Is 1.1 Billion Dollars enough for you to take a chance?

It's actually to much.

I live in a state where they announcer the winner so my name would be all over the newspapers.

I don't want the constant harassment that would come with winning this.

With that kind of money you could just move elsewhere easily even in the insane housing market right now. You could pretty much live anywhere on the planet including buying your own island

Would it be constant harassment? subtract the family members, loved ones and friends that you'd probably want to help. Do you think it would be that many people showing up with their hand out?

You are forgetting all the people looking to sell you stuff, be your new accountant/lawyer/stock broker/etc, college and high school who you just became their biggest alumni to ask for money, charities looking for donations, plus scam artists.

Lottery winners are statistically less happy than people who dont win.

Im good

I don't see how you could be unhappy getting to live everyday exactly how you want to.

As long as you aren't stupid with your money (which apparently most big winners are)

I could give every person I know at least 1 million and still be fine lol

Why do people think there is a better chance of winning the higher the pot?

This is the incorrect logic.

I recognize my chance is just as low as it would always be. But now the potential reward is much more. The better questions i why you would play the terrible odds when the prize is 100x smaller instead of ONLY playing it when it crosses 1B.

For a billion dollars, I'll just pay someone to screen my calls. Problem solved, lol.

This is the incorrect logic.

I recognize my chance is just as low as it would always be. But now the potential reward is much more. The better questions i why you would play the terrible odds when the prize is 100x smaller instead of ONLY playing it when it crosses 1B.

In theory, but the value of money is subjective and has greatly diminishing returns for most people at the point where these numbers are. If I had a choice between a $1B lottery and one that had double the odds and only paid out $20M I would take the latter in a heartbeat.

And then your daughter dies of a drug overdose when she got addicted to cocaine because it was offered to her at parties because she had so much money*

Quite how people just run out of $1billion baffles me. You can live in luxury on the interest alone.

For a billion dollars, I'll just pay someone to screen my calls. Problem solved, lol.

yeah when you're just as likely to lose as always but the pot goes up, then the value of a ticket goes up

I could give every person I know at least 1 million and still be fine lol

There are some obvious headaches with having that much money but shit if I could give away like 80-90% of that and just have enough for myself to live without anxiety for the rest of my life I'd be cool with that

It's weird that they advertise the pretax jackpot. In Canada, if you win $10 million you get $10 million.

It's weird that they advertise the pretax jackpot. In Canada, if you win $10 million you get $10 million.

US states all have different tax rates so that makes it kinda hard to advertise the after-taxes amount. Also, lower income people might be taxed slightly less? Not 100% sure how that works.

I can't buy any in Nevada

It's actually to much.

I live in a state where they announcer the winner so my name would be all over the newspapers.

I don't want the constant harassment that would come with winning this.

Wait... what?

With that much money you can find a quiet place of land and enough supplies to live out the rest of your life without having to deal with human civilization. If no one can find you, no one will harass you.