the winning ticket to my lawyer, i'd be flat stupid to
do that. But i would take my lawyer with me to claim/help with
all the claim/tax documents and make sure it gets safely into
my account. the Lottery Commission states that i DO NOT
have to make a public appearance but i DO have to state
the city, the store, how much i won, and if i won it by quick pick
or selecting my own numbers.

i admit i would be going eros.com crazy and travelling into
major city luxury hotels to see the top notch TGirl providers
on the block. Including these $400-500 hour/$2000 overnight
porn stars !
of course, i would do more than my share of charity, donations.
as for those " gimme " long, lost relatives and money-only friends
waiting for me ... fuck ''em !
They will just have to get pissed off, I'm not their ATM machine.
i won't be accessible to them and will make plans to get around them.
Only the ones that are legit and stay close with me at all times
are the ones i'm taking care of.

And while i'll visit sunny California a lot, i wouldnt live there with
that high ass state taxes. Texas would be my permanent domain.
(that's probably why a number of high profile athletes
own homes in Texas)
.

[youcancallmeclaire]

If I won... I'd buy a few hundred secluded acres and build a smallish energy-efficient house with some kind of self-sustainable food source. It'd have a very thorough chemistry lab and a recording studio, and all the high-end film equipment I could ever need. I would continue making porn, but on a wholly different, slightly obscure and confusing indie-film level. I'd pay for whatever surgery I thought I needed. I'd buy a nissan pulsar nx/exa, cause I think they are super-adorable. And other than that, I would just hang out, go to college perpetually and then start a business oneday in an attempt to keep my friends employed.

[fhsjazztrumpet2]

sorry folks!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070901/...EHfbPqRrYDW7oF

NOTTINGHAM, Md. - Four winning tickets were sold for the estimated $330 million Mega Millions jackpot, one each in Maryland, New Jersey, Texas and Virginia, lottery officials said Saturday.

"It wasn't me!" one disappointed customer shouted Saturday morning at Walther Liquors, the Nottingham store where Maryland Lottery officials said one of the tickets was sold.

No one had come forward Saturday to claim a share of the top prize. In Virginia, at least, that can't happen until Tuesday because the Virginia Lottery offices are closed for the long holiday weekend, spokesman John Hagerty said.

The odds that any ticket would match all five numbers — 8, 18, 22, 40 and 44 — and the Mega Ball number — 11 — drawn Friday night were one in 176 million.

If estimates of the jackpot hold true, it would be the fourth largest in the lottery's history. It was known as The Big Game when it awarded jackpots of $363 million in 2000 and $331 million in 2002.

According to preliminary calculations, each ticket would be worth about $82 million if the prize were taken in 26 annual payments. If taken in one lump sum payment, the payout would be $48,615,188.

Maryland lottery officials delivered a large but fake $330 million check to Walther Liquors on Saturday, and Michael Leggett, son of owners Christine and John Ebmeier, posed with it for photos.

"Business was slammin'" as people bought tickets for Friday's drawing, Leggett said. He and his girlfriend and his parents sold 875 tickets Friday, up from an average of about 200, they said.

State Lottery Director Buddy Roogow said whoever bought the winning ticket at Walther Liquors purchased five quick-pick tickets, costing a total of $5.

"You have a better chance of being hit by lightning at the same place and time every day for a week" than winning Mega Millions, Roogow said.

Virginia's winning ticket was sold at Ducks Corner Food and Gas in Buckingham, in the central part of the state, Hagerty said.

"Everyone is excited," Ducks Corner owner Evelyn Trekas said by telephone Saturday morning. "A lot of people up here don't have a whole lot of money, so I hope it's somebody who can use it and enjoy."

Most of her customers live in the small, close-knit town and are regular visitors to her store, she said.

New Jersey's winning ticket was sold at Blitz's Villas Market in the southern town of Villas, said state Lottery spokesman Dominick DeMarco.

"We're just in disbelief right now," said Nick DiRenzo, son of the market's owner, Frank. "I just can't believe it. It's unbelievable to me. We have really good lottery customers."

The winning ticket from Texas was sold at a Kroger store in Houston, the state Lottery Commission said.

In addition to the grand prize winners, 36 players matched all five numbers but not the Mega Ball number. They will receive second prizes of $250,000 each.

Mega Millions tickets are also sold in California, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Ohio and Washington.

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Associated Press writer Rebecca Santana in Trenton, N.J., contributed to this report.

(This version CORRECTS the store owners' last names to Ebmeier.)