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Author Topic: Powerball Lottery winner of $210mil Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-01-2004 08:23 PM                        Came from South Carolina. I 'heard' the winning ticket was sold here in Horry County, that's "OAR-E" not "WHORE-E" county, btw. I hope that it was someone who could use the money rather than someone who already has an abundance. At any rate, I'm sure that with a one time payout of around $70mil, someone will not be working too much any longer. To take this a bit further, what would you do were you to win $70mil? I'd make my company an offer for the 3 theatres in town and attempt to operate them as I feel they should be. Whether that be a good or bad thing is yet to be seen.. Then, I would contribute heavily to the Amercian Heart Association, Cancer Society, and other kids charities that I believe in. Family vacation would be next, followed by investing for the future.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 01-01-2004 09:05 PM                        I'd spend it all on me. Well most of it anyway. I'd use a small amount of it to hire someone to steal more money from charities so I could put in my bank account(s) and spend on myself later.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 01-01-2004 09:50 PM                       Darn! There goes my animation studio and film lab! I was counting on winning that!  |  IP: Logged Ken Layton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1452 From: Olympia, Wash. USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 01-02-2004 12:43 AM                     If I won the big jackpot, I'd buy the Skyline Drive-in Theater in Shelton, Wash. In fact, I'd buy several drive-ins and some single screen indoor theaters as well and I'd make sure SHOWMANSHIP was the rule.  |  IP: Logged David Favel Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 764 From: Ashburton, New Zealand Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-02-2004 02:46 AM                     Jesus, that would piss me off, winniong 210 million & collecting 70. Taxes!!, who runs this lottery? Here you get the lot, as they are state run. Profits go to community groups etc  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-02-2004 03:35 AM                     If I won that lottery, all of the Dallas/Fort Worth theaters might as well just shut down. I firmly believe the smallest auditorium in a multiplex should be no less than 1000 seats. It would be "film done perfect" with sound systems above and beyond anything out there. All it takes is a lot of cash.  |  IP: Logged Ian Price Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1714 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-02-2004 01:08 PM                     $70 million would net you $35 million after taxes which would be enough for two large multiplexus. So if I netted $35 million I would do the following. Set aside $10 million to live on and retire with. Use $10 million to finance my company's theatre expansion plans. Give away $10 million to worthy causes I chose. Try and spend the $5 million remaining in a fit of friendly generosity and mad money.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-02-2004 01:39 PM                        If I had $10m to blow on a theatre venture, I'd find an older (1920s or 1930s) smallish single-screen (say, 500-1000 seats) in an interesting community, restore it completely to better-than-new condition, and run a mix of repertory and current art programming at low prices and with "film done right" (of course). I bet such a venture would even make a small profit in the right community. And with that kind of cash, it would be possible to go all-out on physical restoration of the building and on paying distributors to strike new prints of titles that may have been out of circulation for years.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-02-2004 02:35 PM                        quote: Jesus, that would piss me off, winniong 210 million & collecting 70. Taxes!!, who runs this lottery? David - That's a real sticking point -- that lottery IS RUN by the government. The taxes are a ripoff, I think -- my feeling is lottery winnings should be tax free. (Not that I really care that much -- have never bought a lottery ticket myself.)  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 01-02-2004 03:09 PM                  I'd buy a new 2k lamp. Oh, and a spare.... >>> Phil  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-02-2004 04:41 PM                        SOmeone misunderstood me... $210mil was the TOTAL winning. Two people won. $105mil each, after taxes equates to around $70mil or so. Woudl I comp,ain that the gov. took part of the $105 mil? Hell no... who in the right mind could ever squander that much money anyway? Wasn't it P.T. Barnum that once said.... "a fool and his money will soon be parted"?  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-02-2004 10:39 PM                     Okay, it's pretty much a sure bet that people here would use the money to build a theater. What ELSE would you spend the bucks on? First, there's the question of all your friends coming to you and claiming that you "promised" to buy them a new car, a new house or give them money if you win. My solution is this. If I ever won I would charter a plane to Las Vegas and block-off a bunch of rooms at the hotel that offered my the best deal. Anybody who's on that plane can come party with me in Vegas for the weekend. Anybody who's not on the plane? Too bad. So sad. Second, I'd like to use the money to restore my house to its 1940s decor but with more modern plumbing & wiring, etc. You know... A "This Old House" project. What theater thing would I do? Well, there's an old Warner Theater here in Erie that's desperately in need of restoration. It's been taken over by the local Civic Authority and has been used for concerts and shows for several years. There hasn't been a feature film shown there for almost 10 years. The last time the projectors were even run was when I volunteered to show shorts during their last fund raising event. The equipment there is still quite operational but it's in need of some TLC. The building's architecure is in need of restoration. The building's infrastructure needs to be modernized. If I ever hit the big lottery I'd use the money to buy the building outright and to a "No Expense Spared" restoration of the building. Once the restoration is finished I'd debut the building with a 70mm feature showed on the Norelco AA-II projectors.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 01-03-2004 01:45 AM                        I wouldn't build a theater. I'd build a whole bunch of huge Blockbuster Video franchises right next to each of your theaters!  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-03-2004 08:52 AM                        I think Joe should start a Pay-Per-View channel as well.  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 01-03-2004 01:01 PM                        quote: If I won the big jackpot, I'd buy the Skyline Drive-in Theater in Shelton, Wash.... ... and Fred would gladly take it all, Ken. Matter of fact, that's probably what he thinks it's worth today! ---- ...from Brad: quote: If I won that lottery, all of the Dallas/Fort Worth theaters might as well just shut down. What nobody's figured out yet, is that Brad actually did win... but he's made so much money off of Film Guard that he's just forgotten to turn in the ticket! Oh... Brad, that would be "FdP", eh? [ 01-03-2004, 06:22 PM: Message edited by: Jack Ondracek ]  |  IP: Logged

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