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Lump sum or yearly installments

Lump Sum

[ 26 ]

[ 89.7% ]

Installments

[ 3 ]

[ 10.3% ]

Total valid votes

[ 29 ]

Discarded votes

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KRB03

Palm Harbor, FL
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Feb 11, 2006, 12:10 pm

How would you take your winnings/ In a one time cash out option or yearly installments. Depending on how much, but probably yearly. I dont know how it is in our stae, but in Florida taking a one time lump sum = 63.7% of taxes taken out?! Federal tax and lotto tax...you get enough $$ out of me through the year, your not screwing me out my millions
fja

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Feb 11, 2006, 2:44 pm

Lump sum for me! even after taxes I'll see more money than I have had....
WorldWide777

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Feb 11, 2006, 2:54 pm

TAKE LUMP SUM! Interest rates for CD's are higher than they have been in a long time. You could get 7% interest or higher for a CD with $100M .....
emilyg

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Feb 11, 2006, 3:00 pm

installments

love to nibble those micey feet.
time*treat

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Feb 11, 2006, 3:13 pm

Lump sum. Inflation is worse that taxes.

In neo-conned Amerika, bank robs you.
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KRB03

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Feb 11, 2006, 4:17 pm

thats with a $100 million (or did you mean $1 mil). It's just crazy..for example a woman in New Port Richey (actually and honestly was the mother of my Fiances mothers Fed Ex delivery man) had the single winning ticket for a $35 mil. jackpot. Her lump sum: $13 mil.(very nice amount..but still, you go from winning a $35 mil jackpot to taking home $13 mil)
Blackie

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Feb 11, 2006, 4:44 pm

Hard to tell. Say you can take 1/2 mil now or 4,000 a month for 30 years / After the 30 years you would have about 998,000 but would you live that long if you are in your 50's now? 1/2 mil now would give you quite a few dollars now but would you spend it quick. The initial period would probably be spent paying off creditors and buying the things you might have wanted but after a while it would probably slow down and you would still have a good bit to play with. Of course there would be friends you never knew you had and cousin to help you spend. Lump sum for me.

Good Luck,
Blackie.
mylollipop

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Feb 11, 2006, 4:51 pm

Lump, Lump...I could win and kick the bucket the next day. Young and old alike die, that is certain. LUMP helps me enjoy before the final HUMP in the earth---that is if I don't choose cremation. LOL!
Chewie

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Feb 11, 2006, 5:12 pm

Quote: Originally posted by KRB03 on February 11, 2006
thats with a $100 million (or did you mean $1 mil). It's just crazy..for example a woman in New Port Richey (actually and honestly was the mother of my Fiances mothers Fed Ex delivery man) had the single winning ticket for a $35 mil. jackpot. Her lump sum: $13 mil.(very nice amount..but still, you go from winning a $35 mil jackpot to taking home $13 mil)
Tell me I won $35M, then take away $22M. That would be devistating. Obviously you would need a trip around the world on a private jet to get over such a loss!

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DoubleDown

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Feb 11, 2006, 6:29 pm

There should be no question of how to take it .
Take your cut Mr. Tax Man, but give me the rest all at once and I will do my own investing and buy my own "annuities".
KRB03, you will likely see a reply very soon from CASH ONLY, one of our long time posters, and if I may be so bold , perhaps the biggest proponent in the world for NOT taking annuities.
Good luck and welcome aboard.....
DD
weshar75

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Feb 11, 2006, 7:39 pm

I will take the Powerball jackpot in a lump sum or the cash option on monday.
Greg

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Feb 11, 2006, 8:15 pm

I've said this before so I'll say it again:
CASH !
IN A FLASH!
hypersoniq

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Feb 12, 2006, 11:47 am

Given a jackpot where the after tax prize is less than $20,000,000 I would not hesitate to take the cash because it can all be fdic insired in a CDARS account. Given my inexperience at managing anything greater than about 38,000 a year, however... these big jackpots make me wonder about the annuity. I would most certainly seek the advise of a financial planner before deciding.
I don't know about the high finance, but I see it like this...
using PB estimates for this coming saturday
scenario A (Lump Sum)
advertised cash value $145,700,000 / actual after tax value $94,705,000
insured = $20,000,000 / uninsured = $74,705,000
scenario B (Annuity)
advertised annuity value $300,000,000 / actual after tax yearly installment $6,500,000
totally insured for 3 years (and of course you would be spending over that time so it could stretch)
by the time you will have more than can be insured, you will have a head for high finance and be able to protect it accordingly, you can always sell remaining payments for a lump sum at any time
on 300 million, I would be open to either provided the cash could be protected.

Have an EXCELlent day!
Chewie

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Feb 12, 2006, 12:01 pm

Remember, from a tax perspective, the state, city, county, and the Feds can always change the tax liability upwards. As the need increases, the temptation to do so increases. There isn't a state out there that will ever have enough money, and will always be looking for additional revenue. Once you choose annuity, it will always be annuity - unless you choose to sell it at a loss and pay even more taxes.
The Govenor of New Jersey has made three speechs about the state being financially bankrupt, and has even put up a web site for people to tell him how to get more money from its residents. Every one who things a tax increase will not happen, start shovelling I95 with a kids shovel. Any one who thinks the no tax on lottery in NJ will last for another 26 years, should sleep very litely. You voted for a liberal tax raiser; you are now about to get your best dreams forfilled!

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Blackie

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Feb 12, 2006, 12:32 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Blackie on February 11, 2006
Hard to tell. Say you can take 1/2 mil now or 4,000 a month for 30 years / After the 30 years you would have about 998,000 but would you live that long if you are in your 50's now? 1/2 mil now would give you quite a few dollars now but would you spend it quick. The initial period would probably be spent paying off creditors and buying the things you might have wanted but after a while it would probably slow down and you would still have a good bit to play with. Of course there would be friends you never knew you had and cousin to help you spend. Lump sum for me.
I should have said about 1600.00 a month for 30 yrs. I think.

Good Luck,
Blackie.

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