LibWhacker wrote: “It may be better to switch over to Powerball this week for a better chance at a larger win.”
You don’t have to switch. You can ‘invest’ in two tickets.
BTW, there was an interesting caller on Rush back in the mid-90s. He told the story of winning big. I forgot where he won but that state provided a 2 or 3 day class on what to do next. One recommendation was to avoid going home. He was told there would be maybe 100 people in his front yard waiting for him: real estate agents, car salesmen, travel agents, etc. He was told that if he went home for the dog, etc., these people would follow him. He was told to get a friend to retrieve the things of value, pictures, dogs, etc and keep them for him. Said he would get two duffle bags of mailings a week.
He said he would get phone calls at 2 AM from people wanting money. Typical call: “You may not remember me but my sister dated a guy in your 11th grade english class. Her neighbor’s brother’s second cousin’s girl friends sister was in a very bad car wreck and needs $20K to pay the hospital. Can you help?”
That’s why if I win, I will simply disappear.
Go sign a lease on a shack at least 100 miles from your home. Before you go the lottery hindquarters to cash in, change the address on your drivers license to the new rental. That would be your official address for the media and various hangers on to line up outside.
This would buy you some time for planning - and building your Fortress of Solitude.
Immunize yourself.
Keep the win a secret. Call friends and family and ask for a $10,000 loan. See how they respond to your entreaties.
Oklahoma is one of them..........
Hmm, you still only get a tenth if it splits ten ways, and it has cost you twice as much - unless you plan to buy two tickets with the same numbers, in which case you'll get two-elevenths, and the other nine people will get one-eleventh each. I'd rather have a better shot at the whole kaboodle, and for this drawing that's definitely in the Powerball game.
If the phone doesn't ring, it's me...
I remember that call. The advice from that lottery official was sound. When you go to claim that gigantic prize, have your plan in place, and that includes bags packed and somewhere else to go. At least that gives you a head start on the mob.
Interesting that the winner who called Rush back in the 90s was getting two duffel bags of mail solicitations a week. In the age of social media, God only knows what the volume would be, both on-line and through the mail.
If I win, maybe I’d take a page out of Bill Murray’s playbook. He hasn’t used an agent in decades. Instead, he has an 800 number where people can call and pitch projects or offer roles. If he’s interested, Murray will call you back. If not, your voice mail goes down the digital hole. Could you imagine the calls if you posted the number without your name, and just the promise to listen to requests and proposals? The entertainment value would be amazing.
You'd have to hire an attorney just to deal with the bogus paternity claims that would come in by the hundreds, not to mention the blatant shakedowns. "I'm going to tell everyone you're a child molester."Probably hundreds of those as well.
In the era of #MeToo and Christine Blasey-Ford, winner better hope he as a squeaky-clean past. "Remember that party in the 12th grade when you got really drunk? I do!"