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I think Jeff Bezos or another random Billionaire should do a $100MM chest next. Would be great for getting people outside.

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It would be more in keeping with Bezos' conduct to announce a year-long talent show to determine who wins the prize, and 12 months later declare his son the winner.

Sounds tasty. Link to what happened?

I believe they're referring to this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_HQ2

I think he is referring to Amazon’s search for HQ2.

Bezos already has a treasure hunt. It's actually getting a legit product that's not a fake item on Amazon.

IIRC there's an entire online community of treasure hunter-hiders. There was at least one guy I remember wrapping $100 bills around old nails, dipping in wax, and then (re?)inserting the nails into wooden fenceposts. Followed by clues posted online. Things like that. Not 100M, but man that's really raising the stakes. People would do things for $10K that would make your head spin.

While turning some scenic part of the country into a scene from Max Max

Use satellite imagery to watch where people don't search, go search those places after some period of failures, profit.

There is no need to take risks or get dirty. Just buy shares in a fund that owns shares in each of the exploration companies which are buying satellite imagery to find the treasure.

Nailed it.

There is a local treasure called GoldHunt (https://goldhunt.com/) where someone hid $100k (well a chest with some paper that you could claim the $100k). You could buy a map for $25 which was a set of clues (they also just got posted online instantly). It became quite popular when they did the first hunt a few years ago. The problem was that it meant a ton of people would flood an area and trample gardens and parks.

Is it illegal to claim a $1M treasure, actually put an IOU in the box, sell $40 maps for a few years, fill the treasure once you break even, then keep subsequent profit?

I supposed you'd have to figure out a way to make the maps single use.

You'd probably be on the hook for the amount of the IOU, so you'd better hope no one found it before breaking even.

Take out insurance that covers the $1MM. That’s how things like Hole in One tournaments work.

That could run fowl of gambling laws? Depending on jurisdiction and details.

> It became quite popular when they did the first hunt a few years ago. The problem was that it meant a ton of people would flood an area and trample gardens and parks.

Amazing how greed fuels people.

I mean even without money being offered, Pokémon Go players also did the same in local parks and gardens four years ago.

I'd prefer it if he would just pay his staff better.

Secondary, splitting it up would benefit more people better. 100 million could also be 10K $10K packages.

I hope we learn that there is a secret chest in the trunk of Starman and may the best team win the race to reach it and return Starman to Earth.

That was Musk, not Bezos

Fire $500 million into Mars

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