Reply #15: Here now the numbers [View All]

[matt819]

$365,000,000

9 winners

$40,555,555 per winner gross

Less 50% in taxes

$20,277,777 per winner net

Not bad for guessing some numbers

And now for their charitable contribution

$6,000 total contribution

$666 contribution per person

That $666 represents roughly 0.0000333 of each winner's net

Seems pretty chintzy, but I'm not all that good with numbers. So let's make it a little more realistic. Let's say you take home $35,000 a year. If you were generous enough to make a charitable contribution of the same percentage, you would be writing a check for $1.16.

As one poster observed, they might be making other donations, which is great. But I don't see anyone writing stories about dropping that 50 cents into the box at the 7-11 checkout counter.