MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: Payoff was $639 million, Odds of winning are 1:259 million

> I still say winning that kind of money would be a pain in the ass. Everyone you've
> ever known for longer than 5 minutes must turn up on your doorstep with their hand
> out. You're got to find someone to help you manage it who won't screw you over.

That is a matter of putting in safeguards and actually paying attention to what is going on. Many of the ones where you see they 'someone took it all'. They took the whole fortune and turned it over to someone else and then promptly ignored it and went on a party binge.

> And I'd always worry that there's no way your kids can grow up with that kind of money
> and not turn out to be raging douchebags.

Money doesnt fix bad parenting. It just makes it easier to make problems 'go away'.

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> I wouldn't have turned it down if I had won, but I'd be just as happy winning $1 or 2
> million. Dump the condo, buy a nice house with a yard, have enough left over that I
> don't have to worry about things like downsizing and transmission failure. I'd be OK
> with that.

Dont forget property taxes. Money is a responsibility. Treat it as such.

And I finally got 1 number. I must be getting better at it!!!