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Suppose you win 100 million. What do you actually do with it? Banks only guarantee 250,000. Do you have to invest it? Is there anywhere you can just let it sit and draw interest?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hell yea. And if i were to win one of those billion dollar lotteries i would have the money to at least help fight climate change in a meaningful way. Pay volunteers, fund scientific research and projects, ect..

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

with a billion dollars you could probably get much further buying politicians/news outlets unfortunately