FAO CAM, Sota and CTMilller

[Brin]

I trust you chaps have had a go at the US power ball. The biggest ever jackpot of $1.6bn or £1.4 Billion pounds!

What an astronomical sum that is. If you win it will you be buying Tony out and coming home to take over? Are do you want someone based UK side to stand in for you? 😉

[CAMiller]

Tomorrow night Brin if Mrs CA will let me have $2 to buy a ticket. Lump sum is only about $800M after tax so not sure if that would be enough to tempt TS to sell

[Brin]

I see that the rules are, if you scoop the jackpot and you want the total, it's paid out over 30 years hence why everyone takes the cheaper lump sum offer at very reduced rates. That to me is a scam as the money is clearly there to be won and as accumulated because the good folk of the USA have already paid into it. Hanging there as a substantial pile of money to entice folk to bet but, you can't have it all at once stinks!

The total should be available just like it is on our Euromillions jackpots, vast difference in figures I know but all the same if you display a jackpot then free the whole winnings if someone wins.

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Tomorrow night Brin if Mrs CA will let me have $2 to buy a ticket. Lump sum is only about $800M after tax so not sure if that would be enough to tempt TS to sell

Hide the batteries in the rabbit and demand a $2 ransom

[CAMiller]

I see that the rules are, if you scoop the jackpot and you want the total, it's paid out over 30 years hence why everyone takes the cheaper lump sum offer at very reduced rates. That to me is a scam as the money is clearly there to be won and as accumulated because the good folk of the USA have already paid into it. Hanging there as a substantial pile of money to entice folk to bet but, you can't have it all at once stinks!

The total should be available just like it is on our Euromillions jackpots, vast difference in figures I know but all the same if you display a jackpot then free the whole winnings if someone wins.

The bad news is I've opted for the annual amount if I win. The good news is that one year's payout of around 50M might still be enough to buy the Millers.

I've done this to quell Mrs. CA's Viv Nicholson tendencies to Spend, Spend, Spend. Just looked it up and they won just 152K which even in today's money is only 3.6M, a pittance!

[great_fire]

Someone won the £137 million Euromillions one unfortunately, since it wasn't me.

[sota]

To be honest, it wouldn't change our life one iota UTM

[sota]

Mrs Sota and I will be in Bluecoates before the Bristol game and then in the GW Boutique afterwards if anyone would care to join us. I don't expect the queue to be long :-)

[Brin]

Mrs Sota and I will be in Bluecoates before the Bristol game and then in the GW Boutique afterwards if anyone would care to join us. I don't expect the queue to be long :-)

Great news pal.....count me in.

[sota]

Great news pal.....count me in.

That's great Brin. When I said it wouldn't change our life, I meant all I'm bothered about these days is staying healthy and everyone else too. Money and stuff doesn't mean as much as it used to, I'd probably give most of it away :-)