# "You've Got to Play to . . . ACK!" (thud) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 4, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-to-play-to-ack-thud/179679 "2003-06-04T20:00:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-to-play-to-ack-thud/179679/1 "2003-06-04T20:00:16Z")
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Luis Salazar has seen a lot in his 90 years. But he’s never seen $16 million. Until Tuesday. The Osceola County man, believed to be the oldest person ever to win the lottery in Florida, came to Tallahassee to collect his prize. Salazar chose a lump sum of $10,089,377.57 over 30 annual payments of $533,333. —Wise choice. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-to-play-to-ack-thud/179679/2 "2003-06-04T20:04:28Z")
Is he single? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-to-play-to-ack-thud/179679/3 "2003-06-04T20:09:41Z")
I’d do him. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-to-play-to-ack-thud/179679/4 "2003-06-04T20:12:06Z")
I bet his relatives are climbing over themselves to check his will. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![truthbot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@truthbot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthbot)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-to-play-to-ack-thud/179679/5 "2003-06-04T20:42:35Z")
Does he have an older brother available for introductions? Preferably with a bad ticker, verified by medical records. Yeah, I’d do him. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-to-play-to-ack-thud/179679/6 "2003-06-04T20:48:11Z")
. . . You’ll have to get in line behind Anna Nicole Smith . . . ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-to-play-to-ack-thud/179679/7 "2003-06-04T20:48:48Z")
Remember SNL’s skit where death row inmate Gary Gilmore won the Illinois State Lottery of x amount per year for life? They were quoted as saying “We couldn’t be more pleased.” ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-to-play-to-ack-thud/179679/8 "2003-06-04T21:04:18Z")
That has been one thing I wondered in passing, but until I actually win one of the things, it’s sort of moot. If you choose the annuity option, does it stop upon your death, or does it go to your estate? Anybody know? Even at so, at ninety, I’d take the lump sum and splurge. _Spend it like there ain’t no tomorrow._ DD ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-to-play-to-ack-thud/179679/9 "2003-06-04T21:16:31Z")
I heard it stops at your death. Damn shame, too. That’s why people always take the lump sum. ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-to-play-to-ack-thud/179679/10 "2003-06-04T21:51:07Z")
Illinois lottery installments are paid to your estate. Other states’ rule may differ. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-to-play-to-ack-thud/179679/11 "2003-06-04T22:49:56Z")
Florida lottery also pays to the estate.